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YouTube video by Insane Clown Posse - Topic Halloween On Military Street

It is tradition for me at this point...
Happy Halloween!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm9...

@jeffgeerling.com In some of your videos, you have external GPU risers/PCIe extenders to test video cards on Raspberry PI's and other motherboards. Would you be willing to offer up a brand name or two of the ones you are using? Specifically if you use any that are PCIe extenders if you got them.

I just made my first GitHub Issue on a piece of software that I just found and have a request/issue. I hope I did everything right and making sure I gave more than enough info on what I did, steps to take, expected outcome, what I got, etc. I hope I did good.

It is. I love me some XFCE. My main PC I have, running Garuda Linux, is running XFCE. It get me what I want, heavily customizable, and for me, looks great. Can be a little troublesome at times but when you get it worked out, no problems.

Screenshot of xterm window running neofetch.

I am liking the fact that my MacBook Air is running Linux. My opinion, it is running much better than MacOS that was on it before.

I love using Amateur Radio technology so that the people that care about me and My Fiance can keep track of us while we are on a road trip several states away. APRS is fun!

YouTube video by Jonathan SK Jonathan Coulton - First of May (Lyrics)

I do it every year and yes, it is indeed, the First of May. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1GD...
Thank you Jonathan Coulton! (Deleted original post as I didn't spell the last name correctly. LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN!!)

I have to reassure my son/dog, Tantor, more often and frequent than I do My Fiance, when I go to work in the morning, letting him know I will be back and I will see him when I get home. He crinkles his nose and shows his teeth in frustration but never bites. He doesn't want me to leave for work. 😥

Poster for the Sailor Moon The Super Live 2.5D Musical

Stage before the show for the Sailor Moon The Super Live 2.5D Musical

Picture of the Sailor Senshi on stage for the Sailor Moon The Super Live 2.5D Musical

So yeah...My Fiance and I just finished attending the Fabulous Fox Theatre and watching "Sailor Moon The Super Live" and let me tell you...it was fucking amazing! If you see this and haven't gotten tickets in your city, do it now! You won't regret it! #SailorMoonTheSuperLive #SailorMoonSuperLive

It has gotten bad enough with the ads on FB that a comedian/news talk show host has taken it upon themselves to release this:
johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

Or, if you don't want that link, go here:
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

You know...listening to heavy metal/black metal/death metal music just makes my soul feel good. I didn't know I needed to listen to it today. 🤘

Happy New Year! May the year 2025 be better than the dumpster fire that 2024 was for myself and others.

Figured I would write in my blog. Still trying to figure out Grav. Here goes nothing!
Goodbye 2024, Hello 2025
disturbed-penguin.net/blog/goodbye...

YouTube video by The45Prof 1971 version: The Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells (mono 45)

I invite you to join a silly tradition that I did as a child and still do to this day as a remembrance to my late Grandma. I would beg my Grandma to let me play this record. This Youtube video is the song I would play constantly. I miss and love you Grandma! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSEB...

A Playbill of Chicago for The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis, MO.

Matron "Mama" Morton (Illyeana Kirven) stole the show for me as well as Amos (Andrew Metzger). They were both awesome. The song "Cell Block Tango" was fantastic. All in all, a pleasant experience different from the movie. It will have you singing on the car ride from home. (End)

So, I am going to give it, out of 8.75 out of 10. Only reason I am giving this is that the characters Velma and Roxie (Taylor Lane and Ellie Roddy respectively) were good but didn't have enough "oomph" in their voices. The attitude that they both had were spot on and appreciated. (Continued...)

Picture of The Fabulous Fox neon sign on Grand Ave in St. Louis, MO.

Time to go see Chicago at The Fabulous Fox here in STL! It has been a while from the first time I had seen it. Can't wait!

YouTube video by Insane Clown Posse - Topic Halloween On Military Street

I did it all the time on Twitter, now to do it here...
Happy Halloween!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm9...

I can't wait for the Election to be over. I have used my texting app, Textra for Android, to add these numbers to a blocklist. That way, if they try this again later, hopefully I won't get the message. I feel kinda bleh saying STOP to stop the SMS for fear I would be put on another list to get more.

Screenshots of before and after of my SWR with my NanoVNA-H from 80m to 10m.

...we ended up adding a 20' wire, laying it on the ground in a circle to the side of the antenna. The driven element is the Slinky itself. This brought my SWR to a better level for me. Are there other tweaks? Possibly. Attached is a before/after image of screenshots with my NanoVNA-H. 2/2

So, a little late in my reporting. Last weekend, my Best Friend and I played with the Slinky Antenna I built the weekend before. I did not have the Slinky directly attached to the 9:1 balun but I did have a 9" jumper wire. Using my NanoVNA-H, I got ok-ish SWR. After many trials and errors... 1/2

Over the weekend, my Best Friend and I built a slinky antenna. It is on a 19ft fiberglass pole with a 9:1 balun. It is tuneable with my radio. I didn't get a chance to try it out. Heard a lot. I will try it again this weekend and report back. #amateurradio #hamradio

I think they responded as best as they could and if they follow through with what they stated, I think good can come from this. It stinks that it came to this before implementing said measures to correct a simple mistake. Thank you for the update! Great video overall.

The Dad Joke of the Week:
"Why did the turkey cross the road?"

- 'Cause he would be damned if he let the chicken beat him.

(I liked this one and it gave me a chuckle as I haven't heard this type of answer before.)

In an effort to be more active here, let me post my "Dad Joke of the Week." It is something I do at my place of work. I find ones that make me chuckle and if I get groans or eye-rolls or even a chuckle from somebody else, my job is complete. I love these kinds jokes and do hope others do too. 1/2

Just by the snippet, if they do take them down, which by your YT comments have stated they are, they are aware of the situation and are trying to make things right. Can't wait to see what you have to say about this in another video.

Picture of the road sign for the Uranus Fudge Factory.

A sign at the entrance to the Uranus Fudge Factory.

Couple of images of the signs. There was more to see and do like a sideshow museum and a mini-golf course. I was way too beaten up over my migraine that I pushed through today so I hady Best Friend drive us back. We got back close to 5pm, left our house around 9am. Not a bad Day Trip at all. 4/3

I picked up some tiny metal Slinky's (in hopes of making an antenna for amateur radio, two bags of candy, one bag of milk chocolate espresso, and some knick-knacks. We didn't see all of the store, there was more to see. I know we will be coming inside to have our fudge packed again. Can't wait! 3/3

It got to a point where I had to stop here and see if I could walk around a bit and see if the chocolate would help. Yes, I visited Uranus Fudge Factory. We were greeted with ALL the jokes about packing fudge and other juvenile thoughts. However, after all of that, the Staff were funny and nice. 2/?

It is late and I am tired. Long travel day. After the cafe, we drove, got lost and off Old Route 66, got back on, and found the Rolla Antique Mall...which was awesome by the way. Picked up a couple of things. I had a migraine but still drove to our next destination. A place that sells chocolate. 1/?