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the point of no return

friday, august 26th, 2022

This is an election year. But the issues this year are not about Democrats and Republicans. The big issue is whether this nation has degenerated to a point of no return -- a point where we risk destroying ourselves, before our enemies can destroy us.

If there is one moment that symbolized our degeneration, it was when an enraged mob gathered in front of the Supreme Court and a leader of the United States Senate shouted threats against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying "You won't know what hit you!"

There have always been irresponsible demagogues. But there was once a time when anyone who shouted threats to a Supreme Court Justice would see the end of his own political career, and could not show his face in decent society again.

You either believe in laws or you believe in mob rule. It doesn't matter whether you agree with the law or agree with the mob on some particular issue. If threats of violence against judges -- and publishing where a judge's children go to school -- is the way to settle issues, then there is not much point in having elections or laws.

There is also not much point in expecting to have freedom. Threats and violence were the way the Nazis came to power in Germany. Freedom is not free. If you can't be bothered to vote against storm-trooper tactics -- regardless of who engages in them, or over what issue -- then you can forfeit your freedom.

Worse yet, you can forfeit the freedom of generations not yet born.

Some people seem to think that the Supreme Court has banned abortions. It has done nothing of the sort.

The Supreme Court has in fact done something very different, something long overdue and potentially historic. It has said that their own court had no business making policy decisions which nothing in the Constitution gave them the authority to make.

Get out a copy of the Constitution -- and see if you can find anything in there that says the federal government is authorized to make laws about abortion.

Check out the 10th Amendment, which says that the federal government is limited to the specific powers it was granted, with all other powers going to the states or to the people.

Why do we elect legislators to do what the voters want done, if unelected judges are going to make up laws on their own, instead of applying the laws that elected officials passed?

This is part of a very long struggle that has been going on for more than 100 years. Back in the early 20th century, Progressives like President Woodrow Wilson decided that the Constitution put too many limits on the powers they wanted to use.

Claiming that it was nearly impossible to amend the Constitution, Progressives advocated that judges "interpret" the Constitutional limits out of the way.

This was just the first in a long series of sophistries.

In reality, the Constitution was amended 4 times in 8 years -- from 1913 through 1920 -- during the heyday of the Progressive era.

Another great sophistry was using the federal government's authority to regulate interstate commerce to call all sorts of other things interstate commerce. In 1995, elites were shocked when the Supreme Court ruled -- 5 to 4-- that carrying a gun near a school was not interstate commerce.

States had a right to ban carrying a gun near a school, and most of them did. But the federal government had no such authority. Nor did the Constitution give the federal government the right to make laws about abortion, one way or the other.

What both state and federal laws do have the right to stop is threats against judges and their families.

This is not a partisan issue. The Republican governor of Virginia is providing protection to Supreme Court Justices who live in that state. But the Republican governor of Maryland seems to think that harassing judges and their families is no big deal.

Voters need to find out who is for or against mob rule, whether they are Democrats or Republicans. We are not going to be a free or decent society, again, otherwise.

© 8.3.2022 by Thomas Sowell, "Townhall".

A Day In The Life.

Up at 7:30a on Friday, I went thru my finger stick to check my BSL (Blood Sugar Level) and recorded it on my Diabetes 2 chart, made coffee and breakfast, took a Tylenol Extra Strength for various pains, had a couple smokes in the semi-cool garage and checked the leftover errands list. Clear day for Sherry. It was a nice 65°, and forecast to hit 92° with rising humidity. Summer's still here.

I had a few smokes in the garage, tuned into the "Chris Stigall Show Podcasts" and then the "Chris Plante Show", while I woke-up. I had some app'ts to get to, so I left at 10:45a. My first app't wasn't home; my second and I met at Mt Rose Cemetery for 20mins, and then I headed back home, stopping at the New Eastern Market to p/u a few things. By 12, I'd had lunch from those few things, and laid down on the LR couch for 2½hrs, until Sherry called at 2:30p. I was up for the rest of the day.

She stopped by around 4, we had a good time as usual, did some weeding and watering in my front gardens, and she left after 6. I had a light dinner, and while trying to watch TV, found that the Discovery Channel had been removed from the xfinity CATV line-up, and was now Discovery+, at extra cost. Fuck them; I'm not buying it for $6.99/mo extra. DAMN! I watched "Ancient Aliens" on History, until 10:30, and quit for the night.

