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I've heard the argument made that the software for the Apollo mission may have been the only *completely* debugged code ever written.

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I need to watch that one again. I haven't seen it since it was first in the theaters (I saw it at Chicago's Fine Arts Theater on Michigan avenue.)

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Alfred Molina's Powerful Moment (Lawyer Scene) | Promising Young Woman

The scene with Alfred Molina as a genuinely remorseful lawyer just absolutely destroyed me. It hits me especially hard because, like Molina, I'm a large, physically imposing man, and Carrie Mulligan is justifiably afraid of him.

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A Historic Kansas City Attraction | The Arabia Steamboat Museum

Week before last, I toured the Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia museum in Kansas City Missouri, which sank in 1856. I was amazed to discover, that virtually all of the hundreds of tools aboard this ship were ones I knew how to use. Some tools just achieved perfection early on. www.1856.com

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The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a unique Kansas City attraction: a time capsule of life on the American frontier in the mid-19th century, and the largest single collection of pre-Civil War artifacts in...

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 12h

In my screen capture, you can see how Kansas City Missouri is no longer testing, but the blue town Lawrence Kansas 40 miles away is at high levels.

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Youtuber David Johns @cruisingthecut.bsky.social is a great proponent of cheese sandwiches.

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 23h

Pinto Colvig was the model for that dance. He'd been a vaudevillian, the voice of Pluto and Goofy, and the original Bozo the clown. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinto_C...

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And the great Jason Robards as the chief of police.

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's a truly great film. It has not just Bill Murray, but Geena Davis and Randy Quaid and was the first time I ever noticed Tony Shalhoub as the cab driver.

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Chris Williams @gaffa.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I've had a couple of colonoscopies, and the one thing that made it all bearable was a Toto Washlet bidet toilet seat. When it felt like I was doing nothing but pooping out stomach acid, and the thought of touching anywhere down there with paper made me scream, this thing was a blessing.

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"No Kings" was the founding principal of the United States of America.

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The truth is that the AI algorithms have gotten faster, requiring fewer processors for the same amount of services.

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… or she could…here's a thought…actually do something.

I blame "reality" television shows, which do have people do it so the camera can pick up both sides of the conversation.

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Not every woman can pull that look off.

She was responsible for the design of many of the modules, being a close collaborator with Bob Moog.

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If your state is showing low levels, it might be that they are not actually testing.

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Azelastine Nasal Spray for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infections

I've been using Azelestine twice a day for several years, and I've never had a symptomatic case of covid. This is the study that Leo was mentioning: I also use BLIS K12 streptococcus salivarius lozenges every evening.

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This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of azelastine as a preexposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.

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The secret of a great grilled cheese is not butter, but mayonnaise. Genuine mayonnaise, not Miracle Whip. It's an emulsion of eggs and oil, and spreads on bread perfectly, as opposed to trying to have perfectly softened butter.

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A genius songwriter, easily the equal of Lennon/McCartney, Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan in my opinion. A really sweet human being who never forgot a favor, and she died a hero saving her sons. It's impossible for me to talk about this without getting choked up.

"Were you, or were you not, the 11th Doctor Who?" "Sir, that is *Matt* Smith."

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I just saw it today. Honestly, it didn't hit me particularly hard, and I didn't feel the friendship between the two protagonists very well. Also (and this is a "me" thing) I despised the anime references tossed into the film. I had the same problem with Pixar's "Turning Red."

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Watch him in the movie "Witness". He had the genuine skills to build a barn. As a tool user myself, I'm continually annoyed by scenes of actors using them like a bunch of goons.

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Don't ride the bus without an N99 respirator. @flomask.bsky.social

Elderly balding guy wearing a respirator, a lined black jacket and a gray Doctor Who t-shirt.

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On the other hand, when the pilot and co-pilot are examining the leading edges of the wings with flashlights as we break through the cloud layer, and joking about changing their underwear, things might have been more intense than I understood.

I have no idea why this wasn't vastly more popular. Except that maybe horror fans are like toddlers and want the same thing, again. All I know is that when M3GAN started singing "This Woman's Work" I was both laughing and crying, wishing that my late wife and fellow Kate Bush fan was there.

Older couple in front of the marquee of the Hammersmith Apollo, for Kate Bush's before the dawn series of concerts.

Let us know when you finish your bottle of Worcestershire sauce.

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Yeah, that's a medicine I'd expect to hear Snoop Dogg shilling.

Kate Bush - The Infant Kiss (fan-made video) - widescreen version

The film also inspired Kate Bush's song "The Infant Kiss". I made a music video to the song from the film to learn how to edit. Kate likes it.

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The story about "Trans" that I heard was it it was an attempt to understand his autistic son.

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I've never taken off or landed on a carrier, but I was a passenger in a small plane visiting Meigs Field. Following a strip of lights in the middle of pitch darkness was about as close as I'll get to landing on a carrier in the ocean.

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Possibly, but on the other hand you don't have to park it.

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I always ask them "Okay, would you want that to happen to your girlfriend, wife, sister or mother?"

Two podcasts I love that have no ads at all (not even host-read ones) The Director's Cut by the Director's Guild - directors being interviewed by other directors The Rialto Report - about the "Golden Age" of adult movies. Astounding stories and amazing production. @therialtoreport.bsky.social

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To be fair, the man has a *very* stressful day job… prosecuting crimes against humanity and so forth.

I'm out seeing movies, and this is the air quality in the theater. Theaters, especially ones that have been converted to recliners, have the best air conditioning and air quality. #covid #covidsafe

"Cheese Food" was the compromise. They wanted it to be called "embalmed cheese."

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About a decade ago, I read Modernist Cuisine, and the sidebar about American cheese and sodium citrate stuck with me. With that simple additive, you can turn even the hardest cheeses into creamy sauces.

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I remember the theater I was in when I first saw this, Kansas City's late unlamented Seville Square. The theater was packed, and a young lady whom I had never met was seated to my right and grabbed my arm at various exciting sequences. If I had any game, I might have closed that deal.

The Institute for AIM Medicine – To cure the "incurable disease"

I've been following the news for several years, and the development was funded by cat owners around the world. The medicine is called AIM, standing for "Apotheosis Inhibitor of Macrophage". It may take a couple of years before it's available in the US.

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IAM (The Institute for AIM Medicine) - Founded by AIM's discoverer, Toru Miyazaki, this research institution aims to advance comprehensive AIM research and expedite practical applications of its findi...

Here's my late wife Vickie with one of her favorite directors, Lana Wachowski. She went to see a film in one of the other auditoriums, came out, and saw a bunch of people. She talked to a woman about her own age, who turned out to be Lana's mom, who introduced them and took the picture.

Director Lana Wachowski in a black sequin dress, figure 8 silver pendant and pink purple and blue dreads with her hand over the shoulder of my late wife Vickie Mapes Williams, with a black top, cyan scarf, glasses and gray hair.