Let's Go Bruins!

 National Championship 125!

Fall / Winter in Yosemite

 

I think this is great news

 They have reintroduced beavers into the UK by releasing a few into the wild. But this one was recently found 300 miles from where they were introduced and started recovery ten years ago!

"Retard" - really?

 The President and many in parts of the media have begun to use the word retard. I could get all up and angry about this.

I could say how my Aunt was retarded and she was 2000 times the person you are. I could say it is just a fuckwit's way of trying to burn someone else. I could say it is bully-approved. But I don't think anyone who finds it funny would care what I think. 

They think it is amusing to mock people as being born with a life-altering disability. One that brings pain to parents and family. A family that loves that little retard, despite how much vile hatred the word brings.

Calling someone a retard is a lazy way for the mind of a 9-year-old to make fun of other people. I get it, you think these people deserve to be ridiculed and laughed at because they are, or are like those who are, mentally disabled from birth.

It's hilarious.

This seems to be a bad idea

 If you need help going up the stairs, a bumpy stair-skateboard seems like the worst possible solution.

After decades I have given up the domain name Nincompoopery.com

It comes time to retire nincompoopery. Here's the deal. The idiocy of life is no longer funny to me. I hesitate to look at it, because nincompoopery is no longer a funny anomaly. It is the country's chosen path.

So, time to move on. I don't want to stop writing; it's a great outlet for me, but a page must be turned.

It describes absurdly silly conduct or systemic stupidity, like corporate processes that fail despite everyone knowing the problem, leading to frustration and incompetence. 

In the above definition, "frustration" is doing a lot of work in that sentence :-).

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So where did "nincomopoopery" come from? My dear friend Lauren (RIP) introduced it to me during our many hours working together at the Revolver. It's from Auntie Mame. You can see the clip below; you can close it after a minute or so.

(Quit after a minute)

Well, Yosemite was stunning.

 Some images from Yosemite this week.

"Tunnel View". You must stop. El Capitan, Half-Dome and Bridal Veil Falls