"I have nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no one to do it with." -- John D.M. Shelley II, March 2017.

I slept-in until 8:30a on Saturday, an already warm 78°, sunny morning. The forecast was for the lower 90s today, and with nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no one to do it with, I'll just stay inside in the AC. I had Kona Coffee and a few smokes on the back patio, listened to the new "Chris Stigall Show Podcasts" until 11, I had breakfast, checked the day's list, had a plate of Lasagna,, and went back to sleep, on the LR couch.

YES! We're being invaded from our Southern Border. I've said it here, hundreds of times.

I woke-up around 3p, with outside temps near 95° -- a nice 74° inside -- and finished-up the outdoor solar-battery-powered lights front and back, and stored the used ones for another, later purpose. I watched some of "Mecum Auto Auctions", "American Pickers" reruns and a live NASCAR road race from Watkins Glen, in upstate NY. Boring.

At 6p, I had a light dinner and found an IndyCar 500 mile race at an oval track in St Louis, that was red flagged and ended with 43 laps to go, due to rain. I watched "American Pickers" new episodes until 10, and switched-over to "Fantom Works" until 11:30. Lights out.

Up at 8:30a on Sunday, it was a cloudy, 74° start to the day. After the usual routines, I had coffee and a few smokes on the back patio, where there was a nice breeze. I tuned into the "Chris Stigall Show Podcasts", for a while, until the 25mg Tramadol took effect for my lower R/S back pain. Only a crappy NASCAR road course race, at Watkins Glen, on this afternoon at 3p. I did my usual morning shower, shaved, made breakfast, started laundry, and called Sherry to get 2 days reserved for her, this week. I'm still wrestling with the loss of Discovery Channel From ROKU Streaming, now only available on The xfinity CATV system for free, or from ROKU Streaming as "Discovery+", for an extra $5.99/mo..

Laundry done, I had a banana for lunch and got some email finally answered, old files cleaned out, and just relaxed inside, out of the heat/humidity. Temps were almost 90° and 65% humidity; it was like a sauna. I helped a neighbor with some landscape advice, and solution to Red Spider Mite infestation on his new Azaleas, from a nearby garden center. I prescribed some effective chemicals to use to kill them, during their 5-day reproduction cycle.

There are days that I yearn for the sweet meteor of death to wipe us out. But not today.

I gathered-up all the recyclables and garbage, and got it ready too go out after 6p, for morning p/u. Major t-storms were headed right at the York area -- no complaints since we sorely need the rain -- so I'd be relegated to the garage, from the beautifully-landscaped, back flagstone patio. The NASCAR Road Race at The Glenn was supposed to start at 3p, but some lightening 15-20 miles away, as a front passed thru, made the wimps and cowards stay in the pits, until serious rain arrived, and they all switched to grooved "green stripe" rain tires. After a 4p test lap, when the lightening moved away, the rain came harder, and the wimp drivers pulled back into the pits while 20-30- blower/scraper trucks tried to remove "standing water" rivers from the track. Where are the drains to handle the running and standing water? Idiots didn't install any "French Drains" anywhere. Morons. Idiots. F1, IMSA and real racers run in the rain. These NASCAR drivers are wimps and sissies when it comes to real racing in all weather. No wonder I hate NASCAR. But it's all that's on today. Pathetic

Laundry and a load of dishes done (air drying for 2-3hrs), I was out of the back patio again, enjoying a smoke and a Bai® SuperSweet Soccoro Tea, waiting for us to get some rain, based upon local AccuWeather radar maps. Temps had dropped down to a decent 80°, with a mild breeze. I went two units down to my Friend Jayme's unit, and partied with him and some US Army people for 4hrs, drinking 5% alcohol seltzer flavors, and came home to #3 blind, which fell-off its track, due to a cut cord, as #1 & #2 blinds had done, years ago, due to a defective brass grommet. I called Tammie to leave a voicemail, and she called right back, to tell me she'd be by tomorrow tp take it down, and get a new cord installed, after putting-up a temporary blind. The other two 4ft x 9ft window blinds also broke over the past 3yrs, and Tammie had the factory repair them, at no charge. She is the best.

