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Checked out my garden tonight: my potatoes are ready, will be harvesting on a need to eat basis until they are gone or frost is imminent.

My asparagus is coming nicely: have planted in 3 bunches, one planting per year. My first bunch should be ready next year (it takes at least 3 years for plants to get going enough (seed plantings a year or more longer)).

So in 3 years time I should have asparagus coming out my Ying Yang! Can't wait. Focused on the asparagus and potatoes due to lack of time: no cherry tomatoes this year. :(

Playing Europa universalist 4 as France currently, then watched Rocket Men with my son and wife: my son enjoyed it. Brought back memories of watching moon walks as a kid.

Keeping busy.

Maybe I'll try to submit some stories next week.
Gotta keep busy.

Prodigal K-pop composer enlists in South Korea’s Marine Corps

Move was kept quiet, with only Lee Chan-hyuk’s parents, agency and a few of his close friends in the know

K-pop duo band Akdong Musician’s composer and singer Lee Chan-hyuk, often regarded as a musical prodigy has enlisted in the country’s Marine Corps.

The star, 21, who plays with his younger sister Su-hyun, voluntarily entered a training centre in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. He kept his enlistment quiet from the public as his Christian pastor parents, a few close friends and staff from his agency YG Entertainment saw him enter the military world for two years.

Lee enlisted early compared to other K-pop celebrities, who usually postpone mandatory military service until their late 20s or 30s. He said he enlisted to train with others around his age “to build diverse experiences and improve my musical skills,” according to media reports.

KB Home Cuts CEO's Bonus 25% After Rant Against Kathy Griffin

KB Home’s board will cut Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Mezger’s annual bonus by 25 percent as punishment for his profanity-laced tirade against comedian Kathy Griffin and warned he’ll be dismissed if he does anything like that again.

Mezger’s bonus for the fiscal year ending Nov. 30 will be reduced by $375,000, based on performance targets, because of “recent behavior in his personal dealings with a neighbor,” the board said in a regulatory filing Thursday, calling his conduct “unacceptable.”

KB Home cuts CEO’s bonus as punishment for his profanity-laced rant at neighbor Kathy Griffin

In audio released by the Huffington Post, Mezger called comedian Kathy Griffin a "f---ing c---," "a b----," an "a--hole" and a "f---ing bald dyke." Security cameras caught Mezger's tirade, the culmination of a series of disputes between the neighbors in a gated community in Los Angeles' upscale Bel Air neighborhood.

[...] Through a spokesman, Mezger suggested Wednesday that Griffin's history of unjustly nitpicking about noise was partly to blame for his apoplectic rant.

"Though Mr. Mezger does not believe there is any excuse for the language he used, the incident that led to his losing his temper was the result of the culmination of a series of unneighborly actions taken by Ms. Griffin and her boyfriend," said Mezger's spokesman.

Those "actions" consist of up to 10 noise complaints that Griffin and her boyfriend, Randy Bick, have made against Mezger, leading to multiple visits by police, the spokesman said. In one of those cases in which the police showed up, the spokesman said, Mezger's niece, who "has stage 4 cancer" was renewing her marital vows with her husband at the Mezger home.

Wakened from its latest hibernation, New Horizons may visit additional Kuiper Belt Objects

Fuel saved during the MU69 encounter could be used to send New Horizons to a third KBO, a move that would require yet another mission extension. In 2016, NASA approved an extended mission for the MU69 flyby through the year 2021.

On Sept. 6, Stern told members of NASA’s Outer Planets Assessment Group that mission scientists are already searching for an additional KBO target.

“We have a fighting chance of having a second [Kuiper Belt Object] flyby,” Stern said.

Approval of another mission extension will also provide more opportunities for New Horizons to continue its distant observations of KBOs, dwarf planets, and centaurs. Stern said that he intends to request a second extension once the MU69 flyby is completed and the data collected from it returned to Earth.

Even that might not be the mission’s end. Stern foresees additional extensions beyond the one that would take it to a second KBO.

“There’s fuel and power on board the spacecraft to operate it for another 20 years,” Stern said. “That’s not going to be a concern even for a third or fourth extended mission.”

The probe will be put into another hibernation period on Dec. 22, 2017, during which it will remain until June 4, 2018, when it will be woken up in preparation for the MU69 encounter, which will officially begin in August 2018.

(486958) 2014 MU₆₉

Size comparison to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (exact size and appearance of 2014 MU₆₉ are still unknown, but it is suspected to be a binary object or contact binary, like Comet 67P)

I believe we can - we must - build a future that puts work first

Or is it an "outside" job?

I have absolutely no problem with AC trolls. They are perfectly welcome. Some of my best friends are ACs. But the one hovering around me like a gnat lately just doesn't sound human, seems particularly fixated and bizarre. So I just thought I'd ask. Please don't take it as a complaint.

Move along... Nothing to see here... Absolutely nothing at all.

Nun With A Chainsaw Becomes Symbol Of Post-Irma Cleanup: 'She Rocks'

9/11: Never Forget

Previously:

• Harvey could be Ted Cruz’s time to shine. So far he hasn’t
• Is Ted Cruz human? An investigation
• Ted Cruz is now likeable, The New York Times wants you to believe

And then...

• Republican senator Ted Cruz caught liking pornographic video on social media
• For One Hot Second, Ted Cruz’s Official Twitter Account Liked a Porn Video
• Ted Cruz Likes Adult Movie On Twitter With Woman Who ‘Vaguely Resembles’ His Wife, Heidi
• Ted Cruz "Likes" Porn Video On Twitter
• Ted Cruz Just ‘Liked’ A Hardcore Porn Video On Twitter
• Why is US Senator Ted Cruz trending for porn?

Update: Somebody fell on their sword:

• Ted Cruz blames staffer for 'liking' porn tweet

Ted Cruz trivia:

• Ted Cruz helped defend Texas ban against sale of sex toys in 2007
• Snopes version of above
• Before Twitter porn controversy, Ted Cruz didn’t think masturbating was a laughing matter
• Even The National Review Doesn’t Think Cruz Needed To Pull Campaign Ad Featuring Porn Star

Japan Is No Place for Single Mothers (archive)

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