Today is the day! The Perseverance robot heads for its daunting landing. I read that only 40% of Mars landings have been successful.

This expensive lander is as big as a car and there’s also a helicopter!

I’ll be following the play by play today and hope for total success! FYI, 20:00 GMT equals 3 PM Cayman time, which is the same as EST. Below is the NASA Live Stream that should be covering it.

Yesterday was a holiday here. I started mowing the yard, then the mower broke so I repaired it and finished mowing. Then it got cloudy but rained everywhere but here. I took a nap and went out for a burger. And I cleaned my desk insides.

Have a good day!

Woke up thinking the Perseverance Lander was going to land on Mars today, but that’s not today, it’s Thursday.

So instead I’ll post about Fat Tuesday, the beginning of Mardi Gras.

I don’t know anything about Mardi Gras, I’ve never been. I know it’s a party in the streets in New Orleans. Any reason to party in the streets is a good reason, as far as I’m concerned.

The internet has fliers, schedules of events and notices that it’s canceled. I don’t know what’s going on up there.

Mardi Gras is the first outdoor event of spring, signaling the end of winter and the start of the outdoor season. And Fat Tuesday is the start of Mardi Gras, so HAPPY SUMMER (to the northern hemisphere)!

Last week I read an article about British Airways putting a brand new plane in storage in Arizona.

I looked up the Victorville Aircraft storage facility on Google Earth.

On the map, I saw a company called ComAv. Our contractor here is AVCOM. I clicked on their name on the map.

The image that opened for them had a Cayman Airways jet, very predominantly shown. I almost didn’t notice or pay any attention, because, living here, I see Cayman Airways jets and pictures of them all the time. But my slow, dim brain said “hey, wait a minute, but that’s not in Cayman!.”

For a while, during the Max 8 grounding, Cayman Air had one of our new Max 8s up there for storage. Somehow, the ComAv pic got taken when it was parked out front.

Pretty cool, huh?

Have a great week!

I have all the weather apps above. I trust none of them. Seriously, I look and still feel like I’ve received no information at all.

Right now, it’s about 100% cloudy, all the apps say it’s clear, except one, “Weather Forecast”, second from the top left. Cayman Islands Weather Service app always says rain. I don’t even think they have any sunny icons.

Dive boat operators have good weather apps. They’re always moving their boats to the appropriate side of the island the day before the weather. But their source of info seems to be the world’s greatest secret.

I wanna ride my scooter, but I’m taking the van. Again. I got rained on Monday or Tuesday.

Have a wonderful, sunny weekend! Happy Friday! And tell me, what’s your weather app?

It occurred to me yesterday that it would be funny to transpose the words “a” and “an”.

You know the rule right? If the next word starts with a vowel sound, you’d use “an”. An apple. An hour.

If it starts with a consonant sound it’s “a”. A car, a pickle.

Your assignment for to day is to transpose a and an in your speech, but move a letter to keep the rule intact.

For example:

“A napple”

“Ak lock” (sounds.like a K)

“An Ewt”

“A norange”

Only in speech, not writing. And just for today. Don’t be ab ore.

Just do it.

Maybe no one will notice.

It’s a Wednesday. I woke up a little early, but now I’m very tired again for some reason.

There’s a good enough chance of rain that I’ll be taking the van instead of the scooter today. I got rained on yesterday coming home.

This is anotherempty post, so I’ll stop now.

Have a good day.

Above is a screengrab of headline today. For those who don’t know, Facebook bought WhatsApp a while ago.

When you have a good thing, just leave it alone. I’m starting to think that Facebook Inc is like an evil entity that has destroyed everything it had and is now buying other beautiful things to destroy.

Facebook was great till Facebook destroyed itself. Now they’re going to destroy WhatsApp the same way. Keep messing with it and messing with it until its ruined. Like forcing a beautiful girl to get plastic surgeries until she’s hideous.

I really didn’t want to post a negative post this morning but dang! Facebook Inc, quit being so stupid! I’ll be leaving WhatsApp next, probably Instagram after that.

Soon if not already, Facebook will be synonymous with P.O.S.

Spot the difference.

One of the pictures below is a famous work of art and one isn’t.

It’s the bottom one! The bottom one is a world famous, priceless picture of our two dogs holding hands whilst sleeping, taken by my wife. The top is some old painting by some guy called Michelangelo, entitled “The Creation Of Adam”, or something like that. I doubt anybody ever heard of it.

It was a good weekend with beach and diving. Also,unfortunately, a funeral. Now it’s back to work!

Have a happy Monday and a good week!

Have a happy Monday and a good week!

This is an article you must read about your android keyboard.

Finished this book, Piranesi, yesterday. I gave it 4 stars. Definitely worth reading.

It’s about this guy who lives in a “house” (more like massively huge abandoned shopping mall/museum) that is full of rooms and stairs and vestibules and statues and weather and astronomy and oceans with tides coursing through the lower halls. There are statues in almost every room. His name, he was told, is Piranesi.

Piranesi thinks there are 16 people in the world. 13 sets of human remains he has found, himself, a twice weekly visitor called “The Other, and “16”. “The Other” says 16 is an enemy and she must be avoided. Even talking to her would drive Piranesi insane.

I wish you’d read it and we can discuss it. The forum for this book is pretty bland. “Oh, it’s about covid lockdown and isolation and the labyrinth of life.” Bullshit. Its science fiction. Or just fiction, because the science missing. Hence only 4 stars.

I want to know how The House got there and where it is. And what causes Piranesi to forget who he was.

It’s a very good book. Unique and I couldn’t put it down. So read it please, and me back to me on this.

Have a good weekend!