Am I Heat-Crazed If I Feel That It's Much Cooler When The Temperature Drops From 32 °C To 28 °C?

Petrolicious Has Balls of Kevlar!

My friend Petr Hastings-Vanbeeck, whom I lovingly call Petrolicious since he started referring to me as Bockalicious, today accepted my challenge to post a picture of himself on social media wearing one of the beautiful garlands from LODE.

He did need a reminder, but that is quite understandable for avatars of our age. We have so many important things to do and to think about and so many priorities you younger folks cannot even dream of.

P.S. I originally misspelled poor Petr's last name, it's 1) Hastings with an "s", 2) Vanbeeck with a "c" and 3) a hyphen inbetween. *sigh*

I Love America & Americans!

I wanted to share this old photo with Y'all, out of my love for America and all my American friends! pic.twitter.com/Y2rleJZ2uu

— Bock McMillan™ (@BockMcMillan) July 29, 2018

Going For Shock Value

Imagine, the most fashion-forward person in your life, yup that's I, doing something of a never-heard-of-before magnitude to disturb your peace of mind and complacency.

Here you see the Much Honored Bock McMillan in the "Hiking Sandals" from Lenox. (Whoever heard of hiking sandals before?) Yes, I am  (for once) wearing socks with sandals.

Well, I look good and my legs look totes adorbs and lickable, wouldn't you agree?

Another Hero

"But here’s an unpopular opinion: Months ago, after all of the Cambridge Analytica scandal had broken, and we already knew about their role in the election and fake news, Mark Zuckerberg told us all that he planned on significantly increasing Facebook’s investment in security, and would add thousands of new employees to help that cause.

This is what he told the US Congress in April:
“I’ve directed our teams to invest so much insecurity — on top of the other investments we’re making — that it will significantly impact our profitability going forward.”

And then he added, for extra oomph.

“But I want to be clear about what our priority is: protecting our community is more important than maximizing our profits.”

Many didn’t believe him. Many tweeted about all the times that he’s talked the talk, but not walked the walk. But yesterday, when Facebook faced the music and took $120 billion on the chin, the fact that Zuckerberg finally walked the walk was conveniently absent from the conversation.

Here is the unpopular reality:

Mark Zuckerberg told us all he would put our safety, and fixing the problems of Facebook ahead of profits. He did that. Wall Street may not have liked it, but there’s no way around it: the man held true to his word." (Alex Whitcomb, @medium.com. Read the full article here.)

Attention

Attention: Will the owners of a blue planet with plate tectonics please attend to your vehicle. It is overheating.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) July 24, 2018

H/T Tomais Ashdene

Tropical Heatwave

I would like to let you all know that I am still alive, despite the extreme weather conditions, 28-32° C (82-90° F) for Northern Europe. Mind you, I am not complaining!

However, it's just a bit hot, has been going on for a long time and will most likely continue a while longer. So, I guess - even if I am most certainly not complaining - I am trying to let you know I am not totally comfortable, i.e. suffering a bit.

Cold showers and a big fan are keeping me alive, although just barely.