A GFCI (ground-fault circuit interrupter) is required for any wall socket within 6 feet of the kitchen sink, kitchen island/countertops, garage outlets, exterior, bathrooms, wet bars, and crawl spaces. The fuse heats up faster than the wire and burns out before the wire can start a fire.
If you could change anything about your house that costs less than $3k, what would it be?
If you're staying in Chicago and plan on shuttling back and forth to the game, a group of us have booked Irish Express, $165 per person. That includes boozy brunch, shuttle to/from game with drinks, wifi, bathroom, and snacks on the way back. If you're interested, please call Eric at Irish Express directly at 847-867-3515, and give him the group name "WRITE FOR CALIFORNIA" and he'll waive the 6% booking fee. There are less than 50 seats available as of this morning.
Also, Newellbany and I will be attending the game but are staying in South Bend and will share whatever pre-game plans we have when they are finalized.
Was wondering what was taking them so long to post it. But, yeah, that's a creative way of displaying rage above and beyond the usual because this was such an unconscionable act.
This event brought me to tears. I cried because the soul destroying pain that those families must endure. And I cried out of hopelessness because I think that - after an initial flurry of outrage - nothing will happen.
I'm having a hard time mustering up any meaningful reaction to it other than numbness. If the murder of 20 children at Sandy Hook didn't change anything, I'm not convinced anything will. The regular, senseless murder of schoolchildren is a price the nation is apparently willing to pay for unfettered access to guns.
I had a similar reaction. This nation has shown it is perfectly fine sacrificing innocent men, women and children so that people can continue to have access to guns. In fact, I am convinced that if somehow Biden, Dems and some Republicans actually passed anti-gun legislation and reform, it would just be overturned by SCOTUS on a 5-4 vote.
Just one more overwhelmingly sad event. But in the Senate many hearts are hardened and inured to school violence as they are in hock to the gun lobby. It's time for sweeping change in all facets of gun laws, never mind the 2nd amendment which is always upheld as a fig leaf but was never intended by the framers to permit 300+ million guns in the hands of citizens.
I don’t think we need to repeal the 2nd Amendment entirely but we need to actually limit it to what the framers intended, the right of members of regulated state sanctioned militias/national guard to own a gun.
I'm okay with not repealing the 2nd Amendment as long as we recognize that the basis for the 2nd Amendment no longer exists and that gun control laws are, therefore, not unconstitutional.
I'm much more concerned that we continue to have people who are enough in command of their faculties to perform the logistics of these events that despite knowing they are most likely going to die, or worse, see causing a multi-casualty, mass destruction incident, regardless of the tool of choice, as their best course of action. In this case, at least preliminarily, there was apparently no history of mental issues, so how do you find and address a ticking time bomb, which *WILL* go off at some point?
In a game started on the mound by Buehler, it was a different day off, or lack of one, that keyed the latest Dodgers win over the Nationals. Mookie Betts hit two of the team’s four home runs in a 9-4 triumph, the ninth consecutive Los Angeles triumph over Washington.
Betts was going to get Tuesday off, a planned rest day in the middle of a month-long schedule gauntlet that has the Dodgers playing 31 games in 30 days. But Cody Bellinger, who was set for a Wednesday off day, wasn’t feeling well Tuesday, so manager Dave Roberts swapped off days for the two outfielders.
“I was going to give Mookie a day off today,” Roberts told reporters at Nationals Park before the game, as shown on SportsNet LA. He then added with a smile, “I convinced him to play today, and he’ll be down tomorrow, regardless.”
FET -- I once had lunch at the table next to Boris Becker in St Tropez. He was with his agent or something, and it was not too long after the broom closet incident. He didn't look great even then.
Typical elimination road game for the Dubs, trot out the youth to get some experience, go down big with the home team hitting all their shots, have a comeback bid fall short and go home with rested starters ready to close out at Chase. OPJ should be available on Thursday and I'm hoping/expecting them to close it out tomorrow.
I guess the best part was the Mavs having to play their starters for 6 extra minutes when the Dubs bench came back. Steph Wiggs and Klay only played about 3. If Kerr really wanted to win he would've put Draymond back out there.
