The kid scored so well on math SOL her teacher id like you have to appeal for algebra 1 in middle school. I am like why must it be like this everytime? Missing it by a point, appealing and all that. Now thanks to teacher even kid wants to appeal ugh. Just when we had all charted out a pathway.

Ponniyin Selvan – 2 (PS-2) is unbearably unwatchable. We haven’t even been able to watch past first 90 minutes and its been a struggle. What an incoherent incompressible mess Mani Ratnam made it. PS-1 had the similar issues at smaller scale, but at least it kept the drama intact and it felt like it was making sense. The second part jumps around so much with so much plot/story/drama lost in the incoherence its exhausting. Really can’t fathom why Mani did not decide to make it a trilogy so the characters and story had breathing space and come alive on screen. The story scope is so large that two, two hour movies were not going to do justice to it.

A lot of people in our community have put out a “no-pee” or “no-poo” dog signs on their sidewalk grass patch. Not on their front lawns, but the grass strip on other side of sidewalk. I dont get it. The government owns that land, not us. Everyone’s property lines end at front lawn, but we are all expected to maintain the sidewalk and grass strip as part of public easement but its not a piece of land the house owner owns. Its governments. And that means if my dog wants to ignore your fucking no-pee sign and pee on your grass strip, too bad, fuck you.

If Biden wins 2024 its a given that a republican president will take over next 8 years. I do not see Kamala winning; maybe I am wrong, but honestly I can’t recall a single thing she’s known for in the last 4 years either. Which begets the qn who will be it be in 2036 and how old will they be? Newsom will well be in his 60s while I cannot see Biden’s age group being functional (much less alive!) in 2036. Surely the democrats are already thinking about this yeah? Or who knows Diane Feinstein might still be around ready for a presidential run.

The first avatar movie released when I was 30. The last avatar movie will release when my kid will turn 20. I somehow find that stat quite eyeopening.

My ex-company had another round of massive layoffs that saw their product and engineering teams decimated. As a small startup if you have to layoff a massive number of product & engineering folks its a very bad indication of where the company itself is going. I hope the remaining folks know what to do.

[LOL](https://www.kagstv.com/article/news/verify/donald-trump/trump-signed-law-mishandling-classified-documents-felony-fact-check/536-50910fc9-7759-48dd-aae1-71f7ada263a0)

>Yes, Trump signed a law that made mishandling classified documents a felony

I take a end of the school year video of the kid on the last day every year; I ask her the same questions that I’ve asked her from her first grade. I am looking forward to this one to see how her final year in elementary vs first year will turn out.

Well, I guess thats that for Asimov’s [Foundation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t0BGkVQMuQ) then? The second season looks more of a run of the mill Sci-Fi show than the books, but really is there a good way to even televise the books at this pt? The first season baring few episodes was just plain simple boring, and this one looks like they’ve abandoned the book in favor of a Sci-Fi show. Hope I am wrong and it turns out better than the trailer looks.

I dont get the allure of split level homes. They look like half built houses that barely grow out of the ground.