Whiskey

Great choice to visit the SW of Éire.

If this link works it opens the itinerary (in Google Earth) that I drove in 2007. This was a 10-day trip and we often dawdled for museums, food, drink, and...

FIFY

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Who made "greed good, workers powerless, and the market all-powerful while weaponizing nostalgia, lifting up an oligarchy that [serves] only its own interests, and [left] the huge majority...

It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down

Uffff...that is a difficult listen

Long read. I don't write the articles, I just copy n paste 'em :tongue: as its behind a paywall. Size 4 font for the olds

Here’s What We Can Do Now About Gun Violence by Gordon Witkin


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JG was not a pedal steel guitar player and would be the first to say so. It was his fourth instrument. He bought his first PSG in April 1969, and played it intermittently until 1974. He was...

Also: 2/3 for parking fails

Saw Stephen Stills 1979.05.27 at Wesleyan University. I guess that makes me an old. Super high-energy show. "Church" "Sit Yourself Down" "Marianne" etc. IMO, he has a classic R&R voice right up there...

Similar thought yesterday:

So, what happens when a similarly armed counter protester shows up?

Who is the good guy with the gun? How is the public to know the difference? Would it lead to a...

Missing: Time Fades Away

FML, more good news :fm:

Thanks

Stock market returns since 2010




That is the plan

LVIP SSGA S&P 500 Index - 32.8%
LVIP SSGA Bond Index - 29%
LVIP SSGA International Index - 28.5%
LVIP SSGA Small-Cap Index - 9.8%

10 Year ROI is 3.15% (Fack)
Rider fee is $793.21 per quarter...

Variable

I have a fair chunk in an annuity. Placed in 2011 from an beneficial IRA. Was and still am a thick-headed daftie when it comes to finance. Striving to improve and have learned a lot. Still far to go....

Thread popped up in my feed and reminded me of an article from 2013:

Wildcatting: A Stripper’s Guide to the Modern American Boomtown
Nothing is more emblematic of the American dream than chaotic...

Baycoast Bank (MA) - 5.05% (3 month CD)
Eastern Bank (MA) - 4.95% (1 month CD)

Is it me or does Cazares speak like an annoying teenager?

Werner Herzog - The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTdQ2fGlrq8

Apropos of post #9008:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAVsD6ZR_24

Answer is in the question.
1. Common advice is don't buy a property you would not want to live in full-time.
2. Almost EVERY time you leave the USA you will feel compelled to go this purchased...

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I used Booking exclusively as I don't speak 日本 and never once had a problem. In addition, on the few occasions where I had to manage/cancel a reservation I was not charged for the reservation...

Carlson is, and always has been, an enormous douchebag and chameleon. From the NYT:

Have you not heard of Mormons?

American Manhunt
Good if you want to be reminded of how overblown the response was to the Boston Marathon bombing

You live in an ethnocentric vacuum. Go to Japan and watch all your arguments fall apart

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From NYT:



Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/opinion/nashville-shooting-guns.html

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IWT

I love the music but this is a prime example of why I don't like listening to people talk about it. Utter drivel.
If the "Space" was so unpredictable then why did it appear in the same place in the...

Millions of Japanese octogenarians stand ready to kick your ass shoveling snow

Hamilton is not a contender in any case. This is good news as it opens up a spot for a rookie

5 seasons at Gulmarg ('08-'12). Stopped going for four reasons: Russians, russians, russians, gentrification, hotels throwing waste in the forest and "guides" who had just learned how to...

Rad

Tayoroshi Hinata Ski Area 士別市日向スキー場


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E009-bsQxPs

Difference of opinion. Worst movie I've seen in a while.
Shallow cultural appropriation at its cringiest. MTV-level effort. If I was stuck in a room with any of the leads I would jump out a window

Ritual de lo Habitual is a masterpiece

Enjoy:


https://youtu.be/7PXejqOdP08

Time to switch it up - can't go to the onsen every day, right?

Decided to go to Asahikawa to see a hockey game, East Hokkaido Cranes -v- Nikko Ice Bucks. Both teams play in Asia League Ice Hockey...

Finally getting regular. MCL damage is healed enough to ride daily and Hokkaido snow machine is back on in full effect. Pippu is a small hill but there is fun to be had in the trees and side country...

Reminder that this data ONLY mentions "mass shootings" and that murders of three or less are unmentioned and have become normalized. Fuck this place

Way to get after it!

Diamond Life ^^^

How long in Furano?

Yessss!

Kokusai is great