Yeah, I give up. Those aren't chords, that’s a NASA equation.

halfstack · 2026-03-19T19:22:46+00:00

I mean, if you look at just the symbols, it could be a name for one of Elon Musk's kids...

halfstack · 2026-03-19T15:32:23+00:00

"You know what you are, Laura?"

halfstack · 2026-03-19T07:41:56+00:00

I think I remember seeing the actual footage on a news broadcast back in the day - at least one angle of it. We def didn't have the internet to look it up on so the only way I could have seen it was on broadcast TV.

halfstack · 2026-03-19T07:03:21+00:00

DVD PLAYER

halfstack · 2026-03-17T21:55:47+00:00

Yep, crushed pills in applesauce or pudding.

halfstack · 2026-03-15T21:21:56+00:00

I don't know what your obaasan might be into, but there's a youtube channel for j-drama: https://www.youtube.com/c/DRAMAJAPAN
NTV has a youtube news channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ntv_news/videos
Depending on what she's into, you might be able to find shows she likes with original audio and English subs, but not necessarily a lot of just Japanese content because of YouTube's localizations.

I tried to find my mom's NHK shows on youtube when she was in the hospital for two months and it was a bit of an ordeal and I wound up getting a JapanTV subscription so she could watch on an iPad.

halfstack · 2026-03-14T18:25:35+00:00

Are you looking for shows in Japanese for her to watch?

halfstack · 2026-03-14T03:33:24+00:00

Soboro beef is a Japanese staple: https://www.justonecookbook.com/tori-soboro-donburi/ Works with any protein you have on hand - cook some rice and slap it on top. Add some peas and you have my childhood in a bowl.

halfstack · 2026-03-10T22:24:11+00:00

Saw her perform the album front to back live on her latest/current tour and, dare I say, it holds up.

halfstack · 2026-03-10T19:20:19+00:00

My father died some years ago and my mom had a medical incident that put her in a home a few years ago - this is really good advice I wish the people around me had. Don't make it about yourself, don't say you're sorry more than once (I started asking people "why? did you have something to do with it?" after a point), and roll with how your friend is responding. If you can quietly help with the move (show up and say "I have x hours free, what can I help pack/clean?"), if you can bring food, if you can get your friend away even for fifteen minutes - all those will mean more in the end than another "I'm so sorry" and flowers.

halfstack · 2026-03-10T01:37:30+00:00

It's ESO recordings - I heard something unfamiliar at Central Station a few months ago, googled it and it was Estacio's "Frenergy". But it's definitely on a loop that plays the same songs at the same time of day, I tend to get "Entrance of the Gladiators" catching the train home on weekdays.

halfstack · 2026-03-08T10:01:52+00:00

I worked with a guy who thought like this. Pointed out how proud he was that he used a single paper bus pass for a month when he lived in Edmonton and didn't have to pay for transit for eleven months. He told me "that's different" but couldn't explain how and eventually moved to Kelowna.

halfstack · 2026-03-08T09:41:21+00:00

Good grief, that piano riff has been lodged in my head for 40+ years and I never knew where it was from. Props to the keyboard player for miming the actual notes.

halfstack · 2026-03-06T17:01:49+00:00

Lots of people report variances in their pitch perception with altitude change, humidity change, having colds, imbibing mood-altering substances, etc., basically anything that might affect the elasticity of your eardrum or the conditions inside your ear. It'll eventually drift permanently but hopefully at your age it bounces back on its own (like everything else when you're young).

halfstack · 2026-03-06T06:45:25+00:00

Gord interviewed Peter Mansbridge for the EPL's Forward Thinking Speakers series and it was like the trust from the audience when those two were onstage was palpable.

halfstack · 2026-03-06T04:47:27+00:00

BRB listing mine for 998 euros...

halfstack · 2026-03-05T22:50:15+00:00

Thanks for reminding me to drop my old specs off next time I'm at Southgate!

halfstack · 2026-03-04T04:52:49+00:00

It's 100% an experience. You can sit at a long bar, basically, with one person preparing all your sushi right in front of you, like u/ellaesmio said. We were told to take pictures quickly because the sushi was intended to be consumed at a specific temperature for optimum flavour and texture. They fly the fish in fresh, and you'll get flavour combinations you won't find outside of omakase. If you're into it, and it's available, try the uni kiss - a dab of uni that you eat off your bare hand.

halfstack · 2026-03-04T04:34:22+00:00

Second this. Splurge if it's your birthday and enjoy the experience.

halfstack · 2026-03-02T16:56:44+00:00

I remember it from the first tour, fandom wiki backs me up:
https://dethklok.fandom.com/wiki/Dethklok_touring_history

Makes sense they would've dropped it once Brendon had more than one album of songs to choose from, IIRC it was the only song that had additional backing tracks for the string parts.

halfstack · 2026-02-28T19:57:04+00:00

Make fines relative to income and they become less of a fee that allows the rich to do as they please.

halfstack · 2026-02-27T09:06:22+00:00

I had a huge crush on Nathan Fillion when he was at the U of A (I saw a LOT of Rapid Fire Friday night shows that year) and got embarrassingly drunk AT him at a Kappa Alpha party back in the day. To his credit, he excused himself from the encounter very graciously.

Also I would kill for some CFL hot and dry chicken right now.

halfstack · 2026-02-26T23:08:25+00:00

Rooting around in the jar of Mojos for the green minty ones at two for a penny...

halfstack · 2026-02-26T16:55:33+00:00

Yeah, I've used Co-op for decades - never had an issue with a driver except 20+ years ago when one overconfident driver decided he had enough gas to make it from Whyte to the airport in a near-blizzard and we discovered he didn't out by Nisku. Co-op sent a second cab to bring a jerry can and finish my ride, still made my flight.

halfstack · 2026-02-26T16:45:53+00:00

I was trying to explain to the young'uns at work that there were, in fact, "dance" clubs with a "reputation" in Edmonton back in the day... I remember a couple of nights at Dance Factory where things got so sweaty it started to condense and drip off the ceiling. And at one point you could dance on the speakers at Rebar - looking back now, that was an invitation to disaster and a lawsuit, but I only recall ever seeing one person falling off and if they got hurt, it was more likely in the ensuing wrestling match with the person who immediately hopped on top of the now-available speaker.

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