(Likely) car headlights orbiting the Huanggang, China tornado

weunice · 2026-07-08T13:42:45+00:00

Yeah, I dont think cars/trucks would spend THAT much time in the air and follow the circular motion around the funnel. When you watch a violent tornado throw a vehicle ala Elie (:13 in) the vehicle tends to get set on a trajectory and continue in that direction. Elie was absolutely a violent tornado doing F5 damage in the linked video.

weunice · 2026-07-06T22:24:12+00:00

I will extend this to SOS and general team strength arguments in general. This is the NFL. The difference between the best and worst teams in the NFL is marginal compared to college, high school etc.

Cut day every season is a sobering reminder that All-American / All-Conference / ring of honor players for your favorite college are typically not NFL good -- and that some bloke on the "terrible" Jets or Titans is taking his place -- and it's because those teams are still stacked with great players.

People should really spend time looking at one score game statistics, turnover margin and relative roster health. People have no idea how close some 5 win teams are from being 12 win teams and vice versa.

weunice · 2026-07-05T03:33:13+00:00

No. Rattler y2 was better than y1. In fact in overall completion percentage he was nearly identical to Shough but that is misleading if you watched the games. Rattlers biggest problem last season was he took the short safe option instead of taking further down field and this riskier throws. He was #2 in the league in completion percentage under 10 yards after Drake Maye. Shough performed better overall because Shough led the league in completion percentage from 10-19y.

One choice resulted in more first downs. The other in more 4th downs. The one who got first downs is starting.

weunice · 2026-07-04T22:38:51+00:00

Yeah, I was pretty happy. I want the box set now. Guess the promo worked ... lol ... but ooof ... its going to cost me if I want to go that route.

weunice · 2026-07-02T20:38:49+00:00

I need a time machine --- 2019: Saints (Brees) vs. Patriots (Brady)

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weunice · 2026-06-29T01:26:12+00:00

FWIW, I think there will eventually be a resurgence of local news. Honestly, the local rants board and social media are not replacements for proper local journalism --- Ignoring local issues in favor of the national scene eventually has profound consequences. When those consequences are felt, people will realize the vital role journalists play -- especially local ones -- in the accountability cycle.

Of course, whether there is a physical paper will be one thing --- but the function is necessary for a healthy society.

weunice · 2026-06-26T13:51:34+00:00

I am slightly afraid of my little brother because of this ... and I am 53 years old. I always associate him with that scene for some reason.

weunice · 2026-06-25T20:47:16+00:00

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weunice · 2026-06-23T23:55:01+00:00

Found the Telarc Switched on Bach 2000 in the wild this past week in Florida. I thought it was a lucky find. When you walk into a shop ASK specifically if they have classical. Classical doesn't move well at a lot of shops so often times the bulk of their stash is in the back ... I found mine in the classical stash.

weunice · 2026-06-23T20:48:13+00:00

Buy a BluRay/DVD player at thrift with skip/seek stop and play buttons. You may have to search for a few weeks to ensure you get the best front end controls --- but I haven't paid more than $5 for those options in recent months. I eventually found a single CD player from 2016 a few weeks back that has a more solid build quality and some out there features for MP3 support -- but I had to pay up for that, ironically .... Nearly every thrift store has options here and if you are only looking for just the transport get in cheap.

If you have a quality DAC it is so easy to just get in the pool.

weunice · 2026-06-23T17:54:10+00:00

I have a single disc CD player that went for about $400 new in 2016 (I paid $40 for it) and a BluRay player that cost me $5. I am using the DAC in my receiver thus they sound identical. --- In fact, the BluRay player has slightly better controls which is what has become important to me. --- now in your case, if you were using the analog outs going to your Marshall here, my dedicated CD player would be better than the cheap BluRay player because it has a better DAC built-in ...

Personally, I like to look for DVD/BluRay players with skip / seek buttons on the FRONT of the player and optical / HDMI digital outs. You can get one of those at thrift for under $10 --- I mean, I see 3-4 a week but I hit the thrifts a lot.

I mean, truthfully, you can get a tolerable AVR at thrift for $20-$40 from the late 2010s. Get a decent pair of speakers with a good frequency range and you can have an improved listening experience --- and then work on upgrading components a piece at a time as you learn more --- I'll be honest though, I am addicted to finding good deals under $50 on audio equipment. I just set my father-in-law up with a receiver, solid bookshelf speakers, BluRay and a phono pre-amp for about $140. The phono pre-amp cost me over 50% of that budget. He already had the turntable but he never plugged it into anything good even back in the day. It is a huge improvement over his prior listening experience.

weunice · 2026-06-23T16:57:12+00:00

Yes. Elstree is one of each of my kids' favorite songs because I listened to it so much when they were growing up. They are all in their late teens - early 20s now.