And both played well for the parts of the game I was able to watch. Good experience for them and they won't be as rusty should they need them due to an injury
SF Giants blow a 8-2 lead going into the top of the 7th. Tyler Rogers and his normally dirty slider fooled nobody and the Mets batted around in the top of the 8th to lead 11-8. Then it got crazier as the lead changed three times over the next 1.5 innings.
Things have really hit the fan in Niner-land after a couple of days of OTA's, as oft-injured former 1st-round pick Javon Kinlaw gets into two rather surreal spats with SI reporter and known schitt-disturber Grant Cohn. An emotional Kinlaw even jumped on Cohn's YouTube channel and threatened him...not a good look for any of the parties involved....
A's get timely hits and power from Pinder and Lowrie headline A's 7-5 victory over the Mariners in Seattle....snapping a 13-game losing streak against the M's...
I want to do a quartz “waterfall” island on my kitchen island. I already have quartz countertop on the island, so I just need to add the waterfall portion of it. Anyone know how expensive or difficult this is to do? Is it common to do it all at once or is it possible to add a waterfall?
I also want to tile the plywood under the quartz countertop to make it look cleaner and to hide the plywood that the quartz is sitting on.
We have granite countertops that were fabricated with bullnose edges. The 1-1/4" plywood support is in back of the edge, so that it's not readily visible. Unless you're looking up at the underside.
I think I have bullnose. The edges of the plywood is not visible as it is covered by the quartz.
I am looking up from the underside. I’m thinking of using tile to cover the plywood and then continue the tile down the back of the cabinets to hide all wood. It will be like a tiled waterfall under the quartz.
I’m going to tile a portion of my fireplace and I will probably use matching tile for both projects.
I wish this site would allow pictures to be uploaded in comments.
Yeah, I figured they were mostly all done at once since you typically have 45 degree cuts between the two pieces of material. Other than aesthetics, are 45 degree cuts necessary for the structural integrity?
What is a nosing? I assume you’re taking about the expose plywood that the quartz sits on? I can see the plywood when I am under the island counter, it is painted to try to blend it in.
We are slowly relandscaping our front yard section by section. So my current home improvement for less than $3k would be to get my sprinkler system repaired so that it can function on a timer. I can then use the existing pvc pipes and convert the sprinklers to drip lines.
Just got our 97 year old door handle repaired again this morning for $75. Looks like we can get a more permanent repair done for <$200. It's amazing how the little things (two stripped hex key screws) can really mess with your home's functionality like not being able to use your front door.
I need to get my kitchen backsplash sorted out (I am currently without as I removed it when I got my new counters last month, and I have yet to get someone in to install a new one).
...or get a stainless steel backsplash. We had a stainless steel backsplash fabricated in a diamond pattern for the area behind the sink above the granite 4" backsplash. 20 years old this fall and it still looks good.
We also put stainless above hardwood counters in our basement studio kitchen.
A backsplash is a project we've been procrastinating on for years. The missus wants to install one ourselves but we don't have a tile cutter and I've never done a backsplash before (or any tiling, really). I'm leaning towards a professional installation, unless it's egregiously expensive...
We did this too. Were going to get custom tiles, but the delivery would take too long. Backup plan was some nice glass tiles. However, they were a bit more expensive to install.
I somehow accidentally skipped an episode on S3 of Love Death + Robots. I went back and watched "Bad Travelling". Holy shit. That was the best animated short that I've ever seen. (21/19, WB, Netflix) It's a masterpiece 21-minute horror film about morality. And by horror - I don't mean jump scares, but unique imagery and situations that set a new standard on how to tickle fear and repulsion. Also, several days later - I still find myself thinking about the "Jibaro" episode - the season finale that had a simpler story, but its animation was mesmerizing.
I thought that was the best episode of this season and of the whole series to date. I was surprised you didn’t mention it the other day when you posted about LD+R, now I know why you didn’t mention it.
