Saturday Jam: Keith Jarrett Trio, ‘Solar and Extension’

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I used to have the VHS tape of this concert back during another lifetime, and was really glad to find this performance of the classic Miles Davis tune “Solar” by the greatest jazz trio that ever played together; it’s sheer telepathy. The audio track is a bit on the quiet side so you may want to turn it up.

Recorded live in Tokyo, July 25, 1993 at Open Theater East.
Keith Jarrett piano
Gary Peacock double-bass
Jack DeJohnette drums

Solar (Miles Davis) + Extension (Keith Jarrett)

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190 comments
1 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 4:36:46pm

Reposting from downstairs with apologies to Pink Floyd:

re: #221 Skip Intro

We don’t need no stinkin’ vaccinations, we don’t need no stinkin’ education.

Fight the Man!

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He don’t need no education.
He don’t need no thoughts at all.
No grasp of English, a wife from Asia.

Hey Charles, leave the net alone!

All in all it’s just another crap on the floor.

2 Lidane  Jan 31, 2015 4:50:21pm

As if I needed more distractions. I just downloaded and installed Duolingo on my Kindle. Doing exercises to teach myself a language is pretty neat. I may not become fluent, but it beats matching pieces of candy. Heh.

3 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 4:55:34pm

re: #2 Lidane

As if I needed more distractions. I just downloaded and installed Duolingo on my Kindle. Doing exercises to teach myself a language is pretty neat. I may not become fluent, but it beats matching pieces of candy. Heh.

Or watching Say Yes to the Dress?

/ducks

4 Snarknado!  Jan 31, 2015 5:04:10pm

re: #2 Lidane

As if I needed more distractions. I just downloaded and installed Duolingo on my Kindle. Doing exercises to teach myself a language is pretty neat. I may not become fluent, but it beats matching pieces of candy. Heh.

I’d be interested to know what you think of it. I was using it for Spanish (guess why), and after a while, say 20-odd lessons, it starts getting hard to find “right” answers, because there’s usually more than one, when you’re talking about translation, and it’s a dumb computer doing the scoring. You have to know just what words it wants.

5 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 5:11:34pm
6 Snarknado!  Jan 31, 2015 5:13:51pm

Also from downstairs re Antarctica: I’ll do my best on pictures, but I’m about nine months behind on sorting the ones I already have.

Also, if you’re seriously planning to do this, start looking now, pick what cruise you want (I’m doing Celebrity) and start noting how the prices change and when. We paid at least a couple thousand less than later bookers might because we booked two years in advance. Other cruise lines might show other patterns (e.g. prices go down for a while after the first listing). Or there’s the last minute variation — if you can get to Buenos Aires in two weeks, you can probably get your cabin for at least $2000 less than I paid. Of course, your husband may not be up for the 14-hour flight just yet.

7 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:17:47pm

re: #5 Charles Johnson

Right now, the anti-vaxxers cross ideological lines, but it will become a predominantly right wing movement before too long.

Obviously not all stupid people are right-wing. But, if I need a dolt in a hurry, I know where to look.

8 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:18:22pm

I always felt that cruises were awesome vacations. One of the things I liked the most was wave action, but it isn’t so good anymore with these supertanker sized cruise ships. I always wanted something out of Victory at Sea. The pools are great when the ship rocks, with the water sloshing back and forth.

9 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:18:24pm

re: #7 Decatur Deb

Obviously not all stupid people are right-wing. But, if I need a dolt in a hurry, I know where to look.

Fox News?

10 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:19:00pm

We’ve decided (well actually V decided) that on our 40th anniversary we’re heading down to New Orleans for a week. I’d like to drive down and stop at a few places along the way, maybe even meet up with a few lizards.

Any suggestions on what we should visit on the way down from Sask?

11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:19:41pm

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

12 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:21:24pm

re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

The anti-vaxxers may not veer right, but the right will adopt the anti-vaxxers.

