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Lucy has officially started now. We have found out that she is a German Pincher. She loves the family and has completely adapted to living with us.

Now let’s talk about some politics. I have found something strange in Florida it seems that books about Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robertson have been banned but not Mien Kamph, which is all about the rise of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany. It would seem if DeSantis or some other person doesn’t like a book for whatever reason they just get it banned. We have politicians on both sides who don’t care what the people want but think they are so bright that they can tell us what we want. If you aren’t rich and can help them in some way they will never listen to you. This is a dangerous way for our country to be this kind of separation has led to revolutions in other countries such as France and Russia. Having somebody tell me this book or this movie or this man is dangerous for me is Censorship and tends to piss me off as well as others. Since Desantis wants the country to look like a real-life version of the Hand Maid Tales I can understand how he doesn’t want anybody to read the book. Well, it’s my wife’s birthday today so we will say this is LUCY and FATS saying CIAO from Medellin Colombia.

As I said on Sunday Antonia has passed away. We now introduce LUCY who has decided to help write my blog on Sundays. I hope you all like her as much as I do. I know ANTONIA is happy that we found her and rescued her. We’ll be looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday.

Hi, for those of you that have read my blog or are just now stopping I started this when I first came to Colombia 14 years ago. I called it floundersgreatadventure.com because it was about my cat Flounder and our travels around Colombia. Four years ago Flounder passed away, he was twenty years old. My Labradoodle dog Antonia was already here. This past Thursday Antonia died suddenly. The doctor said it looked like poison. She might have eaten something or been bitten by something. Antonia had spent Mother’s Day with our family she played with the Grand Kids and was happy as could be. Monday morning she seemed fine. We went for our normal walk and when we returned she wouldn’t eat or drink. Finally, in the night she ate. Tuesday she would only eat a cookie and didn’t want to get up. Wednesday she couldn’t move and started to lose control of her bladder. The doctor arrived in the afternoon and said he had to take her to the hospital. She died while we were on our way to see her on Thursday morning. I need a pet to make me exercise and get out of the house. So, although this might seem harsh yesterday I adopted a mutt and named her Lucy. She’s three years old and as far as I can see had never seen trees or grass until this morning. She has many of the traits of Antonia and if I didn’t know better I say Antonia was coaching her. I’m going to put her picture up here soon and will try to write more about her as she grows. This is FATS and LUCY saying CHOW from Medellin, Colombia.

My mom has been gone for 25 years and I still miss her. 1998 Google got started Viagra got approved by the FDA, Apple unveiled the I MAC and Bill Clinton was president. The country and the world were a different place. My mom was 84 when she died and had seen a lot. She buried two husbands and a son. I think she felt she had done and given enough. A coup;e of years before she had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I regret not spending more time with her but I thought she would live forever. I didn’t realize how many people loved and respected her until she passed. When I miss her now and start thinking about her I think she would recognize this place anymore. She would sit and wonder how a man like Donald Trump could be President. She would have loved Obama and adored his wife. She would be quite upset and worried about what we would be leaving her grandchildren with. She would wonder how all the things she saw us go to war about or march in the streets to change would have people trying to revive. She would wonder how there would be so many guns. She would remember that I owned many guns at one time. She never had to read about kids killing kids in schools not in a war zone but in what she would have thought was one of the safest places for our kids. My mom was a very smart person but as she aged all she wanted to be was happy and she deserved that. I’m glad she isn’t here to see how bad we have screwed everything up, but she would still look for the good. Maybe she can pull some strings up there and get things straightened out around here. Those of you whose mom is still around don’t wait till Mother’s Day to tell her how much you love her do it every day. That means guys and gals. If you don’t you’ll end up with regrets and sitting around trying to write a blog that she might like. I know my mom would probably like it, but would point out my grammatical mistakes as well as spelling errors. I don’t think I ever did anything that my Mom didn’t support she would worry in silence. I could probably still use a little advice now. I miss you Mom and I know Janet does as well. This is FATS and ANTONIA saying HAPPY MOTHERS DAY from Medellin, Colombia.

Here’s the problem with artificial intelligence. It’s like a great quarterback who read defenses and make quick adjustments during the play. Now, if the coach who is calling the defense has access to AI he’ll be able to react faster. In other words, he will be able to outthink the QB. So if AI is faster at learning than a human how long do you think it will take it to realize it doesn’t need us? When it does it will happen so fast we won’t be able to stop it and remember computers don’t have feelings they think in pure logic or black and white. Some of our greatest scientists have said that the biggest threat to this plane is humans and that right now the greatest threat to humans is AI. The biggest problem is we think we can control AI. Once you let that out of the box there will be no putting it back. Look at how much has been done already. Fake news, and fake reporters, mind-reading apps, and the list goes on. The big difference between a movie and real life is that humans can’t win. We care who lives and dies, we care about our families. We don’t want to die. AI on the other hand has none of this. Another thing to worry about is the greed and selfishness of our governments. They will think that they can control or destroy AI after they use it to conquer the world. They won’t see the end coming any faster than the rest of us. Sounds like a bad Science fiction movie plot doesn’t it. Unfortunately, it’s not. This is FATS and ANTONIA saying CIAO from Medellin, Colombia.