I was trying to take some pics of the crashed blind, when I backed-up, bumped into the filing cabinet and fell on the 8" step down from the LR, into the office-sunroom, from the living room down to my office-sunroom, and landed on my lower back's left side, at belt level. Nothing broken, thankfully, but there's a bad bruise, and it's VERY sore, so I'm going to have to modify my week's schedule of any heavy lifting, and keep the back in a resting state, to begin the healing. I took 2 25mg Tramadol, a 5mg Valium, my usual 12.5mg Ambien CR, and went to bed. The pain was bad.

Up at 7a on Monday morning, to a very humid, 71° morning, slathered a copious amount of CBD #4 Level Ointment on the back bruise, took 2 25mg Tramadol, a 500mg Tylenol Extra Strength, made coffee, did the BSL finger stick, and checked the news and weather on my desktop computer. I also tuned into the "Chris Stigall Show Live", while I drank coffee. I checked email as the painkillers took effect, delayed breakfast for a while, as I started to feel somewhat better. I got my heating pad out and will use it this afternoon on the couch.

I canceled all my errands and trips for the day, and with some rest and CBD Level #4 Ointment, hopefully that this muscle bruise will heal. If I hadn't landed on the leather belt, I might have broken a couple of ribs. I tuned into the "Chris Plante Show", while I relaxed and hoped for the healing process to start. I nodded-off in my comfy desk chair for a couple hours, and after waking up around 11a, had a Croissant w/ Orange Marmalade. I called Becky and Sherry to let them know what happened, and that today's (and likely the next few days') plans had now changed. By 10a, the pain had dulled from the pills, and I was semi-mobile again, on a limited basis.

The rain started around 11:15 and continued on-and-off for most of the afternoon. It was a gentle, soaking rain -- precisely what we needed to get moisture to the plants' root levels, where it'll do some good. The major, heavy rain passed to the north and south of us, so we got some nice cells passing thru the York area. I listened to the "CP Show" until 12noon, and the "Bonehead Bongino Show" came on from 12-3p. I muted it and watched some Fox News, "Ancient Aliens" and drank several Ensure® Max Protein Shakes, since I couldn't eat breakfast or lunch.

I caught a 4hr snooze on the LR couch, had a later afternoon Grilled Lasagna Sandwich, and went back to sleep until 7:30p. After a couple Ensure Protein Shakes, I watched FNC for a while, as the two remaining office-sunroom blinds continued to charge. Tammie is getting a whole new blind for the #3 4ft x 9ft window unit, instead of sending it back in for repair. Another "NBC" (Nothing But Crap) night for TV -- I wish I could do programming for all stations and cancel the idiotic crap wasting our time. I finished-off the night with History's "Ancient Aliens" until 11p, when "Gutfeld!" came on. I made it thru his opening monologue; then pulled the plug.

I’m too rich and too old, to care what anyone thinks.

I slept-in until 9a on Tuesday, and had mucho pain when I got up. I took 2 25mg Tramadols, a Tylenol Extra Strength, made coffee, did the BSL, and listened to the "Chris Plante Show" while the pills took effect. I needed to run a couple of close-by errands this morning by 10:30. It was already 74°, with a hygrometer (humidity) reading of 72%, but at least a nice breeze on the back patio. I left at 10:45 to get some smokes, Rutter's Half & Half, and p/u 3 waiting Rxs. Sherry arrived at 2p, and we spent 4 wonderful hours together, with plans for Thursday and also Friday. She left around 6p, I had a light dinner and did some computer work, as outside temps and humidity dropped.

I watched some Fox News shows -- even thru "Hannity" and "Laura" -- to get to the 11p "Gutfeld!" show, where Tyrus was hosting, while Greg was on vacation. Kat Timpf did a good job last night; now I wanted to see how the WWE Champ wrestler would do. I unplugged just after his "monologue".

I got-up "early" at 7a on Wednesday, did the usual routines, had coffee and a few smokes, and tuned into the "Chris Stigall Show", from 6-9a. I had back pain in my lower back, so I took a Tylenol and 2 Tramadol, to assuage some of the pain, so I could function. I checked my day's list -- visit the cleaners down in Red Lion, and p/u more waiting Rxs in East York -- otherwise, it would be another day of rest for my back. It was 68° with 72% humidity outside, a bright, sunny, cloudless morning but with a nice breeze. Forecast was for the low-90s today. I tuned into the "Chris Plante Show", from 9-12, and then left to get the few errands done.

