Events

Cassie and I went to Spiteful on Sunday, which got her 10 km of walks and me the joy of reading half a novel. She also got lots of pats, scritches, treats, pizza crust, and sun. But she did not want to share with the big floof that walked by:

Some of my friends and I went to the White Sox game last night, which the Sox won 11-7:

Singer, actor, philanthropist, and all-around great person Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. She will truly be missed.

The European Union's Copernicus Project has put out this not-at-all-alarming graph:

Less than two weeks after I pass through London at the start of my upcoming holiday, The Guardian has chosen this moment to freak out about US-style tipping in the UK:

Book 3 in the John Dies at the End series

I've spent the morning on the Weather Now tasks generated by last month's architecture review and this past week's component updates. It looks like I'll get the next Weather Now release out on Wednesday, depending on how much the weather distracts me.

Cassie and I just finished a 90-minute walk covering almost 9 km, so I am about to take a shower while she starts what I expect will be a 15-hour nap. I have a couple of other things to do before a business function this evening, but none of those things involves blogging.

Last night I finished watching Le Bureau des Légendes, the brilliant French spy thriller that lasted for five seasons from 2015 to 2020. The last two episodes of the series were directed by noted French director Jacques Audiard, and to say that represented a departure from the tone and tenor of the preceding 48 episodes does not do justice to the word "departure."