Colin Schaub

My favorite scene in The Lord of the Rings is when Treebeard recites the scene from the The Threepenny Opera where Mack the Knife sings about loving the wild, uncultivated forests and Penny prefers to tend to her gardens and then Mack looses track of her. It is very moving.

A long time ago I had a book called "City Wars". Yeah. That seems to be going on now. Not the greatest work of literature but ... sigh.

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Any BSG quote is fine my me ...

YouTube video by Gigachad Kroeger Billy F. Gibbons 7/27/25 Wise River Club Wise River, MT (incomplete)

Billy Gibbons plays an Epiphone. Just spectacular. The guy literally owns one of the greatest guitars on the planet and he plays an Epiphone. A testament both to Epiphone and “it’s not the guitar it’s the guitarist”. youtu.be/kquzknEg294?...

The number of commercial breaks during the TDF stream is absolutely obnoxious. There has to be another way to do this. They do off-stream commercials, and THEN run "The Feed" commercials side-by-side during the stream.

Marathoning Nicholas Cage movies is always a good thing. So good.

Gopher was the best

My latest guilty pleasure is using AI to better understand music theory and I have to say I have learned a lot about chord voicings and Vince Guaraldi and why certain chord progressions reminded me of the Peanuts theme music.

This is just so dumb.

FloBikes streams Flanders Classic races and select others, including the World Road Championships.

Max carries RCS races such as the Giro d'Italia and Milan-San Remo.

Peacock streams races organized by the ASO, like the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix.

In the US, to catch all pro cycling races, you'll need subscriptions to Peacock, Max, and FloBikes.

Which pro cycling races are on which stupid streaming service …

Trip-hop band Olive's album cover "Extra Virgin"

Posting for no other reason that now and again I remember a trip-hop band from yesteryear that makes me happy.

In under 5 mins, Ukraine's ex-FM Kuleba dismantles Russian lies "Russia had to attack Ukraine bc of Ukrainians wanted to join NATO" and "NATO promised no eastward enlargement" with facts & a compelling historical journey. A must-watch. Due to 1-min video limit, sharing this in a 5-part thread. 1/5

My second starter pack.

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Foodie Bluesky is just elite this week

Best Chinese food we have had in many years ordered on the 25th.

Norwegian Lefse with family on the 24th.

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!

I think my Ukraine feed is legit better over there and I think there are more German federal agencies over on on Mastodon. That matters to me but not many other people maybe.

Jawbox band album cover for For Your Own Special Sweetheart

There are so many - Veruca Salt, Bob Mould, Curve, Jawbox.

“Sisterhood of Dune” Book Reviews
- Best of the series (*****)
- Waste of time (*)
- Spectacular character development (*****)
- Empty characters with no depth (*)
- I loved the plot and narrative (*****)
- Inconsistent story and inconsistent with the Dune Universe (*)

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One of my all time favorites - they are so good. I know what I am going to be playing now all day today.

Austrian Airlines' farewell to the Twitter.

This was Austrian Airlines' final post over on the Twitter.

An example of Acción Ortográfica Quito doing the Lord's work (graffiti on a wall corrected with red spray paint)

Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.

For my daughter I end up putting it BACK into the freezer to cool it down …

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