Watched "Wake Up Dead Man" last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Personally, I didn't think it was quite as good as the first one (though a friend of mine thought it was better), but it was leagues better than Glass Onion.

Yes, we do have trivia tonight! Come out and join us at Vibrissa tonight, starting at 6:30. Tonight is general trivia. Then, on Monday, Nate will be reviewing this year at Winchester Brew Works, and on Tuesday, we'll be doing our year-in-review at Vibrissa. #trivia #winchesterva

Me watching the Steelers Lions game. #nfl

Ironically, yesterday (and possibly today), we generated more solar power than any other day this month so far, despite the fact that today is the "shortest day of the year".

Epstein was connected to Iran-Contra‽ Did not see that coming. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-iran-contra-planes-leslie-wexner-pottinger-leese-arms-weapons-smuggling?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

It's funny. I'm not generally a fan of sugar cookies, and I really don't like white "chocolate", but I do usually enjoy sugar cookies coated with white chocolate.

At trivia tonight, we were tied for 7th place at halftime. Going into the final, we were in sixth place. Somehow, we ended up winning. We were amazed.

I always feel bad for the babies and the old folks that don't get a "Merry Christmas" because they're either too young or too old according to "The Christmas Song".

Facebook finally served me an ad that's relevant to me. If you're interested, it looks like the shirt is $29.99 https://lunatique.net/products/a-skull-but-its-cats-t-shirt

In other depressing IoT news, iRobot, the maker of the popular Roomba vacuums, files for bankruptcy and sells itself to Chinese company. Hello cameras and mics in bajillions of homes. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irobot-bankruptcy-irbt-roomba-app-continue-to-operate/

Why do so many people think it's totally acceptable to have full conversations on their phones on speaker while they're in public places? I kind of feel like this is a symptom of the much bigger "I'm more important than everybody else" mentality that's become so prevalent in the past decade or so.

🆕 blog! “Agentic AI is brilliant because I loath my family” At a recent unconference on AI, someone introduced me to the story of a guy who'd tasked an LLM with writing a bedtime story for his daughter. It personalised the tale to include her favourite stuffed toy, whichever cartoon she was […]

#trivia in the #winchesterva and #martinsburgwv areas this week: Tonight: * Trivia at Vibrissa Beer at 6:30 Tomorrow night: * Winter Holiday Trivia at The Pub in Bunker Hill at 7 * Trivia at Union Jack at 6:30 * Harry Potter trivia at Dividing Creek at 7:30 Thursday: * Christmas trivia at […]

When did Randy Jackson start looking like a short, elderly Grace Jones?

I'm at The Pub in Bunker Hill guest-hosting karaoke tonight until 10 if anyone is looking for something to do in the #winchesterva or #martinsburgwv area.

Is there any simple way to pause specific notifications on #android for a specified span of time (for instance, from now until I go back to work)? It looks like I can schedule an allow list for certain hours each day, but not set a block list for a span of time.

I have 4 hours of work (at my full time job) left for the year. I'm so grateful I have the time to take that I do.

If you're in Baltimore and you're a Jimmy Eat World fan, they're doing a free concert at the Inner Harbor tonight at 7:30. For any brave souls who want to stand out in the cold.

New single from #afghanwhigs dropped today. Sweet.

Earlier tonight, I heard a reggae cover of "My Sweet Lord". Because morning says "Haile Selassie is the second coming of Christ" like singing the praises of a Hindu deity (granted, it also includes the Hebrew "hallelujah").

The contrails in the sky in front of me right now are absolutely wild. Looks like the crack in time that featured during Matt Smith's time as Doctor Who.

#trivia in the #winchesterva area this week: Tuesday: General Trivia at Vibrissa Beer starting at 6:30 Wednesday: General Trivia at The Pub in Bunker Hill, WV starting at 7 "Friends" Trivia at Dividing Creek Beer Co starting at 7:30 Thursday: General Trivia at 50/50 Taphouse starting at 8:30 […]

I didn't even know they were making a sequel to Five Nights at Freddy's, let alone that it came out this weekend.

Over/under on how long it will be before TFG decides to rename the Kennedy Center for himself?

