📖 Read Arthur’s Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban

Read Arthur's Loose Tooth by Lillian Hoban (HarperCollins)
Arthur, afraid of pulling his loose tooth, and his little sister, Violet, learn something about being brave in the seventh adventure about two favorite chimps.
Not as solid as the Francis series, though this did have one or two nice moments. The illustrations were a bit too simplistic and much less realistic than they could have been.

How does a kid with only one tooth manage to loose it before he has more?!

I’m not sure which book I liked less, this or The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist. Though that one did have an entertaining set of pages which included an instrument that was colloquially called the “Yankers!”

Rating: 2 of 5 stars

Favorite quote:
“What!” said Arthur. “I am not scared to go upstairs in the dark!”
“I know,” said the baby-sitter. “But sometimes I think you are scared of a little soap and water.”

📖 Read pages 40-47 of Japanese from Zero! 1

📖 Read pages 40-47, Lesson 1–Hiragana あいうえお, of Japanese from Zero! 1: Proven Techniques to Learn Japanese for Students and Professionals (Volume 1) 6th Edition by George Trombley and Yukari Takenaka (From Zero!, , ISBN: 978-0976998129)

Spent some time working on improving my actual writing skills as well.

So far I’m really liking this book after having looked at a list of many others over the past year. It quickly covers a lot of simple stuff that was otherwise hard won by reading bits and pieces of other books. They do an exceptionally good job of laying out the beginning pieces. I appreciate some of the workbook like exercises which make this a better book for a much broader range of learners.

Following Johns Hopkins’ High School Film Contest & Festival

Followed Johns Hopkins’ High School Film Contest & Festival (https://krieger.jhu.edu/film-media/)
Johns Hopkins University's High School Film Contest and Festival is designed to showcase and reward the most exciting and remarkable work by high school filmmakers from around the USA and around the world. Only high school students under the age of 18 may submit work to this contest and festival. We are committed to finding the filmmakers of tomorrow, today, bringing them to Baltimore, and showcasing their work at the historic Parkway Theatre. We offer prizes for Grand Prize, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, Best Comedic Short, Best Dramatic Short, and Best Experimental Short. We also offer a Best Maryland-Made Short prize, a prize for Best Short With a Budget under $250, and a cash Audience Choice Prize. We also offer free workshops with industry professionals during the festival. Submit today!

👓 Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence | Politico

Read Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence (POLITICO)
A memo sent Friday downgraded the presidential son-in-law and adviser and other White House aides who had been working on interim clearances, barring them from top-secret information.

🎧 This Week in Google 445 The Mortician’s Wife | TWiT.TV

Listened to This Week in Google 445 The Mortician's Wife by Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Kevin Tofel, Joan Donovan from TWiT.tv
Conspiracy theories arise online and off about the Florida school shooting. A Twitter bot purge significantly reduces the follower counts of conservative users, but Twitter claims it's not political. Google removes the 'view image' button from search results to appease photographers, and a federal judge says that embedding a tweet can be a copyright infringement. Has Google become too big? Plenty of examples featured in a New York Times article suggest that Google has been trying to suppress competition, prompting some critics to say the government should step in. Edible Arrangements also goes after Google because its competitors show up in search results. Google AI can now predict heart attacks through an eye scan. Jeff's number: 1,226,247, the number of people who signed the Change.org petition to revert to the old Snapchat. Kevin's pick: Secure Shell for coding on Chromebooks Joan's pick: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

https://youtu.be/tPQRvduMrAM

🎧 The Daily: So Many Red Flags | The New York Times

Listened to Listen to ‘The Daily’: So Many Red Flags by Michael Barbaro from nytimes.com
Many calls to law enforcement had expressed concerns about Nikolas Cruz, the suspect in the Florida school shooting, yet nothing was done. How is that possible?

📺 ポンキッキーズ メロディ「いっぽんでもニンジン」 | YouTube

Watched ポンキッキーズ メロディ「いっぽんでもニンジン」 by FujitvKids from youtube.com
うた:なぎらけんいち 1975年。この年がどんな1年だったかをチェックできるよ!
https://youtu.be/NcLGQa6U2Vs

A bizarre looking number counting video. Reminiscent of 1970’s Sesame Street cartoons or some quirky Russian (80’s?) cartoons I’ve seen.