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Family member decided, back in November, to have his third wedding next weekend. Yeah... because nobody's busy or stressed in December. And it's a big wedding. 300+ people. My wife has to buy her third bridesmaid dress for him. It's ugly. Ugly shoes. Now we get the notices for not only 1, but 2 rehearsal dinners, along with her instructions for hair/makeup. She's dropped $500 on this damn thing. Just complete lunacy.

nothing is going to happen. Nothing will ever happen to them for any of it.

but he's not a girl

HBO's west coast people wanted to buy Netflix for $2B in 2007/08 but were rebuffed by big bosses in NY, who were still spooked by the AOL portion of their past. They didn't trust tech and internet people for a long time after that.

I’ve never seen someone care so much about an attorney general or Secretary of State. And this goes back before running for Governor. You seem to have a special thing for these 3. They fart and you start a thread over it.

That’s a good point. I always follow up with whatever it is I decided.

Ok I promised this earlier in the week. I figure we can use this to discuss AI items and anecdotes, etc rather than pollute the investing thread. yes, I used AI to help with the title. And whats really weird? I took some suggestions they offered and merged it and I felt the need to reply back and sort or apologize. As if it’s waiting for me to reply or that it cares. Jesus, it’s not a person. a friend of mine is a wordsmith and often pastes a co workers writings into it to see why he finds it so annoying. This is what it says: ————— “This is a 39-word sentence where: • the subject is muddy, • the contrast is lopsided, • and “causality in complex systems” hits like a wet sandbag. It’s not wrong, but it’s unpleasant — like chewing uncooked rice.” ————- that is so amazing to me. It’s not just gathering info. It’s making judgement calls and offering analogies. sarcasm. Wit.

The only way he leaves office will be death. They will never admit anything is wrong with him. They will weekend Bernie his ass for 2 years if they have to. I think it would be hilarious if he went out like Carmine Sr in the Sopranos on live TV. The republic deserves to see him humiliated and undignified when it’s his time.

Some people just can’t handle women being in charge.

It was a Sunday and my first choice was closed. It was the night Skubal pitched on Sunday Night Baseball against Texas. I met a guy from Livonia who moved to Phoenix and goes to SD a lot. He said it’s a popular destination for folks there. we stayed near the ocean and had plenty of places to pick from that we could walk to and are not terribly picky. It’s more about compatibility for our son. (No small places, that kind of thing). But it was exhausting after a few days using Google to do a small amount of research. I’m on vacation. I don’t want to spend more time on my phone than i have to. So on Sunday my wife said “I know you want to go to a brewery”. It only took about a minute overall. Just wanted a relatively decent variety of food options beyond something thrown into a deep fryer out of a box from Sysco or Gordon’s. I understand it’s a brewery. The beer also had to be good. Settled on Ballast Point. I told the staff AI said they were the best option.

Charlie’s a grifter now.

I used ChatGPT in San Diego when I wanted to go to a brewery but also a place with decent enough food for non drinkers including a 78 year old aunt and a comfortable setting. It worked. The follow up questions were concise and on Target. It does what Google did 15 years ago.

I was listening to that for a few hours today.

I have 2 VHS copies. 2 DVD copies. ‘Special” editions. And it’s been on my DVR for a few years. But every time it’s on TV I sit and watch. The sequence starting with Boom boom thru Rays music is so awesome. I could do without all the Carrie Fisher stuff though. there is a video on YouTube where a guy shows all the filming locations today.

RIP Steve Cropper

Gary Hart's career ended because he had a girlfriend on a boat with him. Howard Dean's career ended because he yelled into the microphone in a weird way.

Inge complained when the Tigers signed a HOF catcher and again when they signed a, then HOF 3B.

I don't like rules put in place because we got smarter and somehow that means the quality of play went down.... it's a variation of the shift. As for the special pinch hitter.... I'd say instead of the ghost runner try that. Preference is not do anything but if I had to pick between the two, I'd go with the special pinch hitter.

It was a beautiful night down there with my family. Very fortunate to have a friend whose company has a suite, he’s in charge of it. With my youngest son’s issues it’s extremely convenient. This goes back to the Pistons at the Palace. Every year he threw a couple of Pistons games at us. When they opened LCA he did the same. He’s a hockey guy, a coach and player, so he respects the game. Last few years all 4 of us rarely got to go together as my oldest was working. Tonight it worked out. My buddy is close to retirement, maybe in January, so I have no idea if we will get to go back. But I’m very grateful and don’t take it for granted. I love going to Wings games in the winter.

That reminded me of some Sega NHL ‘94 goals I scored. I had a play down pat.

Cheers fellas. First game this year.

yes, I used the wrong word.

The problem, and this is a success by Trump and his team because they enabled it to some degree I think, is the "Trump is crazy, he's losing it, he's dying, he's finally crossed the line, this time it's reallygoing to happen" stories have been beaten to death for 9 years. It's not news. It doesn't sell. Back in 2017 and 2018 we all thought he'd be taken down by the likes of Manafort, Flynn, Mueller's going to rescue all of us.... then it was Georgia, then it was Jack Smith.... He's indestructible. Stories about his demise and mental well being just don't register anymore beyond the echo chamber. Everybody knows what he is and what he's like. I mean... if I see another tweet by George Conway along the likes of "This guy really lost it....". I almost think Conway is trolling us with crap like that. Yes, I believed you the 4,000 other times you said it. It's just a giant circle jerk now.

Yes. I remember that now. Some of us more curious people asked about other races. Whoever the teacher at the time gave some BS answer trying to divide us all into white,black, and…. Yes… “Oriental”. Variations among that was due to inbreeding. Dennis Hopper in True Romance had nothing on these Bible thumpers.

It was common belief in the fundamentalist r Christian world until the late 80s at least that interracial marriage was frowned upon because “god made rivers and oceans and mountains to keep the races separate “. That’s what I was taught by them.