I was back within an hour, after 4 stops, and caught the tail-end of the "CP Show". The lawnmower company did a massive clean-up job on the unit behind me, removing the out-of-control Wisteria and Trumpet Vines, both of which had overgrown the deck, side and roof areas. A 100% improvement, now. Next, they were across the street, cleaning-up another neighbor's landscape mess. (I had zero to do with either). I tuned-into the "Bonehead Bongino Show", had a banana and red grapes for lunch, took another 500mg Tylenol Extra Strength, and got ready for a "short nap" on the LR couch.

3hrs later, I woke-up -- no pain! -- grabbed a Cafe Mocha Protein Shake and some red grapes, and took some time to shake-off the grogginess. After another 2hr nap, I had Lasagna and German Potato Salad for dinner, watch some FNC shows, until 11p, and called it a day.

Up at 8:30a on Thursday, to another warm 81°, middling humidity (45%), crystal blue sky morning. After some painkillers, I did the usual routines, checked the weather and news on the desktop computer, and tuned-in the "Chris Plante Show" until 12 noon. Sherry was planning on visiting around 1p, though with my recent (Sunday evening) back injury on-the-mend, I still can't do anything strenuous, just yet. I just lounged around in my gym shorts and beautifully-embroidered Ol' GC&N T-Shirt, until 11a, got dressed, but didn't feel like going into the front garden and beginning to cut down some of the perennials, though Sherry graciously offered to help. The last thing I need is any stress on my entire lower back, until it heals.

Sherry visited from around 2-5p, and we had a good time, as usual. Because of re-routed heavy I83 truck traffic, she left to go the back way, to get home before it got any worse.

By 7:30p, I woke from a 2hr nap, temps had dropped to 75° and humidity held steady at 60%, though tolerable. After dinner, I watched Fox News, "Iron Resurrection" and some other car-related shows until 10:30p. I had plans to get the New Eastern Market by 9a, but that may not work out, as I may sleep-in until later. Who knows?

SIGH... I'm so sick of hearing about racism, male pregnancy abortion, White Privilege, 58 types of BS idiotic gender crap, subhuman trannies and fags, war on children in schools and at the borders, CRT, diversity/equity/inclusion and so much more irrelevant dogshit, from leftist/socialist/communist/Marxist/anarchist/liberal assholes, I could puke. I wonder if there's even going to be an "end" to this lowlife crap, and we can get back to "normal", here in America? They've already ruined a whole generation or two, with this filth, and I don't see an end in sight. Just more intensification of this subhuman, dirtbag shit.

Tomorrow starts a new week here in the "Journal" and, for the most part, it a clear one for me. Next month however, Dr's app't are beginning again.

How To Break-Up The FBI.

I suspect that August 8, 2022 will live in infamy.  Historians may conclude that it is the day that the United States became a banana republic.  It is the day that a politically weaponized FBI raided the Florida home of former president Donald Trump in an effort to knock him out of the 2024 presidential election.  Prior to the raid, opinion polls rated him as the favored Republican candidate.

No other president in the history of the United States has had his residence served with a federal court search warrant after leaving office.  News reports indicate that approximately 30 agents descended on Mar-a-Lago and that the raid lasted for nine hours.

I personally believe that President Trump has already been indicted by a corrupt D.C. grand jury and that the Democrats are planning a show trial against him in Washington, D.C.  I also expect, regardless of the evidence, President Trump to be convicted if brought to trial.  No prominent Republican can be acquitted of criminal charges in Washington, D.C. because of the anti-Republican bias of the trial court judiciary and the jury pool, where only 5% of the registered voters are Republicans.  If you think Steve Bannon got a raw deal, wait until you see what happens to President Trump.

The FBI tormented President Trump during his presidency and has continued to do so after his leaving office.  It has become a political weapon of the Democrat party and has forfeited its right to exist.

The FBI is beyond redemption.  It needs to be dismembered and its remains scattered to the four winds.  This article will offer suggestions of how to do so.

The FBI is our federal police force and is a huge organization.  For fiscal year 2021, it had an enormous budget of just shy of 10.5 billion dollars.  It has approximately 36,000 employees.  Just for starters, inside the United States, it has 56 field offices and about 350 resident agencies.  It also has a presence in 73 foreign countries.  Here is its organizational chart.

