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I'd hate to be the roadie that has to heft the anvil during tours

hehe, that guy

did anyone get the last samurai in here? I watch that every couple years.

Why would it help looking forward to 2021? b/c if this is what it takes to make sure we have a real 2021 baseball year, I'm down with it.

I'm not even a big fan if his type of movie (like them! just not my fave type), but like Big Phoenix said it blinding obvious he has mastered his craft. I think the only time I winced really hard was Eyes Wide Shut. Oh, btw, don't forget The Firm. He got to act with Gene Hackman. Now, Gene...

Clock is ticking, let's move, and smartly Mr. CoB! https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/nasas-mars-perseverance-launch-date-has-slipped-eight-more-days/

Superbowl Trailer sez, "June 2020." Sigh. Tom should just release it for free worldwide streaming. A gift to humanity. I think a lot of us would be a lot better off if we could download the film for free, let Tom and the CoS eat the friggin costs if they want to save the goddam world so bad.

heh. Modell's. I think there was one in the Mall near where I lived on Long Island. Place was the place. Retail is just so sad to see get demolished. My mom and dad met at JC Pennys way back, both worked at same store. I remember going to the mall with mom and grandma. I was a little kid and...

my personal fave live version. Charlie Watts is what I recommend here; he just takes the beat over when he sits down, and everything from then on just dances on top of it. Brilliant shit.

I like furry northern breeds, I've own two chow + doggies. Latest is a Chow+Schipperke. Looks like this: Other people like little terriers. Other people like short hairs. That looks like a fine animal to me, I say go for it. Question: if you get a male dog neutered, should you refer to your...

Looks like this is the dog thread, eh? Fine by me, pit bulls are a fine breed, but I've yet to meet a decently socialized dog that wasn't better than most humans. This story kicks ass. The oldest breeds are northern breeds, seems like. I love those twice-a-year shedding bastards...

really helps if you know the movie. Kind of a timely little tune, isn't it?

NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/sports/baseball/mlb-season-schedule-vote.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage "Major League Baseball announced Monday night that it would impose a 2020 schedule on the players after nearly three months of rancorous talks with the union ended...

Ars usually does a good read. So the study says ... 36, in our galaxy. But then it says this is kind of a let down result. Is it?? I mean: 36. And that's not slime molds we're talking about. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/the-trouble-with-counting-aliens/

Anyone ever try to master using a stone pick? I tried on and off for years, but eventually it is just way too limited and a real hassle to "mute" the picking just right on straight acoustic (or else the stone loudly "clicks," and gets irritating really fast.) Think Pat Metheny used/uses a stone...

Never take advice from me about the pick hand btw. Some guitarists friends used to tell me I had a really nice and quirky left hand, but my right hand -- especially how cramped and "tight" I tend to get, just makes them cringe. I've never been able to figure out how to have a "loose, relaxed"...

Buddy Holly was a freakin genius. He left us way, way too soon.

I went to the Cleveland Orchestra for like 6 years, before the prices busted me. Severance Hall. Superb pure acoustic sound. Very addictive. I would get a season subscription, 13th row center. Of course the price was peanuts compared to what you'd have to pay for those seats in Carnegie Hall...

Expecting a chanter to always have a charm locked down when the group is grinding the camp for the next 6 hours, is something I believe the North Vietnamese did to Adm. Stockdale.

OMG. Rosie. Behave! https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/do-the-right-thing/

Speaking of Jerry Garcia just woodshedding: Annie Liebowitz photo 1973

Muscle memory. Just do chords changes. You start to see progress slowly. Your fingers hit the positions cleanly, you land right on the beat and then you take off for the next chord right on time. That has been my experience. Arpeggios -- scales -- are also super fun to just get into a zone...

Some people like me. Some don't. On the "adulting" forums I would never joke around. But this is in general, so I likely get too irritating. You and I have had interesting exchanges in the past, so I would prefer it if you didn't put me on ignore ;)

I like my weather on the colder side. In the areas I've lived, if we don't break 90 until July 1st, that is usually a perfect summer for me. That looks like what its been this year in the great lakes - upper northeast. Just a couple 91 degree days. Otherwise, sometimes very cool nights. Very...

Yeah. Time has no mercy. When I was a young kid, the Best Summer Days in the Universe were days you could actually get enough kids together to play a decent game of baseball. Maybe only two outfielders, maybe no shortstop, no worries. Just make up rules to fit how many you got. That was Summer...

Some owners, the numbers just do not add up. The money is in the post-season, from what I understand. And even with an expanded playoff system, some owners know they are basically gonna just pay through the nose for this current plan. Likely holding out for a shared pie of all post season...

And .... you can't even quote me to prove your point. Fail! The equation is not complicated. It is a set of variables one would have to know the first variable is rate of star production. Let's just say, "lots" for the time being. The second variable is, f(subset p) which = the number of stars...

I'll tell you where everyone is. We are at f(subset p) of Drake's equation. That is: number of stars that have planets. We used to think it could be as low as .2. It is likely in fact 1. We have not solved the equation, but the steps we are making are trending toward that statistical...

It's not about "life" -- it's about planets. If, all we could find were stars, and it would seem we are the only star with planets as near as we can tell, then yes, we have one data point - us. But we have how many data points now of stars with planetary systems? Those are the data points. In...

I suspect the owners can't agree on shit, because different owners have different cash flow opportunities / liabilities moving forward. I think this mess is due to the fact, there is no solution that can make all the owners happy, and some of them are probably willing to torpedo anything. These...

buff classes = first responders. "pst c2/enlightenment/VoG/ ....." gotta stop. the nightmares.

A gift I got: Inissia model. Discontinued so you can get for <150 US. And Nespresso machines are basically all the same -- solid ime. 19 bar pressure. I have not had an espresso machine in like 6-7 years. And out in the world, I refuse to pay more than 2.50 for a cup of coffee. Last time I was...

Well, that would be the twist! But eventually they grow bitter? And they don't even speak to each other anymore. But then Bill starts cosplaying as Ilia from the first ST movie, and then he/she/v-ger and Ted merge, and form a new life form, and leave all the haters behind.

Alice in his prime

I came here for the guitar riffs. Works for me.

Read harder. He is not claiming there were no guides. From the start there have been guides. But here is the thing. In the early years, a group could not count on the skills of a group member, the language compatibility, the stability of their connection, how much they read the internet if at...

This developer from WoW nails an aspect that I think is absolutely critical: we forget how primitive the web was back in 2004, and 1999 is almost another world. He really lays out all those points really well and argues that is reason 1 why you just can't do open-world contested content games...

Headstock in the sun. My '78 Takamine F-375S. Tuning a good acoustic, I find, is kind of enjoyable. At a certain point the instrument starts to just lock in and ring and its nice to DIY it. Got good ears from my Mom's side. But I don't play in front of crowds where time might be an issue lol.