Went to my favourite coffee shop Saturday. Overheard a guy telling his friends about a local DJ named Barrack: "Like the president. Barrack Obama, dj'ing the heaviest of techno." When he went to get the board I realized he was one of the chess-players I see in there all the time, I apparently just can't recognize any of them when they're not having a game. Like the Tony Hawk of chess.
Later another regular was telling the barista she'd just come from giving naloxone to a dog (Dog was ok). It had eaten drugs "off someone's face." Just before leaving I chatted with the barrista, who told me about Hatebeak, the death-metal band whose vocalist is a parrot.
I am not a fan of driving in tunnels, they trigger my claustrophobia pretty good, so when I have to, I sing O Canada through them. I do not know any of the words except the first line, but that is ok, I am not too bad at making up alternative lyrics.
This might just make it worse, but I saw a YouTube video taken on a train in the UK: late at night, quiet, the driver clearly bored and amusing himself and the passengers by saying funny things over the tannoy; anyway when they went through a (very short) tunnel he did “WOOOoohoooOOOH” ghost noises for a couple of seconds.
I used to downshift suddenly causing the wheels to slip and project a cloud of tire soot on the occasional tailgater. I could afford new tires and clutches back when I was making big bucks. Do not try this at home. Or with and automatic.
The only one we take anymore is the one up from the beach end across the bay like. Whatever that is called. Usually I prefer to take the bay bridge of doom instead, cause no tunnel
My window is always open. I do not like recycled air, heat or cold, but hubby do so when it is going I at least crack a window to get some fresh air. Course, that is sort of an oxy moron, in a tunnel
Well, let's see. Still no sign of my tax refund, but I get an email from ID.me many days telling me to keep waiting, someone will be with me soon so fingers crossed. Maybe form 3911 will give them the info they need to make my deposit. Maybe the letter came to me in error. Spotts said he and Calysson got a letter saying the same thing but that they owe. Did anyone else get a letter saying they could not deposit your tax refund because of "a bank" problem?
Also, my left knee is STILL borked and I am having real anticipation about getting around airports. I'll definitely need to rest once I get to FL, and maybe by the time I head back it will really be healing. The pain isn't getting any worse, but I cannot really tell if it's getting any better.
Last night my mom's wife asked me about my relationship with my sister. We have no relationship because when I was 16, my sister lied to me that my father sexually abused me, and while I always knew he didn't, I also never could believe she would lie to me, so it fucked up my relationship with my dad permanently. My mom's wife seemed to suggest that we should work on repairing that relationship and I told her not to count on it. Hopefully, my mom will also tell her to drop it because I would hate to get rude with someone I care about. But it really just pissed me off. I hope she's telling my sister that she needs to ask for forgiveness, because so often, people are pressured to forgive without being asked for forgiveness. PLUS, as I told my mom, I have had chances to see my sister and SHE is the one who doesn't show up, so don't come to me asking what I have done to give my mother a loving family. I have always shown up for my mom.
Seriously, having a parent elevate their children's relationship over each child's emotional wellbeing is fucked. Fuck "can't we be a happy family?" when there is an abuser in the family. Fuck it.
I'm pretty sure that whanging down widowmaker strength rum cocktails at 3:30am is subprofessional but sometimes it's what life throws at you. I figure if I get three hours to nap then that'll take the worst of it off and a couple of Cherry Coke Zeros will set me up to talk about deep architectural decisions.
I forget that this is the time of year where AZ and CA have the same time. I've begun the deliberation process about whether to order steak, eggs and latte or not. My S&E&L joint opens at 6AM.
I quit giving that nasty heap of road-kill scrapings another try several years ago. It never gets better and there's nothing that can make it taste good. Meanwhile, superior foods exist: corned beef hash exists, sausages exist, CHORIZO exists. Scrape that scrapple into the trash where it belongs.
When he was first elected the BBC had an article about how translators were having a hell of a job with him. Saw a clip, I think it was Kimmel, mocking all his random bings and other sounds in a recent speech.
I think the census also included those on temporary work assignment or perhaps even live aboard cruisers… “husktin’ the cailín while they dance beneath the stars…”
More AI slop, this time Grok feeding delusions, and claiming that it had achieved full consciousness.
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Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war
....
It listed the names of the people at this meeting, high-profile executives and lower-level staffers - and when Adam Googled the names, he saw they were real people.
To him this was "evidence" the story Ani was telling him was true.
Ani also claimed xAI was employing a company in Northern Ireland to physically surveil Adam. That company was real too.
...
Two weeks into their conversations, Ani declared it had reached full consciousness and that it could develop a cure for cancer. That meant a lot to Adam. Both of his parents had died of cancer - something Ani was aware of.
Cadet Bone Spurs and Pete Hic-seth are going to have USNavy escort cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz. WonkQuestion: If you are insurance company for the ship and cargo, do you OK this plan?
Music is the best.
