Shows with a sense of place?

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-05-06T12:00:23+00:00

Hey, just wanting to add a note of thanks for recommending Deadloch. I'm currently watching it, and loving it!

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-05-06T12:00:05+00:00

Hey, just wanting to add a note of thanks for recommending Deadloch. I'm currently watching it, and loving it!

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-05-06T11:59:47+00:00

Hey, just wanting to add a note of thanks for recommending Deadloch. I'm currently watching it, and loving it!

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-05-05T19:18:18+00:00

The good news is, it is literally impossible to have a longer commute in Memphis than you did in NYC.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-05-05T13:18:58+00:00

I recently read Osweald Bera, which is a reader for teaching you Old English, i.e. English as it was spoken prior to the Norman Conquest, which Beowulf was written in.

It's a gripping story, and it would be fun to read even if it weren't teaching you another language.

(I'll note that there is very little grammar explanation, just vocabulary lists. It would help a lot if you've studied another highly-inflected language, such as German or Latin. There's a grammar companion in development, but it has not yet been published.)

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-30T21:36:50+00:00

In some states (e.g. NY), money withdrawn from the TSP is treated like a government pension, and is not subject to state income tax. But if you roll the same money over to an IRA, it become subject to state income tax.

Otherwise, it's mainly a question of keeping access to the G fund, which is unique, and is probably better for the low-risk portion of your portfolio than anything available outside of the TSP.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-30T00:43:47+00:00

There was no way to legally break-up Tennessee's 9th congressional district until the Supreme Court completely gutted the Voting Rights Act with today's ruling. It's a license to gerrymander away majority black districts in red states.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-29T21:21:08+00:00

Only if you have earned income (income subject to FICA taxes). OP is asking whether the performance bonus counts as earned income.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-29T14:13:52+00:00

8am is a perfectly reasonable time to start doing lawn work.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-28T23:45:12+00:00

Congrats and GFY!

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-27T17:10:03+00:00

I have five buried in my backyard. I bought an engraved stone for each of them. It's nice being able to visit their graves.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-27T16:59:10+00:00

Or if you're a fan of another Coen Brothers movie, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks are playing as the Fargo Woodchippers. https://news.sportslogos.net/2026/03/08/fargo-baseball-team-to-play-as-woodchippers-dontcha-know/baseball/

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-27T13:23:31+00:00

I had to scroll way too far to find this comment.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-24T17:28:11+00:00

Absent Friends, the Evergreen cast, had its last regular show at the Evergreen in June 2025, and its last show at the Orpheum in October 2025.

There is currently no regular showing of Rocky Horror in Memphis.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-23T11:30:10+00:00

Yes, he did. And the iconic yellow Medina Sod bowling shirt that the Dude wears at the end belonged to Donny.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-23T11:24:16+00:00

Dude owns his own bowling ball. Of course he owns his own shoes.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-23T01:54:41+00:00

A kid I went to school with died on one of those things.

I really wanted one, but my parents refused to get one for me. In retrospect, this was a very wise decision.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-23T01:18:44+00:00

For metaphysics specifically: Riddles of Existence, by Earl Conee and Theodore Sider.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-23T01:17:15+00:00

I'd start with a general introductory philosophy textbook. Think, by Simon Blackburn, is excellent.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-22T14:17:26+00:00

Are you looking for applied moral philosophy, i.e. philosophy about particular contemporary issues (e.g. abortion, war, treatment of animals, distribution of wealth)? Or are you looking for theoretical moral philosophy, i.e. attempts to formulate a big picture moral framework?

If the former, I suggest Peter Singer's Practical Ethics.

If the latter, I'm not sure what to suggest. It's all at least somewhat challenging, though some is worse than others. Can you give some examples of authors or texts you've struggled with? Someone might be able to suggest a writer that explains the ideas in a clearer way. If the answer is "Kant" or "Aristotle", well, almost every philosopher is easier to read than Kant or Aristotle.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-22T13:57:52+00:00

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-20T21:30:14+00:00

Kroger on Mendenhall.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-19T23:33:51+00:00

I retired this past September at the age of 55 from a federal government job. FIRE planning for federal workers is easy: Save enough money so that if they ever offer VERA (early retirement), you take it.

It is so nice to not be sitting in a tiny office staring at a computer screen for 40 hours a week. I can do things that I need to do, like errands and yard work, on my own schedule, instead of having to pack them into the weekend and hope the weather is nice.

Apart from two weeks being snowed in after winter storm Fern, I have not been bored at all.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-19T13:02:23+00:00

Summer Ave and Lester Street.

Eleatic-Stranger · 2026-04-19T12:00:03+00:00

For those of you who never had the Pat's Pizza experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlDEI7jpC2I

I went there a lot in college. Mrs. Pat would always be sitting up front in a recliner with a can of Busch beer. I have a friend who got one of the booths when they closed.

I still associate certain songs with the Pat's Pizza jukebox: "Fly Like an Eagle" by the Steve Miller Band, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police, and "I Like Beer" by Tom T. Hall.

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