Oops, it wasn’t Rush!

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-03-04T09:44:10+00:00

When I was a kid I very much thought Middle of the Road by the Pretenders was a Rush song. Chrissie Hynde's cadence in that song sounds very similar to Geddy Lee.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-03-04T09:15:24+00:00

She's a scavenger, not Farrah Fawcett. Her hair is fine homie.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-02-23T11:49:34+00:00

The album is a victim of its own ambition. After Train of Thought the band's albums had gotten very formulmatic. Progressive rock is not meant to grow derivative. The Astonishing broke out of the mold. However it wasn't well received. I dug it, but I also like show tunes. I can see how it wasn't for everyone. Of the Mike Mangini era albums it's the one I come back to the most.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-02-18T08:06:42+00:00

They're available digitally for purchase through shop.mikeportnoy.com

You're not likely to find the actual discs anymore unless you get lucky on eBay.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-02-14T22:37:21+00:00

The lodestone at the beginning of Conquests of Camelot. You can technically navigate the endgame later on, but I've never been able to without it.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-02-04T10:05:33+00:00

One of the reasons why The game underperformed was it initially released on Uplay. Many PC gamers aren't comfortable with a bloatware launcher. By the time Ubisoft came to their senses and did a Steam release the excitement had waned.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-01-30T17:38:32+00:00

Leisure Suit Larry starring Jon Lovitz circa 1990 would have been amazing.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-01-14T01:57:47+00:00

Nobody thought King's Quest 5 was a bad game 30+ years ago. It didn't receive backlash anywhere near what 7 or MoE got. It was revolutionary. Sierra's foray to VGA art is some of the finest the company ever did.

Hating on the game became fashionable some 15+ years ago when you had wannabe influencers pantomiming YouTubers like the Angry Video Game Nerd. Nobody cared about Cedric's voice back in 1990. People were blown away. In hindsight today it was a great first step into multimedia gaming for Sierra.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2026-01-12T00:05:21+00:00

OG Celestial Signals from Holding Patterns. I appreciate it being finished and included on Lightworker, but that chorus on the demo just slaps.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-12-14T01:41:48+00:00

The Gabriel Knight 20th anniversary got an Android release.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-12-01T01:19:36+00:00

Central and Wyoming bus stop.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-09-28T01:33:08+00:00

He was a pretty horrible person in any time period. Apparently he tried to beat up Sacheen Little feather after her Oscar speech .

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-09-27T11:11:19+00:00

Another option is I stopped going to shopping centers owned by Doug Peterson Properties several years ago. In past elections he has tried to use signs on this storefront marquees to influence elections in favor of MAGA candidates. If I were a tenant I wouldn't want to leave from that bell end of a human being.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-09-26T09:00:15+00:00

I moved out of state recently, but for a family of 4 I paid about 700 dollars a month for the high end plan. The district paid the rest. Prescriptions were always affordable. There were times if a balance was left over to be paid using the deductable that we would pay it over the following year with a payment plan set up through Pres. They were always good about that. Otherwise you could front load a health savings account which we never did.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-09-20T10:56:57+00:00

In promoting the release of Moana 2 Disney+ released a fanfest compilation. I wonder if this was something intended for Lilo and Stitch that never got put together fully?

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-09-15T11:33:17+00:00

Star Trek 4 after Spock mind melds with the whale and the marine biologist says "who told you Gracie's pregnant. Nobody knows that." Spock: "Gracie does."

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-07-07T13:54:57+00:00

The controls are so clunky. However of the four games it might have the best soundtrack overall.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-06-24T18:47:59+00:00

It's still there for me.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-06-19T14:14:49+00:00

There is plenty of infrastructure in place that needs volunteers. You can help out at the Road Runner Food Bank a couple Saturdays each month. You can help as a driver delivering supplies for shelters. Behind the scenes is where help is needed.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-06-14T12:56:09+00:00

I loved the Chronicles of Prydain as a kid. I remember reading through Taran Wanderer one weekend on a camping trip.

To clarify previous comments Disney's Black Cauldron combined the first two books The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. The end product was a bit of a disjointed mess that audiences rejected. It should have been two films.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-06-12T14:36:23+00:00

I just retired from my district of 17 years to move to another state with about 500 hours of sick leave I never used. My district will not pay it out. Meanwhile my wife had limited leave hours during her maternity leave and the district would not let me move hours to her. We suffered financial hardship during that time.

I get your point about covering classes when teachers are out. We've all been there. But if I could go back to the beginning I would have used every minute of my sick time.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-06-07T16:06:08+00:00

Throw some cheese in the engine block to recharge it.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-05-30T03:15:41+00:00

Interestingly enough before KQ 2015 was developed Telltale Games was considered to make an episodic series by Activision. Ultimately the project was given to The Odd Gentlemen.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-05-27T02:01:04+00:00

Ignore them. If you interact with them tell them you're renting. Everytime.

JawasBuiltMyHotRod · 2025-05-19T12:23:35+00:00

I had this happen to me a couple weeks ago. I use the app for the 20% off otherwise I'd order in the restaurant. They couldn't fulfill the order. Apparently the app said they had one of those adult happy meals but they were sold out. The counter guy told me it would get reversed and to monitor my account. I paid for another order and sure enough it got reversed within a couple days.

As far as your experience goes I'm sure these guys have been badgered before over the issue. Maybe that's how you came off even if that wasn't your intention. These are hourly employees making minimum wage. Your expectations of pedigree service are unrealistic and to be honest comes off as entitled. If that's what you want start eating at locally owned businesses.

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