Thursday miscellanea #340

I stayed away from Amazon.com’s Prime Day yesterday, mostly because the car insurance is due. Heh. Here are some interesting facts about it.
Somehow I missed the news that Rick Ducommun died. He was one of the second wave of all of those great comics of the ’80s, and quite a funny fellow. RIP.
Hampton Cove resident Ken Mackenzie has turned the silly fight his homeowner association picked with him into a pledge drive for a Kenya relief fund. Way to escalate it productively, sir! This story is a perfect embodiment of why I can’t stand HOAs.
Had dinner at the temporary location of the Yellowhammer beer garden last night with Tommy and Carol. It was a highly pleasant place to be, and I’ll go back. Certainly is easy to drive by it if you don’t know exactly where it is, though. Look for Huntsville Radio Service on Clinton. Yellowhammer is right next door.
The penultimate Wayward Pines airs tonight. I certainly have enjoyed it. I like something billing itself as a “10-episode event.” DVR it, start it 20 minutes late, and I don’t even have to watch commercials. I’ve enjoyed the companion web series Gone, too.
IndyCar is at Iowa Saturday night. What a fun track! Looking forward to it.
The average forecast high temperature for the next seven days is 99.1º.