James M. Kaihatu

Poster (and disclaimer) done…

The pastor of the church for which our band’s bassist plays keyboards (paid gig) has asked him to provide background fills for the sermon. To do this, he’s been playing slow versions of classic rock songs.

Last week - “Great Gig In The Sky.”

He might get to “Highway Star” before anyone notices.

Preparing for winter weather by blocking anyone on any social media platform who posts a single Euro / GFS / whatever model run and says “THIS IS HISTORIC!” Bonus if their profile does not have an affiliation.

Up to a dozen so far, and that’s just the last two hours.

Two trout…

Merry Christmas from Alaska!

This is me ice fishing with the family just outside of Wasilla, AK. It was -16F.

I couldn’t see Russia from here.

It is infuriating.

Why Texas A&M president Mark Welsh lost his job The A&M Board of Regents came to want a more explicitly conservative leader who would shut down controversy before it reared its head, as they grew weary from the steady drumbeat of online posts accus...

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This is an absolutely fabulous piece of journalism.

A seminar speaker discussing carbon capture used a data center in Abilene TX as an example application. They mentioned that the data center consumes an amount of power that is, under our present mild conditions, 10% of the reserve power of the _entire_ state of Texas.

Summer should be interesting.

In my 30 years as a homeowner, I have replaced eight toilets, all in my house. I don’t know why.

Losing accreditation sounds like a good power move but it will only hurt students presently enrolled.

High praise indeed…

This whole thread…

Texas is also balloting Prop 4, which bolsters the water fund with sales taxes, and Props 15 and 16, which appear to be solutions in search of a problem.

DOOOO EEEEET

Enough students have noted my alleged resemblance to Gus Fring that it was inevitable…

It comes with an apron…

a group of people are sitting in a room with the words no more meetings ALT: a group of people are sitting in a room with the words no more meetings

In the space of 30 minutes, two afternoon meetings for today were cancelled.

Might have to go buy a lottery ticket…

The only entity on campus not ready for this fall weather must be the A/C system.

Come ON guys…

Did a few proposal reviews and suddenly everyone I had respected for sticking with the physics has a proposal with AI crammed in it somewhere.

We were more of an emping family rather than krupuk. Though both are great, it took me a while to get accustomed to emping and I didn’t want to lose that.

This guy…

We would address the occasional burst of Dutch or Indonesian escaping into the wild with distributions of nasi goring, gado gado, and chicken satay with peanut sauce.

When I was growing up, my neighbors would be hit with the occasional Dutch (and the even more occasional Indonesian) wafting out into the wild. Some nasi goring and chicken satay with peanut butter sauce smoothed over the most stubborn hackles.

A message to voters in Brazos County that the easiest early voting is at the MSC at Texas A&M, (zero lines) and that the most impactful early voting might be at Galilee Baptist Church (this community beacon has been under threat of closure for early voting).

Should be a pleasant week of fall, as a complement to our annual week of spring.

“Really, he should have said something.”

Sleepy little potato.

a painting of a woman with a drum head ALT: a painting of a woman with a drum head

Wearing T-shirts with covers of your favorite semi-esoteric albums is a really good way of flushing out the Neutral Milk Hotel fans in your little burg…

…and democracy’s ghost goes to live in the crevices of the Hobby Lobby gold wall decor in the Oval Office…

Cleaning out a drawer uncovered two iPhone 3GS and an iPod Nano.

After all these years they look comically small.

Texas A&M has developed its own ChatGPT equivalent and Reddit has some opinions…