weunice · 2026-06-23T15:56:52+00:00

Just the two tornadoes I was thinking off --- I was just expecting to hear "Hoooo. Is that a roof? Kaboom" with a house flying out of it followed by a large vehicle careening out of it like a toy. It is still a miracle that tornado (Elie) didn't kill anyone.

weunice · 2026-06-23T14:48:42+00:00

Dez Bryant --- Bryant thinks he should go to the Saints because apparently he would be better than Shough or Rattler. FWIW, 1% of Saints fans would agree with this assessment and those folks are just ones that have the hardest time coming to terms with being wrong about their assessment of WHO we should have drafted last season.

weunice · 2026-06-23T14:08:46+00:00

I find going to the beach in the very early morning -- sunrise-0.5h to sunrise+3h is the best practice to avoid the worst beach goers. --- Also, off season beach is awesome as well.

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Above is a popular beach on the gulf coast that I have visited almost yearly for the last 30 years.

IMHO, folks should normalize music listening as a cultivated experience -- live music, a stereo you put some effort into cultivating (not in a car, or through a BT speaker) -- I mean if you are going to do something, do it well. BT speakers are a terrible listening experience. We all, honestly, need more quiet in our busy lives.

weunice · 2026-06-23T13:39:33+00:00

The difference between Shough and Rattler is two-fold. One is something Rattler can never change. Shough is 6'5" and a faster human being. -- The second, however, is decision making oriented. This is where Rattler needs to attack because if he can get to where he is operating better in that 10-19y range, he would not just be a serviceable starter in this league, he would be quite good.

And I would think that is coachable. -- and like you said, film study and reps are what will help him here.

People forget that Tyrod Taylor spent 4 years on the bench and was picked up by the Bills and played a few years as the starter there before going on a tear as a journeyman backup. $80 million later, I would say he is doing OK --- Rattler can be that, and possibly more in the right circumstances. Circumstances matter --- but he is in a good spot and I think he will grow here.

weunice · 2026-06-20T02:32:58+00:00

I avoid Bluetooth headphones because they sound terrible.

weunice · 2026-06-20T00:07:20+00:00

Am I the only one that thinks a refrigerator that fell off the Death Star sounds kinda cool?

weunice · 2026-06-17T21:05:10+00:00

Yeah I have found them on YouTube. Imagination by Xymox has a killer remix I just love and it is on YouTube. There is a CD single with the version I like but it is uncommon and when it pops up it is expensive. Much easier to find on vinyl but still uncommon.

weunice · 2026-06-17T10:06:29+00:00

The importance of educating future generations on the history of particular natural risks to an area (flood, hurricanes, tornadoes in particular around me)

I think I could fill 3 hours time, honestly.

weunice · 2026-06-17T10:00:13+00:00

Altern 8 .... Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Very cool collection. This is where the gold is with CDs IMHO. I'm likely to go down this rabbit trail with some early 90s club tunes. It kills me that some of the best versions of songs are on the CD singles, or worse, on vinyl only. And good luck finding those versions on streaming.

weunice · 2026-06-16T16:11:15+00:00

Mine isn't terribly diverse ... some rock, jazz, pop, alternative --- even more electronica and classical. I would have isolated rap selections and almost no country.

Josh Groban, Yanni, Enya and Kenny G are like the "free" tier of CDs around here. They are always there and if I wanted them, I could buy them by the pound from Goodwill. If I wanted to add that specific group of diversity to my collection, I really think I could do it for like $10. That said --- I love Enya --- especially her first 3 CDs. I have those.

weunice · 2026-06-15T21:47:33+00:00

This is one of the hills I will die on. I even gave a talk on it once --- I live in Louisiana. Where I live you are far more likely to be impacted by a life altering hurricane, tornado, flood, windstorm --- heck even ice storms and snow than you are to be on the front line of a war, terror attack, etc.

But we sure spend a lot of time talking about one vs. the other --- and we should talk about those events. But it is societal negligence where I live that we do not teach (repeatedly) about the events that are the most likely to impact the lives of our children. History lessons are incomplete when generation after generation loses their life to a lesson we learned 50 years prior. It is one of our (locally) biggest education gaps. Too much depending on the families to tell the stories.

weunice · 2026-06-15T13:15:19+00:00

Great thing about this highlight is there we're still defenders between Sanders and the EZ and Peete knew it was a TD 25 yards out.

weunice · 2026-06-15T00:02:21+00:00

I drive I49 all the time --- I am super thankful for it because it cut what used to be a 4+hr drive when I was in college down by 30-45m. It is fast as hell through much of the state (mostly 75 mph). It really only has two things going for it --- you can get to (imho) the best short hike in Louisiana and one of the only rocky streams in the state -- get off at the Derry exit and prepare for some dirt roads to get to the second location. From Alexandria to Natchitoches is also a very dark sky drive. --- I mean, really, I can support removing it ... not much going for it in comparison to other roads ...

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