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Ugh. - znufrii Nov 14, 05:54 1
- I lied - znufrii needs a job Nov 14, 06:05
Saturday morning therapy - live version of Pata Pata (which I referenced below) -- (link) - Covington Nov 14, 04:42 [youtube]
Not that there was much question, but ISIS has claimed responsibility. -- (link) - ML Nov 14, 04:18 16
- I know it has nothing to do with logic, but don't understand the strategy of it. - Dano Nov 14, 06:07 1
  - Well this makes sense to another branch of ISIL. They believe there's a coming apocalyptic final battle between the West and Islam. - iSpam Nov 14, 06:30
- it is going to be very unpleasant for Muslims in France now. which isn't fair, of course. -- nm - andie Nov 14, 04:29 13
  - not just in France -- nm - Beaker Nov 14, 04:40 1
    - so true. -- nm - andie Nov 14, 04:44
  - Syrian refugees too. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 04:37 10
    - A news report this morning mentioned a Syrian passport found near one of the suspects. -- nm - Under the Influence Nov 14, 05:38
    - I despise the blond conservative woman whose name I will not say. -- nm - ty97 Nov 14, 05:16 1
      - That doesn't narrow it down much, you just described every female correspondent and host on "Fox News" a division of the The G.O.P Ministry of Public - Under the Influence Nov 14, 05:36
    - Poland has already said it will stop taking refugees immediately. -- nm - andie Nov 14, 04:43
    - yeah, and this won't help -- (link) - ML Nov 14, 04:41 5
      - Also - a different thought. It's amazing how quickly ISIS changed their entire objective. - Mel Profit Nov 14, 04:46 3
        
        I don't think they did. They know that they can't win a direct confrontation with the west. They only win if we lose the will to fight them. - iSpam Nov 14, 06:17 2
        
        Heh... see above. I think this makes more direct involvement from the West more likely. -- nm - Dano Nov 14, 06:21 1
        
        See my response. They may want it either way. -- nm - iSpam Nov 14, 06:30
      - yep, we just heard this. this will cripple their efforts to find a place to settle. - Mel Profit Nov 14, 04:43
The smallest free-standing home in Washington DC is 252 square feet. -- (link) - Max Nov 14, 02:24
Went through a 90 minute Fallout 4 tutorial with my dad tonight. He can't fathom how I was able to understand all that just from playing the game. -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 23:21 1
- it's incredible to me (but believable) that a game requires... a tutorial. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 14, 03:51
God, do I ever love The Great British Bake-Off -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 23:19 3
- I watched this for the first time last week. I adored it. -- nm* - gravy Nov 14, 03:42
- season 5 & 6 are on youtube if you don't want to wait for PBS to show them -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 13, 23:29 1
  - I think the first they showed was 5. This last one was 4. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 14, 00:04
Y'all can relax - I ordered the microwave :) -- nm - Meg Nov 13, 23:14
Pluto has wobbly moons - and it might have a radioactive core. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 23:03 1
- That's no moon , , , -- nm - Obi Wan Kinobi Nov 14, 07:51
my tv is telling me 150 dead, all attackers dead. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 23:01 1
- One of the victims was from Hobart (Tasmania) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 23:08
Another spectacular night. - Mop Nov 13, 22:38 3
- Nice! Glad it worked out and everyone had a good time. -- nm - Krusty Nov 14, 06:16
- Good for you! Take matters into your own hands and make things happen. -- nm - Bacon Nov 14, 00:24
- It really helped to take my mind off a shitty day at work and... other matters I'd rather not think about. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 22:39
what, no Road Block or Detour at the Oskar Schindler factory, TAR? - jangles Nov 13, 22:31
not that i expected anything to be happening in LA but there was zero police presence in the Metro or at Hollywood & Highland on my way home - jangles Nov 13, 22:00 2
- DC is normal. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:29 1
  - take that back, DC is on high alert. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 23:03
what's the cheapest place to register domain names? i'm going to go on a buying spree tonight. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:38 12
- Google Domains may not be the cheapest, but damn they make it easy. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 22:30
- followup: best place for hosting just random junk.. writing, reviews, pictures.. bloggy I guess. But with a domain name. - colin Nov 13, 21:43 8
  - As much as I hate it, Tumblr has served blueghostskater.com well enough. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. -- nm - Qale Nov 13, 21:46 3
    - can you have different categories? side menus? etc? -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:58 2
      - I'm sure all of that is possible via custom html, but I did none of that. I only picked out my theme, filled out pages for each novel, called it a day - Qale Nov 13, 22:08
      - also, are custom themes a one time cost or yearly/monthly? -- nm - colin Nov 13, 22:00
  - technically this can be done with Tumblr IIRC -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:45 3
    - (And I want to build a system that would be useful for this, but unfortunately I don't have a staff of people to help me) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:46 2
      - a tumblr system or a custom system? -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:59 1
        
