{"id":98755,"date":"2026-08-15T06:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=98755"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:55:58","slug":"98755","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=98755","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hot-random-image\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/goodmorning\/good-morning.333.jpg\" alt=\" GM\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\nEstimated reading time: 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good morning!\u00a0 <\/strong>On this day in 1914, the\u00a0<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/email.editor.jointheflyover.com\/c\/eJykkLtuhDAQAL8GOiNjjPEVLtLQXdqUaM-sYSM_kNkcur-PLr-QfjQjzdd9uQNFytsnJHQcypLxOiMyY10S5I1Kxu2HIr-OiJBDPCqei5LKCGlFPy7gmZ64aGhXFxAVDi26frJmut2MUu3uvDEabgiII4LV0gcbpDZKmUkBjI-W3NsnbT_2Qz9o2UHo_RgmO1oJWg-m0RJX4lK770KZdwzxVZ5YO19SG93OfJzN8NGouVHzdV3doxJDzuThjTRqPrnUV6NmpoSRMgrIq0hwiBIE7ygOyJBAeMgQ2-qONVLEs9FyS0Dxr8P_3PN06jcAAP__45x8Bg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panama Canal<\/a> opened for traffic. The SS <em>Ancon<\/em>, a cargo and passenger ship, was the first vessel to navigate the canal.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/vacations\/post2020\/panama-canal\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>We just went through the canal two years ago<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We had our coffee, listened to the news, and planned the day!\u00a0 The day turned out to be a nada!<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the day was going to be a little thing, a nothing, blank clean slate, dud, space, goose egg, mere nothing, minor matter, naught, nebbish, nil, nonentity, nothing at all, nothing in particular, nothingness, naught, scarcely anything, vacuum, void, zero, and zilch.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t even take a picture today except for the pre-dunk in the pool sky shots!<\/p>\n<p>We worked around the house; Mary continued painting the outdoor figurines while I pounded the keys, attempting to make sense of my newly built JavaScript code!<\/p>\n<p>We did, however, have a nice lunch and then later in the day jump into the hot water of our pool-sized sauna!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98773\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98773\" class=\"wp-image-98773 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-002-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-98773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venus and the Moon were vying for attention this evening.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All the pool lights were burning bright.\u00a0 The LED lights run all night long and are still bright at 5:00 am!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98774\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-15-003-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got out of the pool and headed to the TV room to watch another episode of &#8220;Extinct&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The series <\/span><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;Extinct&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is a science-fiction drama about the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">last remnants of humanity being brought back to life 400 years after humans were wiped out<\/span><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The story follows a small group of people who are resurrected by mysterious alien beings called <\/span><span class=\"s3\">the Drones<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.\u00a0 They wake up in a future Earth where humanity is gone, and they have to figure out:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\">Why they were revived,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\">What happened to the human race,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\">whether the aliens helping them can be trusted,<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s2\">And how to survive against another hostile alien force called <\/span><span class=\"s3\">the Skin Riders<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The show mixes post-apocalyptic survival, alien mystery, and human drama. It originally aired in <\/span><span class=\"s3\">2017<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and was created by <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Orson Scott Card<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> and <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Aaron Johnston<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hot-random-image\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/goodnight\/wp-good-night-450.jpg\" alt=\" Good Night\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning!\u00a0 On this day in 1914, the\u00a0Panama Canal opened for traffic. The SS Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship, was the first vessel to navigate the canal.\u00a0 \u00a0We just went through the canal two years ago. 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