I saw a screening of Race to Alaska last night in Pasadena. It was a fantastic documentary covering the first four years of the 750nm bonkers endurance race from Port Townsend, WA to Kethikan, AK on any craft without a motor. Everything from sailboats to stand up paddle boards were entered. https://r2ak.com/
When it comes to theaters near you I'd recommend checking it out. 19/19 WB
While it's only a single state, Trump had his diapered flabby ass spanked in the Georgia primaries. Trump vowed revenge in Georgia because they wouldn't overturn the election, but his endorsed challengers all got crushed by incumbents Gov. Kemp (+52 percentage points), Sec of State Raffensperger (+19 points), and AG Carr (+48 points). However, MTG won by 53 points and will almost certainly win as the district is about a 50 point GOP lean.
Do you think Herschel no shows the primary debate like he did the GQP debate? I am not sure Herschel can string together 2 coherent sentences in a debate setting.
Indeed. I posit that the 2nd Amendment is unnecessary given that the United States has the best trained and equipped standing army in the world.
The 2nd Amendment exists in no small part because the Framers had a deep distrust of standing armies but recognized that some sort of defensive force was necessary for the defense of the nascent nation. Hence, the opening two clauses of the 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,..."
I posit that the Framers, were they alive and well today, would recognize that the 2nd Amendment is not necessary.
The irony being that the Originalists would either ignore or deny the argument outlined above.
I do, how “Orginalist” just ignore those opening clauses. The founders state at the very beginning the requirements to own a gun.
I also take a bit more darker view of the founders and the 2nd amendment. As I believe they mainly intended it as a way for Americans and colonists to more easily commit genocide against Native Americans and hold African Americans in slavery and prevent slave uprisings.
Also, supporters of the 2nd would argue that owning guns is needed in case we need to take up arms against the government and fight that well trained and equipped military.
He's playing at a fairly new venue outside DC next month. Touring for the 50th anniversary of American Pie. Man am I old. Later this year the venue has Gordon Lightfoot, Box Scaggs, Men at Work. Also Vince Gill and Lee Greenwood to mix in some old country.
I think I'd like raclette, but I don't know anywhere nearby that does it, and am also not interested in trying to procure cheese to toast on my own, so...maybe TBell cheese fiesta potatoes are in my near future. Basically the same thing, right?
Wife made "antipasto salad" last night, basically all the antipasto stuff on a bed of arugula with fresh crostini - was perfect for a hot night dinner. Three valleys Zin from Ridge was a decent pairing.
Forgot to ask yesterday, the Missus wants to day trip to either Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard... I know nothing about either except there are beaches, Lighthouses and rich people. Any thoughts?
i think it is a chill NE vibe of nice beaches and nice little towns and food. mostly people go for a week of vacation but i imagine that in a day you will appreciate what it is all about.
the no car aspect appeals to people renting houses and have small kids ..
Been to Martha's Vineyard a couple times, decades ago. Charming. Small enough to bike most of it in a day. Used to have a famous club, Hot Tin Roof, which apparently is gone now. Never made it to Nantucket.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
Notre Dame game
If you're staying in Chicago and plan on shuttling back and forth to the game, a group of us have booked Irish Express, $165 per person. That includes boozy brunch, shuttle to/from game with drinks, wifi, bathroom, and snacks on the way back. If you're interested, please call Eric at Irish Express directly at 847-867-3515, and give him the group name "WRITE FOR CALIFORNIA" and he'll waive the 6% booking fee. There are less than 50 seats available as of this morning.
Also, Newellbany and I will be attending the game but are staying in South Bend and will share whatever pre-game plans we have when they are finalized.
do it now Oui We
Mater Dei 4-star LB Tre Edwards has Cal in final 4, decision soon. Recruiting pundits say UCLA
Meanwhile San Diego-Lincoln HS 4-star running back Roderick Robinson has Cal in final 8. Decision on May 26th at 10 am, CBS sports.
Add in an academic school to pretend like you give a crap about that? Or to appease the parents?
or maybe I'm just <strike>cynical</strike> a Cal fan.
also UCLA
The hat routine I suppose.
The most Aussie thing you'll read t'day, mate.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-man-arrested-for-allegedly-bashing-footy-fan-with-a-didgeridoo/989a2e54-adf7-453c-9211-ccd9d814b255
NASA's New Horizon spacecraft flew by Pluto. ICYMI: NASA crated a video from data received from it. I never thought I'd ever see this type of stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1fPhhTT2Oo
I assume it's visual representation of the radar since I pluto is too far away to get sunlight.
