Sometimes the idea of resilience, the ability to bounce back from a set-back, disaster or hardship becomes confused with survivalist or the current phrase a prepper. There seem to be a number of people who are looking in anticipation for the next disaster so to experience hardship, heroically push through and show their ability to survive despite the odds.

The current disaster of the week in my area is the eclipse. I had to do a little commuting this week and listened to the radio while driving. I am definitely unprepared for the roads to be in grid-lock, perhaps no emergency services or the road to the fast food joint jammed.

Something/Someone Old

A cabinet I'm thinking of buying on craigslist is my Something Old today. One hundred bucks is actually a reasonable price for an old piece of furniture in good condition made out of solid wood:

It's good to see you. Come on in, leave your shoes in the hallway, we've got fire on the stove preparing lunch for later. In the meantime, browse the bookshelves and plunk down on the sofa with one, or pick out some tunes from the music library or come in to the kitchen to help with the cooking. Our special blend of tea is steeping and will be right up.

July 31 is the 212th day of the year. There are 153 days left.

Today's number is 31

Today's number is 31

31 is a prime, and a Mersenne prime at that
31 is gallium
M31 is the Andromeda Galaxy
31 Flavors is Baskin Robbins