13 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 31, 2015 5:21:57pm

This is the anti-Semite Father Coughlin’s church:
I spit whenever I drive past it.

14 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:22:33pm

re: #8 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I always felt that cruises were awesome vacations. One of the things I liked the most was wave action, but it isn’t so good anymore with these supertanker sized cruise ships. I always wanted something out of Victory at Sea. The pools are great when the ship rocks, with the water sloshing back and forth.

As a military brat, Wife crossed the Atlantic 4 times in the ’50s. Each time the assigned ship got smaller—Queen Mary, USS Patch, USS Buckner, USS Darby.

15 ObserverArt  Jan 31, 2015 5:24:04pm

I always remember Gus’ Circle of Derp and how there was a meeting of both extremes at the bottom.

But yeah, these days the RWNJs are out in force and when they get set on a cause they can and do often take total control.

Like the TeaParty (supposedly?) being an independent cause at first until the GOP started laying the astro turf.

16 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:24:22pm

re: #14 Decatur Deb

As a military brat, Wife crossed the Atlantic 4 times in the ’50s. Each time the assigned ship got smaller—Queen Mary, USS Patch, USS Buckner, USS Darby.

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oceanic voyage
17 Lidane  Jan 31, 2015 5:25:29pm

re: #3 klystron

Or watching Say Yes to the Dress?

/ducks

Haha, yeah. Definitely better for my brain than that.

18 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 5:26:25pm
19 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 5:27:00pm
20 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:28:50pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

At least in 1899 there were diseases worth worrying about.

21 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:29:53pm

re: #6 Snarknado!

Haha, no, he’s probably not up for a 14 hour flight yet.

We’re now stuck on vacation for him because the new employer doesn’t allow banking of vacation time. We’d had 5 weeks socked away with the previous employer to use for it but lost that when his department got sold off 6 months after I finished my degree.

22 Lidane  Jan 31, 2015 5:30:18pm

re: #4 Snarknado!

I’d be interested to know what you think of it. I was using it for Spanish (guess why), and after a while, say 20-odd lessons, it starts getting hard to find “right” answers, because there’s usually more than one, when you’re talking about translation, and it’s a dumb computer doing the scoring. You have to know just what words it wants.

I’m only on the first section, so I haven’t done much yet. Once I get further in I’ll see how I feel about it. It’s entertaining enough so far. I’m trying out both French and Italian, since they’re from the same Latin base as Spanish.

23 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:30:48pm

re: #10 b_sharp

We’ve decided (well actually V decided) that on our 40th anniversary we’re heading down to New Orleans for a week. I’d like to drive down and stop at a few places along the way, maybe even meet up with a few lizards.

Any suggestions on what we should visit on the way down from Sask?

Suggest a rough route/corridor.

24 ObserverArt  Jan 31, 2015 5:31:00pm

re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

Well…if it gets real bad this year, and either President Obama or his new Surgeon General Vivek Murthy say that everyone will need to get a vaccination, or there might be some needed legislature to that end…I’d think you would fast be proven wrong they would never track right.

25 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:32:01pm

re: #16 b_sharp

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Her oft-expressed concern. At least by the time she went as a dependent wife, rather than daughter, we flew.

26 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:32:37pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Suggest a rough route/corridor.

Yeah I just google mapped it and it seems like you’ll be going through a whole of places with not many landmarks. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is on the way. I can recommend some great spots to go to when you get down here (I live 90 mins from New Orleans).

27 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 31, 2015 5:32:41pm

re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

The antivaxxers don’t need to tack right. The majority of them are the most extreme type of glibertarian anarchist it’s possible to imagine. The crunchy-granola hippie stereotype exists, but it’s a small minority. Now the anti-GMO idiots probably still are mostly left-wing.

28 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:32:59pm

re: #10 b_sharp

We’ve decided (well actually V decided) that on our 40th anniversary we’re heading down to New Orleans for a week. I’d like to drive down and stop at a few places along the way, maybe even meet up with a few lizards.

