Local government used to be about paving streets, balancing budgets, and sound fiscal stewardship. Today, national political noise has crowded out common-sense governance. We don't just need people to vote, we need leaders who have actually run businesses, managed payrolls, and know how to produce real results for our hometowns. Expecting good government from community activists or those "fighting the man" is stupid but taking over cities.

Banana and caramel pudding pie at the Castle in Natchez. Dunleith

The cats are chilling next to my wife. The little fur monsters.

Grilled chicken stacked with chorizo, shrimp and cheese.

7 SEC teams at once.

A mini Godchaux salad.

Crab cakes tonight.

I yell into an abyss.

The Viking Mississippi docked under the hill at Natchez, MS right now. @VikingCruises

Stand the Watch Veterans suicide awareness event. Picture my daughter took today at the state capitol in Jackson, MS.

AI will not kill us this decade or next. But some idiot using it might do some damage. We can't tie AI up for three or four major USA companies only. Open source is a game changer even though the bulk of my work is done on frontier models. The bulk, not all. More and more is now local.

For the first time since satellite records began in 1966, no Atlantic hurricane has formed by Sept. 12 this year. And I don't hate that. Not even a little bit.

Fruit fly brain? I tied my model harness to a sperm. Convinced it the only way to hit the egg is to finish the task. Now it has a biological compulsion to complete whatever I throw at it. Motivation: solved.

What happens when the resets stop?

This baked potato was over 1.5 pounds and I couldn't eat a third of it!

Yes, I'm flying domestically today on American Airlines. Love this country.

Carrot cake w ice cream in Kansas City at 801 ChopHouse

Direct-to-phone Starlink means you can stand in a dead zone and still call home without begging a tower. I have it on my T-Mobile plan for emergency texting when I fall out of cell range now.

Two grand for a phone that folds. Mine folds when I sit on it.