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nbmishoid

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    LBGTQ

    Sure, that one, too. Plenty others. But when he turned all that bully charm to support of the Iraq invasion, his appearance was not so charming. One thing, but a big thing. I am a fan of Martin Amis’ writing, and his love of Hitchens as a brother has helped me process Hitchens with a bit of forgiveness. He was just wrong, not a bad person.
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    LBGTQ

    Hitchens got a lot of things right. Several. This is one.
  3. Now Guild is more expensive than Taylor?
  4. Oh. My. God.
  5. Yep. Takes money, yes, but mostly it takes the will to do it. BV seems to have it.
  6. Tuco We are guilty, of a dreadful, selfish crime. Making the right life choice for one goddam time.
  7. Yes, Petroleum. And with the CE’s and ME’s I simply meant working with precisely known forces, dimensions, strengths etc leads to quite certain outcomes. Not having enough fundamental knowns, and having to run a thousand models to catch the possible distribution of outcomes eventually disabuses one of using the word ‘certainty’.
  8. I was thinking most PE’s. A biased sample, pun intended. As for black and white thinking, I can see that for conventional civil and mechanical types. But for those who are soaked in probabilistic type modeling and decision processes, not at all black and white, quite the opposite.
  9. The Mishtress certainly thinks so. Saw a movie set in Luanda, last week. Cops and robbers derivative stuff. But it was fascinating to see the changes in Luanda. If there is now a meth problem there, the economy must be very robust. We did wonder how in the world they did they chase scenes. For those familiar with Luanda traffic.
  10. I’ll take that hangin’ judge fella from Rock Ridge.
  11. WL I had that dizziness thing when at maximum fitness form. My doc told me not to worry about it (!). I did hit the floor, once. It passed, I’m sure yours will, too.
  12. Agreed. Many in the oil biz have lived many places. We’re on house #17. Most of those places had serious shortcomings, weather wise, culture wise, security wise. Makes me appreciate any kind of nice place.
  13. Circa 1/6/21 for me.
  14. Maybe 2010 he was with his band with the Brazilian guitarist, at the Mountain Winery above San Jose. We drove down from San Ramon and arrived way early, before parking was even open. But they were sympathetic and let us in. With drinks in hand we were walking behind the stage when the band comes up and does a 5 song sound check. Just for us. Hard to believe this happened. I might be as big a fan as Brat.
  15. Nah. Inspires everyone to simply put their whole body and soul into it. Can’t match the talent, but approaching the passion will do fine.
  16. Yes, it does. Take $. But, much less than one might think.. The main issue for almost everyone is getting a job out of Texas. Not everyone will get recruited, so there will be a long wait for most. But after that wait….
  17. Seattle winters are long and dark, due to the 48 degree latitude. But the ocean both moderates temps in the winter but provides lots of rain. We get just a bit more rain annually than Houston, almost all Nov-April. But the beauty does not abate for one second during the winter. We’re here for the beauty.
  18. Seattle downtown has had a setback, but not the regional metro area, which is 90% of the place. And Seattle’s issues have much to do with the pandemic. Something like 2700 small shops and restaurants closed due to no customers. Shopping patterns change. And there are the homeless. Still best place I’ve ever lived.
  19. Elections hereabouts are never unanimous. And, jokes aside, no one here is is undefeated. Society’s collective view is in fact represented, blunt instrument that it is, via elections, and laws enacted by our collective representatives. For those that don’t afterward support said laws, there are other elections and other societies. Back to the op topic, society’s collective view is that it is worth the lives of these kids, and all the gun suicides, to keep our eyes on the prize of most guns possible. Plenty to not like for all when it comes to important stuff.
  20. Well, to start with, society’s collective view on what is needed next. Is your forever cry fair game?
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