In grad school one of my fellow students was LDS. When he inevitably offered some of us a copy of the Book of Mormon I said, I have a copy of that, but could you get me Doctrines and Covenants or Pearl of Great Price? He said he'd get back to me. Never did.
The Onion jumping through hoops to try to top reality
I can hear that picture
I miss when email was text only.
At an alum event a slightly tipsy woman was telling a campus bigwig that she was a *big* donor to the university. I butted in to say that I worked for the university for 19 years so I'm not a big donor.
Clearly they are in management.
It's the box. Cats are addicted to boxes.
Longest drive without overnight stop, probably 16 hours. Longest solo road trip, two weeks.
Love that the terrible map uses the logo of the city of Frisco, Texas for the drink of the same name.
Treble clef
From the Star Trek episode "The Way to Eden," Mr. Spock and a space hippie are playing a musical duet. Mr. Spock is playing a traditional Vulcan lyre, while space hippie is plucking the spokes on a metal wheel.
Good to know the Lethelium will still be around in a few centuries...
Isn't that what exercise equipment is for?
Thinking about it is exhausting! Time for a nap.
Kittycurrency, OTOH, I'd invest in that.
Steinway, how boring. Even Tony Stark had a Blüthner.
Farmer who had hay fever so grandma and the ten kids worked hard; mechanic who did OK during the depression because anybody who had a car needed to keep it running
Nice mug shot.
I grew up in New Orleans and I think that overloaded my brain with place names that are pronounced differently than you'd expect. Even though I've been in Texas a combined total of 22 years I just try to avoid saying place names out loud because I'm always wrong.
Gary Five and Gary Six 😀
Aliens at some point in the past came to Earth to abduct/recruit Seven's ancestors. Two other agents had visited Earth before Seven went to check up on them. And is Isis an alien? Alien-altered cat?
Same mantle, mischievous cat is at the other end, or is he? There is a collection of cat statuettes of various heights. One seems particularly life-life and innocent-looking.
Who, me, mischievous?
Dark wood mantle over stone-work fireplace, cluttered with knick knacks, including a model of the USS Enterprise (no bloody A B C or D). At the end of the mantle is a mischievous red tabby who is peering up at the valance over a patio door, trying to decide if he can ascend to those heights next.
Unlike @gonzo.bsky.social Hobbes does not have access to a hellocobber shelf. He has, however, managed to get to the interprize shelf
And 10 vocal ensembles I've heard live:
1. Anonymous 4
2. The Tallis Scholars
3. Manhattan Transfer
4. Santa Fe Dessert Chorale
5. Chanticleer
6. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
7. Gesualdo Six
8. The King's Singers
9. Heinavanker Ensemble
10. The Capitol Steps
Now, let me introduce myself with a few of the instrumentalists that I've heard live:
1. Alisa Weilerstein
2. Hiliary Hahn
3. Barry Tuckwell
4. Richard Stolzman
5. Alicia de Larrocha
6. Rachel Barton Pine
7. András Schiff
8. Itzhak Perlman
9. Inon Barnaton
10. Joshua Bell
and so many others...
Introduce yourself with 10 bands/singers you’ve seen live.
1. Tony Bennett
2. Dawn Upshaw
3. Kathleen Battle
4. The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5. Reginald Mobley
6. Willie Nelson
7. Bobby McFerrin
8. Rebirth Brass Band
9. Steep Canyon Rangers
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ur not allowd on hellocobber shelf but sinse wen du ruels stopp u?
I'm using callcentric. They have a phone app for text messages. Voice mail emails me the audio. They also filter out spam and you can block numbers. Config is done online. I used to forward to Google phone to transcribe messages but I deleted my Google account last year.
Like I answer the phone LOL.
I have a secondary number, used to be VOIP, now goes to an app where I can get messages; calls directly go to voicemail. I give that number to businesses (and sometimes people) that I don't want to talk to but who might need to contact me. Setup was a bit complicated.
Looks like a perfect fit to me! Snug.
