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I’m old and 80s hair bands were my real first step into music. I still love that shit and will seek out bands I never heard back in the day.

Dokken is one band that I WANT to love, but I just don’t. A few songs here and there. Talented for sure. But I think it’s mostly that Don’s melodies just don’t land for me. Like I just watched that video and I couldn’t hum you a single bar.

Undoubtedly, I’ll be listen to Dokken all weekend trying to convince myself again.

A customer also has to activate Free Roll, which leaves the vehicle in Neutral without applying the parking brake.

Oh good, they came up with a stupid new term for something that people know, understand, has been around for well over 50 years.

Sorry, I know I shouldn’t, but I need to clarify. Are you saying that Michael Jackson was killed because he was exposing pedophiles?

Mostly music for me. 35ish years of CD purchases, modest vinyl collection. Bootlegs (though digital these days).

Some books, mostly just favorite authors/franchises.

I also have a decent enough GameCube collection.

While I can’t relate to the money aspect, I too am extremely conservative with potion use in games!

Right. The point isn’t to challenge themselves. The point is to kill.

Edit: obviously this is not the sole reason people hunt. Talking specifically about those who feel the need to over equip.

IDK. I’ve been married to a former coworker for 25 years and things are going okay.

Work is a huge part of people’s lives and where adults tend to meet new people. I understand why you’d say it, but I just don’t think disqualifying anyone you work with as a potential partner is practical or even a great idea.

ON THE OTHER HAND… I did move to another state with a woman I worked with and that ended after just a couple of months when she started seeing another coworker.

So maybe you have a point.

It was the best of times, it was the w… nope. Just the best.

Back in the olden times, before the WWW came along and the internet exploded, you’d fire up your modem and dial into other computers. Bulletin Board Systems.

They would typically host some local forums, files to download, private messaging, and some online games. Larger ones might have a chat room. As time went on, networked forums got popular. Mostly text interfaces, but ANSI graphics and menus were common.

It was really the best.

Setting one up to be accessible via telnet is a fun little project. Install a couple of doors (games) like Legend of the Red Dragon, Pimp Wars, Usurper and just have fun.

Down and South are not the same thing.

You could run a BBS! Synchronet and Enigma both have Docker images available.

It’s really the epitome of a pointless endeavor, but it also gives you an entirely new kind of system to learn, tinker with, and customize.

Way up heah in Maine, bub.

It was always “nitch” to me growing up in New England. Then I thought people were getting fancy and mispronouncing it as the internet rose. Then last year I found out that I am the idiot and “neesh” is the proper way.

But I still have a hard time saying it and not feeling pompous.

I love that Ice-T just found a steady gig but has continued putting out Body Count albums even as he’s closing in on 70.

King of opposite what you asked, I was just talking to my wife about Kelly Clarkson’s career the other day. Plucked from obscurity in the first season of American Idol, shot to stardom, now hosting daytime talk show. The woman has an incredible voice and can sing anything. It just makes me kind of sad that her talent is so underutilized.

Found the guy who’s never been hit by a car.

Fairly early on in the COVID days, it got Adam Schlesinger. To this day, it’s the one celebrity death that felt personal to me.

For those who don’t recognize the name, Adam was one half of the songwriting duo in Fountains of Wayne. Who you know best, of course, for “Stacy’s Mom.” God, their songwriting was sublime though. And then Adam did “That Thing You Do”, Ivy, Tinted Windows, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and a ton of other stuff.

Maybe it’s partly the collective trauma of the pandemic, but his death still hurts.

It must have been around 1981. Five years old. Empire Strikes Back was probably the first movie I ever saw in theaters.

I woke up from a nightmare and went across the hall to my parents’ room for some comfort. They both started to get up and they were fucking STORMTROOPERS! I ran through the house screaming while they calmly and quietly pursued.

It was the most vivid, realistic, and terrifying dream I have ever had.

I spent a fair bit of the past weekend spinning it up and loading my library. Still have some cleanup to do, a fair bit of learning I think, and dipping into the community for some questions. At this point, I’m not sure it holds a ton of value for me personally, but it looks great and has been a lot of fun. Definitely looking forward to what the future brings.