Morning musings: Last night when I posted my journal to Facebook, it wouldn’t allow me to tag Kim. Message flashed that there was an error, and I should try again later, which I did with the same results. Whatever, Facebook. I’m going to bed.
This morning, I used my phone to get on Facebook to check if there were responses to a lizard picture I posted on the Reptile page last night. A window popped up stating that my session had timed out and that I’d have to log in again. “Huh! Haven’t even been on FB yet so how could my session have timed out? And timed out? What‘s that mean in FB world? I thought I could be logged into FB forever, even after I die.” Kim couldn’t get on with his computer either, but he received a different message about an incorrect password. So, I googled “What’s up with Facebook” and it became obvious that we weren’t the only ones having problems. Don’t know what the issue is or when it will be fixed, but after reading some of the comments on a forum, it seems the problem concerns all of Meta’s platforms and it’s a worldwide issue. Lots of fun comments but I like this one the best: “If everyone would just send me one dollar, I could afford some weed to get through this crisis”. 😎
Facebook was fixed within an hour, and I was able to
see that the lizard that hangs out on our tree is an ‘ornate tree lizard.’ I made a note and tacked it to the bulletin
board.
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I listened to an episode on History This Week entitled Uncovering Tutankhamun. It covered the discovery of King Tut’s tomb, the political disputes about ownership of the artifacts or treasures held within the tomb, and the origin of the ‘mummy’s curse’. I have sketchy knowledge of King Tut and haven’t given him much thought along my life’s journey. I know he was young when he became pharoah/king; on our bike trip to Alaska in 2013, I visited the Alaska State Fair and saw an Egyptian artifacts display (copies not originals) chronicling his life; and I was a fan of the song ‘King Tut’ by Steve Martin. Figured there was more to know so I turned to Google.
This is from the site pbs.org: Despite the boy king’s importance in our
history today, his reign was short and relatively unimportant in the history of
ancient Egypt. He became an important figure only in death with the discovery
of his tomb and mummy in 1922 both of which were incredibly preserved and
provided valuable insights into the history of ancient Egypt.
The site education.nationalgeographic.org had this information: Tutankhamen
was born around 1341 B.C.E. His name means “living image of Aten.” Aten was the
name of the sun deity that Tutankhamen's father
and predecessor to power, Akhenaten, ordered his people to worship.
Before this decree, ancient Egypt had been a polytheistic society,
meaning that it worshipped many gods instead of one. Akhenaten also moved the
capital and religious center of Egypt from Thebes to Amarna
When Akhenaten died, Tutankhamen took his
place. He was just nine years old. Aided by advisers, King Tut reversed many of
his father’s decisions. Under his rule, Egypt returned to polytheism. This “boy
king” ruled for less than a decade; he died at age nineteen.
Gracious! We have twin grandsons that just turned nine
and I’m not sure they could be trusted to clean their bedroom properly without
supervision…can’t imagine putting them in charge of a country/kingdom.
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Kim’s neck is better, maybe still a little
tight but he’s able to turn his head instead of his whole body to look to the
side. I’m recovered from the respiratory
shit I had going when we left for Arizona…energy has returned, I sleep at night,
no coughing, no stuffy/drippy nose, and no eye goo. Despite all those good
things, I still sound stuffed up.
It’s the weirdest thing and I’m starting to think this is my new
sound.
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Drove into Marana to spend the evening with
Bryan and Linda Shumaker, friends from Boyne City. They bought a house out here a couple of
years ago and split their time evenly between Michigan and Arizona…6 months
here and 6 months at home. Good friends, good conversation and lots of
laughter…a great way to spend the evening.
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I’ve been sending my mom my journal entries…this morning I had to play catch up and sent her both Sunday and Monday’s. I received a text from her later in the day, simply stating that “We made a trip to get nachos twice. Once on the bike and other time in truck.” There were more texts to round out the memory but I stand corrected…we have been to the Gu-Atchi Trading Post in the truck. 😏
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