Apple and justme were the two people who welcomed me to the old Coffee Room so many years ago. It's been quite a trip since then. Big Al

I'm glad to see that the Warther Museum is still open. I visited there many years ago. For a train buff like me, it was especially interesting. That area was a very popular spot for my family to visit, particularly my parents. If you visit again, the (https://ageofsteamroundhouse.org/)Age of Steam roundhouse just south of Sugar Creek has a large collection of steam locomotives and other railroad equipment. Big Al

The correct way to decorate a grand piano is pile all sorts of sheet music and knick knacks on it. (As mine is.)

@wtg Oh! I need to watch this! My sleep quality is horrible most days. I don't have trouble getting to sleep, but I have a really hard time getting more than 6 hours/night, and often it's closer to 5. When I do get more and better quality sleep. I feel so much better. I also can't help but think that my ongoing problems with my foot and generalized joint pain would be better if I had better sleep on a consistent basis. ...

@Steve-Miller said: @Mik said: Bad Bunny. Kennedy Center. The stupid never stops. The “Bad Bunny Kennedy Center” does have a nice ring to it… What did I miss re Bad Bunny and the Kennedy Center?

Great stories! Thanks!

@Daniel said in Kristi Noem fired: Between ****ing on a plane, firing a military pilot for misplacing a security blanky, and having to rehire him because they ended up stranded, to awarding a friend a government contract for over $100 million who had been in business for six days, she had quite a run, not to mention the torture and spilled blood that will stain her reputation in history forever. It's scary that someone this clearly insipid could do this much damage to a country. "She has done more in a year than many people have done in a lifetime"?

I wish you could send us some, Andy. Apparently, the extreme lack of humidity is exacerbating allergy conditions (mine is a severe allergy to mold I developed when I was 29 in New Orleans and now made worse because the house molded after Hurricane Milton caused the roof to leak water in the house and in the walls). Allergy medications aren't stopping the symptoms now and my nose hasn't stopped bleeding along with producing constant mucus along with constantly coughing up mucus. It feels like a chronic upper respiratory infection after happening for months. I heard today the lack of humidity might be a partial explanation. I've scheduled an appointment with my Doctor for next week.

I can't follow this. RFK, Jr. Is deranged. He has some good ideas in general and some good analyses of the beuracracy related to the COVID debacle but his rides on Epstein's plane and his complicity in the actions of this administration render him entirely unfit for office.

He's said he's sending ground troops. Or at least I think I recall that. He says something new every ten minutes. An official of his government said, "Turkey is the new Iran." At least, I think it was his government official. It could have been an official in Netanyahu's government. They sound the same same. I'm not being snarky. What happened to the old Iran? Is it not still there? Demanding Iran surrender unconditionally shows a complete disconnect from reality.

Ugh. Thanks for the reminder.

This is why we had the New Deal. The FCC is a shadow now of what it used to be. Sad. I keep telling people CNN, CBS, Fox, et. al. are state media. The same is true of broadcast. The same is true of print. The argument I hear back is that they have, "prestige." Well, they might have it. Legitimacy, not so much.

It's hard to tell. One with leverage is one too many.

I lost my Japanese permanent residency during covid, unfortunately. So I no longer have an easy escape.

@wtg said: The United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There's irony. Heh!