So Friday was pretty shitty, like literally, there was a lot of poop to clean up, but young master Theodore was a quick study after all. I cleaned up no poop this weekend, and all of the accidents were edge cases — a long nap, pissed himself trying to get his pants down at the toilet (which, he’ll do again drunk at some point if he has my genetic predisposition and indulges). We declared victory and sent him to school in underwear. I think it saves us $50/month at daycare if he’s able to use the bathroom. Also, its weird how different two kids from the same parents (they at least both look like me and I saw they came from the same place) can be. The older one still expects that the toilet will attack him at any given time and wants someone to watch him go. The younger one already has no fear of the toilet, just wants total privacy and wants to get this wiping the ass thing down so we’ll leave him alone. I know which one is going to be ready to move out at 16.

So on to the links.

Trump continues to do things like this: White House flag returns to full-staff. Its not like we lost a former President or something. Still waiting to see if he sends Pence to the funeral. Me and Tooch at TOS agree on this one. The sooner everyone realizes there’s nothing honorable about all this governing stuff, the better. Although I think my favorite part is how taken-aback all the news services are. “OMG! Trump isn’t sucking McCain’s dick! Doesn’t he know that’s what you do?!”

Apparently, New York’s Bravest get that way by having other firefighters rub their balls on your face on your first day. I had several friends in Houston who were firefighters, and yes, they were all giant men-children unless there was an emergency. I just can’t imagine why I’d want to put my nutsack on another guy. That’s more like homoerotic wish-fulfillment rather than hazing.

Here’s FDNY doing something a little more productive with their time, putting out a propane fire on Liberty Island.

YCombinator becomes the latest group to throw money at the “Targeted Income Subsidies” studies to try to simulate Universal Basic Income. Why anyone would try this in Oakland… I have no idea. I like the YC guys. I think they do good work helping people become tech entrepreneurs. I think this is going to be a loss for them.

Iran claims control of Persian Gulf. I hope the Saudis can still compete on oil price if they have to pay baksheesh to the Persians. And I also hope the US Navy doesn’t feel the need to do anything about this.

 

I think some people are starting new schools this week.