"But IT'S Black Friday, I'm staying home" sounds better...my BlueSky kingdom for an Edit button...

You absolutely don't, but your comittment to learning is awesome. It reminds me of a recent thread (Maybe one of yours?) that talked about how joyful Robert Plant was talking of learning singing techniques from Alison Krauss. May you find something you didn't know that adds joy to your life.

It's a devil's bargain, but a main problem with data centers (one of many I know) is they result in high utility bills for the people that live around them. If data center backers put thier muscle behind plug-in solar in those states, it might help them get broader acceptance.

Honestly, this pisses me off so much and I'm hoping it results in a wave of email unsubscriptions because Google made their service unmanageable.

Unfortunately, I don't track what I unsubscribe to. I've done rounds of unsubscribing in the past and I don't know how useful it's been. I may need to start using Block, particularly if there's a holiday flood.

I don't know how we got them, but we had a set of Childcraft books when I was a kid.

CSI people are always over complicating things by gently misting the keyboard and slowing running a long Q-tip along the keys...just shake it!

Sorry for your loss.

It's been awhile...does he still have the pheromone powers? Because this could get even more weird.

If they're smart they'll ask Billie Eilish to announce the winner for Best Song Written for Visual Media, although I'm disappointed that Pop! Goes My Heart never got a nod.

The February release date worries me, but I'm choosing to think it's because it's weird (fun) and not because it's bad.

If it is one person is hiring writers/directors based on a central vision, 20th Century studios needs to send a dump truck full of money and a long-term contract stat. Badlands did a fantastic job of both expanding the Predator universe and incorporating elements of the Alien one.
Highly recommend.