Werkrobotwerk Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Morihalda said: Oh man, Destiny was a ton of fun! I miss playing the second one, too. It's one of those games I love, but it also has a bunch of stuff that just drives me crazy 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted February 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Loim said: Getting old was a terrible idea. Absolutely agree! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Loim said: I haven't had to switch to readers yet, but I do have to take my glasses off to see anything up close now. I suspect my next prescription will be bifocals. Getting old was a terrible idea. But it beats the alternative of waking up looking at the bottom side of grass. GEM 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPete Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I'm watching the 90s Addams Family movies. They're as good as I remember. And they have such healthy relationships. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratsmitglied Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 15 hours ago, Green Eyed Monster said: Right now we are near the minimum in the cycle, where sunspot activity is at its lowest and the suns surface is at its lowest temp. This is the indication on the surface of the lower energy activity inside and the lower energy output impinging on planet earth. The low sunspot activity coincides with a reduction in the magnetic flux lines breaking the surface and the lower energy output. Soon the cycle will begin to go up and we will see increased sunspot activity and magnetic flux lines, increased radio interference, and an uptick in energetic weather activities. The arctic jet stream will stay farther north and our weather patterns will be under greater influence from the warmer oceanic upwellings due to the increased solar input. And so the cycle will contine with fluctuations due to the nuclear furnace in the sky operating the way such things do, until that time when the mathematical balance goes off balance from the nuclear fuel cycle running its course and our sun turns into a red giant and finally a brown dwarf. Actually....sunspots are the cooler areas of the sun, not the warmer areas. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redambrosia Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, CaptainPete said: I'm watching the 90s Addams Family movies. They're as good as I remember. And they have such healthy relationships. Yes, my relationship with my brother was build on a mutual desire to end each other in the most gruesome way possible too 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, ratsmitglied said: Actually....sunspots are the cooler areas of the sun, not the warmer areas. Relative to the hot areas, yes. A reduction in sunspot activity is related to the reduction in magnetic flux line breaking through the outer layers of the sun, related to the Maunder Minimum. That's the very basic level explanation. If you want the actual mathematical explanation I defer to Dr. Michio Kaku and several other well know physicists with specific expertise in this area. GEM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Eyed Monster Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 At least one 4 legged resident of Tyler, Texas is enjoying the cold weather: https://laughingsquid.com/husky-refuses-to-come-in-from-snow/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=laughing_squid_blog_posts&utm_term=2021-02-18 GEM 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, CaptainPete said: I'm watching the 90s Addams Family movies. They're as good as I remember. And they have such healthy relationships. Yup. So, in thinking about how to raise the Hamsterling, one thing I've been thinking about is music, and wanting to make sure he's exposed to a LOT of it, and a wide variety of it. So... I found a list. Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. I'm a couple of albums into it, and have the thought that maybe I should record my thoughts on each? If nothing else, it's something else I can write about for my blog, though this definitely falls well outside what I usually write about. And I can't imagine I'll be writing more than a sentence or two for each. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuldGrump Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 hours ago, haldir said: What can I say, it's my day off. Squirrels need at least 1 day of rest! Obviously fake. Starbuck's got there first. The Auld Grump 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crowley Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 21 minutes ago, Corsair said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5VIhUDRze8 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegazus Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Crowley said: So, in thinking about how to raise the Hamsterling, one thing I've been thinking about is music, and wanting to make sure he's exposed to a LOT of it, and a wide variety of it. So... I found a list. Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. I'm a couple of albums into it, and have the thought that maybe I should record my thoughts on each? Really thought I would do the same. Exposed them to decades and genres wide and far! And so what do my teens listen to?! Musak. Specifically, Italian mellow sounds by Generic Instrumental Group #2515. On CD. Bleah. I’m not entirely sure they don’t have a years long troll going. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowley Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, Pegazus said: Really thought I would do the same. Exposed them to decades and genres wide and far! And so what do my teens listen to?! Musak. Specifically, Italian mellow sounds by Generic Instrumental Group #2515. On CD. Bleah. I’m not entirely sure they don’t have a years long troll going. Kinda shocked it's not Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beats to Study/Relax to, but maybe that was so last year? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Man. That's legit kinda depressing. They're so close to good things. I can't help but offer a totally unsolicited plan of attack: Try to make the jump from muzak to bossa nova, Antônio Carlos Jobim or Getz/Gilberto, or throw on some Milt Jackson for xylophone done right (Bags & Trane with Coltrane is killer, and I absolutely adore his later Sunflower). If they have any bent at all for an electronic/post-rock/jazz vibe hit 'em with early Tortoise (TNT or Millions Now Living Will Never Die). Honestly literally just try anything to save them from the soulless Lawrence Welk of our day and age. 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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