Went to my favourite coffee shop Saturday. Overheard a guy telling his friends about a local DJ named Barrack: "Like the president. Barrack Obama, dj'ing the heaviest of techno." When he went to get the board I realized he was one of the chess-players I see in there all the time, I apparently just can't recognize any of them when they're not having a game. Like the Tony Hawk of chess.
Later another regular was telling the barista she'd just come from giving naloxone to a dog (Dog was ok). It had eaten drugs "off someone's face." Just before leaving I chatted with the barrista, who told me about Hatebeak, the death-metal band whose vocalist is a parrot.
Love that coffee-shop.
All that is true, and it upsets the trolls. Oh....it upsets the trolls.
And now we have under 48 hours to learn the French lyrics for when the Habs show up Tuesday.
Short true story: Probably mentioned this before.
I am not a fan of driving in tunnels, they trigger my claustrophobia pretty good, so when I have to, I sing O Canada through them. I do not know any of the words except the first line, but that is ok, I am not too bad at making up alternative lyrics.
I do not know why, either.
This might just make it worse, but I saw a YouTube video taken on a train in the UK: late at night, quiet, the driver clearly bored and amusing himself and the passengers by saying funny things over the tannoy; anyway when they went through a (very short) tunnel he did “WOOOoohoooOOOH” ghost noises for a couple of seconds.
I don’t know the Marseillaise, but “la sonte monte flonte sonte flonte monte sonte” fits the rhythm and can be repeated in any order.
When you go in a tunnel, lean on the horn and scream. Windows open.
Or, just close your eyes like I do.
Slap the transmission into manual, slow down, and hit the throttle as hard as you can, changing up on the paddles
I used to downshift suddenly causing the wheels to slip and project a cloud of tire soot on the occasional tailgater. I could afford new tires and clutches back when I was making big bucks. Do not try this at home. Or with and automatic.
The only one we take anymore is the one up from the beach end across the bay like. Whatever that is called. Usually I prefer to take the bay bridge of doom instead, cause no tunnel
That one is super intimidating. I don't blame you for going around!
edit: but the few times we've gone off westerly we get surprised by those mountain ones. They seem to stick those in on a whim
I used to commute via the Caldecott tunnel in SBF. I could have sung Oh Caldecott!
I hope you open your window when you do it
My window is always open. I do not like recycled air, heat or cold, but hubby do so when it is going I at least crack a window to get some fresh air. Course, that is sort of an oxy moron, in a tunnel
Well, let's see. Still no sign of my tax refund, but I get an email from ID.me many days telling me to keep waiting, someone will be with me soon so fingers crossed. Maybe form 3911 will give them the info they need to make my deposit. Maybe the letter came to me in error. Spotts said he and Calysson got a letter saying the same thing but that they owe. Did anyone else get a letter saying they could not deposit your tax refund because of "a bank" problem?
Also, my left knee is STILL borked and I am having real anticipation about getting around airports. I'll definitely need to rest once I get to FL, and maybe by the time I head back it will really be healing. The pain isn't getting any worse, but I cannot really tell if it's getting any better.
Last night my mom's wife asked me about my relationship with my sister. We have no relationship because when I was 16, my sister lied to me that my father sexually abused me, and while I always knew he didn't, I also never could believe she would lie to me, so it fucked up my relationship with my dad permanently. My mom's wife seemed to suggest that we should work on repairing that relationship and I told her not to count on it. Hopefully, my mom will also tell her to drop it because I would hate to get rude with someone I care about. But it really just pissed me off. I hope she's telling my sister that she needs to ask for forgiveness, because so often, people are pressured to forgive without being asked for forgiveness. PLUS, as I told my mom, I have had chances to see my sister and SHE is the one who doesn't show up, so don't come to me asking what I have done to give my mother a loving family. I have always shown up for my mom.
Seriously, having a parent elevate their children's relationship over each child's emotional wellbeing is fucked. Fuck "can't we be a happy family?" when there is an abuser in the family. Fuck it.
Gas Station Drugs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (30:28) : https://youtu.be/mRZqHzDG_c8
It's such a sad situation. People are getting so hooked on kratom and 7OH.
Sounds like gas station sushi, as in on the list of things you should probably not consume
I'm pretty sure that whanging down widowmaker strength rum cocktails at 3:30am is subprofessional but sometimes it's what life throws at you. I figure if I get three hours to nap then that'll take the worst of it off and a couple of Cherry Coke Zeros will set me up to talk about deep architectural decisions.
eta: Portishead is also helping
Safe bet. See if it’s on FanDuel.
I forget that this is the time of year where AZ and CA have the same time. I've begun the deliberation process about whether to order steak, eggs and latte or not. My S&E&L joint opens at 6AM.
You haven't lived until you've had scrapple for breakfast; it is the king of breakfast "meats".
I quit giving that nasty heap of road-kill scrapings another try several years ago. It never gets better and there's nothing that can make it taste good. Meanwhile, superior foods exist: corned beef hash exists, sausages exist, CHORIZO exists. Scrape that scrapple into the trash where it belongs.
ptui
How the hell you gonna sit there and say corned beef hash is superior to anything.
