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Reminds me of the opening of Office Space, which is about as good as it gets for comedy. I pity all the people stuck in traffic. I zip by them frequently on my bicycle. :D I haven't used my car for 23 days. Poured some fuel preservative in the tank a couple days ago.

I lived in Hollywood and Venice, both in the 60's. I had a car. Traffic wasn't so bad, is my recollection.

When that highway was proposed, it was to go through our property in Cheviot Hills. They changed the plan, moved it south by a couple blocks. When built, it let my dad drive to work downtown pretty quick (instead of city streets). I guess the traffic is 10x worse these days...

He's been on my ignore list for quite some time, assuming you're talking about Felix.

I watched this longish video to completion the other day. It's very well done by a guy who knows what he's talking about. I couldn't stop. Now, TBH, I drink almost no alcohol, so little in fact that it's virtually no concern. I have enough alcohol in the house to probably kill 1/2 a dozen...

I didn't wear masks in public prior to covid-19, but I had a stash of N95's already because I had an outdoor project in 2017 that took weeks and wildfires were raging not far from me. They came in handy in 2020. I bought more then but the prices quadrupled or more. They've come back down now...

I grew up in West L.A. Before freeways existed. You used to have to drive downtown on streets like Venice Blvd. or Washington Blvd. It does not take an hour to get downtown. Well, I don't live there anymore, but I doubt it. Never been to Pac Heights.

My recollection was that he was a sort of homeless character in Berkeley, which is right across the bay, a 20 minute train ride. He's a stupid character.

Me too. I didn't read past the first few questions. I have been contemplating scanning the thing and posting the scans here, but have been wondering if it's a good idea. I mean, there IS something deplorable about showing people that. After reading the first few questions I thought to write...

Yeah, I know I can access it through the PUB, but probably not as convenient as being a subscriber, no? Edit: That looks to be New York Times Audio. I am not into audio except for music. Have never done a book audio, don't do podcasts, being people talking. I read interviews, articles, etc...

Virtue signalling is a pejorative neologism for the idea that an expression of a moral viewpoint is being done disingenuously, OK, yeah, well somehow by hook and crook, swindle, illegal payoffs, hush money, Russian interference, Trump got the White House for 4 years and Republicans are all...

That CANNOT BE LEGAL. Remind me to never set foot in N. Carolina. :rolleyes:

I subscribed for I guess a couple or years or more. It was IIRC $15/month, then they boosted it to $20, which was pricey but hey, it seemed to be the best online source for news, plus several people I know and have some respect for subscribed. Then I got info that I could subscribe for less. One...

I had an in-office with my hand doctor 5 days ago. I wore an N95 and the doctor knocks and walks in unmasked and asked me if I wanted him to don a mask and I said "I don't care." I was masked, after all, why should I care? I even wear a mask when I hike, it protects me from allergens. I also...

Here's the first 4 questions 1. Do you think it is right for the government to take more than 50% of anyone's income in taxes? Yes No Not sure 2. How concerned are you that Joe Biden's 87,000 new IRS agents will be unleashed on fixed-income, middle-class and lower-income individuals rather...

Totally right. Before voting by mail became free I used to vote in person. Waiting in line one day (probably over 10 years ago), I looked at a posted list of voters and affiliations and there were almost no Republicans. I think maybe one or two. So, ALMOST "literally" no Republicans here.

I totally would have done that but I would have had to put a FOREVER stamp on it. The cost would have been mine.

He didn't say "stop" the spread, he said "control." Clearly, vaccinations and mask wearing offered control mechanism. I don't always research things I post very thoroughly. I often figure it's better to present info/links than not, a judgement call. Now, I do very much believe that those who...

It was addressed to me. cover letter: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE EVERY MEMBER CANVAS The enclosed 4 page survey: Survey Number: 555692255 Please return within 9 days. <my name and address> Heading: NRCC EVERY MEMBER CANVAS PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR <my name in caps> On the...

