This is the first I've heard of an O visa.

Really Mitch? You put this guy in place...

Whoops I forgot to say what I'm working on. Miracles by Alexis Ffrench. This is kind of interesting because Ffrench hasn't released the score for it, but someone at Piano Tell transcribed it for me https://forum.pianotell.com/d/1185-hey-alexis-ffrench-fans/76 . I worked on it a bit in 2024 but it was a little too hard (trying to figure out whether to use LH or RH for those inner voices was what did me in). This time, my teacher and I looked at it during our last lesson of Dec., and some how, now it feels very doable. I'm about halfway through it and it seems to get easier as it goes along. Link to video Pieces I worked on over the winter break that are almost ready, that I would like to record over the next few weeks: Song for Gavin by Ludovico Einaudi Midwinter Memories by Michele McLaughlin Jesu Joy Canon, and "mash-up arrangement of BWV 147 and Pachelbel's Canon The two Bach books I'm using: [image: 815DSoiIjjL._SL1500_.jpg] [image: 71eheKEYWfL._SL1152_.jpg] Then maybe I'll move on to the Little Preludes... Besides the sightreading practice, another reason I decided to do the Bach is because last semester, I worked on an Invention (for the first time in probably 20 years!) and it was just a little bit too hard. In other words, I could get it worked up if I devoted a ton of time to it during each practice session, but I have too many other things I'm working on to want to do that. So I thought I should go backwards a little bit and do some pedagogical prep for Bach. We'll see how it goes

[image: 1768137907361-20260111_132242-resized.jpg] If you haven't already read this absolute gem of a book, it takes only 10 minutes and it is deliciously funny, from the Title page on.

Funny I just ran across this. [image: 1768134740993-img_9868.jpeg]

In Philadelphia-- Link to video

"He just keeps blowing things up"

I want cornbread. I'm also looking for bread pudding. I can't find any. I might have to order some.

Finally. On Tuesday, a Lake Tahoe-based non-profit called Bear League stepped in to help Johnson by shooting at the bear with paintball guns, which drove it from under the house. “I couldn’t believe it was so fast,” Johnson told KTLA. “These guys went in, they crawled in behind him and, boom, he was out.” The bear tried to come back two days later but was met with a deterrent – an electrified mat that covered the crawl space’s entrance, according to KTLA. Johnson added that since the bear’s removal, he’s been able to assess the damage it left, which includes a ruptured gas line. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/bear-under-california-home-evicted

I have a couple email addresses, but I don’t use them with their interface. They come to my Outlook or iOS mailboxes. But I suppose I have to go in and tell them I don’t want them to use AI to “assist” me?

@Axtremus said in What’s more weird?: I wonder what the American Enterprise Institute or the Heritage Foundation or the Chamber of Commerce think of this. Heritage would say "Gee your ass is yummy, Mr President". AEI and CoC would pan it politely.

The Calphalon will probably be my choice. I like stainless steel and it's not coated with non-stick chemicals. There’s also the safety factor. Just have to mention it because this silly argument appears in almost every article about induction stove tops. Over millenia, human kind has learned to cook with open fire and has learned that it's hot and therefore one doesn't reach across an open flame or place one's hands on a hot stove top. Of the burns I've ever experienced while cooking, they were all the result of a hot pan, not a hot stove. Sure, induction stove tops don't get hot therefore they are safer in that regard, but it's not that big a deal.

@CHAS Ha! I have never seen the movie, but that clip came up as I was perusing other movie dance scenes. Glad you posted it. What a delight!

In addition to the idiot real estate agent, I’m surprised NYT chose this unit, and included this photo. I didn’t read through all the comments but a lot of people are commenting on it in the comments as well. At the very least NYT could have mentioned it in the “pros and cons” part, instead of just this: CONS Only the garden-level unit has access to the backyard. Pretty sure “bed bugs” is a more noteworthy-worthy con…

He didn't deserve her.