That is such a cool song. And good advice for those of us with stage fright.

Tough love.

@Mik said in Baby healed in world’s first customized gene therapy: Of course, then one could not be non-GMO. That'll stir up the tree huggers and anti-vaxxers. Then don’t eat them… or take the therapy. It’s your choice. Of course, the mutant flesh eating zombies will affect everyone..

I just double checked my 401K. I’m up 13% since April 23.

Antisemitism sez I.

@Mik said in Pete Rose off the ineligible list: Yes, and guess who the reds are playing this week.... Yeah, I saw that, lol…

@Mik said in Maybe this person can explain how tariffs increase prosperity: @jon-nyc said in Maybe this person can explain how tariffs increase prosperity: At least they can use them most of the year. What I don’t get is people who put them in up here. An expensive three weeks for sure. When we were moving up here 12 years ago, the realtor showed me a house with a pool. I said I wasn’t interested because I had to pay for it three times. Once in the purchase price, once to get it filled in, and again with higher taxes that come with the pool.

I'm 6'6 in socks and intentionally good posture. Taller than I thought.

The Bach was mesmerizing.

I've been to Toronto a lot. I think you might be a bit disappointed if you went there as a replacement for NYC, unless you just want to meet really obnoxious locals.

Snort

I discovered that I was subscribing to Max twice. I am afraid to look for how long. It comes with my AT&T wireless bundle, but I was also subscribing as an add-on with my hulu. I removed it and added Disney+ for an extra $1 per month. I couldn't afford not to.

Be careful, Mark. Luckily you live in a very solid house.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-economy-worse-shape-than-moscow-says-report-eu-shows-2025-05-13/ The report, prepared for talks of European Union finance ministers, said that while still relatively stable, the Russian economy was only superficially resilient and that underlying imbalances and structural weaknesses were growing. "The fiscal stimulus of the war economy has kept the economy afloat in the short term, but the reliance on opaque financing, distortionary resource allocation, and shrinking fiscal buffers makes it unsustainable in the long term. Contrary to Kremlin narratives, time is not on Russia's side," it said.

Definitely seems like "creative accounting"

@Mik That is a good point. I remember hearing a CEO who said, "the only decisions I SHOULD make are those that nobody else CAN make."

Me too, honestly, as regards Weiss. I think things changed a bit when her funders took a very public pro-Trump stance. But I hold out hope she might be turning it around. She was criticized by people such as Claire Lehman and Andrew Sullivan, whom she surely imagines as part of her 'tribe'. Also the tariff stuff is probably not so popular in her circles. We'll see.