Hey y’all, loving this weather!  Almost makes me forget the zig-zag pattern needed to take to get back to the house.  Water pipes installed on the east side of the beach going on, so some streets are closed, some streets blocked off, etc., makes for fun driving!  Here's some BIG news... no, not the NBA gambling scandal... our good friend Ed "Porkchop" and Gayle Meyers, have packed it in and up and moved to Mexico!  I was hoping for one last gig w/Porkchop, I'm still hoping...  Well, Halloween is here and so now it's Christmas!  The heck w/Thanksgiving.  I was in a store today and saw Christmas stuff next to the Halloween candy, skeletons, etc.  I'm waiting for the Mardi Gras stuff now.  We'll be back at The Mills House in November, Matt will be serving up oysters on the grill and some hot tunes on the sax that afternoon, mark it on your calendar. Also, Porch Fest  is next up, here's a link on that  https://www.facebook.com/follybeachporchfest/    National Sandwich day is tomorrow, Monday Nov. 3, check out Bohemian Bull for 1/2 priced sandwiches!  I know it's a few months away but December will be here before you know it, we'll be back at the Crab Shack for their after Xmas Parade party, just sayin'.  Ok everyone see you soon, thanks so much for supporting us, love y'all and check out Porchfest, ciao'!

It Starts Young -  Florida Teen Accused of Shooting Himself in the Leg While Faking His Own Kidnapping - NBC headline

All That and a Bag of Chips: Police responded in force to Kenwood High School in unincorporated Baltimore County, Md. The issue: the “artificial intelligence” system monitoring school security cameras said a boy outside the school had a gun in his hand. “It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us,” said that boy, Taki Allen, who was sitting outside the school with friends. “At first, I didn’t know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, ‘Get on the ground,’ and I was like, ‘What?’” Officers handcuffed and searched Allen, “and they figured out I had nothing,” he said. What had actually been in his hand? A bag of Doritos. After he finished them, he folded up the bag and put it in his pocket. Police had a copy of the photo the A.I. took; it matched the bag. In a statement, police said that they “would refer you to [Baltimore County Public Schools] regarding questions pertaining to Omnilert” — the company that sells the system. A reporter reached out to the company, but it refused comment. (WBAL Baltimore) ...Because the reporter was identified by its systems as a terrorist.

Fuzzy, Was He? Employees at the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, Calif., were doing their morning walkthrough when they spotted a visitor leaning over a railing to “interact” with the zoo’s three bears — a wild bear. “Rest assured, the bear is not aggressive and seems more curious than anything else (perhaps hoping to apply for a membership),” the zoo said, posting a photo. Still, the zoo immediately implemented its emergency plan, which includes calling in local police. “It’s not every day we find ourselves helping with crowd control for a bear who doesn’t quite understand ‘stay behind the railings’,” the department said. “After a brief exploration of the enrichment items around the night house,” the zoo said, “the bear was safely coaxed back into the woods through a service gate,” but admitted it can’t figure out how the bear got inside the perimeter fence to begin with. (Eureka Times-Standard) ...Easy: the gate was bearly guarded.

Here's an interesting story from ARS Techinca – 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

Thanks Nate for sending this!  I was hoping this group would play out some, unfortunately, it didn't work out, work schedules, life, etc., maybe sometime?...
https://youtu.be/fhSHhl1oc_g