WTF-Beta

The Chicago area recently had plenty of northern lights sightings, even in the city! I've been charting migraines as part of my treatment and noticed an uptick in frequency this last week. Diving down the interwebs rabbit holes, I came across a supposed link between increased solar activity and physical responses from some people - migraines being mentioned many times.

A little more whack-a-doodle than I normally entertain, but looking back, I could draw a connection to higher need for medication and heightened solar flare activity. Not 100% correlation, so I'm reserving belief at this time...

Anyone else run across this?

Well, except for the floor and curtains, it appears to represent things that could be done with actual staging??

How many are young girls? <run away>

I know a few that have joined the SoundsGood choirs. It appears to be just in the Chicago area. All levels welcome and they even have a group for memory-care singers. It is getting lots of seniors to sing again!

https://soundsgoodchoir.org/about/

How many sci-fi stories start with something like this?

"U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents to soon leave Chicago but could be back four-fold in March
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one DHS source said 1,000 agents could return in the spring, up from 250 now."

https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/11/11/u-s-border-patrol-boss-greg-bovino-agents-expected-leave-chicago-soon

I really enjoy singing with choirs - for me, rehearsing is the best part and the concerts are the "have to" part of joining.

Ah, no I hadn't expanded that to see! Thanks

Techs usually are more concerned with how loud it can get while tuning. Peaks above 95dB are pretty common. Best advice is to learn to tune using ear protection!
I should really measure how loud some of the HVAC systems sound! Some are loud enough to make tuning difficult.

We got maybe 3" downtown.. Maybe a bit more to come. I think the wind veered a bit east and Indiana got most of the snow.

Chicago - "Dangerous to impossible travel conditions due to intense lake effect snow expected. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour, localized total snow accumulations of 12-18 inches and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are expected."

3 tunings scheduled tomorrow - let's see if I make any of them!

Justice can't come soon enough for this mess

Got the Novavax - protein based vaccine - after my doc recommended getting one of the Covid vaxes for me this year. I've had both of the mnra ones in the past and thought I'd try this newer one.

https://www.webmd.com/drugs/updates/fda-approves-novavax-covid-vaccine-with-restricted-use

I knew CVS had these but was pleased to find out that Costco also had it. I went looking for it after reading that there tended to be much less side effects felt. For me, that was true! Not even a sore arm...

Yes - the cameras really help with getting close without touching!

Living and tuning in the city has vastly improved my parallel parking skills. Sometimes I even surprise myself fitting in or out of a tight squeeze!

When I bought my 2020 Kia Niro, one of the things I looked for was a shorter car that could still fit tall people in the back seat comfortably.

I remember playing with a set!

Stand, sit, shuffle left & right - even around the right side sometimes to tune the treble...

Latest I saw was that the wing was first put up to hide the bunker below and that the reason plans won't be seen by regular channels is that a bigger royal bunker is the real reason for the ballroom...

Reminds me of the time I went to a new client's house for a tuning. A new build, I guess a smart house? Anyway, to get the lights on in the piano room, she had to call her husband at work to control from his phone...

I do carry battery lights and am able to tune without power if needed.

Not ours. A little background - my younger brother and wife sold the house, rehabbed a trailer RV and have been travelling north America the last few years. They are currently in Utah where they noticed an old rusting car off the side of a cliff. While searching online for details, they stumbled across this story - enjoy!

https://patrickcumby.com/finding-the-moki-dugway/

"It was never a good idea to drive an old and defective British roadster into the western desert, but the promise of adventure was so irresistible I did it anyway. It was June, 1987. Ronald Reagan was president and the Berlin Wall had not yet fallen. I was twenty-four years old, heartbroken from a great, failed romance. I was ready to take risks I would normally have never considered."