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Vanilla Strange Gato

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  1. Look, jackass, a prominent and successful billionaire taught us this and used an example that is just basic science.
  2. Would like to see Brit Floyd in Houston tonight. They do a great job and are the closest thing you can get to Pink Floyd anymore. Schedule does not allow for it this time. It’s a bummer because there is a single on the second row near center that would be similar to where I sat last time, and that was a sweet spot to sit and watch some great guitar work.
  3. Sophia Lauren was quite the vision in her day.
  4. I have worked in a place that employs a number of PhD’s. In the beginning of my time there, I was always impressed when someone had that level of education. The shine is off. The human brain is only used by us to what, 20% of its capacity? Whatever the low number is that gets thrown around? My theory is that PhD’s have crammed so much knowledge into that 20% of the brain we use in order to excel in their field of choice, that something else was forced out. Common sense. The ability to perform basic maintenance checks on a vehicle. Simple bodily hygiene. How to make a sandwich. Not putting Dawn liquid into the dishwasher when you run out of Cascade so you don’t turn your kitchen into a scene from Mr. Mom. That sort of thing. Anymore, when I meet a PhD, I judge them in a way that asks the question “what has your brain given up to reach this level?” M.D.’s are susceptible to this. For God’s sake, there have been instances where someone went into the hospital to have a leg amputated, and they took the wrong leg. You can make it a lot more easily with one leg than with none. But no, they still had to go back in and take the other one. The absolute worst are the rare M.D./PhD. My daughter works for UT Health in the TMC. Her former boss was an M.D./PhD. His family had to have paid someone to give him those degrees. He’s an idiot. The staff had to babysit him to make sure he doesn’t try to use research grant funds on $2500 bottles of wine or $15k Christmas parties for the staff. Rant over.
  5. Vanilla Strange Gato

    Rush

    Couldn’t that be said for any Rush meme?
  6. Vanilla Strange Gato

    Rush

  7. Indonesian! Those poor kids.
  8. It was pretty crazy how the Sire was just ready out of the box. Even still in tune. The wife and I were out running around this evening and we swung by Guitar Center and they had a Reverend. I’ve never tried one so I checked it out. It played nice, but I’m kind of a snob on how a neck and fretboard edges should feel after having my Sire S7V. It’s ruined me. So it’s not just Fender.
  9. I went to school with Ron Paul’s kids. One of them was a trainer/equipment manager back in the day. Don’t bring up the Texas/Miami Cotton Bowl around him. He still gets seizures from that experience. Ron Paul used to jog by my house. I definitely know what’s a Libertarian and what’s not. Oh, and Rand was Randy back in the day. Nobody called him Rand or even considered calling him that.
  10. I recognize that but I don’t think that’s the one I remember from 50 years ago.
  11. She is probably responsible for more deaths than Thanos.
  12. A proper Gen X early childhood included the following on a sick day home from school: - Sesame Street, with Mr. Hooper running the store. Annoying Elmo had not yet been created - The Electric Company, with Morgan Freeman in the cast - some kids show Spanish. Callas Colendras or something - Captain Kangaroo and Mr. Green jeans and bunny rabbit dropping ping pong balls on a guest. Also, Dolly Parton guested once - The Price Is Right with Dianne Parkinson in all her glory, which was on CBS, but I ain’t sticking on PBS for “Sit And Be Fit”
  13. She seems smart.
  14. Geddy Lee turned 72 yesterday. He is still sitting in with some people here and there and plays great.
  15. Dang it. You got a fever with that?
  16. My dad had a pretty varied library of LP’s when I was young. We heard a lot of things. Lots of classics. “In The Hall of the Mountain King” was a frequent listen. He always included a heavy dose of Herb Alpert. My brother and me stared at one particular album cover more than all of the other album covers combined.
  17. I’ve never heard of this Nigel fellow, but I’ve heard of Hillsong. Good to see they are using high quality instruments to praise the creator of our universe and savior of all mankind. 👊
  18. I’m not a big Gretsch guy, but geez…this guitar would be welcomed with open arms and hands at my house if it showed up as a gift. I really enjoy this guy’s demo videos. Keeps them succinct. Provides a lot of details about the guitar. Plays all pickup positions. Gives you a good look at it. Does a great playing video for each guitar he reviews. He is just a guy in a small room in Singapore. He should have way more followers and views than he does considering the quality of his work.
  19. There is that. However, I’m not Wolverine. “No man can take a beating like that without a mark to show for it!” I have reminders every day.
  20. My blood counts will always suck going forward. A couple years ago I had hip pain. Doc said it’s very likely bursitis, but because it’s me, he wants an MRI. Gotta be sure I don’t have some secondary tumor. It was bursitis. But the MRI showed that the bone marrow in my hips and pelvic region is all mottled from radiation. I met with an orthopedic surgeon. Asked if I needed a hip replacement. He said “Oh, no. There is only a 50% chance that would work. The ligaments and tendons and muscles that need to hold all that in place? They all got radiated too. Great. I’m 85 freaking years old inside.
  21. There is that. 😒
  22. Some plastic surgeons have before and after photos on their websites. The befores can be bad. The afters can be better but leave them looking like Chucky in some cases.
  23. I was there. Was a freshman in high school. I think it was my third concert ever (Asia and Van Halen were 1 and 2)? The drummer for Golden Earring was pretty ballsy. He did a really good solo during their set. Not something you see from an opener. And not many drummers are going to do a solo ahead of Neil Peart doing his later. Rush always had good openers, and they were never butthurt and thought “we don’t want to bring a band that might take away from what we do”. Looking at you, Van Halen, with the rockabilly band you brought out on the 1984 tour. Or the aging BTO you brought out on the 5150 tour. Or freaking After The Fire and “Der Kommisar” in 1982. Golden Earring was solid.
  24. They had seven females once.
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