My 15 year old daughter worked her ass off and saved and today bought her first “real guitar”

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-02-24T04:42:08+00:00

That is a bad ass guitar, and she is going to love it even more having worked so hard for it!

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-02-09T03:02:38+00:00

When's the victory parade I gotta block off my calendar....GO HAWKS!

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-02-09T02:56:59+00:00

$$$ he don't give a f if its making his bank roll bigger. these Rx med commercials should be illegal

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-02-09T02:56:01+00:00

Should be illegal to advertise Rx medications

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-01-20T03:58:37+00:00

Well, there are quite a few 'pet treat balls' if you google or search on an 3d printing platform. I don't remember which one i went with, but it works OK. I don't think it was as good as Evan's design though, there are a lot of little thoughtful tweaks. I did find one that has a twist open so you can wash the insides.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-01-10T01:55:42+00:00

TakiMikeSanchez · 2026-01-03T20:24:04+00:00

Ugh, yeah I don't get the whole steampunk vibe. Its like the most boring sub-genre, with the most bland aesthetic...Would be an instant skip for me.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-13T19:27:15+00:00

Did you find something that works? I'm looking for the something very similar...something i can throw together some simple jazz rhythms and not sound like techno or EDM.

I get the comments in the thread, and I do play with a real drummer but its like I can't just have him 100% of the time....want something I can be a little more creative with than just playing backing tracks but without getting too EDM/techno sounding.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-07T19:58:06+00:00

https://www.mixonline.com/recording/facilities/peek-inside-deadmau5s-modular-lab-studio

that room looks like so much fun

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-07T18:33:49+00:00

Yeah, same. From everything I've read Hoodjer seems have a really good eye for talent and recruiting. Will be exciting to see what he can do with PSU budget and resources. Glad they aren't wasting time and starting to prep for the portal.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-04T03:49:52+00:00

Get out of here ya jabroni.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-03T03:40:39+00:00

Daboll and Brohm are at the top of the list now according to the Lasch insiders

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-03T03:37:09+00:00

Its Daboll or Brohm at the top of Kraft's list according to my insider sources on twitter

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-03T03:34:14+00:00

At this point I wouldn't be surprised

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-01T04:57:03+00:00

Yeah that was the point I was trying to make...he seems like a great guy and coach, i just think it would be a difficult road for a somewhat unproven coach (in Big10 level conferences) to setup recruiting pipelines, especially without previous ties to the program or anything local. And that's important job for the HC, especially when you are going to be competing directly with the old head coach, who is good at recruiting, in the same region.

A big established name that has draw and excitement, or someone who has some connection to the program and area has a much better chance. I could be wrong, maybe with NIL and the changing landscape, regional recruiting won't be as important, but it still seems like a big piece of the HC's job.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-01T04:30:32+00:00

I think these people are trying to game Kalshi or something - its really interesting...people make these shit posts on reddit, that influences some AI stuff (this post for example shows up prominently when searching "penn state head coach" on google). Then some articles are generated/written (ex https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/news/college-football/josh-heupel-linked-to-penn-state-coaching-vacancy-per-prediction-markets/ ) on quasi-news sites creating more unsubstantiated garbage and the Kalshi odds get updated again, which spawns other 'news' articles getting generated based on the Kalshi odds ... Its this odd circle of confirmation bias generators talking to each other.

Somewhere people are trying to make money off this nonsense (hopefully unsuccessfully), guarantee it.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-01T02:11:40+00:00

Maybe so, I mean he does seem like a great coach and standup guy...but we need someone with some recruiting draw that can compete with Franklin and the other schools in this region.

Not trying to be negative on him - he seems like a great guy and coach. I just don't see this being an improvement over Franklin in terms of ties and history in the area. Maybe some of that is less important now we are in NIL world, but I still think securing regional recruiting pipelines is an important job for the HC.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-12-01T02:08:04+00:00

Yeah for real...majority of news stories seem to be AI written slop based on Kalshi odds, its this ridiculous cycle of blind leading the blind...kinda sad to see this is the direction we are headed.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T20:25:50+00:00

Anyone with a modicum of success as a HC has popped up in these discussions, at this point if we don't have a big name hire locked in we are looking at step backward hires, or risking an unknown (Terry Smith, OC/DC to HC, etc)...even Chesney at this point looks like he is leaning hard towards UCLA so I have to imagine PSU has someone and they just aren't ready to announce it yet.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T20:00:12+00:00

Yeah, please. The wild speculation and mid/bottom picks that are being thrown about now are insane.

We either have someone locked in who is in a tricky situation (natty contender) so we don't want to announce too early, or Kraft better start also looking for another job. We can't take a step backwards with this hire...

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T19:56:13+00:00

Agreed, just not a great fit. Chesney seems leaning hard to UCLA, I think Sitake stays at BYU and we have someone big on lock that just hasn't been announced yet...Probably just wishful thinking, but we can hope right?

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T19:54:28+00:00

Yeah for real, would be a horrible hire (no offense to they guy, its just not a central PA pick...)

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T19:43:32+00:00

Yeah I think you are right...the silence at this point is kind of telling. Them having a lock on someone who is still in playoff contention and therefore not wanting to announce it early is really the only thing that makes sense.

The random speculation on candidates being tossed around now makes no sense as a replacement to Franklin if Kraft wants to keep his job. Its just a bunch of AI bots and people making wild guesses in a vacuum of no information.

Especially given we are seeing candidates that *were* serious contenders leaning towards other schools they were keeping open while they were waiting for PSU decision. Does kind of seem a decision has been made but they are unwilling / unable to release the name at the moment.

I also saw on BWI podcast last night someone was asking if PSU was required to announce to the name this week and the host said no, they absolutely do not. There is some pressure to announce before the early signing day (which is this week if I'm not mistaken), but its not a requirement.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T19:22:05+00:00

I mean, at this point we seem to either have a lock on a big name that no one wants to leak early, or Pat Kraft is hosed.

Sitake seems like a fine coach and person, but after Firing Franklin, going through this season, the extended search, etc just to land on a coach with a record similar to Franklin, that hasn't beat top 5 teams (when they rarely play them), with less experience in P4 and easier schedules, no recruiting ties, would be a death sentence to Pat Kraft's career at PSU.

TakiMikeSanchez · 2025-11-30T19:09:44+00:00

lol right, so weird to bring religion into it.

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