May 31st 2025

Patience is up early back in our room asking for popcorn and M&Ms... she gets cravings...

An hour later she's prepping to leave for two hours at the studio... arguing with Puck in the kitchen about things... “How 'bout you clean up the kitchen, Patience... this is all your fault...” // “It is... not...” // Puck flicks water at her... “Stop it!”... continues flicking water... “Stop it!”...

Puck then leaves the argument to research his favorite t-shirt online before driving out to buy and install an oil filter for the Jag...

Meanwhile Yali and I get work done at home on a quiet morning tuned to Classical music... myself with dishes and laundry and Yali with video editing on his tablet...

Afternoon brings Oxbear and Patience home to grab Yali... they've got a hot date with the swimming pool at Aquaport...

Puck also returns with a much-appreciated hand-me-down tool kit from his Uncle B to use on the Jag...

After the pool Oxbear and Yali hit the movies for the new “Mission Impossible”...

And another day of work work work is already wrapping at the White House...

For grins : partial Googling record of May...

• Height of average American male in 1900 ('5, 6”)
• How long do garter snakes live? (up to 20 years in captivity)
• In what country did the rumba originate? (Cuba)
• What is an Irish salad sandwich?
• Can I reverse voters' registration? (yes)
• Coordinates of New Madrid fault line
• Where is Suva? (capital of Fiji)
• How many atoms are in the observable universe?
• Are mulberries toxic to dogs? (no)
• What is janteloven? (unwritten Scandinavian social code)
• What is a four color cream pie? (not as interesting as it sounds...)
• How long did William Howard Taft live? (72)
• What is a coachwhip snake?
• What is the German word for “bellybutton”?
• How far did horses run on the Pony Express?
• Tonga on Google Maps
• How big is the galaxy supposed to be in “Star Wars”?
• What kind of plastic can hold battery acid?