Uvalde
Guess who is banning guns at their event. I mean, it would be the mother-of-all places to have "good guy with a gun". I wonder what they're afraid of.
https://www.nraam.org/events/2022-events/friday-may-27/nra-ila-leadership-forum/
Looks like most wanted posters at the post office.
Check out the Onion homepage today:
https://www.theonion.com/
Was wondering what was taking them so long to post it. But, yeah, that's a creative way of displaying rage above and beyond the usual because this was such an unconscionable act.
Lawd almighty it's getting crowded on that page...
This event brought me to tears. I cried because the soul destroying pain that those families must endure. And I cried out of hopelessness because I think that - after an initial flurry of outrage - nothing will happen.
I'm having a hard time mustering up any meaningful reaction to it other than numbness. If the murder of 20 children at Sandy Hook didn't change anything, I'm not convinced anything will. The regular, senseless murder of schoolchildren is a price the nation is apparently willing to pay for unfettered access to guns.
I had a similar reaction. This nation has shown it is perfectly fine sacrificing innocent men, women and children so that people can continue to have access to guns. In fact, I am convinced that if somehow Biden, Dems and some Republicans actually passed anti-gun legislation and reform, it would just be overturned by SCOTUS on a 5-4 vote.
I think it would probably be 6-3, unfortunately.
Just one more overwhelmingly sad event. But in the Senate many hearts are hardened and inured to school violence as they are in hock to the gun lobby. It's time for sweeping change in all facets of gun laws, never mind the 2nd amendment which is always upheld as a fig leaf but was never intended by the framers to permit 300+ million guns in the hands of citizens.
I don’t think we need to repeal the 2nd Amendment entirely but we need to actually limit it to what the framers intended, the right of members of regulated state sanctioned militias/national guard to own a gun.
I'm okay with not repealing the 2nd Amendment as long as we recognize that the basis for the 2nd Amendment no longer exists and that gun control laws are, therefore, not unconstitutional.
So fucking infuriating.
I'm much more concerned that we continue to have people who are enough in command of their faculties to perform the logistics of these events that despite knowing they are most likely going to die, or worse, see causing a multi-casualty, mass destruction incident, regardless of the tool of choice, as their best course of action. In this case, at least preliminarily, there was apparently no history of mental issues, so how do you find and address a ticking time bomb, which *WILL* go off at some point?
same
This says it quite well https://twitter.com/desertrose1969/status/1529336310577647616?s=20&t=JpJVjHKA2M2bjDM3lzTVwA
That’s well said.
Dang, you are right.
PRO
Off day? Not for the red-hot Mookie Betts
https://www.truebluela.com/2022/5/24/23140477/mookie-betts-home-runs-dodgers-no-off-day-yet
In a game started on the mound by Buehler, it was a different day off, or lack of one, that keyed the latest Dodgers win over the Nationals. Mookie Betts hit two of the team’s four home runs in a 9-4 triumph, the ninth consecutive Los Angeles triumph over Washington.
Betts was going to get Tuesday off, a planned rest day in the middle of a month-long schedule gauntlet that has the Dodgers playing 31 games in 30 days. But Cody Bellinger, who was set for a Wednesday off day, wasn’t feeling well Tuesday, so manager Dave Roberts swapped off days for the two outfielders.
“I was going to give Mookie a day off today,” Roberts told reporters at Nationals Park before the game, as shown on SportsNet LA. He then added with a smile, “I convinced him to play today, and he’ll be down tomorrow, regardless.”
GBBR
Boris Becker jailed ahead of his deportation from the UK. In other news, Boris is looking old.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/25/boris-becker-moved-prison-for-foreigners-sign-will-be-deported
Holy Crap he is looking old. I still remember watching him win in 1985, his first Wimbledon.
Doesn’t even look like the same guy!
FET -- I once had lunch at the table next to Boris Becker in St Tropez. He was with his agent or something, and it was not too long after the broom closet incident. He didn't look great even then.
Warriors mount a semi-comeback in 4th Q after being down 30.
Dallas was shooting well from outside and played a solid game when they needed to. lets hope for better at home ...
