Packy's Place

Eugene Robinson, in a recent Washington Post opinion wrote; "The Court of Mad King Donald is not a presidency. It is an affliction, one that saps the life out of democratic institutions, and it must be fiercely resisted if the nation as we know it is to survive." I had high hopes for Mr. Trump going in. A friend had interviewed him back in the 90s, and was impressed by him, and assured me that he would make good Presidential material. After his first bit of 'tweeting', and his use and abuse of a twitter account, I wondered when the 'adulting' would begin. I'm just hopeful that there are enough checks and balances in our government, that Mr. Trump cannot do irreparable damage. Quite frankly, I do not see Mr. Trump completing his term as President. I'm ashamed of his behaviour. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

The wifi gadget for my old desktop started having issues. Wouldn't stay connected. The D-Link modules use your house wiring to extend your network. Hook one up to your router and then plug it into the wall. Hook the other one up to you computer and plug it into the wall. They should connect to one another, and magically, it's like you have an ethernet cable connected to your computer, from your router. This saves trying to figure out how to run an ethernet cable to where there is none. However, after some time in use, the wife says the d-link is making her smartphone disconnect from calls. Since the d-link uses the house wiring which has no shielding, I can see where this might be an issue. The d-links are disconnected, and i'm using my laptop to assist the old desktop in connecting to the internet. The laptop connects via wifi and the desktop is connected via ethernet cable to the laptop. So far so good.

The Lloyd Thaxton show was kind of like Bandstand. In the early 60's it was carried by KPTV in Portland, and later on syndicated nationally (1964). I had one of the "Dawk" dolls. Came with several signs you could swap out. I'm not sure who all carried the show in the early years. We got tv out of Portland, OR., and I got to see the show.