Interesting what they are going to do with their "concerts". People do not want their memories to age, so maybe they are smart doing what they are doing.

Very cool pics @Mik Thanks for sharing!

scary stuff!!

@lufins-dad said in 69%: Nope, the issue is age. Old and vaccinated is still at greater risk than young and unvaccinated. Make an age vaccine or make a better COVID vaccine seems to be the obvious answers and 2 is a little more likely than 1. Or ban old age?

@larry said in The Murdering Pianist: Maybe she told him she didn't like classical music.... Well, then, she deserved it.

D.C., they're welcome to it...

@taiwan_girl said in Note For Cyclists: @aqua-letifer Agree. There are alot of debates on weight loss and wether or not that is important. One side says that calories in < calories out will result in weight loss One side says no, it does not matter. Types of calories you eat are more important and how much calories you eat is not a big deal Probably a combination of the two. It's also pretty obvious that genetics plays a role. I have my father's thighs.

Think we could do that with politicians?

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of vaccine "passports": I have three cards. One with two Pfizer, one with a single Pfizer, and one with two Moderna. NY and CVS think I’m fully vaccinated and not boosted. Rite Aid thinks I stopped at one. You could probably sell a couple of those for good money…

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/11/the-biden-administrations-scandalous-scheme-to-compensate-illegal-immigrants/ The ACLU’s theory, which the Biden administration is indulging, is that the Trump administration’s faithful enforcement of federal law created an actionable tort — theoretically, the infliction of emotional distress — for which the American people should pay lucrative settlements (media reports indicate over $1 billion in toto), even though the harm was actually caused by the illegal conduct of the adult aliens. That is scandalous. The fact that Biden, for demagogic political purposes, called the Trump administration’s actions “criminal” does not make them so. Congress should be vigorously investigating the Department of Justice’s negotiations. In particular, lawmakers should be exploring what lawyers are involved in them, on both sides, and what attorneys’ fees are anticipated to be paid out of the cozy settlements that result. Even if the law has been enforced more exactingly than, from a humanitarian perspective, the circumstances may have warranted, it cannot be an actionable tort to execute Congress’s laws as written.

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@mik said in We don't care how many employees you have.: the federal government's financial tentacles worming into everything Like, um, the 55 mph speed limit?

@axtremus said in Rudy Giuliani's professionalism: Skip to the 2:38 mark or thereabouts. Skip ahead? But then we'd risk missing the objective analysis that precedes the fully in-context video clip!

@larry said in The Book: It doesnt put an end to it, it just indicates that perhaps conditions have changed. Well anyway, call me a Never Woker. Regarding sides, I guess mine is "anything but that" for the time being.

So not only do they need to be seasoned for destination, but seasoned for the trip too.

@jolly said in Self-identification at Microsoft: My wife heard part of an extremely long-winded corporate conference call Wednesday, that my daughter was participating in. Nobody on the call had less than a Master's degree. A high percentage held doctorates. After about 20 minutes of this stuff, my wife said it was extremely obvious to anybody listening, who could actually think and problem solve. She said it was no more than one in three. Your wife is generous.

Bubba hadn't seen Leroy in a few months, then one day he ran into him at the hardware store in looneyville. Bubba:hey Leroy, haven't seen you in a few months. Where ya been? Leroy: I've been busy lately. I'm taking a couple of night classes down at the community college. Bubba: well, howdy! What are you studying? Leroy: well, I guess my favorite class is one called Logic. Bubba:.... what's Logic? Leroy: the best way I know to explain it is to give you an example of logic. Bubba, you got a weed eater? Bubba: yeah, I do. Leroy: well, logic says that if you have a weed eater, then you probably have a yard. Bubba: wow! Leroy: and since you have a yard, you probably have a house. Bubba I'll be damned! Leroy: and since you have a house and a yard, you probably have a wife. Bubba: man, this logic stuff is something else, huh Leroy: and since you have a house and yard and a wife, logic says you probably have kids. Bubba: good Lord have mercy!! A few days later Bubba and a couple of other guts are trying to load a pig into a truck when one of the guys says "I wish Leroy was here to help... anyone seen him lately? Bubba says "I saw him the other day down at the hardware store. He's been taking night classes down at the community college. He said his favorite class is called Logic. One of the other guys says "whuts logic?" Bubba says "the best way I know to explain it is to give you an example.... You got a weedeater?" The other guy says "nope". Bubba says "well then, you're a queer...." And that's when the fight started.....

@bachophile Yeah, renal physiology is way, way beyond weird. All those gradients... I loved, and understood, neuroanatomy. I've forgotten almost all of it now, though I still have the vocabulary. Eyes? No way, no how. As an aside, giving anesthesia was one of my least favorite things. I actually saw a seasoned (20 years) OR nurse puke as the specimen was handed off. Antibiotics and immunology are my black holes as well.