It’s Thursday. Our wacky President lobbed another threat at Iran yesterday, vowing to destroy any Iranian gunboats that “harass” U.S. vessels.

“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” he tweeted.

Of course, the idea of shooting down a boat caught the attention of the Internet, and many quickly pointed out that boats float on the water rather than fly in the air. My favorite response came from Princeton historian Kevin Kruse, who tweeted, “After this, we’ll sink their planes!” 

Anyway, today is day 4 in my week of amateur goodness so go ahead and check out Thursday’s photo… enjoy! 

-keep

It’s Wednesday. In addition to working remotely these days, I’ve also been gaming a lot. And not just ordinary gaming, no sir, I’ve been retro-gaming! I bought my first computer as a kid back in 1983. It was a new Apple //e with a green screen, duo floppy drives, dot matrix printer and two games—Choplifter and Wizardry. 

My friends and I played the hell out of those games and so many others, but as a D&D fan it was Wizardry that was special to me. Through the use of very minimal graphics, it was basically D&D on a computer. And the best part was you didn’t need a bunch of people to play. You simply booted it up, created your party of characters, and down into the dungeon you went in search of gold, magic items, and a variety of nasty creatures. So, when a buddy gave me a copy for the PC, I ran it through a DOS emulator and played the thing from start to finish over the course of several weeks. And it was an absolute blast! It put me right back in my bedroom when I was a kid and brought back all kinds of good memories. It was just so damn much fun. Now, the dilemma—do I get started on the sequels…?

Okay, as promised, here’s the third amateur photo in the week-long amateur goodness collection. Enjoy!

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It’s Tuesday. Had to pick up some things at Costco yesterday and was somewhat surprised to see the majority of the people shopping were wearing masks. There were a few I saw without them, but probably less than five. I was also impressed with the way Costco was managing the situation. They had several employees outside offering customers disinfectant wipes while others were managing the amount of people entering the store. Everyone was polite, orderly, and okay with the process. We can get through this. It’s not that difficult.

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m featuring some amateur goodness all week long from a reader who sent in a collection of photos of his girlfriend. So, here is the second photo… enjoy!

-keep