        The one I want to build would basically be a web-based GUI for a static site generator called Sculpin. Effectively it would be like wordpress, but - Beryllium Nov 13, 22:05
- I use namecheap. There might be cheaper options, though. - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:39 1
  - .com is $10.69 :( I might use Google Domains at $12... need to see if I get a discount. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:41
anyone have some good choices for obscure 70s rock? i'm really feeling some Uriah Heep right now . . . - call me Ishmael Nov 13, 21:22 32
- My favorite from the early 70s - Bloodrock. -- nm - GregW Nov 13, 22:52
- Pentangle -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 13, 22:33
- This is Chicago centric, and you have to rummage around a bit, but there's some stuff that fits the bill in this link -- (link) - toblr.2 Nov 13, 22:30
- Ides of March -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 13, 22:26
- Jim Pepper. Witchi Tai To -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 22:16 [youtube] 1
  - I was like, that sounds similar to the version I have, then looked it up. Pepper sang with Everything is Everything which had this as a single in '69 - Covington Nov 14, 04:31
- Brian Eno. Cabaret Voltare (if I recall correctly). Kansas. Tangerine Dream. Jethro Tull. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:13 9
  - (Voltaire, schnook) -- nm - jangles Nov 13, 22:25 4
    - Whatevs. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:36 3
      - Joel, after a compeltely shitty night in the news, how awesome to see you. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:41 2
        
        *Big Hugs* - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 23:18 1
        
        sending best wishes. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 23:32
  - Not all are terribly "obscure." Some of these are more in the realm of "I haven't thought of that band in a long time ...." -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:16 3
    - Those guys are still in play on classic rock stations, tull had something of a revival -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:20 2
      - Good point. I guess the only other 1970s band of obscurity I can think of is Can. Or Captain Beefheart. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 13, 22:37 1
        
        Some bands fall into obscurity, beef heart achieved it (I actually owned their album) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:48
- pacific gas & electric, brian auger & trinity, the Bonzo DooDah Dog Band, Gentle Giant, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ambrosia -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 13, 22:09 2
  - Bonzo dog, did they do urban spaceman? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:21 1
    - yes. I always think of Intro Outro for them -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 22:26 [youtube]
- Moby grape, Lou Reed -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:40 7
  - Nitty gritty dirt band, flying buritto bros -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:42 6
    - Savoy Brown, Morphine, Oxygen -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:46 5
      - Oh my BFF really really liked wishbone ash -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:48 4
        
        Bad finger, poco, Ozark mountain daredevils -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 21:52 3
        
        Blues Magoos, mahogany rush -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:07 2
        
        Humble Pie, white snake. ... -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:17 1
        
        Graham Parker and the Rumor, greg Kihn, j geils -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:52
- Big Star -- nm - jangles Nov 13, 21:34 1
  - upvote. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:30
- Chris Spedding live -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 21:34 [youtube]
- American City Suite by Cashman & West -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 21:29 [youtube]
- how about Chuck Berry live at the Fillmore and a 16 minute Johnny B. Goode jam? -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 21:28 [youtube]
I didn't know they did this. The Paris attacks already have a wiki page. -- (link) - GregW Nov 13, 21:03 5
- "They"? It's entirely crowd sourced. If a page didn't exist, you could have created it. -- nm - Mop Nov 13, 22:32
- created at 21:23, as soon as the first article about the restaurant came up. -- (link) - colin Nov 13, 21:11 3
  - have fun keeping up with the edits that will surely happen in the weeks and months to come -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 13, 21:19 2
    - the true beauty of wiki. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:34
    - i'll leave it to the wiki experts. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:19
Man. I was out of contact at a high school football game all night. Just got home. Just awful what I'm reading. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 13, 21:00
As predicted by zap2it, 'Wicked City' has been cancelled and pulled from the schedule. HSX has already halted the warrant. -- (link) - GregW Nov 13, 20:46 2
- Well I guess the day hasn't been a total loss then -- nm - jangles Nov 13, 20:48
- First comment is funny -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:48
Went looking for conferences I could attend in December. Only one I was interested in ... is in Paris. Dec 3-5. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:41 16
- my boss is there right now. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:36
- my UK coworker is here today.. said he's supposed to go to Paris next week. I think that'll be canceled. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:14 4
  - One of my coworkers is in Nice with his family (I think he left Paris earlier in the week) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:17 3
    - good, glad he's safe (hope there's no more attacks). -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:20 2
      - That would be horrible. Like if there were splinter cells in other European cities ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:23 1
        
