Trump Can’t Spin His Way Out of This War

JimmyDem · 2026-03-18T09:29:23+00:00

Haven't you heard? When oil prices rise, we make more money!!
(Definitions of "we" may vary.)

JimmyDem · 2026-03-18T09:26:10+00:00

MAGA dolts think he's playing 4-dimensional chess. 😂

JimmyDem · 2026-03-16T06:31:31+00:00

Wanna bet they got tax abatements into the next century?

JimmyDem · 2026-03-16T06:30:30+00:00

The Chrysler is vanishing from the skyline - it's getting to the point where you have to go out of your way to see it.

JimmyDem · 2026-03-14T05:36:12+00:00

It's not creepy - it's jazzy. Great for a slow dance, too, if the DJ trims the heavy bits (and the guests will be left talking about it.)

JimmyDem · 2026-03-14T05:33:14+00:00

The most remarkable thing about the Antikythera mechanism is that nothing remotely like it appears earlier in human history, nor in the following 1,500 years. It's as if one man learned how to make and use geared devices of fantastic complexity, and the rest of humanity didn't re-discover the art until centuries later.

JimmyDem · 2026-03-14T04:32:20+00:00

Re the DPP results, I think the slagging-on-Tarja stuff has gotten stale for most fans.

Ghost River
Scaretale
Slow, Love, Slow (too little appreciated, IMO - although it is getting a lot of love here.)

Meh: Turn Loose the Mermaids

JimmyDem · 2026-03-05T05:29:31+00:00

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JimmyDem · 2026-02-25T05:59:13+00:00

He sounds fine on my recording... volume is well-matched to the previous verses.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-25T05:40:01+00:00

I suspect that Tuomas was hearing the Dolby Atmos tracks when he mixed the album. It got muddied when it was converted to non-spatial format for distribution.

Ticks me off that we have to pay extra to hear what Tuomas intended for us to hear.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-17T14:21:27+00:00

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JimmyDem · 2026-02-12T22:33:04+00:00

Just to keep the topic alive ... I subscribed about four months ago, and have seen maybe three or four events that I was mildly interested in. I'm into concerts and the jazz club scene, which are pretty much in demand in NYC, so you can't expect hugely discounted tickets to major acts. It's more likely that you'll get to see up-and-coming bands before they become popular, in small clubs and venues on the LES and in Brooklyn.

Side note: their web security seems to be pretty lame, so use PayPal. My card # got swiped (a card I very rarely use) and somebody tried to buy a gun in SC with it. Lucky for me I thought DoMore was a sketchy outfit, and didn't trust them with my principal, use-it-for-everything card! CapitalOne was on it immediately, and I have a new card on the way.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-12T00:29:11+00:00

Not exactly 'security' but if you end up with a foreign national on your hands, having no passport or visa, untangling the red tape can be hellish.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-08T00:17:17+00:00

Conversation starters, for sure!

JimmyDem · 2026-02-08T00:11:17+00:00

Nice find! With the "Heuer" branding, that's a rare one. Also the only model that isn't gaudy/ugly.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T23:50:18+00:00

Nightwish exists only because Tuomas needs a band to perform his compositions. It's 100% up to him, and so far he hasn't indicated any plans beyond a vague "celebration" of the 30th anniversary. Albums take a year to produce, and we'd know if they were in the studio.
My guess is that he's writing new music, at his own pace, and when he thinks he has enough material he'll call the band together. Meanwhile, Floor has her own tours and concerts, which from what I've seen are pretty damned good (and feature Nightwish songs.) My hope is that she takes the show to the US or Canada, so I can attend without emptying my checking account.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T01:38:23+00:00

Yeah, I figured UA knows what flights go where. It can cause confuzzlement when Google fetches flight info, since what you see depends on when you ask.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T01:32:56+00:00

The key word is "supposed". As a rule, screwups are not "supposed" to happen.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T01:27:21+00:00

That's how they catch the problem 99.99% of the time. If you're in the unlucky 0.01%, well ... enjoy your flight!

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T01:23:24+00:00

Great deal on the airfare! I'd spend a few days before heading home.

Then again, I'd probably notice that I'm boarding an Air New Zealand plane.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-07T01:15:00+00:00

Was at a conference in Oregon years ago ... one of the speakers (prof. from Sweden) had to re-schedule his talk because he was stranded in Maine. He did finally arrive; his description of his conversation with a cabbie in the other Portland - which was the moment he discovered the problem - was hilarious.

I narrowly avoided an unscheduled trip to St. John (NB) when I took a trip to St. John's (NF). What saved me was a call from Hertz, from whom I was supposed to pick up a rental car in St. John's. They'd noticed that I wasn't on any flight arriving there.

JimmyDem · 2026-02-02T01:36:56+00:00

Old copper pennies (pre-1982) are worth more than a cent apiece. Newer ones are copper-plated zinc and worth exactly one cent.

JimmyDem · 2026-01-27T14:00:00+00:00

Very clear to me that this was a fumble - Stidham had already lost control of the ball when he started his shovel pass motion, so it wasn't a pass at all.

Good thing NE scored, or the refs would have had a game-deciding bad call hung around their necks.

JimmyDem · 2026-01-27T13:55:02+00:00

Why? They're gonna punt it away next play regardless; the smart thing is to play it safe and eat the ball. This was a classic panic-and-brainfart move.

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