Any suggestions on what we should visit on the way down from Sask?

The Badlands are well worth stopping by. Don’t miss Wall Drug! You can also tour (if you go on a weekday and manage to snag a spot) one of the missile silo control centers at the National Minutemen Historic Site in that same area, which I HIGHLY recommend if you have any interest in the history of that sort of thing at all.

I’d ping mr. klys on what he recommends in New Orleans but he is hopefully asleep now, so I will have to get back to you on that.

29 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:33:18pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Suggest a rough route/corridor.

What do you mean?

30 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:33:20pm

re: #24 ObserverArt

Well…if it gets real bad this year, and either President Obama or his new Surgeon General Vivek Murthy say that everyone will need to get a vaccination, or there might be some needed legislature to that end…I’d think you would fast be proven wrong they would never track right.

Oh god, I can already imagine the right wing freakout if Obama tried to mandate vaccines for everyone.

31 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 31, 2015 5:33:56pm

re: #10 b_sharp

We’ve decided (well actually V decided) that on our 40th anniversary we’re heading down to New Orleans for a week. I’d like to drive down and stop at a few places along the way, maybe even meet up with a few lizards.

Any suggestions on what we should visit on the way down from Sask?

Plan on 5 weeks. 2 weeks to drive there, 1 week to stay, and 2 weeks to drive back.

32 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:33:58pm

re: #29 b_sharp

What do you mean?

She wants to know what route you’ll be taking i.e. what states will you be going through?

33 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 5:34:20pm

re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

As the pushback against the anti-vaxxers starts to include people calling for mandatory vaccinations, or banning un-vaccinated kids from attending public schools, the right will seize on it as another example of the evil government intruding into their liberties.

34 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:34:24pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah I just google mapped it and it seems like you’ll be going through a whole of places with not many landmarks. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is on the way. I can recommend some great spots to go to when you get down here (I live 90 mins from New Orleans).

What is the West-East limit of a reasonable diversion?

35 Lidane  Jan 31, 2015 5:34:24pm

re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I find it hard to believe the anti-vaxxers will tack right. I think most people associate anti-vaxing with Hollywood, and there’s no way the right will ever want to have anything to do with them.

Far right nutters can easily buy into anti-vax nonsense. The Birchers and their ilk thought fluoride was a commie plot. Vaccines can easily become a gubmint plot to plant microchips in people or to slip mind control drugs in.

36 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:34:35pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Suggest a rough route/corridor.

I might recommend dropping down to the Badlands and doing that, then following 90 east and then the Mississippi south. (This is for b_sharp, obviously.)

37 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:34:55pm

re: #26 Eclectic Cyborg

Yeah I just google mapped it and it seems like you’ll be going through a whole of places with not many landmarks. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is on the way. I can recommend some great spots to go to when you get down here (I live 90 mins from New Orleans).

I’ll likely hit you up before we leave.

38 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:35:14pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

She wants to know what route you’ll be taking i.e. what states will you be going through?

Psst - Decauter Deb is, confusingly, a he. :)

39 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:35:39pm

re: #34 Decatur Deb

What is the West-East limit of a reasonable diversion?

Not much actually:

google.com

40 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:36:05pm

re: #38 klystron

Psst - Decauter Deb is, confusingly, a he. :)

Oops. Sorry Mr. Deb!

41 ObserverArt  Jan 31, 2015 5:36:29pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

As the pushback against the anti-vaxxers starts to include people calling for mandatory vaccinations, or banning un-vaccinated kids from attending public schools, the right will seize on it as another example of the evil government intruding into their liberties.

And with that, I’m going to finish out listening to Keith…log out and go play my drums a bit. See you all!

42 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:37:26pm

Nebraska is not really fun to drive through. Neither was Iowa. I’ve heard the same about Kansas.