We've had a service at work for a few years. That service was bought out by a bigger company whose primary business is not related to that service in any meaningful way. Now that we renewed the service, I'm getting all kinds of "welcome" emails talking about all the great things I can do with […]

Before too long, don't be surprised if you read "Supreme Court to decide whether Trump banning the Constitution is Constitutional"

"It's Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of 'Star Wars' Is Coming Back to Theaters" Holy backflipping fuck. It's about time. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-original-version-rerelease-2000696337

Don’t be surprised when this ends badly. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship #politics https://archive.ph/LoZJc

Gov. Tim Walz said about Trump’s racist attack on Somali-Americans: “It is unprecedented. We have kids going to school today, and the president called them ‘garbage.’ Condemn this attack or you are complicit in it. The only thing hurting this state is Trump himself. Our kids are watching." I […]

Since I don't use Spotify, I don't have a #spotifywrapped Instead, I have my Tidal Rewind 2025. As usual, my recap of music streaming is severely skewed by the ~10 playlists I create for trivia every month (as well as the fact that our Echo devices are attached to my Tidal account, so, whenever […]

[PLEASE Stop using Spotify. Use literally anything but Spotify.] Why? • They don't pay musicians https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/confirmed-next-year-tracks-on-spotify-1000-plays/ • They fund right wing extremist podcasters […]

Under WCAG 2.1, is there any kind of exception for "decorative videos" that wouldn't require audio descriptions? It's just an animated background image; it doesn't really convey any content, so blowing up the file size with an audio track (not to mention adding a whole player skin, rather than […]

November was pretty brutal for solar production vs energy consumption. We had a lot of cloudy days. I'm really hoping we get a little more sun in December, otherwise, I'm actually going to have to pay an electric bill in January and/or February.

The US military does not follow US law. It has it's own law code and it's own courts, procedures, and police to enforce and administer justice within the various military branches. This military justice is defined and presided over by the Judge Advocate General and his subordinate Judge […]

Damnit. It's only December 2, and I already lost whamageddon. They're playing it here at Vibrissa where I'm preparing to host trivia.

I really wish #tidal had better content moderation. The amount of AI slop getting added to the library every day is out of control. It's really screwing up artist profiles (because the AI users are using the same artist names), and it's made search in the app almost completely useless. I've […]

Put up the Christmas tree this afternoon. Nemo seems to be enthralled by it.

It seems that Best Buy was not prepared this year for the amount of traffic their website would be getting today.

I wonder why half the young ladies in this flag corp have one long pant leg and one short pant leg. Very weird look. #macysthanksgivingdayparade

I assume that most (maybe all?) of the performers in the Macy's parade are lip-syncing, but I have to say that Kool & the Gang and Foreigner both sounded like they were performing live. All the rest I've seen/heard have been way too perfect.

The weather summary for tomorrow says we're supposed to have a high of 66 and a low of 35. However, if I look at the hourly forecast I'm the same app, the highest temperature I see is 64, and the lowest I see is 45, so I'm not sure when it's supposed to get up to 66 or when it's supposed to get […]

I wish I liked bourbon; I'd spend a lot of money at this place. As it is, I'll probably buy some swag and maybe some vodka. https://www.republicrestoratives.com/ #antifa

Reminder everyone: tomorrow night, we will be doing a very special "Music by the Decades" trivioke (trivia and karaoke together) at The Pub in Bunker Hill, WV. We'll start things off around 6:30 with a little karaoke, then do trivia (with karaoke mixed in), then finish the night with more […]

Reading the headlines about the dismissed cases today, I was confused the first few times, since Comey's first name is James; it seemed like they were just being formal for some reason, listing last name then first name. Took me a bit to realize they were talking about 2 cases; one for James […]

There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.

Tonight, at our 3rd Friday Trivia event in #winchesterva, we were able to prepare a total of 32 meals to put in the freeges around our area. We are extremely grateful to the folks that helped us prepare the food, those who helped pack it up, and those that volunteered to deliver it to the freeges.

Smoking 2 turkeys for an event today, and, of course my Traeger stopped working this morning. Trying to get my backup smoker running now. Otherwise, I guess we'll just end up having roasted turkey.

If all the people who work at airports told you, "don't fly that airline," I hope you would listen. When all the musicians who have the freedom to be honest tell you, "don't use Spotify," you might consider other options for listening to music.

Whoever created the latest Coca Cola ad didn't really pay much attention, did they? I'm not sure "Sweats on pizza ice cold - Coca Cola" is really that great of a message for an ad. Yes, I know it's supposed to be "Sweats on." (As in, you're wearing comfortable clothes), "Pizza." (What you're […]