WTF-Beta

That's hysterical!

Then there's this midcentury modern place. I love the decor and artwork!

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2455-S-Via-Lazo-Palm-Springs-CA-92264/17740975_zpid/

Not too shabby!

@Bernard I like Adele too, a lot! And lots of other popular artists.... There are some Japanese "pop" songs that have wonderful lyrics, songs I remember from when I first moved to Japan.... those are awfully nostalgic for me

@wtg interesting, thanks for the link, gonna go read it now…

I’m pretty sure our Honda Fit is CVT. Zero problems and we’re on year 10.

@AndyD said in I found the perfect house:

leave that piano

Indeed!!!

Also that apple!

@AndyD and @wtg now you're making me want to watch the film again!

@wtg I haven't seen any of the other versions. I would especially like to see the 1995 series, since IIRC that one is pretty well regarded.

@rustyfingers I just requested the score book through our music library! I suspect Dawn is harder than it sounds (I think it has polyrhythms?) but I'm thinking it should be within the realm of playability for me.

There are sooo many songs and pieces (across genres) that move me... But I'll share something I came across this morning ... I was reading something about it being the 20th anniversary of Pride & Prejudice film version that has the soundtrack performed by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, so I went looking for it. I had forgotten how beautiful the opening piece is. I'm going to track down the score and add it to my list of pieces to play

That is very silly!

Wow! I of course knew that the safety packaging was because of tampered Tylenol, but this is the first time I've read about the victims or the other details

Scary indeed!

@Piano-Dad I’ll send you a PM with my email.

@Mary-Anna said in Too expensive:

haircuts.

Mr SK has been cutting my hair at home since the pandemic started... it's super short and that's part of what makes it possible for him to do it. I imagine if I want to change the style or grow it out, I'll need to start going back to a professional. But five years of home haircuts, and not only the savings but the convenience, will be hard to give up!

He cuts his own hair as well. I jump in at the very end to do the back, around his neck, and make sure everything is even.

A very rough estimate suggests we have saved well over $6000 so far (since we both use to get haircuts almost once a month, that's estimating $70 for me and $40, but it's probably even more). Wow!

@Piano-Dad and @Mary-Anna I have lots of thoughts on this subject (both with regard to traditional content courses and with regard to foreign language courses) if you'd like an additional person. (I'm also signed up for a genAI pilot here next AY and prepping a study to do in my language class in the fall regarding using voice AI for language learning)

@Jodi said in hi chat I need your help writing an essay:

An old fashioned typewriter or work processor at every desk? Seriously - wouldn’t be hard to have something like that set up for student desks in the classroom that was not connected to the internet. We had computer labs in college that we did assignments on.

I wish we had something like this. But logistically, it would be very hard (and expensive and time-consuming) to put it into practice, partly because of the way classrooms have changed and partly because of the scale that would be needed, for example, at state schools like mine that have 40,000 or more students. Especially because we already have a classroom shortage and taking rooms offline to change them would be disruptive.

If there were a reliable way to do it with students' own computers, that would be the easiest way.

Actually, using a lockdown browser, conducting the assessment within the LMS, making everyone sit with their screens facing the proctor.... it might work.... I might try it, this last round of handwritten exams was so horrible, it's its own motivation!

I especially like the sneezing dog and the wobbegong shark!

@Steve-Miller lovely photos!!

@Steve-Miller congratulations to your DiL!!!

@wtg said in The decline and fall of Elon Musk:

Tesla’s sales have fallen 87% in Quebec

Wow.... On the one hand, that's a big dip.. On the other hand, this information is sort of meaningless without knowing the size of their market in Quebec, what their sales were there last year etc., and how that compares to their sales in other places in the world...

@wtg said in I found the perfect house:

a million dollars.

Wow!!!! that's crazy!