Typical elimination road game for the Dubs, trot out the youth to get some experience, go down big with the home team hitting all their shots, have a comeback bid fall short and go home with rested starters ready to close out at Chase. OPJ should be available on Thursday and I'm hoping/expecting them to close it out tomorrow.
I guess the best part was the Mavs having to play their starters for 6 extra minutes when the Dubs bench came back. Steph Wiggs and Klay only played about 3. If Kerr really wanted to win he would've put Draymond back out there.
The Dubs do love a Gentleman's Sweep
Yeah, when they trotted out Kuminga-Moody lineups in the first half I knew the Warriors were messing around with this one.
And both played well for the parts of the game I was able to watch. Good experience for them and they won't be as rusty should they need them due to an injury
SF Giants blow a 8-2 lead going into the top of the 7th. Tyler Rogers and his normally dirty slider fooled nobody and the Mets batted around in the top of the 8th to lead 11-8. Then it got crazier as the lead changed three times over the next 1.5 innings.
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2022/5/24/23140896/giants-mets-recap-joc-pederson-brandon-crawford
My brother's and my text exchange throughout the meltdown/comeback was one for the ages. Long live King Joc.
Dallas almost blew a lead as well.
Gigantes are going through some stuff, man
I wonder if relievers are going through a dead arm period with the shortened spring training. Dodgers relievers were having similar issues last week+.
In fairness to Rogers, he did get a lot of ground balls that found holes and was very unlucky in that inning.
Things have really hit the fan in Niner-land after a couple of days of OTA's, as oft-injured former 1st-round pick Javon Kinlaw gets into two rather surreal spats with SI reporter and known schitt-disturber Grant Cohn. An emotional Kinlaw even jumped on Cohn's YouTube channel and threatened him...not a good look for any of the parties involved....
https://youtu.be/bWYQdWaFXHo
A's get timely hits and power from Pinder and Lowrie headline A's 7-5 victory over the Mariners in Seattle....snapping a 13-game losing streak against the M's...
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/ms-dominance-over-as-ends-at-13-straight-as-seattle-falls-7-5/
Home improvement for less than $3k
I need to repaint the shutters (probably this weekend). I'll put a smidge of the $3k towards supplies and pocket the rest as labor.
I want to do a quartz “waterfall” island on my kitchen island. I already have quartz countertop on the island, so I just need to add the waterfall portion of it. Anyone know how expensive or difficult this is to do? Is it common to do it all at once or is it possible to add a waterfall?
I also want to tile the plywood under the quartz countertop to make it look cleaner and to hide the plywood that the quartz is sitting on.
You don't have nosing on that? How odd. I think those are done all at once, 45 degree cuts.
Or bullnose.
We have granite countertops that were fabricated with bullnose edges. The 1-1/4" plywood support is in back of the edge, so that it's not readily visible. Unless you're looking up at the underside.
I think I have bullnose. The edges of the plywood is not visible as it is covered by the quartz.
I am looking up from the underside. I’m thinking of using tile to cover the plywood and then continue the tile down the back of the cabinets to hide all wood. It will be like a tiled waterfall under the quartz.
I’m going to tile a portion of my fireplace and I will probably use matching tile for both projects.
I wish this site would allow pictures to be uploaded in comments.
1-1/4? 5/8 is the standard.
Yeah, I figured they were mostly all done at once since you typically have 45 degree cuts between the two pieces of material. Other than aesthetics, are 45 degree cuts necessary for the structural integrity?
What is a nosing? I assume you’re taking about the expose plywood that the quartz sits on? I can see the plywood when I am under the island counter, it is painted to try to blend it in.
why are you crawling around on the floor of the kitchen?
We are slowly relandscaping our front yard section by section. So my current home improvement for less than $3k would be to get my sprinkler system repaired so that it can function on a timer. I can then use the existing pvc pipes and convert the sprinklers to drip lines.
Just got our 97 year old door handle repaired again this morning for $75. Looks like we can get a more permanent repair done for <$200. It's amazing how the little things (two stripped hex key screws) can really mess with your home's functionality like not being able to use your front door.
I need to get my kitchen backsplash sorted out (I am currently without as I removed it when I got my new counters last month, and I have yet to get someone in to install a new one).
