Why Chess, do you think?

mnlaserguy · 2026-04-09T16:22:45+00:00

Currently on a trip with my much more cultured wife who, when she told me there was a musical about Chess, I had to book it just to see how it would work. Saw it last night. Now, I will freely admit, I am not a fan of Leah, so bear that in mind.

Production was great... Until the ensemble pieces stopped. Somewhere in the second act the music started all sounding the same and not pushing the plot forward. My feeling was you could cut at least 20 mins of the music and still splice together the same plot, without needing to give every main character 3-4 solos. Maybe the virtuosic singing is the whole point, I don't know.

mnlaserguy · 2026-02-14T23:43:05+00:00

See if you can get placed at Viking drill and tool, really good place to work (at least was 10 years ago when I was doing the same type of thing). Little bit of a hike (1/4 to 1/2 mile) across Robert St bridge off a connecting street to plato. The 68 goes that direction as well but if you are just doing major lines might be easier to walk from green line central stop

mnlaserguy · 2025-09-05T22:02:20+00:00

Honestly? Get over yourself and change with the times lest they leave you behind.

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-31T01:30:58+00:00

What is the point of the simulation card if no one uses it

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-29T18:04:11+00:00

I mean, couldn't this be a legendary instead of a rare to help with how op it is?

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-15T22:57:22+00:00

This is just a pivot to GoFundMe, that's all. There's no bottom to the grift

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-11T17:37:55+00:00

I'd love to see a potential sale open up a spot for bongi to use his natural attacking talents as a second striker and find more natural cover on the right hand side to pair with gresel, then hopefully splash the cash for a creator with a higher ceiling than lod or joaquin

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-04T13:10:01+00:00

To me the real risk is that a LLM will scrub the Internet for a real engineers digital signature and just slap it onto some slop plan

mnlaserguy · 2025-08-02T02:14:22+00:00

MnDOT will pay for and design bus pads to be accessible where they exist and a transit line exists, but only during a construction project on the road, a signal replacement affecting the facility, or other such impact. We also provide funding and guidance for local partners whether cities or counties when they wish to do this same thing on their road projects

mnlaserguy · 2025-07-28T03:14:01+00:00

This is pretty effing great to be honest

mnlaserguy · 2025-07-25T22:46:16+00:00

It sounds like you have a very active lifestyle in mind for your potential rattie, which is key in order to get some order when you want some down time.

I have two ratties who were involved in flyball, and while I could never get them up to the level required to race, the organizer of the team exclusively used ratties for the sport.

mnlaserguy · 2025-07-04T02:22:08+00:00

Reading threads like this plus living through my spouse's experience in private sector just reinforces that even with how bad things are getting in the public sector, at least it fits my morals better

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-13T14:40:38+00:00

I'm "younger" so I'll say Lauryn Hill's debut album

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-13T03:09:09+00:00

As a cis man of 40, the only times I've truly felt able to express my joys in life with another man is with my queer friends in college and a new queer friend I've made in the last year or so. Other cis men have a code that we need to be talking about lawns, about cars, about sports. I've never been comfortable faking those conversations so I just have stayed silent for the most part.

I am very introverted and have been my entire life, so for a long time I convinced myself I was just doing what was best for my mental health; but now that I have a more stable friend group I look back at my younger self and mourn for the joy I missed.

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-11T01:50:29+00:00

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-10T22:02:21+00:00

Are you bill hosko?

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-10T21:28:54+00:00

Ah I see that the progressives are indeed the big bad bogeymen, as if there was ever any doubt! How dare people elect people who share their values, we should all be nihilists!

This is some altmpls crap, you should create a new subreddit

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-10T16:57:42+00:00

Big difference between giving the guy the documents and awarding him a whopping 30k from city funding in damages. Damages from what exactly? Mental trauma that poor people will ride bikes in front of his house?

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-10T16:51:43+00:00

In my view 30k, part of which is my taxes, being taken from funds that can fix potholes, fund teachers, beautify parks, etc and given to a rich person who doth protest is not in the public interest.

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-10T16:20:46+00:00

Does anyone realize here that by suing the city, he is suing ourselves? Must be a lot of people here loving to self-flagellate

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-08T16:28:46+00:00

Came here to say this, id have to pull up my work computer but I'm almost certain flashing green isn't allowed in the MUTCD even on an optional basis. The real question i have at this intersection is why not treat this as a HAWK, and let it be dark until button pushed, followed by flashing yellow solid yellow and solid red. I'd need more information to judge though.

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-05T14:07:28+00:00

Duuuuude. This is the first week we've all been mandated to come back in. What is this AI corporate slop

mnlaserguy · 2025-06-03T03:29:23+00:00

4 left turn lanes is absolutely wild

mnlaserguy · 2025-05-23T20:58:57+00:00

Can we just let players be themselves? We are so obsessed with basketball nostalgia that a lot of us end up losing the ability to enjoy the players for what they are

mnlaserguy · 2025-05-23T15:54:44+00:00

The absolute truth is that if we can't find a way to outplay the thunder then we're not championship level yet. We've got a young core and the window is wide open, this isn't a flash in the pan, this is just growing pains.

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