The scenery is the Dakotas is a little better, but gets more boring as you go east, which you have to in order to go to New Orleans.

43 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:37:42pm

re: #28 klystron

The Badlands are well worth stopping by. Don’t miss Wall Drug! You can also tour (if you go on a weekday and manage to snag a spot) one of the missile silo control centers at the National Minutemen Historic Site in that same area, which I HIGHLY recommend if you have any interest in the history of that sort of thing at all.

I’d ping mr. klys on what he recommends in New Orleans but he is hopefully asleep now, so I will have to get back to you on that.

I’ve seen the badlands a few times & we have similar up here but V hasn’t seen them. I intended to stop there for the night.
We would also like to see the Grand Canyon, but those two are about the only things to see I can think of.

44 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:38:12pm

re: #38 klystron

Psst - Decauter Deb is, confusingly, a he. :)

And I can’t spell, or be bothered to look up, so I butchered the spelling. But at least we all know who I mean.

45 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:38:40pm

re: #31 The Vicious Babushka

Plan on 5 weeks. 2 weeks to drive there, 1 week to stay, and 2 weeks to drive back.

We were thinking of 3 weeks, but 5 is doable. V gets 6 weeks of vacation leave a year.

46 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:38:53pm

If I were headed south from Saskatchewan, I would tack west and work my way through MT, then WY UT into Az and make a left at Phoenix.

47 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:39:11pm

re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg

Not much actually:

google.com

Memphis if you’re an Elvis fan—Graceland. (Beale St for blues). If you’re into cows and corn the route should be a snap.

48 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:39:14pm

re: #32 Eclectic Cyborg

She wants to know what route you’ll be taking i.e. what states will you be going through?

That’s kind of up in the air.

49 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:39:41pm

re: #43 b_sharp

I’ve seen the badlands a few times & we have similar up here but V hasn’t seen them. I intended to stop there for the night.
We would also like to see the Grand Canyon, but those two are about the only things to see I can think of.

WELL, if you’re willing to go far enough out of the way to hit the Grand Canyon, that opens up LOTS of possibilities. (YELLOWSTONE, YOU COULD GO SEE GEYSERS!)

Seriously, the Grand Canyon would set you up for doing a lot of the parks in Utah on the way back (or there). But. That is probably turning into easily a 6 week road trip. If not more. Just as a warning.

50 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:41:43pm

re: #43 b_sharp

I’ve seen the badlands a few times & we have similar up here but V hasn’t seen them. I intended to stop there for the night.
We would also like to see the Grand Canyon, but those two are about the only things to see I can think of.

Vicksburg National Cemetery battlefield is elaborately parkified. Includes Mississippi riverine ironclad.

51 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:42:35pm

re: #46 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

And then head northeastward through MS, AL, TN/NC KY and then turn northwest around Roanoke, VA.

52 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 31, 2015 5:42:57pm

We drove from Detroit to Huntsville for Thanksgiving 2013. We stopped in Cincinnati for dinner, then drove on to Louisville where we spent the night in Brown’s Hotel, then on to Alabama the next morning.

When Google Maps tells you it’s “9 hours” that means 9 hours on the road, driving. It doesn’t count any stops for fuel, bathroom, lunch, sightseeing, whatever.

53 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:43:10pm

re: #42 klystron

Nebraska is not really fun to drive through. Neither was Iowa. I’ve heard the same about Kansas.

The scenery is the Dakotas is a little better, but gets more boring as you go east, which you have to in order to go to New Orleans.

Uh, the scenery where I live is as boring as you can imagine.

54 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:43:43pm

re: #53 b_sharp

Uh, the scenery where I live is as boring as you can imagine.

I’m sorry.

This is a non-small portion of why I will never move back east.

55 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 5:43:58pm
56 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:44:17pm

re: #48 b_sharp

That’s kind of up in the air.

