Note it says you just have to self-identify as any of those demographic categories. My name is now La89th Key btw.

I know most of them very well. Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere, But Not Here, is an amazing more modern effort in the genre. Strangely enough I never got into Marillion, I will have to stream that one. Funkadelic was never even on my radar. lol Coheed And Cambria is another one I have not heard. I have been meaning to dive into their catalog and was just thinking about it yesterday. I just purchased a new pair of tower speakers that are designed and engineered in Germany. Built in China of course because at this time I can't afford to buy things with high labor costs. lol They sound amazing though and I have been breaking them in over the past week. Been listening to hours and hours of Jazz, Classical, Progressive Rock.

@George-K said in The Hit Pieces: She never really offers her opinion, just re-tweets what's already out there, and you can judge who's the crazy one. She's becoming more activist though, outside of twitter. She does the podcast circuit, and she joined some conservative think tank or board recently. I really like her, from the interviews I've heard. She is unafraid to embrace the tribal hate she's the target of, from the midwit leftist masses.

@Aqua-Letifer said in Next Pirates of the Caribbean!: Please don't ever start teaching literature. What have I gone and done done now? Teach? Hell, no! Tried it, sucked at it. I do however reckon I could bang out a couple of amusing novels during my retirement.

I worked with two guys from South Africa at the university. Both of them good, smart guys. Also worked with a South African heart surgeon. We got along well, and he did good work.

@Jolly said in Where we are: Miss that strip... He came out with a new book a month or so back called "The Mysteries." I have a feeling you'd like it.

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Gives me sweaty palms thinking about climbing that thing, or even worse... standing at the top and realizing I'd need to climb back down.

Wait until they’re used then brick them let the thieves explain why they sold a useless phone.

@George-K And you are who???

Aspiration of gastric contents is a very bad thing. It is the anesthesiologist's nightmare. Well, one of several, actually. I've had it happen to me once - a pediatric case who had been NPO for at least 12 hours. He recovered fine. One of my partners had a lady with a hiatal hernia. As soon as he put her to sleep, everything came up into her mouth...and down her trachea. She died in the ICU about a week later.

Middle class deniability

@jon-nyc said in What's wrong with this picture?: Wearing shorts in the winter in Chicago? Actually, the photo was from August 2019.

Interesting that on Monday the Russians wheeled out their Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, for an interview with the BBC’s Stephen Sackur 48 hours before FuCa talks to Putin. In a real world it should be Sackur interviewing Putin. But then he would ask the contentious and hard questions. Besides, most Americans don’t follow foreign English language news sources anyways unless they’re connected to the Murdoch family. Still the interview with Nebenzia is telling. He plays the victim just as well as Putin will play it with FuCa. Worth the 23 minutes, it will set the stage for the main event coming your way in the next day or two: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4p8r

@Copper said in Hay Mark! Social Security Payouts: , for no good reason, just as a bit of a hedge against the early demise of either her or Social Security. Yeah, I'm betting on the survival of SS - but then again, I bet on Beta as opposed to VHS. Probably should figure that SS will disappear by the end of the year.

@Jolly said in Meanwhile, in Canada...: Is Ontario still in Canada? As Mik wrote, depends who you ask. Others might say Canada is Ontario. But they too would be very wrong.

@Mik said in The Israel Veto: Doesn’t make any sense, does it? Oh, it does, if you read the article.

@Jolly said in The Reign of the Murder Turtle: an even better replacement for Sotomayor. Ah! A wise Latino!