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Filk. Astronomy. Irish trad. SF & F. Book narration. Fulldome video.

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Every morning, stormin' Norm, it keeps the brain in shape!

12.09.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is AWESOME, read the whole post and comments. Such a great and perfectly characteristic Tom Lehrer story!

30.07.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

omg omg this is hilarious!!! THANK YOU!

30.07.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

27.07.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8631    πŸ” 3617    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 713
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Might save a life.

08.03.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 30187    πŸ” 14943    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 474

Interesting, the hinged one would also be easier to store compactly... except I haven't actually *seen* a hinged one, it may break some rule of which I am sadly unaware :-) If you mean storing the curved one, depends on size, I guess. Back of the linen closet?

18.11.2024 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This weird combination of petty and stupid but felt so passionately; the driving force of history.

18.11.2024 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
a curved arc of ultramodern menorah with shamash at the end of the lighted arc

a curved arc of ultramodern menorah with shamash at the end of the lighted arc

Try the shopping tab of Google, there are some really pretty ideas. My thought was: "Hinge one branch. Swing it out of the way to return the central shamash, then swing it back in line." Does that break any rules? Here's one I thought looked rather elegant:

18.11.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

... to Mr. Trump, either:
"We’re going to win four more years in the White House. And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably β€” based on the way we were treated β€” we are probably entitled to another four after that.” - Sept 12, 2020 Nevada rally. 2/2

18.11.2024 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...to Mr. Trump, either:
"We’re going to win four more years in the White House. And then after that, we’ll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably β€” based on the way we were treated β€” we are probably entitled to another four after that.” - Sept 12, 2020 Nevada rally.

18.11.2024 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"...you won't have to vote anymore..." - July 26, 2024 to conservative Christians.
"I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, β€˜He’s so good we’ve got to figure something else out,’” - November 12, 2024 to House Republicans re GOP control of both House and Senate.
Not a new idea...1/2

18.11.2024 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget that eliminating essential medical care soon "eliminates" those who need it, thus eliminating the costs over time as those who are in the programs perish. Does he really intend that?

16.11.2024 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank him for us. Airplanes make it really hard to contain, I'm impressed it hasn't gotten loose in USA.

15.11.2024 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww, you two! Blew travel timeoff on so-wonderful OVFF, but moving to Chicago in December: too late to celebrate you this year... come back there again! ❀️

10.11.2024 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hm. Yep. At the moment, anyway.

10.11.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Q: What do you get if you cross a mountain climber with an anopheles mosquito?

A: Nothing - you can't cross a scaler with a vector

OK, it's very old, but still nerdy...

10.11.2024 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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