Mistakes were made in touching up the road at the crossing, but the sand verge looks pretty good for a starting point. Needs lots more work, but it'll do for the show this weekend. #modeltrains #modelrailroads

Came across this vintage beauty tonight.

And two days before the show, I find a switch with a broken stock rail. Well, it was on the list to be replaced eventually. Eventually just came sooner than expected.

I knew that morning that the shuttle was launching around lunch time, so after I ate, I went up to the A/V room off the library. My mom was working as a librarian at Amherst Regional Junior High School, so I was a frequent visitor and no one raised an eyebrow when I arrived to watch.

Someone got a bit too precious when this siding was originally laid and used a much lower profile roadbed. So, down to the table we go to relay the whole siding instead of just the 1.5 inches at the end of the module. #modeltrains #modelrailroads

Rep Ro Khanna gets it.

"Yet our greatest threat isn't the outsiders among us, but those among us who never look within." If you haven't already, make sure you check out her poem for Renee Good, which is equally breathtaking.

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This is what we mean when we say we want Democratic Congresscritters to act. Don't just talk, DO something. You're not as powerless as you pretent. That it's F-ing Bill Kristol who's writing these words is almost unimaginable, especially to anyone who was politically aware in the early aughts.

Upgrading the building storage for the traveling layout. #modeltrains #modelrailroad

Kludgy, again, but it works to throw the crossover with the DPDT switch seen at top. Honestly pretty psyched I was able to figure this out and got it right the first time.

This whole thread is worth a read (it offers some real hope in the midst of the chaos), but this one post made me laugh out loud: "Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter.""

Stupid Lowes playing stupid soft rock classic "Longer" by Dan Fogelberg (immortalized in Bloom County as "Dan Fogerburp") so it's stuck in my head more than 12 hours later. The flugelhorn, it soothes!

Haven't opened it ever. I see enough bullshit in my daily life. Why in hell would I choose to add more?

This whole Steelers thing is tricky for me. On the one hand, my wife is a lifelong Steelers fan and I want her to have nice things. On the other hand SUCK IT AARON RODGERS! And I say that as a lifelong Packers fan.

After this weekend, I sure am glad I don't bet on sports. Sheesh.

Finished a prototype for an improved crating system for the club's traveling layout. It's rough, but the modules are firmly bolted to the cart and each other, which is a monumental improvement over the slide-in racks.

Epic

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

My plans for new modules on my club's traveling layout. Most of the current scenery is very rural, but we're 45 minutes from LA; we should have a city scene! Still some spots to figure out, but overall, I'm happy with the design. #modeltrains #modelrailroad

My front lawn when I got home from work today. Fortunately, no one was hurt, none of the vehicles are ours, and the house was untouched. This in a 35 MPH zone in which people routinely drive 20+ over.

If you are a person who loves music, I cannot recommend enough getting a hidef standalone MP3 player and a good pair of in-ear monitors. I'm listening to Tommy by The Who right now on my Christmas present and hearing nuance in these songs I've never heard in 40+ years. Just beautiful.

Love the reference to "a tankier president like Gerald Ford." Genius! Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head — theonion.com/health-specu...

I walked past Dabney Coleman on W59th St in NYC. Almost didn't recognize him except he did this thing where he pinched his nose that was so totally "Dabney Coleman."

OK, so, I didn't know this. I just remembered her as an animal rights activist. Never mind then. Carry on.

What kind of world is this where Bardot is dead, but you-know-who just keeps plodding along.

I say this every single time I see a coach with a microphone in his face at halftime. I'm honestly surprised the networks cede that time from ads.

With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind: If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist. If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist. Pretty clear

Craig Hamilton, a marvelous comic-book artist, is facing eviction. I hope you can throw a couple of bucks his way.

on the bright side three years from now will be boom times for businesses that specialize in removing garish brass letters from buildings

One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.

This is exactly what I'm on about (and exemplar for why I canceled my WaPo sub). He's not "testing the limits." He's "being an asshole." He's shitposting a beloved public figure while most people are grieving. There's no political savvy here, just cruelty and narcissism.

Here it is. The best summary of the man I've seen. Everyone in the press needs to read this and cover him from this perspective. No more asking "why." No more asking "how does this square with..." It doesn't. There's nothing to square it with. He's a bully, a narcissist, and cares only for himself.

This is pretty much how I feel after spending my 20s and early 30s working retail.

In a normal world, it would be, but the people who are responsible for pursuing this action are the very people who stand to lose the most if he's removed. If he's truly as compromised mentally as people claim, he's more use as an unwitting puppet than a former president.

So, now we're all complicit in high-seas piracy. Cool, cool.

Massie apparently wants everyone to forget that the one time Article V of the NATO treaty was invoked was in defense of the United States of America. Those "socialist countries" came to our defense after we were attacked and we led them into not one, but two quagmires. Withdrawal would be

I can't emphasize how much no one should give this air, but here we are. Don't watch it. The surprise at the end is that they're going on a trip to Auschwitz. Their excitement over this trip is really disturbing and implies that they're not going there as a way to honor the victims.

It was so nice and quiet here in the office while everyone else was at the office holiday "party." Wish it could have been an all-day event. The silence would have been so blissful.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Also worth mentioning: some of us can't consume sugar for various reasons. Also not anyone's business. Also requires a bit of flexibility since lots of mocktails go heavy on the simple syrup.

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As a life-long RPG and model train enthusiast, I always saw op sessions this way. Or like a tabletop strategy boardgame writ large. The rules are the operating rules of the railroad. The board is the layout. The game pieces are the trains themselves. It's a big co-op game to get every piece...

Well, rats. I really wanted Toronto to win.

"I'll take 'People who missed the point of The Great Gatsby for $200, please Ken."

Democrats! Start telling people why your programs are Good, Actually!

I hadn't seen this mentioned elsewhere: it was the first round fired that exploded prematurely, after which no further rounds were fired, which implies this could have been much worse. Thankful for the Marine Corps leaders who halted the exercise. calmatters.org/politics/202...

Context is king: With other men, probably a 1 or 2 at best. I'm not small, but I am very slight and don't have any interest in physical confrontation. With women, I'd guess most men are a 7 baseline, so that's probably where I am, regardless of any other considerations.