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    Great!
  • 30 minutes of music

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    Thanks @axtremus and @jon-nyc @jon-nyc said: And awesome that they can afford a space in the mall. The board is this big alliance of local people and I think there are some big donors in the background, I’m not really sure. Also, like many malls, this one is struggling and has lots of empty storefronts, so I have to wonder if they get a huge deal on their rent or something. The piano was donated as well. They encourage people to become “members” to support the art alliance (it’s a small annual fee), so I did that, and I’ll try to attend their other events as well to get to know people connected to the shop. It’s an amazing space, apparently it used to be a Victoria Secrets (which is kind of funny), so it’s huge and has two lovely arched entryways (the piano is near one), and a big event space at the back of the store. The artwork is all really cool so it’s quite inspiring to play there! And the cool thing is that they actively encourage people to play, which is wonderful. Do you ever have piano parties? Or is it just you playing at a gathering? I don’t have a community of musicians here yet so usually it’s just me playing at a gathering. I make sure people are fed well in exchange for listening to me play! Last year, we had a party and I played with a violinist, but she’s gone now (moved back to Japan). And in late July, I’m planning to play with a cellist, we’ll do three pieces together plus probably both of us will play some solo pieces. But he’s a student (doctorate of music) at the music school here so he won’t be here forever. But it’s a start. What I really want is to meet people locally who play, hopefully being connected to the art shop will help. We’ve lived in this town for almost three years now, so we’d like to start making more connections beyond work!
  • An invitation for the pianists of WTF

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  • Ahoy bread bakers

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    What a great article! Lots of great ideas and lots of things to try. And so many links! Thanks!
  • Some people never learn

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    @CHAS oh my! Congratulations!!! It looks beautiful, even more so in your lovely room! I bet it sounds just as beautiful! Also happy birthday!!! [image: IMG-0906.jpg]
  • Another brand bites the dust

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    @DougG Great song! (The beer not so much)
  • A Danish MCM piano?

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    Beautiful!
  • The week that broke Trump's control of the Senate

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  • Videos - AI or not AI ?

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    4/10. AI is terrifying.
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  • We're all fish

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    @wtg said: So Faulkner was right. https://connectedeventsmatter.com/litera/literature/literature-and-meaning/my-mother-is-a-fish-modern-reflection Now I want to read the novel. I'll put it on my bucket list.
  • Gaza

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    It's one way of drawing a line of some sort after Hamas murdered 3 Brits and 11 Americans along with another 1300. We can't punish everyone who participated, but the leaders of such a massacre ought not escape. What now? I can't imagine anything good happening soon.
  • How do erasers work?

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    @wtg @big_al I agree, that was interesting!
  • Remarkable use of our tax dollars

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    @Bernard Yes, I guess they would be. I doubt that Comey is actually going to apply. I think he's just pointing out the unintended consequences and needling Trump about the lawfare he is exercising against Comey Cohen falls in the camp with the rioters, at least theoretically. Lawfare by the Biden administration against him. And I'm guessing he's more desperate for money, which I doubt Comey is. I've never thought of him as someone acting on principle. I would be totally surprised if Powell applied for compensation. as a matter of fact, I doubt he would ever even make any comments about the compensation fund, and certainly not while he's still a Fed governor.
  • 3 day eviction notices

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    I beg to differ. The law per se legitimately regulates contracts. If you start with the assumption one party is following the law in a contract and the other party isn't you're really not describing justice. I don't care that a 3 day eviction notice happens to be convenient for landlords. You could make the notice 0 days in theory.
  • Comparing the US and Russian visits to China

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    @Daniel said: China and Iran are allies. I don't see the two as having much in common, other than that they both see the USA as some sort of opponent.
  • The 2024 DNC autopsy report

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    The Democrat party in my deep red county is trying to organize at the local level. It's a good time to do that because there's a bit of a civil war in the GOP locally right now. If they make gains the division in the GOP will be the reason and is probably enough reason for me to vote blue locally. The Republicans seem to think they own the county, and that hubris needs to be smacked hard so they get back to working for us, not for power.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    @Bernard The Latin guy is good.
  • Hay WTG

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    @wtg said: Daily Herald article about Paprikash. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Best+of+Budapest+Hungarian+fare+spices+up+Paprikash+in+Arlington...-a0148935177 I think that article is where I heard about the place. It would have been 2006.
  • Tell us what you really think

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    A exec with a local ski resort said of the Hispanic labor at the resort, "They are easily trained, like good German Shepards." Don't think he is still with the resort.