June 2, 2023

Briefly.

I realized I had a road rage problem when my son starting yelling “Pick a lane, asshole!” in the grocery store.

Trivia #1: Which NBA team was the first expansion team to win the NBA Finals? – Chicago Stags, Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets, Whittier Tech
Trivia #2: Which Red Sox player holds the franchise record for single-season ERA? – Cy Young, Dutch Leonard, Roger Clemens, Clay Buchholz, Curt Schilling
Trivia #3: The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined in what year? – 1955, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 2022
Trivia #4: Who wrote “I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You? – Ray Charles, Don Gibson, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Jim Reeves

My kids get a kick out of the fact that when I was a kid, we used to buy road maps at the gas station while on vacation and travel like pirates.

Go away: Ja Morant

This week’s sign of the apocalypse: A simulation of an artificial intelligence-enabled drone tasked with destroying surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites turned against and attacked its human user, who was supposed to have the final go- or no-go decision to destroy the site. The AI system learned that its mission was to destroy SAM, and it was the preferred option. But when a human issued a no-go order, the AI decided it went against the higher mission of destroying the SAM, so it attacked the operator in simulation.

I guess the Denver Nuggets won game 1 of the NBA Finals last night. So I hear.

On this day: June 2, 1835, P.T. Barnum and his circus begin first tour of the U.S. Also, June 2, 1989, 14-year-old Scott Isaacs spells “spoliator” to win 1989 Spelling Bee

Useless information supposed to fire my imagination: 14-year-old Scott Isaacs spells “spoliator” to win 1989 Spelling Bee

Article I’ll skip: 83-year-old Al Pacino allegedly asked 29-year-old girlfriend for a paternity test. (Atta boy!)

Good news: I’m working on something, really…

Trivia #1 answer: Which NBA team was the first expansion team to win the NBA Finals? – Chicago Stags, Washington Capitols, Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets, Whittier Tech – Baltimore Bullets
Trivia #2 answer: Which Red Sox player holds the franchise record for single-season ERA? – Cy Young, Dutch Leonard, Roger Clemens, Clay Buchholz, Curt Schilling – Dutch Leonard (0.96 in 1914)
Trivia #3 answer: The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined in what year? – 1955, 1959, 1962, 1967, 1970, 2022 – 1955 by John McCarthy
Trivia #4 answer: Who wrote “I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You? – Ray Charles, Don Gibson, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Jim Reeves – Don Gibson (1958)

Every dead body on Mt. Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe calm down.

Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)

Happy National Leave the Office Early Day!

“Those happy hours that we once knew
Tho’ long ago, they still make me brlue
They say that time heals a broken heart
But time has stood still since we’ve been apart”

Don Gibson – performed by Ray Charles