👏 Now this is how to write about these bullshit Apple stories. It’s like arguing with much of the right now: It’s not in good faith.

We know why: these articles aren’t trying to establish a pattern of accurate, reliable reporting; they’re merely fluff content blown out to induce outrage in order to drive the social media engagement that supports their surveillance advertising clickbait revenue model.

Well done, Mr. Dilger.

👩🏻‍🎤 I bumped into my son’s kindergarten teacher the other night. At the time my son was in kindergarten, I had a very flexible schedule and was able to spend quite a bit of time in the room helping the teachers at lunch time, etc. Seeing the teacher brought back memories that mixed with my time in my son’s classroom as well as my time as a student. Seeing her really mixed with my memories as if she had been my teacher. Some of my fondest memories in my entire life come from that time in my son’s kindergarten’s classroom.

Teachers are under appreciated, underpaid, and under valued. I love teachers at every level, but elementary school teachers are my most favorite.

👩‍⚕️ A lot of people are talking about Apple’s next big thing. Many people are claiming there’ll be nothing as big as the iPhone. It’s a good argument. A portable computer that came around at just the right time with just the right capabilities at a somewhat affordable price is hard to beat.

I do think there’s a next big thing. But it’s already here.

It’s clear that Apple is really putting a lot of effort into the Apple Watch. Like the iPhone, it’s named purely for acceptance reasons. And, again, like the iPhone, it could easily be named iPod because of all the things it can do. Sure, one could argue the Apple Watch is used more to tell the time than the iPhone is used for phone calls, but I’m comfortable saying the Apple Watch is a sleeper device. Named as such only to make it easier for us neophytes to accept.

The Apple Watch can show you the weather, let you read and send messages, play your music and podcasts, and, yeah, make phone calls. It can also tell summon help if you’ve fallen. It can even tell you if it thinks your heart is acting oddly. Today. That’s all available today. The next version will have another sensor. And the following year as well (along with improved sensors we’re using today).

I see a future where more and more people have an Apple Watch because, while there may be credible competition, who in the world are you going to trust with your health information? Huawei? Samsung? Google? Please.

🎥 I just saw the latest Spider-Man movie with my son. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is such a fun, incredibly well-made movie that I’m labeling it a must see. I’m not the biggest fan of the whole super hero thing, but if I’m picking one super hero, I’d pick Spider-Man.

Really, go see it.

💔 I gotta wonder how well this article from The Verge is going to age.

Because I can’t imagine this story about the Apple Watch will be the only one we end up reading. See?

📲 Apple so needs to up its game when it comes to the App Store. This kind of crap is exactly what shouldn’t be in the App Store and, if it’s going to be, then let me take my chances side loading apps (which I know Apple won’t allow). So up your game, Apple.

👩🏽‍🦰 We’re going to impeach the motherfucker?! Oh no, get me to the fainting couch, stat!

How awesome 1) there is video of it and 2) She is not backing down or apologizing for it!

I still stand by my idea, however, that I’d trade a Trump impeachment for Paul Ryan being in jail forever. Now that I think about it more, the MSM is culpable when it comes to Ryan. They took everything that liar said and ran with it. Never, ever questioned the hows.

📷 I know it’s incredibly old school and kinda weird, but I’ve been so happy messing around with my photo blog (an import of Instagram) that I want to pick up my camera again (yeah, the camera I knew would get all dusty from disuse).