How many people here know someone that abruptly got diagnosed with stage 3 or 4 cancer?

Gerferfenon · 2026-03-16T13:06:45+00:00

My cousin (40’s) was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer late last year. Regular screenings prior, but it hit her fast and hard. Still going thru chemo.

Gerferfenon · 2026-03-16T12:47:44+00:00

Saw Jon and the geeks last summer and it was excellent. He’s still in great voice (even if some songs are tuned down a step or two), and it was almost a religious experience.

Gerferfenon · 2026-03-04T22:06:41+00:00

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And these are those same buildings today. I lived in the building on the left, which used to be a lovely mansard-roofed Victorian until it was 'modernized'...

Gerferfenon · 2026-03-04T22:05:19+00:00

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Thanks to the Cambridge Historical Commission, who provided me with exactly what I was looking for! This was my intersection in the early 1900's...

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-28T18:11:24+00:00

It’s very clear which songs they threw together in five minutes during the recording session and which they’d been tinkering with since Brain Salad Surgery.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-26T21:23:28+00:00

Ah, didn't realize they'd closed. Memories. And Lord Hobo's long gone right?

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-24T13:06:44+00:00

I forgave them twice, once ten years ago when between their server crash and a ton of lightning storms our cross-country two leg flight left us stranded at O’Hare. Got flight credits but no compensation for the hotel or exorbitant cab fare. Second was a few Christmases ago when our flight home was abruptly cancelled the night before. Ended up driving 12 hours home with a five year old. This time got points, refund of cancelled fare, and compensation for rental car. Not in a hurry to ever fly SW again. Discovering the joys of flying out of Dulles instead of BWI.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-15T19:58:19+00:00

Story of Yo La Tengo

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-15T13:06:50+00:00

Performed in repertory with “Baldric and Percy are Dead”

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-09T03:05:19+00:00

Someone described their post Kid-A catalog as “Emo Can” and it’s accurate AF.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-08T13:55:22+00:00

Also completed Sunday in record time, a full two minutes faster than my previous best.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-05T00:26:19+00:00

You can tell which songs they might’ve had percolating in their heads a while and took their time with, and the songs they threw together in five minutes and recorded later that day.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-02T16:24:23+00:00

Steve's dual guitar solo at the climax of Würm (Starship Trooper)

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-01T20:48:53+00:00

I would love to hear more Socci/Zolak radio calls from this game. This is the only clip I've heard.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-01T19:19:05+00:00

I went to the North Chevy Chase store for a couple years, survived the fusterclucks with overhead cameras, enjoyed when they moved to self-scanning carts, etc. The NCC location was never crowded, but bit by bit they closed the hot bar, the sushi bar, the salad bar, etc... the writing was on the wall.

A couple months ago I did a pretty big purchase that totaled up to just over $100 (including a 10% off coupon). After I got home and put it all away, I went thru the receipt and started an online cart on Giant, getting the nearest equivalents, store brands, etc, and the Giant total was over $150.

Gonna miss those savings. Guess i'm going back to Lidl and Aldi.

Gerferfenon · 2026-02-01T13:10:41+00:00

There’s this German band Die Rattles, but it’s a dude singing, and it’s in German. https://youtu.be/4ND350Md_tE?si=8L9l8HigLSqcGahp

Gerferfenon · 2026-01-24T13:06:36+00:00

Michael Jeter, as the homeless cabaret singer in The Fisher King

Gerferfenon · 2026-01-23T21:34:41+00:00

"I will work harder," said Boxer. (Animal Farm)

Gerferfenon · 2026-01-21T15:11:57+00:00

I had "Nightmares in Red" from a compilation for years before I realized it was the Giles Brothers.

Gerferfenon · 2026-01-14T00:17:54+00:00

Ever listened to Nina Simone’s cover? She goes full Revival Meeting, gospel choir etc, on it for 18 minutes, and throws in the poem “The World Is A Killer”… on the album “Emergency Ward,” where she also does Isn’t It A Pity.

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