
A polka is always better when shared by friendly strangers.

Husband, Father, Gamer, Nerd
What kind of rolling privacy violations will this thing get up to.
Valid point, but that's not the question that was asked.
So the proposal is to eliminate the right to free association?
And exactly how do you reinterpret The Constitution to reach your goal of overturning Citizens United?
How does one overturn citizens united without overturning the Constitution?
Where can one buy that blouse? I think I need to get it for my wife.
I know I suck, I know it beyond any shadow of a doubt. I have know. It for over fifty years. Sometimes my brain is mostly silent on that subject, other times it is not.
I have a friend who heard me make the above statement. She took umbrage that I would say such a thing, and sent me this clip...
I'm not a fan of the show, but to me, that one clip was life-changing.
I have a Van Gogh action figure on my desk as a constant reminder.
Thanks for a great response. I've been a paying customer for ages, and added my family as well. So I don't have the paywall issues you're seeing.
I've been using 1password for over a decade. I'd love to know more about the enshitification you're seeing.
A question was asked and I answered. How could anyone with no children, happy or unhappy, answer the question that was posed?
Thanks for the pointer. I'll check it out.
Three sons all grown one daughter in high school.
I'm not very good at very many things, but one thing I'm positive I'm good at is being a dad.
Yes, I'm a happy parent.
I think you can get a plate that will allow you to attach that Yeti to your Packout!
If Jellyfin had PlexAmp I'd switch in an instant.
I'm not a Warhammer fan, but I might be. My middle son talked me into playing Owl Cat's Rogue Trader and I haven't enjoyed an RPG so much in ages.
I then decided I needed to read some of the fiction, did some research, and picked up Gaunts Ghosts solely because it's a tribute to Richard Sharpe.
I haven't got far enough in it yet to pass judgment.
So I'm nibbling around the edges of fandom, but not quite there yet.
Thank you!
If I knew how to attach pictures to comments there would be a picture here of my shelf that has one if these games sitting on it.
Just say no to keyboards that need to phone home.
I have espoused views in my life I'm not proud of, but I think the same can be said of anyone.
Part of my journey was a search for intellectual consistency. Their are people of faith who are able to do that, I am not one of them. When it comes to politics, there are two contemporary thinkers (Ken White and Radley Balko) who forced me to re-evaluate my beliefs.
I believe there are many Conservative thinkers who hold their positions in good faith. Sometimes they are even correct! I believe there are also many Liberal thinkers who hold their positions in good faith, sometimes they are right also.
So to answer your question, I don't think my values were bad, some of my thinking about how to implement those values definitely was though.
As with most people we morph over time.
I'm an old guy. I started my life as a right-wing Conservative Christian. I'm now. Both an atheist and an anarchist. So yes people change. My journey has been six decades long.
A fascinating bit of baseball history
A polka is always better when shared by friendly strangers.
I'm trying to learn to be a fan of baseball. This sort of history helps shape that burgeoning fandom.
I'm Writing a new Substack about baseball
For as long as I can remember, and that's quite a long time, I have thought I should be a baseball fan, but I have never ever been a baseball fan. Soccer? I've been #RCTID since 1976. Football? I've been a Seahawks fan since I learned to understand football. Basketball? I can vividly remember celebr...
I've long thought I should be a baseball fan, join me on a quest to become one.
Trying to find a song based on a very tiny fragment of memory
There's a song, I think I only heard one time likely on KGON in Portland, OR and likely in the late 70s. This song has haunted me over the years but I have never been able to locate it again.
The one thing I really remember is that there is a spoken-word portion where the vocalist talks about the Boogie Woogie, but pronounces it more like Boozhi Woozhi.
I'm laying in bed quarantined with Covid and once again its memory and my inability to determine what song it was is haunting me.
Favorites Broken on Series X
My favorites broke. They were working great but now they don't work at all. I can't favorite anything there icon sits in the middle of the plus sign and I can't move it to any open slot. Things I had already favorites continue to work, but I can't add new things or swap things out.
I've tried dropping my entire inventory and then picking things back up but that is not resolving there issue. It's not game-breaking but it is frustrating.
XCOM 2 on Series X
How does XCOM 2 play on the Series X? Is it worth getting even though I already own it on PC?
Love the game and would love to be able to play sitting on my couch!