Day 212: TGIF got up, got the boy off to school and tried to regain a foot hold in the kitchen after the last few days absence. Dug out the sink, took care of the dishes so I had enough room to make breakfast. The twins dad stopped by for a visit on his way through town... Don't get a lot of people visiting way out here... Likely more my charming personality rather than the remote location. LOL Talked about ways to fix things around the house, particularly the floor... He does a lot of his own home projects, it's always good to get another set of eyes on a project. Couldn't talk him into a coffee but before he escaped sidekick stopped by, he drinks coffee. I have to say, my friends aren't normal, well I mean that in the nicest way... Some are left of center, some are right, some eat green eggs and ham and others avoid pork... I can rarely have them all in the same room at the same time.   Not without war raging... I'm pretty open minded and enjoy a good debate, I can't say I see eye to eye with my friends in their beliefs but just because we aren't on the same page on certain topics doesn't mean we can't be friends... A lot of people now a days forget that... There was a brief exchange about the use of masks that set the cart in motion and the apples tumbling... Basically people who don't wear masks are ignorant hicks and teachers are stupid... Man I can argue those topics either way. Frankly if the human race isn't going to survive without paper doilies strapped to our heads, we are fucked, pull the plug, get it over with... Looking at it that way masks make no sense... Here in lies my problem... Things go extinct, other things move in and take over the resources the extinction has freed up... It happens every day... BUT we only get our knickers in a twist when cute fuzzy things go missing or we have a direct invested interest in the extinction... The common cockroach hits the endangered species list and no one is going to give a shit... Are cute fuzzy things more important? Or something we value as a food source... I suppose you could keep cockroaches as pets or make them into a food source but... And lord forbid it's humanity that's in danger... Let me tell you, the world isn't coming to an end any time soon... Hey we might not be around to report on its carbon emissions... But are we sure that's not a bad thing? And as for the teacher thing... I think they are more misunderstood than dumb... It's about focus on the way things should be, facts from reputable sources, and looking at stupid people who don't understand with complete bewilderment. This typically puts them in a place where they won't entertain ideas beyond the scope of feasible. A good conspiracy theory has the chance of melting the world they live in and make them seem a little out of their wheel house... But for some reason few resist the chance to look at the theorist like they have grown an extra head. The over lap in visiting friends didn't last long. Sidekick sat down for a coffee.  After the coffee we took a quick trip to his place to look at some axles for the next project I have in mind. Looks promising... He dropped me back at home, I changed a wiper blade on his car, I always have a few spare lying about. The boy got home. We sat down and tried to figure out when the next Minecraft update was coming to the beta testing snapshots we play/test... Might be a while... It looks like it's not due to be released until next summer. He then ran off to play other games with his friends. Heather came home, we got into some chicken wings again and started talking about houses... It would be nice to build something in a few years. After dinner and home planning we watched another Blacklist episode. Binge watching stuff before bed seems to be a new hobby... It's getting cold up here... The desire to go out and do things is starting to wane. No doubt we will be baried in snow soon.