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Quincy Jones, 91.

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If Ted Cruz can lose, that would be sweet! Don't let the door hit him in the ass as he flees to Cancun.

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Civic duty completed!

Here's hoping that gets me off some of the calling/texting/mailing lists. I hate being in a swing state.

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In person absentee voting begins for us tomorrow. My wife and I will probably vote tomorrow morning, then take the college kid to vote on Friday, when he doesn't have any classes.

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Phoebe wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 8:19 pm New Lord of rings show, prequel with story of ring creation. Jury is still out.

I watched the first season and it was so-so. Still need to start watching the second season. It's an interesting take on Tolkien lore, but it's just missing a little something, it feels like.

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I've seen pictures where old houses used to have a slot in the wall where you could dispose of your used, dull razor blades, but there wasn't actually a container for them, they would just fall into the gap between the plaster/sheet rock of the wall. Makes remodeling old houses a bit hazardous.

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How do you safely dispose of your used blades?

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Oof, that sucks. How can they mess up direct deposit? It's like 3 things: routing number, account number, and whether it's a checking or savings account. And if it works once, just repeat. Sorry you guys are going through this situation, and hope she is able to find something else quickly.

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Trump was in our small Wisconsin village today, speaking at a local factory. First Republican presidential candidate to campaign here in decades. And pisses me off that he's here, spewing his hate in my town.

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I'm so frustrated with the administration's response to this whole thing, letting Netanyahoo pretty much drive us into WWIII. And the seeming disregard for Palestinian civilian lives is disgusting.

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Is it just me, or does it seem like the rule of 3 has been thrown out the window and we're dealing with a lot of celebrity deaths all the sudden?

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Pete Rose, 83.

My uncle took me to a number of Reds games when I was little and I loved watching Rose, Bench, et al. Too bad he broke the cardinal rule of baseball and bet on it while still in the game. I personally think the lifetime ban was deserved.

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Forgot to also mention John Ashton, 76, from Beverly Hills Cop.

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I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that Zachary Levi is endorsing Trump. He used to advocate for mental wellness, and now he's endorsing the person who is both mentally unwell, and who is also probably most responsible for mental unwellness in the majority of the population, both anxiety inducing ...

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Kris Kristofferson, 88, has joined the big convoy in the sky.

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Maggie Smith, 89.

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Sending hugs! You have value!

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Hope you continue to get better! "Well enough for government work" doesn't seem like that's as well as you would like.

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Man, yesterday was nuts! The GOP NC governor candidate was exposed as having posted on a porn site that he was a "black Nazi", among many other vile comments. A reporter for New York magazine that was covering RFK Jr's campaign was put on leave after admitting to having an online relations...

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Now there is some sort of attack in Lebanon where handheld pagers are exploding all over the place, killing and injuring quite a few people rather indiscriminately.

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Apparently, he's been involved in multiple armed standoffs with police in the past. An officer involved in one of those a few years ago said in an interview that he figured the guy was either dead or in jail.

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Another apparent assassination attempt. Suspect is a 60 yo white male, former Trump voter with a weird social media history. And oddly timed to distract from the pet-eating nonsense. It will be interesting to see what the history of this time reads like 20, 30, 40 years in the future.

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Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, dead at 63.

I did not realize he played the part of one of the Cobra Kai members in the original Karate Kid movies.

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And she got some shade in at JD Vance by signing it as a childless cat lady and including a picture of her with her cat.

And here is video of Trump and JD Vance's response.

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Swift endorsed Harris/Walz after last night's debate.

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I like the term "sane washing" about the media's coverage of Trump lately. Taking the nonsensical word-vomit that comes out of his mouth and turning it into something that seems coherent, leaving the media consumer with an impression that the man is more sane and intelligible than he reall...

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I have at least one case in my family tree of two brothers from one family marrying two sisters from another family, as well as at least one case of a brother marrying his brother's widow. But you have to go back to the 1800's or earlier to find those cases.

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James Earl Jones, 93.

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hoping the trip back is going well! Trip back was fine. We left very, very early Monday morning, drove straight through without spending the night anywhere (other than a quick nap in a rest area at one point), switched driving duties a few times, and made it back home to Madison Tuesday morning. Th...

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Purely anecdotal but hopefully promising: we drove cross country a few years ago to Seattle, and did it again this weekend, and there were very few Trump signs visible along the route this time compared to a significant number a few years ago.

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My oldest and their partner are moving to Seattle! They got a job at a daycare center just a ways north of the Space Needle and found an apartment a few blocks away from their work. They are flying out on 8/26 while my wife and I will be driving their car out to them over Labor Day weekend. They're...

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Awesome!

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This stuff with Trump at Arlington National Cemetery is another round of nutty stuff. And every news report that mentions that the employee declined to file charges should mention WHY she declined: because she was afraid of being harassed by Trump supporters.

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Found out this morning that a childhood friend of mine passed away yesterday morning. He had an injury that turned septic. I was close friends with him, his twin brother, and his younger brother. The younger brother passed away a number of years ago from a heart attack, so now there's only the one t...

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We lived on the Olympic Peninsula when that child was born, and have been back to visit the area every couple years since we moved back to the Midwest. We love it. My wife and I have thought about moving back out there when we retire.

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My oldest and their partner are moving to Seattle! They got a job at a daycare center just a ways north of the Space Needle and found an apartment a few blocks away from their work. They are flying out on 8/26 while my wife and I will be driving their car out to them over Labor Day weekend. They're ...

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And now RFK Jr has contacted the Harris/Walz campaign about a possible cabinet position in exchange for endorsing them. WTF is going through that guy's head? On second thought, I don't think I really want to know... (brainworm)

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We usually watch swimming and gymnastics and then tune out for the rest. Although the whole "trans" (she's not trans) Algerian boxer BS has been disheartening to watch her get attacked like that.

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WTF is going on with RFK Jr and this bear story?! What is with these people!?

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I started recording myself reading the Dragonlance Chronicles. I plan on posting this in a audio only format somehow. Possibly YouTube with any options for monetization or searching turned off. I plan on giving personal links to my kids. How do they hold up? I think I tried re-reading them a few ye...

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And he’s out, endorsing Kamala.

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You may have already seen it, I don't know. And I don't know how well it holds up. But I would suggest the 1982 made-for-TV movie: Don't Go To Sleep I remember a having a babysitter watch it while my parents were out for a date night, and it really left an impression at the time. All I'll say is: pi...

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Bob Newhart, 94.

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My heart goes out to you. I can't help much when we live so far apart, but let me know if there is anything at all I can do to help, even if it's just doing something to distract your mind for awhile. I love you (in a platonic way).

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I find that dream believable.

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Interesting, I just heard that a police officer went onto the roof to see about the suspicious person, saw the suspect had an AR-style rifle and the officer only had a handgun, so the officer backed off rather than confronting the suspect, which happened moments before the suspect opened fire.

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I'm not surprised at a lax in attitude by the Trump Secret Service detail. This is the Trump that on January 6 wanted the magnetometers removed from his rally because the crowd was "his people" and wouldn't try to hurt him even if they WERE armed. From what I've read, there are a fair numb...

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I’m glad he’s not dead or seriously injured. I don’t want him to be a martyr for his messed up political ideology. I’d rather he live out the remaining days of his life behind bars paying for the crimes we already know he’s committed. I do wonder what this will do to his state of mind, which seemed ...

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Lots of thoughts, but need some time to process.

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My love language is acts of service. Working to provide for my family, giving up my weekends to spend taking the kids to swim meets.

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