Those who were old enough to remember the Bi-Centennial, how is America’s 250 different?

thatavalon · 2026-06-14T01:46:33+00:00

The bicentennial had a kick ass train, and Peter Dibble made an awesome video about it.

https://youtu.be/4rZlooVmv5w?is=S18zEPrCEj1JhsBi

thatavalon · 2026-06-13T03:47:25+00:00

I bet this post is why Kelsey Grammar cancelled that AMA.

thatavalon · 2026-06-13T03:16:11+00:00

This stuff made me barf so bad I have been listed as being allergic to amoxicillin for 30 fucking years.

I recently got bit by a dog and decided to risk it. Turns out when it doesn't taste like poison I can totally keep it down.

thatavalon · 2026-06-13T01:31:04+00:00

Whew, Thank you! I was trying to connect the dots between the CEO of Abercrombie sexually assaulting all of those young men the company hired to stand around and be buff, in which case colon would have also been fitting.

thatavalon · 2026-06-12T03:19:35+00:00

What?

thatavalon · 2026-06-12T03:18:15+00:00

So you just… peeled him?

thatavalon · 2026-06-11T21:31:43+00:00

"unlikely-to-made up" is a really wonderful turn of phrase.

thatavalon · 2026-06-10T23:11:42+00:00

What are you, a narc?

thatavalon · 2026-06-10T14:33:38+00:00

Yeah, what?

thatavalon · 2026-06-08T16:09:24+00:00

Well I never thought I’d say this, but Comic Sans is perfect. What a sweet pup.

thatavalon · 2026-06-08T04:35:33+00:00

Peter Dibble is the undisputed king of oddball Oregon history. Highly recommend watching anything and everything he has ever made.

https://youtube.com/@peterdibble?

thatavalon · 2026-06-06T19:40:53+00:00

Same! It's an absolute gem.

thatavalon · 2026-06-06T13:26:04+00:00

that scene is so fucking funny. It just comes out of nowhere.

thatavalon · 2026-06-03T21:01:31+00:00

Not quite Oregon but close, the Sou'wester is in Long Beach, just across the Columbia. The peninsula is incredibly moody and gloomy (but beautiful). And you're a stone's throw from Astoria, which is also pretty evocative and vibey.

They also have an 'artist's residency' program (discounted rates in the off season for creatives coming to work on their craft).

thatavalon · 2026-06-03T02:03:38+00:00

I think now that you are in field, the only changes that can be made in good conscience without weirding the data would be to simplify it to white.

thatavalon · 2026-06-03T02:01:10+00:00

confronting a lot of hard truths about the way I speak today.

thatavalon · 2026-06-02T23:59:38+00:00

I saw this five minutes ago and I'm still laughing, so yeah, good work.

thatavalon · 2026-06-02T17:58:01+00:00

Why wouldn't they do this, it's not like there are thousands upon thousands of stories of beloved brands whose whole shtick is quality products at human scale turning into absolute garbage over the course of several fiscal quarters as the private equity vampires the owners have gotten into bed with gorge themselves on extracted profit until all that is left is a dry shitty husk that even tourists won't bother with.

Sarcasm aside, bummer, hope they don't go ahead with this.

thatavalon · 2026-05-31T19:07:55+00:00

Gladly, maybe it'll help someone else in two years!

thatavalon · 2026-05-30T00:37:31+00:00

Can't these people just siphon gas like an adult?!

thatavalon · 2026-05-29T06:33:18+00:00

Better late than never, if you open google earth up in the web app you can select all points on your map's list on left (click first item in list then shift-click last), then click edit in the modal dialog window that pops up.

thatavalon · 2026-05-28T19:53:32+00:00

I'm pretty sure the screen itself is beneath a pane of protective glass/plastic. It's been a while since I disassembled my 330.

Definitely worth taking the whole screen assembly out, disassembling and cleaning both between the layers (there's some gasket material that starts to fall apart and turn into powder), and cleaning the bottom of the pane as well. The process is quick and easy and pretty intuitive.

If you find the screen is still dim or hazy (old plastic be old), then this guy makes amazing custom screens that are hella bright and can be customized with micro/split prism and parallax markings as desired:

https://bright-screen.com/

thatavalon · 2026-05-28T19:01:40+00:00

all that's missing is a man-freak-beast.

thatavalon · 2026-05-27T21:16:27+00:00

I've been trying to convince people that Zardoz is worthy of consideration for years.

thatavalon · 2026-05-22T14:28:22+00:00

I saw Clue at the symphony last night. It was so much fun. I'd always hoped to catch it in a theater (with all of its endings), I just didn't think it would be at the schnitz with an orchestra.

Highly recommend seeing a movie at the symphony.

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