In-N-___

b1-66er: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/business/restaurant-menus-shrinking/index.html

The Grumbler: I'll bet In & Out is not changing their menu.

b1: Maybe they'll eliminate their secret menu...

... but not tell anybody. 

Maybe a bigger shoe store?

b1-66er: https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2020/20200612-choe-farzan-coronavirus-spike-mutation.html

Special K: Smart virus.

b1: I learned that trick in elementary school when a tennis shoe got a pebble that fit EXACTLY in a spot on the sole...

...With a big field, and enough time to walk, you'll find it. 

The power of steam

b1-66er: "As the total global cases approach 7.8 million on Sunday, some European Union nations plan to re-open their internal borders on Monday after the bloc's executive arm urged a relaxation of restrictions."

Special K: There's no second wave. It's just rolling.

b1: It's not the sport surfing the wave...

... it's the act of paving the street. 

The infinite depth of shallow knowledge

D4rw1n: https://youtu.be/65r_1TzJXaQ

b1-67er: Man that thing looks great.

b1-66er: It does. 

D4: Yeah. I thought this would appeal deeply to both of you. It certainly did to me

Of course I suddenly and powerfully need one of these things. Which I guess means I need a laser cutter and a ton of LED supplies

66: Everybody needs a reason. 

D4: Also to relearn what the heck an arccosine is

66: The 21st century is essentially a re-education in civics and science. 

Pity those who never paid attention the first time. 

D4: Good point re re-education 

On the steaming isle

b1-66er: Disappointing news:

"Escape from Gilligan's Island"

isn't nearly as good as you'd hope. 

Punkin' Head: 💩

b1: Exactly. 

You understand. 

P: All too clearly 

(Scary)^-1

b1-66er: "Arcades and playplaces inside Las Vegas hotels open to kids"

Special K: It's a little scary. 

b1: No. 

They become the 

Little Scaries

Vagetarian

b1-66er: "Probiotics with top-performing Lactobacillus strains may improve vaginal health"

Special K: Important. 

Any color you like, as long as it's white

b1-66er: https://www.vox.com/2020/6/5/21279530/ta-nehisi-coates-ezra-klein-show-george-floyd-police-brutality-trump-biden

Special K: What's your take on that article?

b1: I think it's interesting...

And broadly speaking, I'd describe it more "right" than "wrong..."

The thuggery of the police state is absolutely on the mark...

Bullying is the American way. It's the way we display on the world theater...

We just present that way as well to our citizens. 

In my opinion, it's just the large writ small. 

(It could, however, be the opposite.)

K: Similar. Also, I think some of the stronger support that's happening this time is a reaction of frustrated anti-Trump people who want to do something. 

And, I'm not optimistic in the short term. 

b1: Sure. 

The political division is such in this country that things get filtered through a is-it-D-or-R lens and then the decision is made on any particular issue without thinking the issue itself through.

K: Yes. 

A Sea-Monkey by any other name...

b1-66er: 'Gould called Metrarabdotos "the most brilliantly persuasive, and most meticulously documented, example ever presented for predominant (in this case, exclusive) punctuated equilibrium in a full lineage."'

Because that's what *i* call Metrarabdotos too.

Special K: I just wouldn't call it.

Old faithful

b1-66er: https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/health/as-public-restrooms-reopen-how-safe-are-they-from-coronavirus-2044354/

Special K: THIS sentence should earn a Pulitzer: "Many Americans would no doubt risk a face full of corona-poo rather than lower a toilet lid before they flush, because freedom."

b1: No sentence that makes me laugh aloud deserves a Pulitzer. 

Who's a good boy?

b1-66er: <pic>

Former Flyer: The face of 2020