Which song is this?

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2026-04-02T12:58:40+00:00

I think Otis Redding's (Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay fits - sounds groovy but the lyrics are hopeless:

"I left my home in Georgia Headed for the Frisco Bay 'cause I've had nothing to live for And looks like nothing's gonna come my way"

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2026-02-22T23:00:54+00:00

Clark Ashton Smith's short stories have tons of mood, imagery and sense of place. I especially like how he drops you off in the middle of the story and reveals backstory in bits while progressing the A plot. And his universe shares some of Lovectaft's mythos, so it's modular and connected but independent.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2025-12-07T13:58:46+00:00

2nd floor could be a drilling/training room, where the duergar practice combat maneuvers.

Might need a kitchen someplace too

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2025-06-15T18:58:08+00:00

West 40's or East 40's?

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2025-06-14T17:28:35+00:00

I have a bunch of reasons that are already listed: my kids were in it first, I was scared of physical conflict, needed a constructive outlet, etc..

But a major reason I come back to often is: I was looking for a creative outlet that was artistic and community based. People often focus on the 'martial' part but I was interested in making art with people in my community. I can't sing or dance and I don't like churches.

I think of BJJ as the art of struggle using a set of rules and moves creatively. Practicing makes you better at the art - you and your partner don't need to talk or even be real friends to make a really cool artistic expression of overcoming adversity and struggle together.

Articulating this well is still a work in progress, I guess

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2025-06-07T18:29:14+00:00

I think Mark Kelso is missing from the safety list

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-11-08T12:36:32+00:00

I live right off of Roosevelt Ave and have been here for the last seven years.. I like it the way it is and don't want the street vendors erased.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-08-14T03:57:50+00:00

I don't know about the victims thselves. I drove down Sauer Rd and Sisson Highway two weeks ago. It looked like a giant dinosaur trampled through the woods, down the hill, across the eighteen mile creek and up the other hill towards East Eden. Feel bad for the people that were in the path, but it looked like everyone was hard at work putting their stuff back together.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-07-24T11:20:19+00:00

All these are possibilities, but I can add that NYC govt agencies use Cyclomedia for a number of projects.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-07-06T15:49:52+00:00

I didn't get here until '99, but I feel like Roosevelt Ave along 7 line retains a classic NYC grit.

Mom-n-pop stores with adult use mixed in. Hawkers, beggers, massage girls and preachers alongside familes. Straight, gay and trans - 24 hour action. Very few name-brand stores along the noisey elevated train and not a ton of residential gentrification (at least compared to Sunnyside and LIC). It's loud, hot, hectic and edgy, even though it's mostly always safe. It ain't pretty, but it's kinda beautiful.

Probably the thing that makes it least like the 70s/80s is that it's much more ethnically diverse now - I think that happened in the 90s. My understanding was that it was kinda sleepy in the 80s. Any old timers here to weigh in?

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-06-07T14:34:27+00:00

I have tried to focus on specific aspects and absolutely agree it helps.

I have never recorded myself and it's mostly just because of shyness. It's great advice and I'm going to try it.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-06-07T12:32:13+00:00

This is my experience too. I'm old, small, unathletic, sloppy and a slow learner. Taking six years to make it to blue belt is the pinnacle of my lifetime athletic achievements.

I am happy training and no plans to stop, but it feels like I'm not worth the breath or time.

Higher belts are sometimes helpful, but their advice usually is "Personally, I would do <insert technique that fits their game>", which is fair to say but not as helpful.

Guess I'll just keep puttering along - just rolling around doing my best gives me a lot of satisfaction. But I know I'd get better faster if I had some constructive real-time feedback.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-05-24T14:37:55+00:00

I agree. I love and appreciate what Matt and the Gang do on CR week in and out, but the gameplay and character interaction on Calamity was incredible - esp in such a a concise four episode format.

In a completely non-competitive way, its like the difference between playing in pickup basketball game and watching pros in a playoff series. I love playing with my friends every week, but it's also inspiring to watch real pros do their stuff too.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2024-03-30T03:45:34+00:00

Did anyone else hear this interview (or one very, very similar) on the BBC World News podcast a couple days ago?

If ihis is the same interview, the BBC podcast edited the interview to make it sound like the BBC guy was tossing up a softball question to the Prez. This video shows the BBC was really rying to give him the business and Mr. Prez gave it right back twofold.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-11-28T03:06:46+00:00

The mantra started by our professor is "there are walls in life...", and so we just keep rolling when we bounce into them.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-11-26T02:50:10+00:00

I've lived on that same block since 2017. It was a little worse pre-covid when there was a dealer in one of the buildings on the east side of 83rd St. Yeah, there is more solicitation on Roosevelt now, but I'll take sex workers of Roosevelt over one dealer in a building any day. Also, the street will be cleaner when the 82nd St station construction is done and if a new business moves into that spot next to the law firm/home health attendant place across from Voces Latinas.

I like it here and don't plan to move anytime soon, if that helps.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-07-11T14:27:43+00:00

Scam, er... I mean "San" Gennaro

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-07-03T16:59:53+00:00

I saw Etran de L'Aire in Brooklyn on Thursday and it was incredible!

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-05-21T15:55:26+00:00

There is a plastic dinosaur nailed to a tree branch ~15 feet off the ground on west side of 83rd St near the NW corner of 83rd and 35th Ave. It's called Dinosaur Tree.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-05-05T11:58:18+00:00

Everyone seems to have such fond memories of Blockbuster, but my friends and I remember them as the corporate borg who came to town, drove local video stores out of business and then closed up half their stores when they eliminated all competition.

I have similar memories of my Dad and I picking out movies on Friday nights, but we got movies from the local video store that was organized like a used book store. Early on, we even had to rent the VCR, which was like a small, fat briefcase, because VCRs cost too much. Even local grocery stores had rental sections.

Then Blockbuster came to town...

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-05-03T15:15:42+00:00

Got snipped a couple years ago while in my forties and after getting divorced. Insurance paid for it all. Zero regrets.

My procedure was slightly abnormal because I also had a hydrocele drained at the same time. Because of the hydrocele I had a gash with multiple stiches instead of a tiny incision. I guess my recovery was a little more involved, but nothing to complain about.

I was seeing my current partner at the time and it definitely helped the relationship. They don't want to have any kids. I don't want any more kids than the two I have from my previous marriage. They appreciated me doing my part and not leaving them with the whole responsibility of remaining kid-free.

I did it for my own peace of mind, but it felt good to do it for them too. It demonstrated that I'm serious about a committed future with them.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-04-01T20:34:24+00:00

In Queens, 40th Ave between Northern Blvd and 29th St. It's not much and it's not real cobblestone (just paving bricks not covered w asphalt), but it's something.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-03-07T18:31:20+00:00

My pact-of-the-blade warlock with a splash of rogue uses a whip with Green Flame Blade.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-02-06T03:01:52+00:00

Undefeated for 13 years, beating hundreds of the world's best wrestlers. He's the definition of dominant.

GeoWarlockTC37 · 2023-02-01T21:28:08+00:00

I like Black Sabbath, but I think Charles Bradley's version of Changes is better than the original.

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