What are you doing today?

DT said:
Got some neat stuff for the ladies (one was something made from 100 year old silver repurposed)
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This is the piece (shot a pic for the SIL) it's pretty neat, that's actually little bell, it rings for luck, for memories, the card has a whole story. It's from a store close to us that has all local artist products (including local honey, Datil seasonings, etc.), very cool, we've been getting stuff from them for 20 years.

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Finally made it into this place, the little G had an appointment, so we walked down the street just a block or so, got a couple of beers (local stuff), and some homemade pimento cheese (it was amazing, pickled veggies, homemade hot bread);

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Working on a Joe Satriani song in between meetings as I get time, it's always a challenge to play his stuff at speed.
 
Apple fanboy said:
I should be sleeping. But the wind and rain are battering the house. Storm Eunice is upon us. Wish I didn’t have to go to the office today. Especially with the red weather warning.
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A lot of companies are urging people to work from home today. Especially as car insurance is effectively void if you have an accident after being warned to stay inside.

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yaxomoxay said:
1) Checking the MLB negotiations.we might not have a season this year.
2) since we’re in Septuagesima - using the old calendar - deciding what to give up for lent. Most likely social media is something that will go, I have to decide if forums apply.
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Forums are pretty much all I use anymore, I've given up on FB and Twitter for more substantive discussion.
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
A lot of companies are urging people to work from home today. Especially as car insurance is effectively void if you have an accident after being warned to stay inside.
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I had no idea of the magnitude of this storm, wow, and I have some perspective as someone who’s been through several.

Batten down the hatches and stay safe!
 
Eric said:
Forums are pretty much all I use anymore, I've given up on FB and Twitter for more substantive discussion.
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I understand. I don’t do any discussion on Twitter, very very little on FB, and I post some gym pics or quotes or books on IG. However, I do check them which exposes me to the stupidity of most. I admit that I removed anything toxic from Twitter, or anything that is polemic-bound (which includes people I agree with), so now my twitter feed is mostly about motivational crap.

To be honest, I am kind of bored of being online and I am very bored of the “social network” (of any kind).
 
yaxomoxay said:
1) Checking the MLB negotiations.we might not have a season this year.
2) since we’re in Septuagesima - using the old calendar - deciding what to give up for lent. Most likely social media is something that will go, I have to decide if forums apply.
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1) I'm totally crushed about prospects for late or no baseball... it's the hallmark of spring and the joy of summer for me.

2) So... toying with the question of whether I can, um, just give up baseball for Lent this year? This is the sort of question I would have thrown at one of my recently deceased pals, a Jesuit and former priest who would have laughed uproariously before telling me I was skating dangerously near the window overlooking blasphemy.
 
lizkat said:
1) I'm totally crushed about prospects for late or no baseball... it's the hallmark of spring and the joy of summer for me.
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It’s insane how rich guys wants to be richer, and even richer guys wants to be richer. I don’t care if they make $1B per game, I just want going to a baseball game affordable again. I believe that parking at the Texas Rangers ballpark is now $35, it should be unconstitutional!

lizkat said:
2) So... toying with the question of whether I can, um, just live up baseball for Lent this year? This is the sort of question I would have thrown at one of my recently deceased pals, a Jesuit and former priest who would have laughed uproariously before telling me I was skating dangerously near the window overlooking blasphemy.
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I am all for lent penance, but let’s not exaggerate here.
 
Eric said:
Working on a Joe Satriani song in between meetings as I get time, it's always a challenge to play his stuff at speed.
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For whatever reason as soon as I read this my mind instantly went to The Onion headline "Yngwie Malmsteen Officially Changes Middle Name To 'Fucking'"
 
Chew Toy McCoy said:
For whatever reason as soon as I read this my mind instantly went to The Onion headline "Yngwie Malmsteen Officially Changes Middle Name To 'Fucking'"
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Ah now see where my mind went when I got as far as "Satriani" in Eric's post was to that question of Joe Satriani v Chris Martin and plagiarism allegations. Joe said the Viva La Vida track on Coldplay's album of that name had plagiarized Satriani's tune If I could Fly from his Is There Love in Space? album.

I remember making a playlist of the two tracks and playing them over and over for awhile and I did end up thinking, uh... yeah Chris should settle bc this ain't goin' away. Actually a California court dismissed the suit but Coldplay then settled without admitting wrongdoing.

In other distractions related to today, how can it be snowing now and 18 degrees when at midnight it was 53º and raining.
 
Chew Toy McCoy said:
For whatever reason as soon as I read this my mind instantly went to The Onion headline "Yngwie Malmsteen Officially Changes Middle Name To 'Fucking'"
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Perfect headline man lol. Dude is a gifted player but arrogant to the point of being laughable. A drummer I used to be in a band with toured with him a few years back and said he's actually a pretty cool guy behind the scenes though.
 
Eric said:
Perfect headline man lol. Dude is a gifted player but arrogant to the point of being laughable. A drummer I used to be in a band with toured with him a few years back and said he's actually a pretty cool guy behind the scenes though.
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I hung around a lot of guitarists back when him and Joe were at their peak, bordering on commercial breakthrough succuess, When it came to guitar playing it seemed like the order of the day was how much music theory can you cram into the least amount of bars. It was like listening to math. Those were fun times though.
 
The-Real-Deal82 said:
A lot of companies are urging people to work from home today. Especially as car insurance is effectively void if you have an accident after being warned to stay inside.

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I didn’t know that on the insurance! Just as well I was okay. Mind you we were amber rather than red here I think.
 
So no storm damage here. Still raining though, so it will be flooding next I’m sure.
Off for my test drive after lunch. First time I’ve ever test driven a new car.
 
Apple fanboy said:
So no storm damage here. Still raining though, so it will be flooding next I’m sure.
Off for my test drive after lunch. First time I’ve ever test driven a new car.
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Safe driving.

What is the car?

No storm damage here, either, though yesterday (and the previous night) were both profoundly unpleasant.
 
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