...or get a stainless steel backsplash. We had a stainless steel backsplash fabricated in a diamond pattern for the area behind the sink above the granite 4" backsplash. 20 years old this fall and it still looks good.
We also put stainless above hardwood counters in our basement studio kitchen.
Why didn't the counter guys do it?
They would have done it if I wanted slab backsplash, but I want a tiled wall all the way up to the cabinets, which they don't do.
A backsplash is a project we've been procrastinating on for years. The missus wants to install one ourselves but we don't have a tile cutter and I've never done a backsplash before (or any tiling, really). I'm leaning towards a professional installation, unless it's egregiously expensive...
I don't think putting tile on the backsplash is that difficult. You can do it Scootie!
We did this too. Were going to get custom tiles, but the delivery would take too long. Backup plan was some nice glass tiles. However, they were a bit more expensive to install.
eh, I would argue it's better to have a 4 or 6 inch slab, and then the tile.
Probably a new vanity, sink, lighting and mirror for the kids bathroom.
Yeah, right: who do you think you're fooling?
Socket
..to me, baby.
Site is an interesting website about the local real estate market.
https://socketsite.com/
Seems to be SF centric.
Apparently "local" means "local to SF"
Wrench
and the ever missing 10mm
Got a metric bolt? Can't fine a metric socket. Got a regular bolt , can't find a regular socket.
Amateurs.
DBD AV Club
I somehow accidentally skipped an episode on S3 of Love Death + Robots. I went back and watched "Bad Travelling". Holy shit. That was the best animated short that I've ever seen. (21/19, WB, Netflix) It's a masterpiece 21-minute horror film about morality. And by horror - I don't mean jump scares, but unique imagery and situations that set a new standard on how to tickle fear and repulsion. Also, several days later - I still find myself thinking about the "Jibaro" episode - the season finale that had a simpler story, but its animation was mesmerizing.
I just watched Jibaro. That was truly strange, and I mean that as a compliment
I thought that was the best episode of this season and of the whole series to date. I was surprised you didn’t mention it the other day when you posted about LD+R, now I know why you didn’t mention it.
The animation in Jibaro was beautiful.
I saw a screening of Race to Alaska last night in Pasadena. It was a fantastic documentary covering the first four years of the 750nm bonkers endurance race from Port Townsend, WA to Kethikan, AK on any craft without a motor. Everything from sailboats to stand up paddle boards were entered. https://r2ak.com/
When it comes to theaters near you I'd recommend checking it out. 19/19 WB
Have you seen Maiden? Seems up your alley.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
While it's only a single state, Trump had his diapered flabby ass spanked in the Georgia primaries. Trump vowed revenge in Georgia because they wouldn't overturn the election, but his endorsed challengers all got crushed by incumbents Gov. Kemp (+52 percentage points), Sec of State Raffensperger (+19 points), and AG Carr (+48 points). However, MTG won by 53 points and will almost certainly win as the district is about a 50 point GOP lean.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/us/politics/trump-perdue-georgia.html
I feel like Herschel Walker's win is good news for Warnock.
It's hard to poke holes in Hershel's policy platform.
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1529281988158541825
Do you think Herschel no shows the primary debate like he did the GQP debate? I am not sure Herschel can string together 2 coherent sentences in a debate setting.
I read that all of the Republicans in Georgia have said they won't participate in any debates with Democrats.
Another angle on Trump getting smoked in Georgia...
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/25/trump-georgia-five-takeaways-primary-2022-00035017
We've done it, America. The CDC says that the #1 cause of death of American children is now firearms, finally exceeding automotive crashes.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2201761
Repeal the Second Amendment
The United States is more likely to disintegrate than the 2nd Amendment being repealed.
I know that. Doesn't mean I can't say it.
^^this^^
Indeed. I posit that the 2nd Amendment is unnecessary given that the United States has the best trained and equipped standing army in the world.
The 2nd Amendment exists in no small part because the Framers had a deep distrust of standing armies but recognized that some sort of defensive force was necessary for the defense of the nascent nation. Hence, the opening two clauses of the 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,..."
I posit that the Framers, were they alive and well today, would recognize that the 2nd Amendment is not necessary.
