Roommate update-- he stopped saying a word to be after December 26. He made it a long time, but yesterday evening he lost his composure and accused me of stealing his potato chips (WTF?). I told him it was a false accusation. I told him I was more than happy to go on not speaking to him but I would defend myself against false accusations and verbal abuse. Hopefully, he will go back to keeping quiet.

@Bernard said in New Year, new music? Ambitions?: @jon-nyc Beautiful pieces. I especially like the g minor. Thanks. Were you at my piano party a few years back when Bootsy’s son played it?

@Piano-Dad said in The Dems are sweeping up tonight!: Look who I ran into a few days ago ... [image: bafkreier6nfablponduastmfzgfqhawwwbj5wlw76gtemhumic467kovyi@jpeg] Inauguration. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/16/nx-s1-5675312/spanberger-virginia-governor-inauguration

The protests were a big topic of conversation when we were there in July. When we were in Belgrade, I saw more stray dogs than I have in any other place I’ve visited. The tour guide talked about them as well. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they just started scooping them up to use in their “testing”. [image: 1768615324696-img_1811.jpeg] A couple of cutie strays from a walk in the part beside a popular shopping area in Belgrade

A brief history of the US military in Greenland, most of which I was unaware of. https://theconversation.com/us-military-has-a-long-history-in-greenland-from-mining-during-wwii-to-a-nuclear-powered-army-base-built-into-the-ice-273355

Happy anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. WTG. obviously, the weather didn't dampen your ardor. Big Al

Jimmy Kimmel. https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/entertainment/video/kimmel-mocks-trump-machado-nobel-digvid-vrtc

Bunch of interesting elements in this recipe. Roasted red cabbage slices. Beersamic. https://www.craftbeering.com/roasted-cabbage-steaks/

War is peace.

For one thing, people can tell for themselves costs continue to outpace income, and are not blind to the fact many individuals and families are being forced into the streets because of it, not least because they can read it in the news every day. For another, anyone who tells you, the AP or anyone else, a vast majority of people do not understand the First and Fourth Amendments exist , or they do not understand and value them, is lying to you.

We are being run into irrelevance by idiots.

When we go out and see news on the TV, we ask that the channel be changed to "anything but"...

@CHAS That's the one.

Think I coughed something up over that. LOL

@CHAS said in What could possibly go wrong?: Too many people are assuming that all this will be fixed and back to normal. Don't count on it. It's the younger generations for which I despair.

According to Scott Ritter, it won't happen because Iran has the weaponry to take out both Israel and any American bases if it should decide, and apparently it's had it with decades of unprovoked Israeli and American hostility. Yes, it's true. Trump has already been urged to and has pulled back on his unrealistic plans. We set up a regime in Iran. We changed the same said one. We want to do it a third time. It wouldn't be so easy this time. It probably wouldn't even be possible. The propaganda being spread in the Western media now is only war mongering BS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Ritter

@jon-nyc said in "We got a Honduran here! Gotta get status!": Haven’t seen them yet, fortunately. I was in Chicago in November but didn’t see them. I’ll be in SFO and LA and Sandy Eggo next month (west coast college tours with the boy). Might see them there. College tours. Jesus I feel old.

I wonder who made money on that one.