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| Syd |
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Love the production number for the song from KPop Demon Hunters. Also like the song from "Sinners." I notice two Best Picture nominees are also up for International Films.
"Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" look very good, but I haven't seen any of the nominees. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:17 am |
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gromit wrote: I've never been a joiner. And not much on groups. As slow as the slowest member, physically or mentally it seems.
I meant a group is as slow as its slowest member. I find groups frustrating. I get bored and impatient. Feel trapped.
Funny story. I joined a vegetarian group on WeChat. They organize a buffet at a Shanghai veggie joint now and then. So I joined once. The main table was close to full, so I joined a girl at a two person table. Turned out she wasn't with our veggie group, wasn't even a vegetarian. I just hung out with her, met noone; at the end the organizer came over to say Hi to me for a minute. That's my effort at joining. And I preferred it to a table full of strangers ... |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:42 am |
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| Ah. Thanks. Sentence structure misread I did. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:32 pm |
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I lost my cat Andromeda last Monday (diabetes which I neglected too long). So I'm catless for the first time in almost fourteen years. It's too soon for me to decide whether I want another cat. but I'm 74 years old now and it would be irresponsible for me to take in a kitten, so I would probably have to adopt an adult rescue cat and have to go through this again in six to ten years. And arrange for someone to take care of it if I can't. I want to post a picture but I think the site I used has gone under. Anyone have an alternate site.
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2026 9:50 pm |
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On more cheerful news, I was amazed how smoothly Artemis II went, and, though I detest Trump on almost everything in his second term, Isaacman was a great choice for NASA administrator. I don't think Trump realizes Isaacman is a Democrat. Or maybe he does, because that was probably a reason he wasn't approved the first time.
Delighted to hear the election news from Hungary (assuming Magyar doesn't turn out to be an equal monster) and J. D. Vance getting egg on his face. This isn't all his fault (though he's singularly inept) since Trump sent him there to influence the election. How would we feel if Russian politicians came to the US and started campaigning for US candidates?
Among its other faults, the Trump administration is totally politically tone-deaf. It's looking like they will lose the House (normal for an off-year election, but it looks like a landslide) but very possibly the Senate. The map is against the Democrats, but if you get 10-15% more votes than your opposition, you start turning seats nobody expected.
I'm hoping Trump keeps sending Vance to countries about to hold elections since Vance has a reverse Midas touch. Send him to Turkey, India. Israel, Russia...
By the way, it's too early to predict the nominees in 2028, but Vance and Kamala Harris are the leaders and there is no way they will get the nominations. It's all name recognition. I think it will be two people we don't expect. My favorite is Josh Shapiro, but that may cause problems because he's a Jew and Middle East relations are complicated at the moment. Though I favor him anyway. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 11:43 am |
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| Agree Shapiro would have a struggle, especially given polling now shows a majority of Americans are okay with defunding Israel under its uberZionist demolition government. Newsom probably checks more boxes, and is centrist enough these days to woo some Independent voters. Harris was okay, but that smirk was problematic. Condolences on your kitty. We lost one of ours in November, most likely to a dangerous storm drain system, but we'll never be sure. All our cats have been descended from barn cats, so it's cruelty to keep them indoors - they just go nuts and then fall into depression if housebound. So letting them outdoors gives them a happier but often shorter lifespan. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2026 11:05 pm |
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| I apologize to anyone who tried to check the site the last few days. Marty reminded me of the domain renewal, but Facebook was causing havoc with messages--apparently they needed a PIN--so I blissfully thought that renewing the site renewed the domain. Nope. We're now renewed through June 2029. The triannual domain renewal costs more than the trimonthly site renewal, but actually not, since I only have to do the domain renewal every three years and the site renews twelve times more often. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2026 11:48 pm |
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Sorry about your cat.
I flew from Shanghai to Albania with my two 15 year old feline sisters late May. Nerve wracking process. You cant be 100% sure everything is in order until the airline actually accepts the cats. I put them both in one medium sized dog carrier. I figured that made the journey better for them.
2 years ago when my mother was 83, I gave her a 4 year old cat. Shes totally devoted to Abby Cat.
Backstory: My mother was catless for a couple years, and took to feeding dozens of vultures every day in her backyard, plus foxes, raccoons and deer. When you start naming vultures in your yard, it's pretty obvious you really need an actual pet. So Dec 2024, I flew with my #3 cat Abby and gave it to my mom. My father was not too pleased. It took some cat adjustment, but now Abby --a totally super cat -- follows my mother around the house, even sleeps on the bed with them, and my father likes her company too. It's sometimes bizarre how people can't realize some basic things about their lives, such as my mom needing another cat since shes long retired and very restless, looking for things to do.
As Ive gotten older, i prefer adult cats. Ive had my share of kittens. I like more sedate cats these days.
Definitely rescue a cat from a shelter. Even better get a mis-matching set. Two cats better than one. Or take in an outdoor cat. If Abby outlives my mother, I'll find a good home for her among family or friends or myself. Abby is 6 now, and mom should have a good 5+ years as a cat caretaker, maybe up to 10. Mom needed an animal companion.
Id focus on the present.
Ive always just taken in an outdoor cat -- Shanghai is full of them. But a shelter is great too. Really change a cats life for the (much) better. |
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