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- 20 Feb 2021, 15:42
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: It's not the size of the screen...
- Replies: 3176
- Views: 305909
Re: It's not the size of the screen...
Oh, I'm happy to hear that finally dropped. I'd heard about it a while ago. I was a fan of the PBS show and even read a few of his books afterward becasue of it. The production values are higher, and make for a more enjoyable watch. Can't say the writing or acting is better. I wish I could remember...
- 20 Feb 2021, 15:39
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274051
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
I used to listen to him on occasion in the early 90's. Before Clinton won he had a sense of humor. Very partisan humor, sometimes mean spirited, but humor. Lots of songs, sound effects, impersonations, gags, etc. After Clinton won he just ranted. Yeah, '91/'92 he was transgressive. By Jan '93 he wa...
- 20 Feb 2021, 15:28
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Shamelessly Currying Favor with Ellie
- Replies: 4136
- Views: 374441
- 17 Feb 2021, 12:45
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How's the weather? v. 1.1
- Replies: 3589
- Views: 280365
Re: How's the weather? v. 1.1
The state's purported desire to be energy independent of border states and, of course, the federal government, is dumb and actually anti-market FWIW, I'm seeing the claim that their *reason* for being independent was to evade federal regulation. Could that constitute a net-pro-market tradeoff? Doub...
- 15 Feb 2021, 23:35
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Shamelessly Currying Favor with Ellie
- Replies: 4136
- Views: 374441
- 12 Feb 2021, 16:44
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The Well-Dressed Man
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 107556
- 12 Feb 2021, 05:53
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The Well-Dressed Man
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 107556
Re: The Well-Dressed Man
My co-worker accused me of being "fancy" today (on Zoom) because I was wearing a cardigan. I always change out of my sweats for a zoom call. I carefully explain that my security software keeps my laptop from recognizing the camera on my external monitor and IT won't fix it for a zoom call. My secur...
- 12 Feb 2021, 05:48
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274051
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
Chick Korea. Recently heard a cover of "Spain" on ukulele and am deeply ashamed not to have hated it. It's Corea (probably autospell?) but, yeah, that's sad. Great musician. I own a number of albums, two or three of his and many more where he sat in on piano. Derp at spelling. Not so much autocorre...
- 11 Feb 2021, 17:51
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: The Well-Dressed Man
- Replies: 1596
- Views: 107556
Re: The Well-Dressed Man
We can probably safely close (clothes?) this thread down. The battle is over, pajamas won. I've been converted. It was already going anyway but COVID killed more fashion sense than people by a mile. I refuse to wear pajamas out of the house. I mean to take out the trash, sure, as long as it's after...
- 11 Feb 2021, 17:40
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274051
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
Chick Korea.
Recently heard a cover of "Spain" on ukulele and am deeply ashamed not to have hated it.
Recently heard a cover of "Spain" on ukulele and am deeply ashamed not to have hated it.
- 09 Feb 2021, 20:33
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How's the weather? v. 1.1
- Replies: 3589
- Views: 280365
Re: How's the weather? v. 1.1
It's definitely doing well by some metrics.Pham Nuwen wrote: ↑08 Feb 2021, 20:51 I feel Colorado has done better than other states. But I dont have any data to back that up.
- 09 Feb 2021, 20:21
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Light laffs
- Replies: 6186
- Views: 466094
Re: Light laffs
That's even better than the guy whose kid had been the last one to use Zoom, and signed into a meeting as something like Captain Fart.
- 07 Feb 2021, 22:54
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: How's the weather? v. 1.1
- Replies: 3589
- Views: 280365
Re: How's the weather? v. 1.1
It was 54F at 4PM. Insects were out flying about in early February.
Five hours later is is currently 13F. Colorado gon' Colorad.
Five hours later is is currently 13F. Colorado gon' Colorad.
- 07 Feb 2021, 20:57
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Orange is the new President
- Replies: 8368
- Views: 636372
Re: Orange is the new President
Your organization has done little for its members, and nothing for me - besides collecting dues and promoting dangerous un-American policies and ideas... You can keep your empty platitude spewing inaugural poet laureate. ? Deep down, Warren still believes "Hillary would've been worse." (I admit she...
- 05 Feb 2021, 17:15
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274051
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
Man I thought Plummer had passed sometime in the last few months. I thought he died a few years ago! Not in the general "oh, [elderly celebrity] was still alive? Huh" kind of way but like I have really specific memories of people posting their fond memories of Sound of Music and stuff. Total Mandel...
- 05 Feb 2021, 15:09
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: This is the thread for people who died, died.
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 274051
Re: This is the thread for people who died, died.
Man I thought Plummer had passed sometime in the last few months.
- 04 Feb 2021, 19:07
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: msinaisuhtlaM
- Replies: 219
- Views: 26246
Re: msinaisuhtlaM
This seems as good a thread for this as any: an argument on whether technological stagnation is real (also at https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gMszBSAX23uqYhytR/technological-stagnation-why-i-came-around) Honestly, I think a lot of the pro-stagnation arguments boil down to "I expected this thing to ...
- 04 Feb 2021, 00:22
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: It's not the size of the screen...
- Replies: 3176
- Views: 305909
Re: It's not the size of the screen...
I started off saving up some episodes and hoping that mrs lunch would catch up, but she won't and I got busy with stupid crap and so now I'm gonna churn through the full S5 in pretty much one fell swoop.
- 03 Feb 2021, 16:14
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: Worth a Thousand Lulz
- Replies: 863
- Views: 101269
Re: Worth a Thousand Lulz
Mrs lunch had dental work today, so we ordered Panera so she could have a smoothie. They apparently let their delivery drivers choose a profile pic. I suspect that my driver has a very lively personality and that were we to meet at a party we'd run out of topics of conversation in a max of two minut...
- 31 Jan 2021, 16:22
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: To Infinity War and Beyond: the MCU Thread with Spoilers
- Replies: 510
- Views: 70279
Re: To Infinity War and Beyond: the MCU Thread with Spoilers
If either of these comes close to Agent Carter I'll be happy. By "comes close to", do you mean right as the writers get the characters and narrative down, and the antagonist they've been teasing for two seasons steps into the main plot, the show gets canceled? Why would that make you happy? Well no...
- 31 Jan 2021, 15:33
- Forum: The Joys of Life
- Topic: To Infinity War and Beyond: the MCU Thread with Spoilers
- Replies: 510
- Views: 70279
Re: To Infinity War and Beyond: the MCU Thread with Spoilers
I really do need to watch those, but I've been working crazy hours again and having finally gotten a DnD game running, we started watching Critical Role to get give mrs lunch some example to help kickstart her first real campaign with a good DM* (she bailed on a campaign years ago because too much n...
- 30 Jan 2021, 20:38
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: RUDY!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 345
Re: RUDY!
Admittedly I know that was just a really dumb bit of geriatric pseudosarcasm, but that just makes its inclusion the harshest shade in a letter that's already shady enough to cause three years of crop failure.
- 30 Jan 2021, 18:14
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Does Elon's Musk stink?
- Replies: 388
- Views: 60978
- 30 Jan 2021, 18:13
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: OFFS: The Forsakening
- Replies: 7420
- Views: 438493
Re: OFFS: The Forsakening
Representative Ro Khanna takes a bold stance against Snidely Whiplash. "We need more regulation and equality in the markets. Instead of investing in future technologies to help America win the 21st Century, Wall Street poured billions into shorting this stock to crush this company and put workers o...
- 30 Jan 2021, 18:10
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: The Right Way to View Competing Political Horrors
- Replies: 457
- Views: 37540