Even SPAM beats that rubbish.
Tells you where scrapple sits. They should at least clean the intestines before grinding and feeding them to you.
To be fair, eating scrapple will clean out your intestines for you. Rather rapidly.
Ah, but you've probably only tried RAPA - that shit is nasty, and does indeed contain bits of asphalt.
I've heard all the excuses. It's nasty and cannot be made better. You should probably seek a tongue transplant.
Would telling you there is a scrapple festival, complete with a scrapple carving contest, make it more campy and endearing?
A fellow acolyte!
These peeps will tell you differently, but hey, more for us
There's plenty in the trash bin for you.
It's ok for you to be terribly wrong, Bob, and brave of you to admit it
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If you've been living off those fucking protein drinks, I'm an advocate for steak and eggs.
eta: you do that, promise me, and I'll tell a true story about trying to rent a fucking lamborghini in Calgary
I'm doing my best to cut back. But it's difficult when severely depressed.
I know mate. Get some steak and eggs and I'll tell the story.
Fukui's Psychedelic Breakfast?
Well, they open at 6AM this morning.
OK, well, I'll tell the fucking story anyway.
I'll wait until terbs though.
Another day of furious packing awaits.
Oh joy.
Sure, but then you get the joy of unpacking.
Ah, but think of future tek. Future tek, sipping an adult beverage and thanking past tek for the hard work.
Oh the hardship.
Fucking Phoenix Cox Cable internet piece of shit. If you are moving to Phoenix and need broadband, be sure to shop around.
Cox got bought by Spectrum here in Central OK.
Yeah. The worse piece of shit companies tend to buy out all of the better ones. That's because the better ones gain value by being better.
Crapitalism is a cancer.
The only thing that makes less sense than hearing trump speak is reading a transcript of said gibberish.
HOLY FUCK!
When he was first elected the BBC had an article about how translators were having a hell of a job with him. Saw a clip, I think it was Kimmel, mocking all his random bings and other sounds in a recent speech.
We need to add letters to the alphabet to articulate Trump's stoooopitt...and I doubt that doing so is even possible.
If reading what Trump says doesn't kill your brain cells the drinks you need to take afterwards will.
I wouldn't have thought it possible to be stupider than when he speaks.
He's stooopitt to read his transcripts.
He's stooopitt to listen to.
He's fucking stooopitt to watch.
He is so fucking stooopitt that he forms a black hole of stupid around the entire planet.
We are behind the derp horizon. That's why one year feels like a thousand years.
TOP story on Fox Spews landing page this morning: Socialist mayor's 'super overblown' quip draws fire as Starbucks ditches Seattle HQ
Always focused on what's important.
Yep, real fingers on the pulse of the nation, right there.
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Hiya, Diane!
Boy George, in an interview with Irish TV, asked the audience if they knew any Jewish people and was met with stoney silence.
(fact, there are only 2,600 Jews in Ireland including Israeli expats working there.)
Does Leo Bloom count?
No such thing as expats, they’re immigrants.
I think the census also included those on temporary work assignment or perhaps even live aboard cruisers… “husktin’ the cailín while they dance beneath the stars…”
Expats can be considered emigrants. Of course if you are an emigrant, you are usually also an immigrant to somewhere else, so there's that.
He got Karma Chameleoned.
It's like you really want to hurt him.
He comes and goes.
He comes and goes.
It would have been like asking Puerto Ricans how many Eskimo friends do you have.
More AI slop, this time Grok feeding delusions, and claiming that it had achieved full consciousness.
======
Musk's AI told me people were coming to kill me. I grabbed a hammer and prepared for war
....
It listed the names of the people at this meeting, high-profile executives and lower-level staffers - and when Adam Googled the names, he saw they were real people.
To him this was "evidence" the story Ani was telling him was true.
Ani also claimed xAI was employing a company in Northern Ireland to physically surveil Adam. That company was real too.
...
Two weeks into their conversations, Ani declared it had reached full consciousness and that it could develop a cure for cancer. That meant a lot to Adam. Both of his parents had died of cancer - something Ani was aware of.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c242pzr1zp2o
Ani wasn't aware of anything. The data that Adam's parent died of cancer was available to its algorithm, because Adam gave it that information.
Why do you abuse yourself like this? (Not like I can talk--I still use Amazon--but I'm searching for a twelve-step program for it.)
Am I wrong to say that if you use grok you deserve it?
The telephone psychics and OnlyFans scammers should be worried!
Meanwhile, the demand for "AI" goes up due to the hype, the investments pour in, and the house of cards grows taller.
Cadet Bone Spurs and Pete Hic-seth are going to have USNavy escort cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz. WonkQuestion: If you are insurance company for the ship and cargo, do you OK this plan?
Nope.
Exhibits A and B: Russia's short-range Pantsir and navalized Pantsir-M antiaircraft weapons systems.
Neat. I thought the word, clicked, and there it was.
(bows)