Doh! It happened already (slight pullback end of day).

I got a letter the other day from the R party. They wanted me to fill in a survey that had totally loaded questions and multiple choice answers. It was infuriating. The inference was that anything that didn't make the rich richer was terrible. I wanted to express my indignation but it would have...

I expect a pull back, but nothing "concerning." If not, that's good news.

You are an admirable data point, but that's just you. Read the comments in the OP link, plenty of people have suffered covid infections, many multiple, many have long covid. You look at mask wearers side-eyed, but are foolish to do so.

No, but he will say it.

Saw the start of the Knicks/Pacers game at the gym yesterday. Just watched the highlights. What a rebound! Brunson is tough.

My plans this afternoon include bicycling up an elevation of 300 feet, then hiking up a sometimes steep trail an additional 800+ feet of elevation, looping back to my bike and stopping on the way home at The Berkeley Bowl, which I will (masked) shop for a single item. Will I keep score to...

That's a straight up insult and bullshit and you know it.

Sure, I had just read that. But that cannot be interpreted to mean that this KP.2 variant is "not a concern." That's bullshit.

Unless I'm on Prime (happens occasionally...) I never know how long or when Amazon shipments will arrive. USPS pretty much invariably lets me know via an advance email that an item is coming. Identifying what the item is usually takes some detective work, and I often do figure it out. Amazon, it...

He didn't say it would "just go away," he said we had a "chance to contain it." With far wider mass vaccination and mask wearing the bell curve could have been way suppressed and the health care systems not stretched to the limit with patients lining the walls, cadaver trucks in the streets and...

WRONG! Nowhere in the article is it said that it's not a concern. Covid IS a concern. Any so called "scientist" who says it isn't is not to be trusted, and I certainly do not trust you. I don't consider those comments alarmist, they are informed and in the case of the first, replete with links...

Here's another interesting comment to the article linked in the OP: Federalist CaliforniaMay 10 I am not as worried about a new covid strain as I am about bird flu. So far the data from all known cases worldwide says that the disease has been 52% fatal. With the H5N1 bird flu virus spreading...

I just started watching the playoffs over the weekend on ABC. I cancelled my MAX Ultimate, didn't even try watching the playoffs on my Roku TV. I suffered through the Final Four (no thumbnails in FF/Pause/REW), don't need that for the Playoffs. I watched the Knicks/Pacers game yesterday because...

This should get you past the paywall for 14 days, i.e. until May 27, 2024: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/well/covid-flirt-variants-symptoms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r00.mVco.Wd_P75pW88GS&smid=url-share Tip: a lot of the comments are really good. I especially like this one... Nick L...

To my knowledge, I never have. Well, I saw Oppenheimer at one of the ultimate venues in August, but I bought it through Fandango. I tried to use a non-expiring gift card that I'd had for many years (birthday present), but Fandango said it was expired. :eek: I bitched my head off and they...

Um, especially pig meat. Trichinosis has been a thing for I guess centuries, well, millennia. I was thinking not so much these days, but I still think about it. As far as RFK Jr.'s mental capacities are concerned, uh,

Clouds started coming in around 11PM here, before that I could detect nothing with the naked eye. Nice crescent moon, though. Maybe tonight... supposed to be clear to midnight.

Colorblind me would probably not notice it. There's a neat crescent moon tonight, though. Clear but I see clouds on the horizon, they'll probably be moving in shortly. I think I heard them say tomorrow night will be better?

It might be pretty cool, I don't know. By faaaaaar the greatest celestial, cosmic observation experience I have ever had, I was laying on my roof here in Berkeley, CA, a meteor shower maybe 3 decades ago. Meteors of every brightness, color, speed, direction, coming from seemingly any part of the...

"Aurora may be seen as low as Florida to southern Texas and southern California" :oops: Edit: I may get up for this one. Edit2: Forecast is partly cloudy.