@xenon said in Most random email I received today: @klaus said in Most random email I received today: @xenon said in Most random email I received today: That’s a real industry (buying time with experts). The rate is a little on the low side, you can ask for more. ($1000 is pretty typical for corp execs, the company that organizes it keeps half) Look up GLG, I think they just went public. You don’t think it matters that I know nothing about the area? Ha! I spoken to people through services like this. A small, but still surprising, number of experts have no expertise. Well, someone has to fill the seats at the tables which establish our settled scientific consensus.

Outback is good. Or at least good enough.

@doctor-phibes said in Coffee and Tea: @aqua-letifer said in Coffee and Tea: red-blooded 'murricans South Americans or North Americans? Neither, I'm talking about American Americans, the only ones Trump says who matter.

Armadillo eggs rock. But I don't consider that a stuffed pepper.

But explain this to me… https://nypost.com/2021/12/12/omicron-appears-to-evade-some-protection-from-covid-vaccines/ So if you finished your vaccinations a month ago but are not due for your booster for another 6 months, then you are at risk since Omicron evades “those” antibodies, but if you were vaccinated 8 months ago and now get the booster (which is the same as the original shots, no?) now you do have some of the right antibodies? Does your body start producing a different antibody after the third shot? That makes no sense to me.

@axtremus said in No "Brandon" on balls: you can always write onto the goofballs yourselves with a marker Excellent solution! And when the golf club won't let you in with that written (ahem) on your balls, you should build your own golf course. That'll show 'em!

@kluurs said in Here she comes again: He seems to possess something that few politicians have - and that is authentic sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made!

@george-k said in RIP Anne RIce: @lufins-dad said in RIP Anne RIce: glittering vampires What the actual hell is that? Best vampire stories: Dracula - read the Bram Stoker version; it's wonderful Salem's Lot - a masterpiece of horror, story-building, suspense, and horror. Let The Right One In was pretty great, too. A shining example of how pacing alone can tell a story.

@jolly actually, "Hello CNN+" That's the paid service. Did he not renew his contract because of Carlson? How long before he hops into Cuomo's slot? Bartiromo will fill his?

Throckmorton's law of live music: "Any band that has an upright bass is going to be good." "Get it, Mama!"

See "google pixel 6 with erase filter" thread.

“What is it?” “It’s the new Honda Goldwing”

@jolly said in Who Dis?: Emy Lou greyed early. And well. (@jon-nyc would probably hit that)