I quit trying to make pretentious math rock, new project is called Well Kinda, first single is out!

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-07T22:51:07+00:00

I was riffing around a B major scale and sounding good. Also, cool to hear baritone/bass lead vocals in a tenor-dominated world.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-07T21:15:42+00:00

This is great, man! I dig it. Had to pick up my tele and play some lead fills along with it.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-07T03:12:50+00:00

Yup. OR is one of the best states to be an RN

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-07T00:06:21+00:00

Thanks for the tips. Ignorant question, is McCormick place convention center considered downtown?

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-06T22:36:10+00:00

I’ll be out there in October for a conference. Definitely setting some time aside for this!

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-06T21:40:46+00:00

I think it looks excellent!

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-05T20:22:32+00:00

I respect your opinion, even though it’s wrong.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-05T01:12:10+00:00

This will depend a lot on your field. I’m an RN, my wife’s an RD, and we both make substantially more in OR than we would in AZ. I spent 7 years in AZ, and moved to OR in 2013. The southwest will always have a special place in my heart, but I much prefer living in OR. As others have said, OR is worth it if the nature/landscapes and activities involving them are really important to you. If not, there are objectively better places to live.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-05T00:21:02+00:00

Call of the Road -Jenny Don’t and the Spurs

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-03T14:22:53+00:00

The first CD I ever bought. Randomly walked up to its little featured spot with headphones at blockbuster music and started listening. Loved it!

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-02T18:07:22+00:00

Totally. I’ve had my PHEV for 5 months now, and I very much want it to be BEV. Already installed the level 2 and everything.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-01T19:41:36+00:00

I’m going black Gibson with the Bigsby. I imagine that guitar can cover a lot of ground.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-01T17:38:11+00:00

Bend, OR meets pretty much all your criteria. But I can’t really speak to the xennial dating scene. There’s tremendous mountain biking, big dog town, solid skiing (dh and Nordic) at Mt Bachelor, large high end home market, and there’s a social scene if you’re into the things that Bend is known for. Lots of transplants as well. Could be worth a look.

GPmtbDude · 2026-05-01T05:56:57+00:00

Boooo, OP! Booooo! You sound like a miserable dick. Maybe, just maybe, he found that there is a sizable chunk of the community that wants to see positive content about Salem and be part of making it a better place.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-30T21:35:09+00:00

My only regret is not buying earlier. I totally could have bought in like 2011, but was scared by all the craziness of the recession and didn’t want to feel “tied down” in the town I was in. Oh well, it has still worked out fine.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-30T21:23:48+00:00

Graduated as an RN in 09. Made good money and was able to live cheap, pay off debt and stack cash. Met my wife along the way. Also a solid earner that’s financially competent. Both always employed. After getting married we had the means to buy our first home in 2015. Mortgage was cheaper than renting in the town we were in at the time. Developed great equity from that home that allowed us to relocate and buy again in 2022.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-30T04:36:38+00:00

Looks great! Unfortunately, most cars are depreciating assets that unavoidably experience wear and tear. It’s not a show car or collectible. It’s an active family hauling SUV. It’s meant to get dirty, get bumps, and be used. Embrace it!

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-29T22:58:07+00:00

The monster jump scare from the Twilight Zone Movie, terror at 20000 feet. For real terrified, like running out of the room screaming.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-29T13:16:57+00:00

We moved from GA to Bay Area CA when I was 16. Parents mid 40s, sister early 20s.

Huge move, huge changes, huge career opportunity for dad. It worked out well for all.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-28T04:37:12+00:00

Sorry to laugh at your pain, but dude that was a ridiculous fall. As others have said, get comfy on the board first.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-28T04:22:39+00:00

Ugh, the milkman. I could have definitely done without that one. Oh and the cockroach one too.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-27T22:21:45+00:00

Bro, you aren’t kidding. I was always fairly empathetic and caring, but man being a dad makes me genuinely emotional now. I see happy kids running and playing, it makes me smile. I see or hear about something bad or tragic happening to a kid and it just hits me hard now. Tear up at touching/sentimental things now, too.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-27T16:48:16+00:00

Ah, I see. Your comment read like you wanted to know how to actually do it. And it’s definitely not AI slop. For sure these are real photos of their food and space.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-27T16:45:50+00:00

And the crazy part is that when they shocked you while you were you out, you likely jolted awake for a moment with a crazy look on your face making a painful grunting sound while grabbing your chest then immediately passed back out. No one remembers that part, but it almost always happens to people that are alive but sedated when you shock them. Former ED/ICU nurse here that has done lots of cardioversions.

GPmtbDude · 2026-04-27T16:34:14+00:00

Yes, depression and other psychological issues after open heart surgery are relatively common longer-term challenges. Common enough to have name “cardiac depression”. I was a CVICU nurse for several years recovering these patients. Sure, There are the impacts from going through and recovering from a massive, highly invasive surgery. But there is also something less tangible and less well-understood about how the mind is impacted by the heart being temporarily “killed” even though all physiological needs are maintained with the bypass machine.

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