(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . IAN: April 23, 2023 - weather's supposed to change [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-22 It’s presently being cold and wet here in PDX. The forecast is up into the seventies by the end of this next week. I’ll believe it when it happens — I only trust the immediate three days when it comes to weather forecasts. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care! IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a PM to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news! ************************* This is from last month, actually. Babies, racing. Medieval Christian art discovered by accident in an abandoned city in Sudan. This is the newest of many discoveries — Old Dongola was already ancient when it was abandoned. The principal investigator on a study of curly hair is a black woman. Somebody has been paying attention to who’s got a stake in the issue. Where did the coal on the shipwrecked Queen Anne’s Revenge come from? A researcher at the University of Kentucky is investigating. Megamouth sharks. The city of Herculaneum died in the same eruption as Pompeii. Very few bodies have been found — new evidence indicates the people who died in Herulaneum were mostly vaporized. The winners of the Smithsonian Magazine’s 20th Annual Photography Contest. An imperial winery not far outside of Rome. Unparalleled opulence for a working winery. Afrofuturism at the Smithsonian. A study of ancient Maya plaster. How 3D printing is transforming architecture. ************************* The offspring took me out to The Chomp for my birthday. It’s in the spot where Sanborn’s was — Sanborn’s didn’t survive the COVID restrictions. The Chomp is Thai food for the most part. Very good Thai food. Somewhat strange set-up — you have to order upstairs. I was dismissed from jury duty on April 14th. I called in just to be sure on the 18th, and everybody who was summoned for that location during that week was dismissed. Either the cases up for trial were settled, or they were postponed; but I have officially completed my jury service. Last Wednesday, as we were almost home from me picking my grandson up after school. I was at a stop sign, checking traffic, and there was his sister walking up to the nearest corner. High school was apparently let out about half an hour early. We were no sooner all three settled in the car when it started to hail, and it just kept coming down harder till about ten minutes after I got into my apartment. The company that owns the complex where we live sent around their repair crew to replace most of the innards of what controls the water in our bathtubs. On Thursday, I had a shower of a decent temperature. In my own bathroom! The company seems to want their tenants to use an online app to pay rent — the annual information package didn’t include any envelopes. I emailed our manager to ask about who controls what for that and haven’t heard back yet. My chiropractor was on me about a couple of things Saturday morning. She understood how I could be stiff and sore from the cleaning I did before letting anybody in to work on my plumbing; but still, …. I really do need to stop being lazy about my exercise. ************************* Love you guys! [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/22/2160781/-IAN-April-23-2023-weather-s-supposed-to-change Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/