Security cameras that are prominently displayed can act as a visible deterrent to criminal activity. Potential thieves are less likely to target a property if they know they are being monitored and recorded. Agree so far?
If true, this place is like Fort Knox…
I don’t know what we’re guarding here — it’s not like the barndo is full of valuables. But the photo below shows only 6 of the 9 cameras on the lookout for would-be bad actors here…
All cameras are activated by sound and movement, and all light up when either are detected. There are alarms on selected ones, and that’s not all!
Outdoor security monitoring even when it’s sub-zero outside!
While security patrol isn’t constant or consistent (these are indoor hound dogs), they alert barndo occupants of anything suspicious outside… including birds, rabbits, fox, and more.
While no security system is foolproof, I figure the comprehensive security strategy implemented here is decent.
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Now you know: Among all the civilian jobs in the US, workers spend on average more than 60% of their workday standing.
Over the past couple days I’ve been working on updating websites — personal and business. Primarily this consists of checking and sometimes updating the copyright year, and making certain everything is current. I updated a few photos on the main page of shelleyerwin.com and that was the reason I fell into the Photoshop rabbit hole.
Over the years, I’ve accumulated a bajillion photos.
It’s always fun to scroll through the many photos from years past, isn’t it? What’s even more fun is opening up a photo and simply playing around with it. For example… when Perry brought in the most awesome ham ever, I wanted a photo. At the second I clicked, Mom stuck her head down to smell the smoked creation.
This is what was captured…
I snickered when I saw it on my computer’s photo stash. I figured it might be fun to change the background scene.
Show us what ya’ got AI!
I selected the subjects, and then did a reverse selection so the background was open to be generated by whatever text I typed in. I tried ‘Oregon Trail’ and ‘Santa’ and even ‘New Year.’ I gave it up for something simple… ‘Central Park.’
This is the AI generated photo:
Next I laughed and laughed and sent it to those pesky neighbors by text. The reply?
“Looks like someone dropped their false teeth in bushes.” 🤣
Now you know: Sarah Knauss, who was the oldest American to ever live (born 1880), saw three centuries in her lifetime. She died on December 30th, 1999, at the age of 119.
It was obviously taken after the cleanup, missing the spread of yummy goodness. Being my creative self (ha!), I pulled the photo in Photoshop and told the AI generator to make the background into ‘the last supper.’
Photoshop AI delivered:
All of a sudden, that single photo sort of gave me a spook! It looks like a bunch of ghosts are gathered to eat some headless piece of slithering flesh. Multiple ears appear on heads where they don’t belong and eye placements are ghoulish.
Mom and Carl were untouched by AI, but it appears their expressions have morphed into wary discomfort. Indigestion? Maybe… but it’s more the look of dreaded resolve for the fate that awaits them.
I quickly attempted to get them to a different location!
Like in the movie, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I pulled them to an alternate universe to escape their plight. I chose a place with serene snow, but one of those ghastly turds traveled with them!
There he is — they can’t seem to shake the faceless dude with blobs for hands. And it appears as if they’ve set up a base station equipped with some sort of communication and sound system to help the others cross over too. You can’t leave those Pesky Neighbors alone for 5 minutes. 🙄
Now you know: The Irish flag is green white and orange because green represents Roman Catholics in the country, orange represents Protestants and white represents the peace between them.
I saw a Facebook ad… no, really I was on there 6.5 minutes and saw 2 bajillion ads — about a program you can buy to lose weight. It’s not the typical type of weigh-loss plan, but it has received 7100 reviews through Trustpilot that ranks the product 4.5 stars (out of 5).
Virtual gastric band. 😳
Over 1 million people have purchased and downloaded the 3 week hypnotherapy program to convince their brains that they’ve had gastric band surgery.
It works by telling your brain that part of your stomach has been banded off so you’ll feel fuller sooner. No surgeon cutting your belly and no adjustable silicone band around the upper part of your stomach. But in 3 weeks, your brain will believe all that happened.
Already, the world has over 1 million people whose brains can be convinced they’ve undergone bariatric surgery?
Imagine that for a moment if you will.
Then, reflect on the current challenges of the world and tell me that the mainstream media — and social media — aren’t POWERFUL tools that influence the minds of many, many people. If you can be convinced you’ve had surgery, everything else is on the table.
That’s about as dark — and interestingly scary — as last night’s sky in the Ville.
Non-virtual for the win!
Santa brought Perry a Pit Boss. Last night, we dined on something AMAZING! I’m thrilled I didn’t get sucked into that virtual gastric band mumbo jumbo. Whew!
Now you know: Driving certain cars on certain days is banned in the Philippines. According to the number your license plate ends with determines if it’s allowed on public roads on that day.
You’ve seen it. Photos of some entertainer in the prime of life with the click bait title of “here’s what she looks like now” along with some hideous teaser image. The person depicted that prompted my thoughts is Goldie Hawn. I wonder how many times photos of her have been used to garner clicks over the years.
What do people expect?
Goldie’s Laugh In photos from 1968 are compared to her look today at almost 78 years-old. We’re supposed to think, “Holy hell — what happened to HER?“
What happened to her? Welp, she aged 55 years. 🙄
In my book, she looks AMAZING, then and now. Again, realize there’s a 55 year gap between the photos AND the age of the subject. I’ve seen a whole bunch of women (and men) that don’t look as good as she does now by the time they hit 55… you know, before adding another 23 years. She exercises, she takes care of her body, and she’s the founder of an organization recognized for preventative mental health work. Go Goldie!
Why Goldie and not Betty White?
Think about it… Betty White wasn’t the subject of “then and now” ridicule. Why? I’m guessing because you aren’t going to find photos of Betty in her early 20’s looking like Goldie — and at 78, Betty looked, dressed, and acted like a 78 year-old woman.
I figure I’m somewhere in between the two. While I look my age (and some days feel MUCH older), I’m not embracing gray hair and frumpy grandma clothes. Not yet anyway. 😉
Who do you more closely align with? Are you a Goldie or a Betty? If you’re a guy — are you Rod Stewart or Jack Nicholson?
The thing is… neither answer is wrong. Life marches on… our physical appearance changes. It’s life, y’all. It’s the way of nature — just like what’s going on around here:
And finally, after 24-hours not a single mouse is in the bucket of death.
Now you know: Goldie Hawn’s real name is… Goldie Hawn.
