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Hermeneutics.

(Presented in Feel-A-Round®)

[M @drecktacular]

The phenomenon of walking into a room and forgetting why we're there is because of our crippling inability to recall why we're anywhere.

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.

More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸

[M @drecktacular]

@SurfThrash @__judyruliani The slam (Chris Senn?) at 2 minutes, 57 seconds lines up perfectly with the "I don't like being hurt" verse. Superb editing.

[M @drecktacular]

@DouglasSpaeder https://t.co/DtNiU5gvHE

[common(non)sense @katiabanina]

My granddad is the best person i know

At 11, he tried a cig and didn't like it and never smoked since
At 18, he was on the verge of death from sepsis when his mom's friend's husband, a long haul Aeroflot pilot, brought penicillin back from the US. When the antibiotics started working, the doc told his mom - don't cry, he might even live up to 40
At 21, he got a degree in nuclear physics, but wasn't allowed to work in the industry due to weakened health. He found himself in the Soviet space programme
At 26, he sent Sputnik to space, a few weeks before he had his first child
At 32, he made the discovery of the Earth's plasmasphere
At 60, he learnt English because the iron curtain had fallen and he could travel to the international space conferences. He needed to write and present in English
At 70, he would fight me for the dial-up internet as I wanted to chat to online friends, while he needed to send some work emails from home
At 85, he visited me in London and went to the British Museum five days in a row. One of the days we were having afternoon tea, and he exclaimed: "I'm so lucky! Had I not lived to this age, I would not have seen Amenkhotep III statue and had these wonderful scones at the Ritz"
At 90, he was the only person in my family who said I must absolutely take the opportunity to work in crypto
At 94, he still was still co-authoring scientific papers. And this hasn't stopped yet

Yesterday, he turned 95

Happy birthday granddad 😊

[M @drecktacular]

@Indian_Bronson The one in the photo has been custom painted. The original only came in silver/black.

[M @drecktacular]

@jambyc @rand_longevity @Pontifex Have you read it?

[M @drecktacular]

@rand_longevity @Pontifex Yes.

[M @drecktacular]

@ingelramdecoucy I have (follow-up) questions.

[M @drecktacular]

@CptWhatsHisName @captive_dreamer I know that. I'm wondering if it carries any special meaning among gender nonconforming types in the present day.

[M @drecktacular]

@Dr_TheHistories Lesser known is that the tactic of serving to officers was only adopted secondarily after the "airplane coming in for landing" method failed as none of the sailors knew what an airplane was.

[M @drecktacular]

@jranhand @2Aupdates "Did you get to have say in your size..."

Imagining a nurse at the gender clinic rolling out a giant The Price is Right style roulette wheel after the intake forms are completed.

[M @drecktacular]

@uncledoomer Copper with some brass and galvanized bits thrown in as a little treat.

[M @drecktacular]

@freemmatt @ZODIAC_MF https://t.co/TYE14Pcquq

[M @drecktacular]

@VitoBrevis @PaulSkallas Absolutely, and the loud vs. smelly distinction is predicated upon whether you're polling the audience or the comedian.

[M @drecktacular]

@PaulSkallas "It isn't funny anymore."

I beg to differ.

[LindyMan @PaulSkallas]

part of why fart jokes used to be common in the past is because people used to eat a lot more fiber. so they had frequent farts. Which made loud noises, but didn't smell that bad. Which is funny.

As society got richer and ate much more protein and meat, the farts became fewer, but way smellier. It isn't funny anymore.

[M @drecktacular]

@BlkMetalEnjoyer Supernaut.

[M @drecktacular]

@JoshOnAir @nypost Damning with faint praise?