A Record Again

Food pantry duty today, and it was...a record week, with a count of 211.  Considering that we started at 8:15 and closed right at 12, it was...well, a very steady zoo.  Steady zoo is indeed an apt description, as even our pain in the rear clients were not too PITA,  but there were just a lot of people today; lots of cars with 2 or 3 people, lots of walkers -- despite the cold and the snow and the unshoveled sidewalks, despite the fact that the Thursday crew left us without rock salt -- it was a wonder no one slipped and fell.  Indeed, the first thing I did after our shift was to head to Lowe's and buy some.  Oi.  Anyways, it was good -- I guess -- to help all these people, though, of course, it is quite the surprise that, after all this Bidenomics, that we should have any people at all!  Humorously, my blood sugar was low all afternoon, so no gym trip, just lunch at Wendy's -- the salted caramel Frosty is pretty good -- and then some errands.  I got home later than I expected, but... here we are.  I just finished cycling through the 'Net, and aside from the after-action report, I am done for the day, so I can do some contract work/read/watch a movie or something.  Joy.

Don’t cancel Aristotle – we need his ideas to hone ours | Aeon Essays
Interesting.  I haven't read any Aristotle since high school.  On the one hand, I should read it, as a literate person and all, but on the other hand, there are so many other things I have to read. 

Why did Silicon Valley turn right? - by Henry Farrell
Also interesting; I am not sure I agree with it, but the author points out he may be wrong, and I think he is right about a good many things, especially the whole part about the close links between Silicon Valley and the Obama Administration (how soon we forget).

The world of tomorrow - Works in Progress
Dare I say part of the problem (if you will) is that people quickly adapt technology, it becomes commonplace, and thus the wonder is gone.  I mean, 20 years ago a mobile phone was still rare, GPS wasn't a thing, and while we had the Internet, it was not nearly as comprehensive as it is now... hell, the idea that the Internet can be down, in the era of mobile phones, has rapidly become a thing of the past.

At the Top of Trump’s Team: Angry Vets Who Want to Upend U.S. Foreign Policy - WSJ
Dare I say that this is a good thing?  A generation comes along, sees the mistakes of their elders, and rather than go and do the same mistakes, works to not make them?  Again, this makes me more likely to support people like Hesgeth, Gabbard, and Vance compared to someone who parrots the party line.