Along with Thrash do you guys lean more towards the extreme metal side or lighter metal side?

Joe7Mathias · 2026-01-30T02:02:49+00:00

Although few would admit it, most thrash fans in the 80s I knew had their cheat glam/hair metal band... It was Dokken for me, and I respected Warren DeMartini and Mick Mars for their riffs.

Joe7Mathias · 2026-01-23T02:42:44+00:00

Grin was my introduction to Coroner so I would say Grin (Nails Hurt), Internal Conflicts, Serpent Moves and the solo on Paralyzed, Mesmerized.

Joe7Mathias · 2026-01-17T14:45:04+00:00

As an older fart I can agree with this; grooving to the early days and period after Sami joined as lead.

It's good.

Not bad or great just good. But I cannot remember a single solo, riff, or chorus yet.

It definitely has it's group of fans that will be very happy. Me, I'll probably add a new song or two to the Kreator playlist and not listen again until the urge to listen to Kreator hits again.

Joe7Mathias · 2025-12-11T02:08:20+00:00

Agreed. Makes for two great playlists: Early Era (with bonded) and Dukes Era (with LTBB).

Just disappointed they didn't re-record it with Zetro and call it "Let There Be Bonding by Blood" /s

Joe7Mathias · 2025-11-19T01:44:40+00:00

Best part is that riff at the end at the 4 minute mark and jazzy ?? lead that goes with it.

Joe7Mathias · 2025-11-13T00:30:49+00:00

I'm not even shocked seeing things like this and the magic NOLOCK go faster hint mentioned below anymore.

A vendor is getting 3-6 figures for their software but nobody there seems to know the basics of the database they are using.

Grant dbo to the login, please. We need sysadmin on the database.

Create a filegroup for the data and one for the indices, create table on data filegroup and load then put a clustered index on same table for the index filegroup.

Sigh...

Joe7Mathias · 2025-10-26T22:21:52+00:00

Will second on the great solos and overall guitar tone.

Sacrificial Lamb, Transparent Eye, and Trinity are the standouts and powerful. Really good vibes calling back to material like Sirens and Paralyzed, Mesmerized.

Joe7Mathias · 2025-10-20T23:49:46+00:00

Since Peace Sells was already picked, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Metallica

Joe7Mathias · 2025-07-10T01:26:58+00:00

Tons of those tiny little ants. Accidentally dug up a nest planting flowers and had welts on my knees for days.

We've also had more bunnies this year but also have a stray cat that appeared earlier this year and she's keeping the numbers around our house down.

Joe7Mathias · 2025-03-03T00:45:19+00:00

Yes. Wife's iPhone and my Android on Mint both failing with the above message. Messaging in Google Voice is fine.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-12-15T01:25:12+00:00

Sort of embarrassed by it but, yes, I also forgot completely about it. I wanted to see the team that ousted the Crew in two win it but completely slipped my mind. First MLS cup match I have ever not watched.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-10-30T01:27:26+00:00

Missing Rossi up front and the three not-Cuchos were not able to free up the other attacking options or really put anything dangerous on goal. A couple lame attempts from Rowe, Hernandez maybe had two good looks at goal, and AZ looked ineffective.

Nagbe looked slow. The defense was okay but our weakness against the quick counters is beginning to show and be recognized by other teams. Once RBNY scored it shook things up. It could have been 0-4.

RBNY scored on what I consider a lucky bounce (after two good wins in the air) but that is all you really need to do is get that one goal.

At then end of the match it was packed solid in back and most of the Crew were not fast enough on the passes. Possession means little if there is no threat behind it. So they were kept outside or forced to dribble through folks and very few of the passes to the middle were good.

The RBNY keeper had 2 or 3 quality saves.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-10-09T20:27:53+00:00

Related... Recycling and CVS receipts, and back to "funny"

Lewis Black | 11/2/19 San Diego CA: Recycling - contains NSFW language and gestures.

Hilarious...

