Dread Pirate Zed

Dear recent followers: if your timeline is nothing but reposts of politics memes and news stories, I won't be following you back even if I agree with you 100%. It's nothing personal - just like your timeline.

Pretty sure I know about five of them. Nice guys all of them, too.

Question for the movie folk: "Big Night" and "Good Will Hunting" were both projects developed by a pair of actors trying to kickstart/revitalize their careers. Any other examples - and if there are, did they work? It'd be interesting to make a playlist...

Looked away from the game for a moment and what did I see?

Somebody on here mentioned grits and I got a Craving. Nothing fancy - I followed the stovetop instructions from the package except I subbed in a Maggi chicken stock cube for the salt and I grated in about half a cup of pepper jack - but dag nab is it good.

Did any tech magazine/website/blog ever do a springtime roundup of dev tools and call it "The IDEs of March"? Hell of a missed opportunity if not.

Jesus wept.

Little Johnny is in sex ed class and he's very confused, so he raises his hand. "Teacher - aren't the testes and the prostate the same thing?" "No, Johnny. There's a vas deferens between them."

The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You, Charlie Brown

It started coming down HHARD about ten minutes ago, and this song always comes to mind on rainy nights... www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhLs...

New karaoke video: "Live Oak" by Jason Isbell The only karaoke versions I could find get the lyrics badly wrong, and I love this song too much to let that slide... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO0c...

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Charlie Brown

Stupid question: was the timing of Vivek's shitty ad and the recent discourse about family estrangement just synchronicity, or did one lead to the other?

So after finishing my darks and pairing all my socks, I'm left with _this_ nonsense. Is this fair, I ask you? (This is what I get for buying socks at Ross a 6-pack at a time.)

"Now, my assistant Lobo will come around carrying a sack in his mouth to collect your tickets for the silent auction... no, don't run away! Come back, everyone - who's afraid of the bid bag wolf?"

Q: Why do reggae fans fear VPNs? A: Because of NAT-T dread.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underthings

Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Charlie Brown

Burn Down the Mission, Charlie Brown (going in a slightly different direction with this one)

Take The Long Way Home, Charlie Brown

Don't Come Around Here No More, Charlie Brown

Stop Dragging My Heart Around, Charlie Brown

I Will Not Go Quietly, Charlie Brown

I Would Rather Go Blind, Charlie Brown

First single(album) you bought with your own money. No lying. Mine's a twofer: the very first time I had any money, I hitchhiked into Napa and bought tickets to Pink Floyd at Oakland Coliseum, plus the album they were touring on and The Wall because I missed listening to my big sister's record.

When my oldest sister moved out and got an apartment, I missed her so bad... The first time we visited her, I wandered over to her record collection and asked her "What's your loudest record?" She said "Finlandia" and I've loved it ever since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE0R...

For an atheist, I sure do love me a requiem - and the crescendo of the Sanctus leading up to "Hosanna in excelsis" gives me goosebumps every time. "In Paradisum" is the bit of Fauré's Requiem that's usually quoted - and it's great! - but give me the Sanctus every time. youtu.be/4xZbnY5jQSk?...

1/3 of a Scaramucci?

Earth Girls Are Easy for Tax Purposes