Author Archives: Paul

Professional software engineer; enthusiast / advanced amateur photographer; (Apple) / Mac / iOS guy; partially omniscient, witty, tech geek; hooligan; user of 'adult language'; 37?!?; rock / blues / jazz fan; skeptic; and raconteur (...and ESRI).

Extreme are Back, Baby!

Extreme, one of my very favorite bands of the 1990s, and, at the time, one of the last bastions of pre-Grunge rock*, are back! Jonathan Horsley reporting for MusicRadar: Extreme have announced their long-awaited return with the release of new single, Rise, and a new studio album titled Six, which hits stores and streaming on […]

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It’s Time to Ban “Right Turn on Red”

The dangerous maneuver is allowed thanks to a flawed idea about emissions from the 1970s. We don’t need it. Abigail Weinberg reporting at Mother Jones: It’s an obsolete relic of the 1970s oil crisis. It’s dangerous to pedestrians. And, if you drive a car in the United States, you likely do it every day. It’s […]

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Tucker Carlson texts reveal he hates Trump “Passionately”

Cameron Joseph reporting at Vice: Fox News host Tucker Carlson privately torched then-President Donald Trump in text messages made public on Tuesday night, saying he “passionately” hated Trump and calling Sidney Powell, Trump’s conspiracy theory-spewing election attorney, a “fucking bitch.” “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights,” Tucker Carlson […]

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End Daylight Saving Time and switch to Standard Time all year

Beth Ann Malow, M.D., Director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Division and board certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine, wrting a guest OpEd at The Tennessean: Changing our clocks abruptly also results in an uptick in heart attacks, strokes, and car accidents. Many wish to return to Standard Time, and as a sleep physician, I stand […]

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Trump Visits East Palestine, Conveniently Forgets Own Record

That’s right folks, the Orange Moron himself visited East Palestine, Ohio yesterday to donate pallets of Trump-branded water to residents. Haven’t these people suffered enough? I mean, you fucking know that this Trump-branded water is the cheapest shit that the guy could possibly find, and probably tastes like shit to boot. And lest anyone be […]

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The Q-Dropped Podcast: Stories of Families Ripped Apart by Qanon

I’ve only recently discovered this podcast, and it is excellent! Hosted by the Godless Mom Courtney Heard (Follow her on Mastodon), the show is touching, and at times poignant. The Q-Dropped podcast is a show dedicated to telling the stories of families that have been torn apart by the Qanon cult and Qanon-adjacent ideas. Most […]

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My votes for best Super Bowl LVII commercials

Okay, so I watched a couple of YouTube videos to remind myself of the commercials we all saw last night, and the following are my favorites: Popcorners (Breaking Bad) Workday (You’re a rock star) Avocados from Mexico (Adam and Eve) Planter’s Peanuts (Roast of Mr. Peanut) Crown Royal (Dave Grohl / Thank you Canada) Honorable […]

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Billy Gibbons Tells the B.B. King Story

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame tells his B.B. King story which details how it was Billy wound up switching from heavy strings to light strings.

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The Day the Music Died +62 years

On this day in 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash outside Clear Lake, Iowa in Rock ‘n Roll’s first tragedy. Thanks to Don McLean’s 1971 hit song, “American Pie,” the event has come to be known as The Day the Music Died. I try to […]

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Wake Up, Parents! Christian Nationalists Are Trying To Take Away Your Child’s Right To Read At School

Americans United: Most parents want their children to be readers. Parents are urged to set a good example by reading to their children and letting their kids see them read. Public libraries sponsor summer reading programs with prizes for kids who read the most books. Public schools extol reading. Celebrities and sports figures often join […]

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