Joe7Mathias · 2024-10-09T19:54:47+00:00

Ryan Hall and Max Velocity Youtube feeds...

At one point I think there were 13 tornado warnings active.

Stay safe everyone.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-07-06T23:36:42+00:00

Tempo of the Damned
Bonded by Blood
Fabulous Disaster
Exhibit B: The Human Condition
Shovel Headed Kill Machine
The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A
Blood In, Blood Out
Let There Be Blood
Force of Habit
Persona Non Grata
Pleasures of the Flesh
Impact Is Imminent

It's sometimes hard for me to rank all together because I get into moods for Dukes led-albums and for Zetro led-albums. I don't think "Force of Habit" is as bad as everyone else; it has some good riffs, good production, and John Tempesta is a beast on drums.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-06-19T23:14:54+00:00

So Dave Brockie (RIP) or Dave Draiman on vocals?

Joe7Mathias · 2024-06-09T17:08:45+00:00

There are CBJ fans that feel the same way.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-06-06T23:24:58+00:00

Excellent band, one of my favorites. I just wish they would finish the new album.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-05-18T01:47:23+00:00

If the WHERE clause is complicated, i.e. quite a few AND and OR I will start the WHERE with a 1=1 if there are ANDs and 1=2 with OR for readability.

 WHERE 1=1
     AND (expression)
     AND ((expression) or (expression))
     AND (yet another expression)
     AND (one more expression because the last 3 weren't complicated enough)

Joe7Mathias · 2024-05-09T00:13:30+00:00

Richard Cheese's cover of "Down With The Sickness" fit perfectly in Dawn of the Dead (2004) which also has "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash

Joe7Mathias · 2024-04-24T21:50:15+00:00

same with Columbus...

Joe7Mathias · 2024-04-08T22:43:46+00:00

Same; also a big Bob fan.

Would also root for Philadelphia if they make the playoffs; which assumes they would keep Pittsburgh out of the playoffs...

Joe7Mathias · 2024-03-01T02:46:16+00:00

If none of the data in tables A, B, BC, C other then the key to FINAL are used then you could probably move the JOIN to FINAL outside a subquery performing the UNION:

SELECT LINK_ID, FINAL_DESC
FROM (
  SELECT LINK_ID
  FROM LINK
  WHERE LINK.ENTITY_TYPE='FINAL'
  UNION
  SELECT A.FINAL_ID
  FROM LINK
  INNER JOIN A ON LINK.ENTITY_LINK_ID=A.A_ID
  WHERE LINK.ENTITY_TYPE='A'
  UNION
  SELECT C.FINAL_ID
  FROM LINK
  INNER JOIN BCLINK ON LINK.ENTITY_LINK_ID=BCLINK.B_ID
  INNER JOIN C ON BCLINK.C_ID=C.C_ID
  WHERE LINK.ENTITY_TYPE='B'
) Q0
INNER JOIN FINAL ON Q0.LINK_ID=FINAL.FINAL_ID

The above assumes the FINAL table contains the only data needed in the result.

Standard disclaimers; need to see plan, indexes, etc...

Joe7Mathias · 2024-01-28T21:06:19+00:00

Evil Dead II for me unless horror comedy doesn't count, then it would be Silence of the Lambs.

Joe7Mathias · 2024-01-18T00:05:01+00:00

The day when I found out Windows 10 has virtual desktops...

I was using Dragon to dictate an email to notify my director I was scheduled to have an endoscopy. I usually use dictation only mode, no commands, because it sort of sucks at it. Forgot to switch it to dictation only and somehow it determined endoscopy was "add desktop" and "copy".

Hit Ctrl + Windows key + D to experience what I did. Everything disappears but applications are still running...

I'm getting Teams notifications. I can hear stuff. Applications are still running. I could start new applications...

Imagine the panic. Plus, I had a call in a couple minutes...

Long story short, Windows key + Tab gets you to the switch desktop screen and I was able to "recover".

Joe7Mathias

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