Finishing a tournament match with a 173 KM/H winner... Link to video

Oh Portland, my Portland!

You can pry my smartphone from my cold dead hands. These days we're expected to have not only a phone but a computer hooked up to the Internet. The smartphone does everything except print but you can use it to do that too I have a little trouble using the Moto 2024 screen because of the size, my near sightedness, and because my finger is often typing a wrong character that will turn any word into gibberish. I have no serious complaints about the phone but I want the largest screen I can get. I'd like to have a home computer but it will not be soon. I lost two phones in a row (Moto Edge 2024, Moto G 2025). I later found the Moto G 2025 (low end even if they get $300 for it) but I didn't remember the code and it's a brick. I want to find a way to factory reset it and sell it. I got this one brand new locked for $179. and pay $45 a month for unlimited everything with Straight Talk (Verizon). I remember when cell phones were just cellphones. The reception was excellent. You could replace the battery. They had antennae for safety. You could buy one for around $35 and they were built to last. Good times.

You might be the second-last person because I hadn't heard of it until now. It sounds interesting. Maybe I'll try to find it.

Glad I don't use cash any more. There's a place, somewhere in the White Mountains, that takes a penny and flattens and stretches it into a medallion suitable for jewelry. That would be fun.

I liked Hetty Wainthrop. Was not a fan of Hyacinth.

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its effort to deploy National Guard troops to the state. The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas. "The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president's favor," Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wrote in the complaint. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5563882/illinois-and-chicago-sue-the-trump-administration-over-national-guard-deployment

@wtg tell PJ I said hi!

@Steve-Miller said in What’s cookin’ good lookin?: In an effort to eliminate doom scrolling, which was harshing my mellow, I’ve been watching YouTube cooking shows and listening to cooking podcasts. The internet will just have to get along without me. I’ve learned a lot, and I’ve especially learned that even classically trained chefs do things differently from one another. So I ask you: Apron or no? Towel hanging from apron? Bench scraper? Or scrape cutting board with knife? Blade up or blade down? Garlic in with the aromatics or just for the last minute for fear of burning? Jarlic? Frozen garlic? Countertop trash bowl when chopping? Mis en place? Clean as you go or all at once? Where do you stand? No apron. Scrape board with knife blade up. Garlic early and often. Jarlic I confess unless it’s to be consumed fresh (not cooked). Mis - yes. Re cleaning it depends on the recipe. Some recipes give you time, some don’t. If I can I do.

Yes very few people knew that what Harris was espousing was federal policy at the time, they just knew they were against it and she was enthusiastically for it. Chait’s point about the political efficacy of that ad is quite true and was quite relevant to the result.

Andy, I feel this way. Lol. Link to video

Homeless people in various cities are being interviewed and report that homeless people are disappearing.

@Rontuner said in Just when you think it can’t get any more absurd: And illegal Could well be. Living people are rarely featured on U.S. money. Congress has imposed various restrictions on the ability of Treasury to feature living people and living presidents on currency. It’s not clear whether the latest Trump coin envisioned by the Treasury Department would run afoul of those laws. But this administration don't need no stinkin' laws...