The FBI has often been linked to illegal or questionable behavior.  Scores of books and hundreds of articles have been written about FBI misfeasance and malfeasance.  Here is just one list of infractions.

Congress has never demonstrated that it really has the stones to control the FBI.  There is no reason to believe that this cowardice will change in the future.  Congress does require periodic show appearances of FBI directors before congressional committees, where the congressmen say "tsk, tsk" but not much changes.

Congress has exacerbated the problem of FBI overreaching by giving it greatly expanded surveillance powers after 9/11.  As pointed out in an in- depth study by the ACLU, many individual constitutional safeguards restraining FBI conduct were swept away primarily by FISA amendments and passage of the USA PATRIOT Act.  The study gives many examples of egregious misconduct by the FBI.

So how can we get rid of the FBI? Here are some suggestions.

1. The best way to reduce the damage done by the FBI is to reduce its power.  The best way to reduce its power is to break up the agency and move what's left away from Washington.

2. Split off the domestic intelligence service from law enforcement.  In Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, domestic intelligence is a separate agency from law enforcement.  Having both in the same agency gives too much power to the FBI.

2. Split off the domestic intelligence service from law enforcement. In Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, domestic intelligence is a separate agency from law enforcement. Having both in the same agency gives too much power to the FBI.

3. Send all traditional law enforcement employees to the U.S. Marshal's Service, as it was before the FBI was created.

4. Send all the remaining employees to new agencies.

5. Make all the former FBI employees at will employees permitting them to be fired with or without cause. The FBI has demonstrated again and again that it will not punish its employees' misconduct if those employees are politically connected Democrats. Making employment at-would greatly facilitate getting rid of bad apples.

6. Close the FBI headquarters in D.C.

7. Increase whistleblower protection for all intelligence agency employees. Statistically, most corruption inside large organizations is disclosed by insiders. The protections provided by the federal Whistleblower Protection Act do not apply to federal government intelligence employees. The law needs to be amended so that intelligence agency misfeasance and malfeasance can be reported without reprisals.

In conclusion, we need to slay the FBI dragon before it slays our constitutional republic. I hope and pray that our elected leaders in Washington are up to the task.

© 8.14.2022 by Charles Sullivan, "American Thinker".

Wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears, scientists say.

Researchers design composite resin for blades that can be broken down to make new products including sweets.

The next generation of wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears at the end of their service, scientists have said.

Researchers at Michigan State University have made a composite resin for the blades by combining glass fibres with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic one. Once the blades have reached the end of their lifespan the materials can be broken down and recycled to make new products including turbine blades – and chewy sweets.

Wind power is one of the dominant forms of renewable energy. However, turbine blades, usually made of fibreglass, can be as long as half a football field and cause problems with disposal, with many discarded in landfills when they reach the end of their use cycle.

To combat the waste, researchers designed a new form of resin. Digesting the resin in an alkaline solution produced potassium lactate, which can be purified and made into sweets and sports drinks.

“We recovered food-grade potassium lactate and used it to make gummy bear candies, which I ate,” said John Dorgan, one of the authors of the paper.

The alkaline digestion also released poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a common acrylic material used in windows and car taillights.

On eating gummy bears that are derived from a wind turbine, Dorgan says “a carbon atom derived from a plant, like corn or grass, is no different from a carbon atom that came from a fossil fuel. It’s all part of the global carbon cycle, and we’ve shown that we can go from biomass in the field to durable plastic materials and back to foodstuffs.”

He added: “The beauty of our resin system is that at the end of its use cycle, we can dissolve it, and that releases it from whatever matrix it’s in so that it can be used over and over again in an infinite loop. That’s the goal of the circular economy.”

The next generation of wind turbine blades could be recycled into gummy bears at the end of their service, scientists have said.

Researchers at Michigan State University have made a composite resin for the blades by combining glass fibres with a plant-derived polymer and a synthetic one. Once the blades have reached the end of their lifespan the materials can be broken down and recycled to make new products including turbine blades – and chewy sweets.

Wind power is one of the dominant forms of renewable energy. However, turbine blades, usually made of fibreglass, can be as long as half a football field and cause problems with disposal, with many discarded in landfills when they reach the end of their use cycle.

To combat the waste, researchers designed a new form of resin. Digesting the resin in an alkaline solution produced potassium lactate, which can be purified and made into sweets and sports drinks.

