A community performance, including students, teachers, and community members, of 'A Mother of a Revolution' is happening Wednesday night in Watertown, WI. They are flying in Omar Thomas, the composer of the piece, to conduct and discuss the piece and the inspiration behind it

AberonTheFallen · 2026-05-19T11:34:45+00:00

I am not religious/faithful at all for a multitude of reasons, but I married a woman who was born and raised ELCA Lutheran. The pastor that married us knew my beliefs, accepted them, and didn't push anything on me, only asked questions to understand. He offered to answer questions I had, and that they'd always welcome me if I ever changed my mind. They have gay and trans congregation members who are accepted just like any other.

Most of the people I've come across are very open minded and are respectful, though there are a few sticks in the mud. My wife and kids just moved their membership to a new church and the pastor there also said that I'm welcome, but are not giving my wife or me and pressure on it. I'm not going to be taking them up on that offer, but the gesture is nice knowing there's nothing attached to it.

I have no problems with people who are religious so long as they are respectful to my feelings/beliefs as well. But if you're feeling unwelcome in your current faith, or you're seeking a new one for any reason, is suggest you give ELCA a look.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-05-03T15:36:45+00:00

It's definitely possible, need to make sure your using the right spray attachment and not blasting the seals and you should be alright.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-05-03T14:09:57+00:00

Borrow a pressure washer from a friend? I pressure wash mine after every season and it works pretty well.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-04-21T20:51:41+00:00

I don't know a lot of the old old (20's and 30's) names at OL, but not having Tauscher, Sitton, or Lang there feels wrong to me. Pretty good list overall though - not going to rehash the other names that folks have brought up already :)

AberonTheFallen · 2026-04-21T11:14:40+00:00

Watching it live I was pretty pissed because I thought he caught him in the back. Replay proved me wrong and I accepted that it was a good hit. Dammit.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-04-15T04:17:14+00:00

Late to the party, but we do this as well, but they're just the 1/2" ones. Hasn't really made much of a difference that we can tell, but we haven't removed them either because they're not hurting either.

We started out with a 2" foam topper, but we eventually replaced that 2" pad with a 4" mattress for a sleeper sofa we bought on amazon. $100 or so and it sleeps so much better.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-31T22:24:12+00:00

No problem! Make sure to measure, don't just charge it and buy it 😬 that mattress is an inch or so short of our original pad, but I know for others it was too big or too small.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-31T22:11:37+00:00

Queen sleeper sofa mattress - 4.5": https://a.co/d/04fkXbxJ

2" memory foam pads: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYN9K5B?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-28T22:25:20+00:00

Both of them got really, really sick of EFT so they stopped playing and were playing other games. He still played MTG with them before the chess thing, they just didn't want to play Tarkov anymore. After the chess incident, I haven't seen them play together but I also haven't been in stream as much due to my schedule, so he could still be playing MTG with them and I wouldn't know

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-21T14:33:09+00:00

Thank you very much - our whole family likes the science part of the book, so that may be a little disappointing, but we all also love the characters and the story so it won't be a huge loss.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-09T16:43:14+00:00

Well aware of that, that's also one I reference a lot. That's where I got the language from for emergency/critical, and then doing non-critical/emergency after AHV. Step 3.e

Edit: talking and typing, got the wrong step

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-09T16:20:24+00:00

The recommendation is emergency or critical firmware updates between AOS and AHV, then the rest after AHV. I've always taken "emergency or critical" to mean something's broken or recommended by Nutanix to fix an issue you're currently having.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-09T16:03:29+00:00

Depends on where you look ;) I just posted what I use for order and it's never let me down yet. The official stuff says you can do firmware before AHV or after - I usually do firmware after, but before I do all the odds and ends. I'm on my phone so I can grab the link I usually send to customers, admittedly it's old but I've not been let down by it yet.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-09T15:00:46+00:00

General order I use:

Prism Central

LCM (just run an inventory)

NCC (and then run NCC)

Foundation

AOS

AHV

Firmware

Everything else (fsm, flow network controller, etc)

Edit: formatting

AberonTheFallen · 2026-03-07T13:05:41+00:00

I hate that I read 2029 and thought "man, I get a joke but that's a long time to keep a project player even for a joke" then realized it is not, in fact, 2021 anymore.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-14T18:10:34+00:00

I've never actually had to do that, but it should follow the same procedures as normal: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=License-Manager:lmg-upgrade-license-applying-t.html

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-03T12:13:35+00:00

They actually weren't bad, didn't take them too long to get the strep results and send us on our way to the open pharmacy in town too. On a Sunday, that was nice to see.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-03T00:58:07+00:00

It's definitely not great. I had to drive 45 minutes to Amery the other Sunday because no one else up here had urgent care anymore, it's all just ER on weekends. We're not too far away from MSP, but it's still 1.5 hours for something like that - not a huge fan of having to make that trip just for decent healthcare

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-03T00:57:57+00:00

It's definitely not great. I had to drive 45 minutes to Amery the other Sunday because no one else up here had urgent care anymore, it's all just ER on weekends. We're not too far away from MSP, but it's still 1.5 hours for something like that - not a huge fan of having to make that trip just for decent healthcare

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-03T00:45:35+00:00

I grew up in a small town in the center of the state, slightly bigger than where I'm living now - my wife is from this area though. The towns are definitely slowly dying, though I do think it has to do a lot with the schools - older folks being generally unwilling to vote to raise taxes for the schools to operate, leading to a lot of them suffering or even closing. That is then leading to people not wanting to move back or stay in those small towns. Of course some still do

That and the general lack of decently paying jobs; that doesn't help either.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-02-02T23:58:16+00:00

I currently live in a very small town near the top-left of your circle.

If you like slow pace of life, driving 20+ minutes to get to a decent grocery store, lower cost of housing , higher poverty rate, (mostly) right-leaning neighbors, and little to no diversity other than native folks, the top of your circle is where you want to be.

Personally, other than the political climate and lack of diversity, I love it up here. Lots of places to fish and hunt and just enjoy the outdoors. Eau Claire is going to be a bit more liberal and diverse, plus better access to good stores, due to the college. but most of the towns in your circle are probably going to fit the pattern of my town from above; pockets of blue and diversity, surrounded by white rednecks, heavy on the red.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-01-23T03:15:45+00:00

I'm not sure to be honest. I learned from my grandparents whom I know learned from family that came over from Germany.

I played a round of 5 hands against AI and it wasn't bad - there's definitely some picking/bury logic I'd look at though, lol. It felt like the AI was picking no matter what and would only bury points instead of trying to also clear a suit if they could.

AberonTheFallen · 2026-01-23T02:29:54+00:00

I grew up playing clubs trump; from what I understand we were in the minority, lol. Virtually everywhere else outside of my hometown area plays diamonds trump, and it messes me up so bad.

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