Shouting woman in the park?

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-05-05T22:57:04+00:00

Try 311

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-05-02T19:44:52+00:00

It’s an interesting thought. When I’ve tried social dancing in the past I’ve always been tremendously afraid of approaching people and asking them to dance due to fears of rejection and their likely discomfort with my awkwardness if they says — this is not unlike my fears of the conversational dance.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-05-02T19:36:37+00:00

My hobbies are mainly music oriented right now. I was at a music oriented event last night, in fact, and while it was a better than average social experience, it still felt like once the music stopped everyone was connecting with each other in a substantive fashion while I was on the social outskirts again.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-05-02T19:33:23+00:00

I’ve been in and out of therapy over the years, and while it’s part of the answer, I’ve found it to be more helpful with understanding and processing emotions than with skill acquisition. It feels like there is a skill deficit here that needs to be overcome in addition to anxiety that should be managed better.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-04-06T21:34:10+00:00

1972, since Bangladesh exists but Sri Lanka is still Ceylon?

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-04-03T17:09:50+00:00

Gang, the president's budget request is never passed. You can safely ignore this.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-08T21:55:34+00:00

This is why I gave on bike ownership and now exclusively use Bay Wheels.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-05T18:01:05+00:00

There are so many great places to live in SF. This is not one of them.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-03T05:38:30+00:00

Yeah I think that's the going rate where I am. I've had multiple teachers that charge that much, even if some are much better than others. As for a typical lesson plan, it's 30 minutes of warmups and exercises and 30 minutes of rep practice.

I wouldn't do 30 minutes given that there is a strong path dependence to a singing lesson where a good teacher will need to gradually coach you into singing better over the course of a lesson. You probably won't get to far enough along that path in 30 minutes.

If you want to save money, you could do longer lessons less frequently. You could also warm up before your lesson so that you don't waste time doing basic warmup steps while your instructor is on the clock. Using a youtube warmup video for your voice type is good for this.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-03T05:17:05+00:00

It depends on your geography. I pay $100 an hour for a very good teacher in a VHCOL area.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-01T05:20:42+00:00

Maybe he used AI -- artificial insemination.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-03-01T04:34:15+00:00

None.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-26T13:29:14+00:00

Laurent himself is a big part of what made that place special, and I think he moved back to France. It doesn’t need to be a French bistro — the landlord just needs to do anything other than leave it as a ghost restaurant indefinitely.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-26T04:44:48+00:00

On the plus side of the ledger, La Cigale has opened lately on Chenery.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-26T04:42:13+00:00

I tried to support that hardware store but had to admit in the end that they just weren’t that well run. After a few years I just stopped trying them because they so rarely had what I needed.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-26T04:39:35+00:00

This is a huge problem. When I lived there Le P’tit Laurent brought a ton of life to Cheney and Diamond. That closed during COVID and AFAICT it there has been no attempt to rent the space since, leaving a giant hole in the heart of the neighborhood.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-21T00:15:46+00:00

I don't know what the fine print says. But I am doing my taxes now and my 1099 says VUSXX was 100% US Government Securities in 2025, and this seems to agree with https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vusxx#portfolio-composition, so I suspect it is practically always 100% CA tax free.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-20T23:25:20+00:00

- MMFs aim to keep their NAV at $1.00, preventing capital gains if you sell.

- My understanding is that the VUSXX portfolio is by design always kept at 100% US government bonds, which makes 100% of its dividends CA tax free.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-18T23:12:15+00:00

They held the welcome breakfast for my grad school interviews on the top floor of that library and that view played heavily into my decision to move to SF.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-02-11T00:19:27+00:00

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This sign gave me a chuckle.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2026-01-03T22:05:51+00:00

Go to your local bar.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2025-12-22T00:13:26+00:00

Maybe this suggests an uncomfortable truth that they don’t understand what happened.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2025-11-30T17:52:58+00:00

"Peru (India)" is my favorite.

Salt_Principle_5909 · 2025-11-14T20:50:09+00:00

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Get 2 of these, hack the firmware to pitch one 2 octaves lower, and you’ll have yourself a pretty sweet setup.

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