“We recovered food-grade potassium lactate and used it to make gummy bear candies, which I ate,” said John Dorgan, one of the authors of the paper.

The alkaline digestion also released poly(methyl methacrylate), or PMMA, a common acrylic material used in windows and car taillights.

On eating gummy bears that are derived from a wind turbine, Dorgan says “a carbon atom derived from a plant, like corn or grass, is no different from a carbon atom that came from a fossil fuel. It’s all part of the global carbon cycle, and we’ve shown that we can go from biomass in the field to durable plastic materials and back to foodstuffs.”

He added: “The beauty of our resin system is that at the end of its use cycle, we can dissolve it, and that releases it from whatever matrix it’s in so that it can be used over and over again in an infinite loop. That’s the goal of the circular economy.”

[JS: Would you eat a metallic, burning Gummie Bear?]

What older adults do while they sit affects dementia risk, study indicates.

Adults aged 60 and older who sit for long periods watching TV or other such passive, sedentary behaviors may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study by USC and University of Arizona researchers. Their study also showed that the risk is lower for those who are active while sitting, such as when they read or use computers. The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It also revealed that the link between sedentary behavior and dementia risk persisted even among participants who were physically active. "It isn't the time spent sitting, per se, but the type of sedentary activity performed during leisure time that impacts dementia risk," said study author David Raichlen, professor of biological sciences and anthropology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "We know from past studies that watching TV involves low levels of muscle activity and energy use compared with using a computer or reading," he said. "And while research has shown that uninterrupted sitting for long periods is linked with reduced blood flow in the brain, the relatively greater intellectual stimulation that occurs during computer use may counteract the negative effects of sitting." Researchers used self-reported data from the U.K. Biobank, a large-scale biomedical database of more than 500,000 participants across the United Kingdom, to investigate possible correlations between sedentary leisure activity and dementia in older adults. More than 145,000 participants aged 60 and older—none of whom had a diagnosis of dementia at the start of the project—used touchscreen questionnaires to self-report information about their levels of sedentary behavior during the 2006-2010 baseline examination period. After an average of nearly 12 years of follow-up, the researchers used hospital in-patient records to determine dementia diagnosis. They found 3,507 positive cases. Then, the team adjusted for certain demographics (e.g., age, sex, race/ethnicity, employment type) and lifestyle characteristics (e.g., exercise, smoking and alcohol use, time spent sleeping and engaging in social contact) that could affect brain health. The impact of physical activity, mental activity on dementia risk The results remained the same even after the scientists accounted for levels of physical activity. Even in individuals who are highly physically active, time spent watching TV was associated with increased risk of dementia, and leisure time spent using a computer was associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia. "Although we know that physical activity is good for our brain health, many of us think that if we are just more physically active during the day, we can counter the negative effects of time spent sitting," said study author Gene Alexander, professor of psychology at the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Arizona. "Our findings suggest that the brain impacts of sitting during our leisure activities are really separate from how physically active we are," said Alexander, "and that being more mentally active, like when using computers, may be a key way to help counter the increased risk of dementia related to more passive sedentary behaviors, like watching TV." Knowing how sedentary activities impact human health could lead to some improvements. "What we do while we're sitting matters," Raichlen added. "This knowledge is critical when it comes to designing targeted public health interventions aimed at reducing the risk of neurodegenerative disease from sedentary activities through positive behavior change."

© 8.22.2022 by Nina Raffio, "M

A text to a neighbor:.

Hi, Max. This is Richard, next door. I've been riddled with guilt for a few months and have been trying to get up the courage to tell you face-to-face. When you're not around, I've been sharing your wife, day and night, probably much more than you. I haven't been getting it at home recently. I know that's no excuse. The temptation was just too great. I can't live with the guilt & hope you'll accept my sincere apology and forgive me. Please suggest a fee for usage and I'll pay you. -- Richard

Max, feeling enraged and betrayed, grabbed his gun, went next door, and shot Richard dead. He returned home, shot his wife, poured himself a stiff drink and sat down on the sofa. Max then looked at his phone and discovered a second text message from Richard.

SECOND TEXT MESSAGE:

Hi, Max. Richard here again. Sorry about the typo on my last text. I assume you figured it out and noticed that the darned Spell-Check had *** OMG changed "wi-fi" to "wife." Technology, huh? It'll be the death of us all.

[H/T to ppc.]

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