Old enough to get the joke and/or wear a Hawaiian shirt

b1-66er: "The Googleplex of the Future Has Privacy Robots, Meeting Tents and Your Very Own Balloon Wall"

Mr. Crypto¹²: I like the balloon wall

b1³: Dear Diary:

Some years ago, my wife and I drove down from Connecticut to take the Circle Line around Manhattan.

Once aboard, we noticed some groups of people sticking together. We learned that they were engineers from other countries who had come to the United States to study the traffic patterns in large cities here.

Approaching one nattily dressed, well-groomed member of the group, I bent forward slightly at the waist and began to speak to him in a halting tone.

"And. What. Country. Are. You. From. Sir?" I asked.

"I. Am. From. Phoenix. Arizona. U.S.A.," he said. "I. Am. In. Charge. Of. This. Group.

Special K¹²: Good start. I like the Circle Line.

Oh, that's the punch line. 

Ok. Now I like that feature. 

MC: Did I accidentally join the Reader's Digest Life in These United States Writer's Room?

¹Google employee

²Dad

³Neither

Just peek under her keyboard, perhaps?

b1-66er: "Bill And Melinda Gates Are Getting Divorced"!

Zz: Whoa!

Do have her number?

b1: Bad bad bad bad bad.

And every bit as funny.

(Your line got a snide snarl from The Accomplice.)

You won't like the way Lucky Charms ends...

b1-66er: <screen shot>

Special K: Just as you predicted, decades ago.

Take a deep breath ... and think about "grist"

b1-66er: "It's been a wild week or so for the ransomware group Babuk. First they claim to have stolen 250 GB of data from the Metropolitan Police Department, including some that could expose informants. Then they say they're going to retire altogether. Then they revise that claim to say they're just quitting the ransomware part to focus on extortion full-time."

The Robot: Their life coach must have told them they need to focus to achieve their goals. 

Foundation fricassee

Special K: After a year of pandemic, my floors are covered in a fine layer of gray hair and fried chicken crumbs.

b1-66er: Time to break out the deep fryer and a claw hammer.

K: I like your thinking here. 

Speakerconehead

b1-66er: I just dreamt I was listening to: The Mountain Blast Podcast

Special K: "Blasting your way around the Bay"

b1: Is that a thing?

K: Maybe.

Moment of purrrfection

The Curator: As far as meditation goes...

The first time I really went down that rabbit hole was at a Shirley MacLaine seminar. It was the late 80's, cost 300 bucks: 100 for mind, 100 for body and 100 for soul. At some point in this all-day-adventure we sat on the floor. Shirley was going to talk us through some meditation, we were told to choose a partner near us. I turned and Julie Newmar (aka Catwoman) was next to me. So we were partners for a few hours. I remember being so relaxed and blank it was actually scary. I do those breathing exercises about once a month.