        they seem savvy enough to space it out in a way that maximizes the devastation. i agree it would be horrible.. it's going to be a tense few weeks. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:29
- Heh, there's another good one on dec 7th ... Also in Paris. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 21:06
- nothing on the Dec. Vegas convention list seems fit you -- (link*) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 20:47 1
  - There was Zendcon earlier this month, would've been great -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:49
- would likely be a good time to go, cnn was pointing out they hit non tourist areas mostly - zeitgeist Nov 13, 20:46
- Should be okay by then. - toblr.2 Nov 13, 20:45 5
  - I assume visas are required to enter Paris, no idea how long that would take -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:46 4
    - not for a short stay. -- nm - colin Nov 13, 21:14
    - Not unless they change the rules in the next few days. - toblr.2 Nov 13, 20:54 2
      - (I'm sure it'll be back to normal by dec, but) it's kind of the opposite of lax currently. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:59 1
        
        Definitely. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 13, 21:06
Not too keen on this. Hopefully it's just temporary. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 20:27 3
- Honestly, that doesn't look all that onerous. - Mop Nov 13, 22:45
- I would wonder if they will sweep up all those returned jihadists, talk about usual suspects -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 13, 22:42
- They will probably strike if it isn't. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 13, 20:43
LIR - b. - not much more here. Probably won't get much until 11:00. -- (link) - Meg Nov 13, 20:21
Valley of the Dolts -- (link) - zork Nov 13, 20:06
If you're a sports fan looking for a nice distraction, Marquette/Belmont is fun (90 seconds left). -- nm - David Nov 13, 19:56
cheerful link. Toronto's 1 month old baby PANDAS -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 13, 19:45 1
- Panadas! Or Panadians! -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 13, 19:47
my brother called my comment on Paris distasteful, that upsets me. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 19:38 23
- You may disagree with some of the lyrics, but it's their national anthem - Guigue Nov 13, 21:05 4
  - yeah I know, I was in NYC on 9/11 and was told to my face by many french people how to react. Think about that before slamming me please. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:41 3
    - and as an afterthought, told to my face by my quebecois relatives how to react. so, please do not go there. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:50 2
      - And I'm saying they were wrong then, and you are wrong now -- nm - Guigue Nov 13, 21:53 1
        
        maybe so. I'm open to that. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 22:30
- Am I wrong or are all of your Facebook posts marked as public? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 13, 19:52 2
  - I just checked, and I can see that. loosi, reading it, c'mon. that's more than you said here. - b. Nov 13, 19:54 1
    - I have engaged with french people my whole life over many issues and have been instructed how to react to basically everything. - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:39
- If everyone else finds it wrong, maybe it is. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 13, 19:52 1
  - not everyone does by any means. check the likes. My european friends. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:43
- as a representative for your brother at the Vatican, he's wrong. you're right. you know he's good at pushing your buttons, go have a drink and relax. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 13, 19:50 1
  - wrong brother. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:48
- He's not wrong. -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 19:41 10
  - Neither is she. It is is a call to arms. - toblr.2 Nov 13, 19:57 1
    - thank you. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:49
  - because I actually paid attention to the lyrics? -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 19:42 7
    - It's France's national song. How would you take it if someone said the SSB wasn't appropriate after a US attack because of the mention of bombs? -- nm - Reagen Nov 13, 19:47 4
      - I get that. I've always had issues with the song's violence, so there you go. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 19:48 3
        
        I would say that ultimately it's best left to the French how they should (peacefully) react to this - Reagen Nov 13, 19:58 1
        
        respectfully, I have been engaged with many French over many issues, and been told how to react to everything. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 21:38
        
        with context, it's not about your thoughts about it, though. that's what's amiss with many of - b. Nov 13, 19:52
    - Because at this moment the actual lyrics take a backseat to it being their national anthem. -- nm - Ender Nov 13, 19:46
    - Why does this exchange have me thinking of Fallon on weekend update interviewing Hilton -- nm - CQ Nov 13, 19:44
as crappity as things can be, my cynicism is dropped some when it comes to different companies offering support about paris-type badness. check out - b. Nov 13, 19:37 3
- I heard Starbucks website has a red cup and a green cup hugging inside a heart. -- nm - CQ Nov 13, 19:41 2
  - I don't see that/don't know if you're joking; but that does remind me that through sunday, if you go there between 2-5pm and order holiday drinks, - b. Nov 13, 19:49 1
    - I'm just a cynical bastage :) -- nm - CQ Nov 13, 20:31
Guys. Guys!! HavetheSixerswonagameyet.com - decline Nov 13, 19:33
Guys. GiysDd -- nm - decline Nov 13, 19:32 2
- Heh. Yep. -- nm - decline Nov 13, 19:34
- you drunk? I'm getting there. -- nm - CQ Nov 13, 19:33
Effin cellphone. -- nm* - decline Nov 13, 19:32

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