The irony being that the Originalists would either ignore or deny the argument outlined above.
I don’t understand, well
I do, how “Orginalist” just ignore those opening clauses. The founders state at the very beginning the requirements to own a gun.
I also take a bit more darker view of the founders and the 2nd amendment. As I believe they mainly intended it as a way for Americans and colonists to more easily commit genocide against Native Americans and hold African Americans in slavery and prevent slave uprisings.
Also, supporters of the 2nd would argue that owning guns is needed in case we need to take up arms against the government and fight that well trained and equipped military.
When we set our mind to it, there’s nothing we can’t do.
Elsewhere in college
Shanghai University - like MIT - has a swimming requirement to graduate. They announced that the exam will be online.
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3177993/chinese-university-becomes-laughing-stock-after
B-sides - does this mean anything to you?
American Pie by Don McLean is its own B-side.
the song is so long that you have to flip over the single halfway thru ...
American Pie is 8:32 in time. There are six verses. Verse 4 (begins "Helter Skelter in a summer swelter") begins at about the 4:00 mark.
I hate that song with the fire of a thousand songs. I wish someone would shove that pie up his ass and tell him to shut the fuck up
But I know that you're in love with him
Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man I dig those rhythm and blues!
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the Music died.
I saw a story that he just pulled out.
He's playing at a fairly new venue outside DC next month. Touring for the 50th anniversary of American Pie. Man am I old. Later this year the venue has Gordon Lightfoot, Box Scaggs, Men at Work. Also Vince Gill and Lee Greenwood to mix in some old country.
Boz Scaggs - my wife liked him, Men at Work is total crap.
Interesting, never knew that.
Uneasy Rider is on the b-side of the Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band
a funny song/story about driving thru the deep South ... makes me LOL every time.
lold. but yes I do know what you mean.
But of course!
How to say you're old without saying you're old.
It does if you had stacks of 45s.
B’s get degrees. That’s what this means to me.
Baby, D's get degrees. Trust me on this.
Means something to me, some of my favorite Sparks songs are B-sides: Barbecutie, Lost and Found, Alabamy Right.
That's a good one. They have some fantastic covers.
I think I'd like raclette, but I don't know anywhere nearby that does it, and am also not interested in trying to procure cheese to toast on my own, so...maybe TBell cheese fiesta potatoes are in my near future. Basically the same thing, right?
heading to Switz this summer. i think that is on the list of things to eat!
This sounds like Bad Idea.
Oh thank god you're here. Which wine do you think would go best with cheesy fiesta potatoes?
And if you're running out, you know where to go, and as luck would have it, I'm having a HH up on the deck at 5:30 today
😉
You know... actually almost any red goes well with cheese.
Sink socket, why do you have the socket in your sink, SGBear?
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DBD test kitchen
all the constraints in our house these days make for tricky cooking and ordering and eating out these days ...
- older daughter, lactose intolerant
- younger daughter, giving up meat
- me, high cholesterol
- wife, pre-diabetic
Some of us have all those constraints rolled into one person!
Hitting the jackpot!
Wife made "antipasto salad" last night, basically all the antipasto stuff on a bed of arugula with fresh crostini - was perfect for a hot night dinner. Three valleys Zin from Ridge was a decent pairing.
Forgot to ask yesterday, the Missus wants to day trip to either Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard... I know nothing about either except there are beaches, Lighthouses and rich people. Any thoughts?
i have never been but getting there w/ your car can be tricky.
i would investigate in advance ... so you should plan accordingly.
there are lots of ferries so not worried about that... just wondering what here is to do
i think it is a chill NE vibe of nice beaches and nice little towns and food. mostly people go for a week of vacation but i imagine that in a day you will appreciate what it is all about.
the no car aspect appeals to people renting houses and have small kids ..
Nantucket -- more compact, easier to navigate. Cute little town where the ferry lands.
Been to Martha's Vineyard a couple times, decades ago. Charming. Small enough to bike most of it in a day. Used to have a famous club, Hot Tin Roof, which apparently is gone now. Never made it to Nantucket.
Nantucket: I think of whaling - sleigh ride
I think of windy beaches and cold water