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Last week I mentioned the load of VCR tapes we wanted to digitize, and that I had made a test run. This week, I disassembled and repaired the [https://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-PlayPak-PV-P1-VYMW0009-Adaptor/dp/B00006JPWT VHS-C adapter] which is absolutely necessary in order to actually play any of the many VHS-C tapes we have. I then digitized four videos, mostly painlessly. So hopefully in a month or so I’ll have digitized the lot. By the way, in order to re-assemble that adapter, which had spontaneously tossed bits around, I had to search YouTube for someone doing what I wanted. I found a Brazilian guy whose Portuguese was incomprehensible to me, but whose actions I could see clearly enough. Fun times.

I hadn’t mentioned it, but I also took my yearly blood-test last week (my arm is still black and blue), and got the results this week. Then both of us went to the ophthalmologist for a yearly eye-exam, which I followed by going to the nurses’ station and getting other things checked out. Then in the afternoon, I had a telephone consult with my doctor, who was “very pleased”. So I’ll have an extra helping this ''shabbat'', thank you very much.

Around the bend:
* My friend [https://penamacorrespondent.blog/greetings-from-chelm/ welcomes you Chelm].
* Bari Weiss’ very interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjycDtrCDuI interview of Milei].
* The Canadian Cancer Society apologizes for [https://tnc.news/2024/06/05/canadian-cancer-society-cervix-front-hole3/ not calling cervix “front hole”]. Forget about biology, these fools don’t know anatomy!
* The WSJ finally became aware that Biden shows [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/joe-biden-age-election-2024-8ee15246?mod=hp_lista_pos1 “signs of slipping”] behind closed-doors. What, you don’t say! And excuse me, but “behind closed doors” is doing some ''very'' heavy lifting here. I mean, [https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/06/joe-biden-sitting-imaginary-chair-poop-d-day-20987233/ there’s video].
* The Times writes that the Trump verdict [https://www.thetimes.com/article/0a43698c-1a25-417d-b347-02c8c72129a9?shareToken=8f9dafb9e11dfa42d2524ba939665b09 makes the presidential race] even harder to predict. Dvorak writes [https://dvorak.substack.com/p/the-fix-is-in the fix is in]. And [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1797853615048278487.html a thread] giving some perspective.
* A thread on [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1797010501899108791.html US-Israel relations] from an Israeli perspective.

In the meantime, our northern front [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qb7E2pZxn4 heated up considerably] this week. Our leaders keep making stern pronouncements about how “we know what to do”, and “Hezbollah will pay a heavy price”, and “We really really mean it! No kidding!”. I say, with all due respect, STFU and burn Lebanon to the ground. After you’ve actually ''done'' something, then maybe say a few words about it.

And by the way: Egypt has [https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/egypt-has-questions-to-answer-over-rafah/ questions to answer] over Rafah. Dozens of tunnels under the “border wall” between Rafah and Egypt. Our supposed “peace partner” which gets billions in aid from the US every year. Yeah.

I mentioned a while back that I am working on a new version of my ''zemanim'' program. It’s been a slow process because other things have intervened, and along the way I’ve encountered bugs and have made some design changes. So please have patience: I’m hoping to release this coming week or the one after.

The weather was ''very hot'' this week, something of which I disapprove most severely.
However, it’s supposed to cool down to normal temps by Sunday. The upcoming holiday of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot ''shavuot''] should be pleasant.

Our menu this ''shabbat'' includes:<br>
homemade ''ḥalla'',
roast beast,
potatoes,
various ''salatim'',
and watermelon.
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Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom'' and ''ḥodesh ṭov''! <br>

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 Around the bend:
-* My friend [https://penamacorrespondent.blog/greetings-from-chelm/ welcomes you Chelm].
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 * Bari Weiss’ very interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjycDtrCDuI interview of Milei].
 * The Canadian Cancer Society apologizes for [https://tnc.news/2024/06/05/canadian-cancer-society-cervix-front-hole3/ not calling cervix “front hole”]. Forget about biology, these fools don’t know anatomy!

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