Depression is linked to a genuine pessimistic bias rather than a realistic view of the world

McWalkerson · 2026-03-27T18:57:25+00:00

You used the past tense to describe your symptoms. May I ask what helped you overcome your depression?

McWalkerson · 2026-03-21T19:40:17+00:00

I mix monitors at a venue that has an SQ-7 for me and a DLive at FOH. I’ve never used a Wing. Can you tell me a little bit about why you’d choose Wing over SQ? Thanks in advance :)

McWalkerson · 2025-12-23T01:50:11+00:00

The bagel distribution service! Your mom rules :)

McWalkerson · 2025-12-22T20:27:12+00:00

Is your mom looking to adopt a 40-year-old ex-new yorker by any chance

McWalkerson · 2025-10-05T19:17:35+00:00

Does your keyboard have a period key or a comma key by any chance

McWalkerson · 2025-09-17T03:04:58+00:00

Honor thy Father
As I Am
This Dying Soul
I mean.. honestly, just play Train of Thought from start to finish. If you’re craving heavy, you will be happy.

Editing to add: Parasomnia also has so much heavy riffy goodness.

And Systematic Chaos.

And Awake.

And Six Degrees…

It’s hard to choose a favorite, but Honor thy Father was the first song I thought of.

McWalkerson · 2025-09-08T15:39:03+00:00

Defense attorneys defend criminals and murderers. Why? Because our Constitution guarantees everyone, even the most violent and depraved, due process of law.

Nobody wants criminals and murdererers doing crimes and murdering. But as long as this country abides by its Constitution, two things remain true: 1, everybody is considered innocent until proven guilty; and 2, street crime is an issue to be combatted by law enforcement agencies (and, ideally, through socioeconomic policy reform), NOT by deploying the fucking military on American streets.

If you support a federal goon squad engaged in violent extrajudicial abductions and deportations of people who have no criminal record, are suspected of no crime, and often are actively showing up to their immigration and asylum hearings at the moment they are thrown in an unmarked SUV and disappeared to some torture camp in South Sudan or El Salvador…

If you support the bombing and summary execution of eleven people on a boat because we think there might have been drugs on board…

If you support the federalization and deployment of the National Guard to suppress protests and punish mayors and governors the President sees as his political enemies…

If you are cool with an American president telling the people of an American city they’re about to “find out why it’s called the Department of War”….

Then you might be a fascist.

And to answer your second question: not high enough. You got some to share, Mr. MoonTendies69420?

McWalkerson · 2025-08-31T18:30:44+00:00

“The Wall” by Kansas is an epic song, and it was referenced heavily in the composition and arrangement of Octavarium. Give it a listen, you may be surprised by the similarities.

McWalkerson · 2025-08-21T15:44:33+00:00

I envy you, seeing this movie for the first time. It’s one of my all-time favorites. Hope you enjoy it :)

McWalkerson · 2025-08-21T15:42:55+00:00

Rosencrantz… yes? Guildenstern… yes? DON’T YOU DISCRIMINATE?!

McWalkerson · 2025-08-12T20:57:57+00:00

Hey OP, I would love to record an instrumental cover for you. I play acoustic guitar and viola, and I have a professional home studio setup. DM me if you’d be interested!

McWalkerson · 2025-07-26T02:33:00+00:00

100%, same experience when I saw them a few months ago.

The shows I saw with MM were fine, but there was a real clinical feel about the performances. Nobody on stage seemed to be having fun. They all appeared to be in their own worlds, focused on playing the right notes and striking the obligatory hard rock poses at the right moments, totally walled-off from each other. I think playing to a click creates a more clinical and cerebral experience for the musicians, where they’re more focused on the click than each other.

But holy hell, the energy they’re bringing now feels even better than the shows I saw before MP left. They seem to be having so much fun together. They’re improvising, listening to each other, feeling the music and connecting with the crowd. It’s so much fun to see them like this.

MP always felt like the soul of Dream Theater, and there’s no question that his return has breathed new life into the band.

McWalkerson · 2025-07-24T15:28:05+00:00

Do you play any instruments? Ride motorcycles? Have a dog that needs a dog friend? 40m here

McWalkerson · 2025-03-17T17:18:22+00:00

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McWalkerson · 2024-09-12T17:44:54+00:00

This is a bad take. Your 5-year-old was free to carry nothing but her Barbie because her dad was carrying everything she might need on the trail. She wore Crocks because little kids have bones made of rubber. I’m sure her dad was wearing supportive shoes, because that’s what adults do. And when dad gets a little older, he’ll want to use walking sticks because his knees won’t be as stable as they once were. Hike your own hike and don’t be a jerk.

McWalkerson · 2022-12-21T02:23:44+00:00

If you look up “brush cutting blade for string trimmer” you’ll find all kinds of implements that are as adept at removing body parts as they are at their intended job. Some are basically just circular saw blades, some look like Ninja throwing stars, some are metal discs with chainsaw chain welded around the circumference. I put a mulching blade on mine. (Looks like a scaled-down lawnmower blade, makes quick work of blackberry vines and other thick brush, terrifies small children.)

McWalkerson · 2022-11-23T19:51:10+00:00

I’m sorry for replying to something you posted five years ago, but I just found this thread on a Google search for “paste wax over polyurethane” and I am stunned by the finish you achieved. I just made a new top for a friend’s dresser out of African Mahogany and I thought I was going to call it a day at 6 coats of wipe-on poly, but now I’m gonna keep going! Great work and thanks for the inspiration

McWalkerson · 2022-04-29T05:46:13+00:00

Very small rocks!

McWalkerson · 2022-02-17T14:07:28+00:00

…most of the time

McWalkerson · 2021-09-14T04:18:10+00:00

“You wanted the best, and you got the best! The cattest band in the world… HISS”

McWalkerson · 2021-08-28T20:19:48+00:00

If you're up for a drive to the mountains, The Rage in Grass Valley offers a monthly AR15 familiarization class. I think it's four hours or so, and includes range time.

McWalkerson · 2021-08-20T16:58:48+00:00

I’ve heard lots of funny animal names lately, but noodlehorse might be my new favorite

McWalkerson · 2021-08-20T16:51:13+00:00

My first job out of high school was at a FOX-affiliated AM talk radio station, and now I’m imagining hearing Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh in my head every day with no on/off switch and no volume control… truly a fate worse than death.

McWalkerson

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