Joe's Bluesky Jottings

"Well, it's not quite the conflagration I'd been banking on. Never mind, lads, same time tomorrow... we must get a winner one day." - Peter Cook. #rapture2025

Iger had no hand of cards to play against Carr. He needed time to build up a hand. Knowing the position of the affiliates (incl Sinclair as well as the independents), the position of the advertisers, the strategy of the lawyers. Once he had all that assembled, he played his card: Kimmel on the air.

There is more, a LOT more, going on this week than just this seeming surface caving in to social media. For one thing, late September is the lowest numbers at WDW and it has been that way for, oh, crap, 64 years. It just is. That's why most of the refurbs happen either now or in late January.

@iflscience.com asking how the world will end tomorrow, my reply:

I hold with those who favor fire, but ICE is also nice, and will suffice.

9th grade poetry for the win, thank you Bob Mullen.

"You treated a symptom - the disease goes merrily on." - BJ after Hawkeye removes a healthy appendix in order to get a careless and reckless colonel out of the war.

Came to mind as in the same hour as Charlie Kirk was killed, there was a school shooting in Colorado. #MASH

I stumbled on to the Castellore Chianti today, and at that price, it was worth trying...then I went "woah", looked it up, found your review, and totally agree with every word.

I equate it to a 'house table wine', the kind where they leave the bottle and charge you what they think you drank after.

Trump is so anti-trans, he deadnamed "Leningrad".

I killed 2 (and missed a third by a fraction) in Tysons today.

"I know there are people around the world who do not love their fellow neighbor and I hate people like that." -- #TomLehrer

Tonight, I'm going to waste an evening with Tom Lehrer.

RIP, and thank you, not just for the music, but the gift of making it public domain so we can enjoy it forever without some 'estate' or record label telling us we can't. #riptomlehrer #TomLehrer

And I say this acknowledging that the other party HAS given its gen-x some significant leadership roles (hell, most of the current administration)...and they attract gen-x partly BECAUSE they do that, where-as the Democratic 'establishment' has ignored us for much of the last decade.

Dear: @thinkbigpicture.substack.com.web.brid.gy

My only problem with your latest post is that while, yeah, yay for new energy...GenX isn't dead yet.

I am not too keen that after living under my parents rules for 35 years, I now should feel forced to live under my children's. When is *our* time?

fascinating that the 'list' of items so closely reflects the 'list' that was in the Declaration of Independence. In concept if not in details.

Great American composers who were American by birthright citizenship:

John Phillip #Sousa
Aaron #Copland
Leonard #Bernstein
Frederick #Grofe
George and Ira #Gershwin

#birthrightcitizenship

To anybody who thinks the #Musk #Epstein post matters in the slightest?

I've got a #bridge to sell you. Mind you, slightly damaged by underwater #drones, but supposedly safe to re-open, promise.

at a coffee shop outside Leesburg.

they've got a mellow radio playlist going.and Afternoon Delight just came up...

and I look around and think I'm the only one in the entire place who was alive when it was originally a hit.

Looking at the current #CostCo 'coupon' book (well, they are just discounts now, no more coupon-clipping), and there is a "Men's Tech Short" short #pants by Eddie Bauer.

They've got AI built in them? Is Bauer a tech-bro?

Do they #bitcoin mine by using the energy generated as you walk around?

So kids and sensitive adults it seems, should be protected from unusual time signatures and polyphonic chord progressions, I suppose including a few tritones.

The Dance of Maya, an *instrumental* from Mahavishnu Orchestra's first album, is labeled '[Explicit]' on Amazon Music.

It is now 30 years since Bill Gates published "The Road Ahead"......and 29 years, 6 months since he completely rewrote it once he realized he got the internet and the web browser completely wrong... #billgates

YouTube video by Bang on a Can Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians with Bang on a Can All-Stars & Friends

Another day, another masterful performance of Music for 18 Musicians...

Bang on a Can, Long Play Festival, May 5, 2024

youtu.be/kKO3IcvdWUQ #BangonaCan #SteveReich

For the first time, we have a Pope that can understand the lyrics of The Vatican Rag without a translator. #Pope #Conclave #PopeLeo #TomLehrer

Washington, DC sees spike in homes for sale amid DOGE federal worker layoffs | CNN Business The number of Washington, DC area homeowners who decided to list their homes for sale jumped last month amid steep cuts to the federal workforce.

Been watching for this. Felt like I'd noticed uptick in for sale signs lately vs normal.

"In the four weeks ending April 27, the number of active home listings in the nation’s capital surged 25.1% year-over-year, the largest gain on record..."

Someone should do a study of social media, blog, and article posts to see if there's been a noticeable increase in how many 5-letter words are used since #Wordle came along.

When your brain finishes a sentence or title...

There's a piece by #Hovhaness called "Prelude and Quadruple Fugue", from his neo-classical works (most of his works I'd call neo-romantic).

But every time, my brain finishes it as "Prelude and Quadruple Bypass"

#classicalmusic #classicalmusichumor

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Ok, so unlike some who were seeing this for the first time today/this week, I've known the film and the material for MANY years.

But here we are, the first new release of the film's 4K master along with the Atmos 7.2 soundtrack.

And...wow.

Dear Vance: you hear the instructions, "No photos in the Sistine Chapel" more times on a #Vatican tour than you would hear "keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times" over a week at Disney World.

There IS a new Floyd release coming - finally an officially released (the band gets paid) soundtrack to Pompeii, to coincide with the new IMAX release of the film coming next week.

But that's not what Forbes was referring to.

If you glance at Google news, and it thinks you're interested in #PinkFloyd, you might be seeing articles from Forbes about how Pink Floyd has a new release topping charts.

Bogus. The releases are just CD pressings of really REALLY crappy bootlegs, all from the pre-Dark Side era, only in Europe.

went ahead and biked anyways. worth it.

Sigh. great temps...but WINDS.

I wanna bike, as it is 65 now and going to 78-80...

...but they're talking 17mph winds, which means highly likely i'll be facing a headwind that will make it faster for me if i just walked to where i might go.