The Grand Canyon is SPECTACULAR. It’s truly beyond words, but Arizona is a wee bit west for you I think. Colorado west of Denver is a gorgeous state. East of Denver and Kansas is mostly farmland and wind turbines.

57 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:44:32pm

re: #49 klystron

WELL, if you’re willing to go far enough out of the way to hit the Grand Canyon, that opens up LOTS of possibilities. (YELLOWSTONE, YOU COULD GO SEE GEYSERS!)

Seriously, the Grand Canyon would set you up for doing a lot of the parks in Utah on the way back (or there). But. That is probably turning into easily a 6 week road trip. If not more. Just as a warning.

I doubt we’ll want to take the same route there and back. I was thinking of a loop.

58 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:45:43pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

That SHOULD do it

59 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:46:46pm

Also depending on how far east you’re willing to go you could also check out Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains. Some gorgeous scenery there.

60 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:46:53pm

What we should do is hit up lizards for places to stay overnight.

61 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:47:15pm

Of course, in my vacay, we would prolly spent about an hour and a half in New Orleans. “Hey kids, look. OK time to to go home.”

62 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:47:59pm

re: #60 b_sharp

What we should do is hit up lizards for places to stay overnight.

I’d love to help out but all the rooms in this house are occupied. :P

63 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:47:59pm

I did, with my sister, from the Bay Area to Vegas via Tahoe and Death Valley, and then instead of going from Vegas to the Grand Canyon like planned we had to divert because I40 was closed with snow. So I still owe her a Grand Canyon trip but we hit Zion that day, and then down into Arizona and over past 4 Corners into Cortez, where we stopped for the night. Skipped Mesa Verde the next morning mostly because I was really tired and headed to CO Springs, where we camped for an evening at my aunt’s before heading off to Lincoln, NE in the most god-forsaken boring day of driving ever where I pretended the steering wheel was a mustache. Then up to Minneapolis to pick up the husband and couch-surfed at my great-aunt’s in Eau Claire before showing up to pick up our trailer in Necedah, WI at noon the next day.

I’m pretty sure we left on a Saturday so that was 6 days of driving (with minimal but not non-existent sightseeing).

If I could have cut out NE and IA I would have been completely ok with it.

64 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:28pm

Looks like I’ll have to get a map and mark points of interest.
Thanks for the advice.
Now to decide if we stay at hotels or in a camper.

65 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:40pm

re: #60 b_sharp

What we should do is hit up lizards for places to stay overnight.

I am a little far west to help, but I would if I could.

66 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:46pm

re: #61 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

Of course, in my vacay, we would prolly spent about an hour and a half in New Orleans. “Hey kids, look. OK time to to go home.”

There are some great restaurants and places to go in New Orleans off the beaten path (i.e. The French Quarter).

67 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:55pm

Hey, you know my wife she kind of funny ya know.

68 Great White Snark  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:56pm

re: #55 Charles Johnson

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69 Floral Giraffe  Jan 31, 2015 5:48:59pm

re: #53 b_sharp

Uh, the scenery where I live is as boring as you can imagine.

Glacier National Park is awesome. So are the petrified forests, and do not miss arches national monument natural stone arches you can hike around!

70 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:49:05pm

re: #60 b_sharp

What we should do is hit up lizards for places to stay overnight.

You’re welcome here. We have a statue to the boll weevil and a more modern silver-painted sow. .

71 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:49:56pm

If you do go to the Grand Canyon, give yourselves time. It’s called “Grand” for a reason. You can literally spend days exploring. What’s also cool about it is for around $20/person you can get a full week pass to the park.

72 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:50:57pm

re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg

There are some great restaurants and places to go in New Orleans off the beaten path (i.e. The French Quarter).

French quarter is all V talks about.

My son and daughter-in-law are going to NO next week. V’s super jealous.

73 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:51:11pm

re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg

If you do go to the Grand Canyon, give yourselves time. It’s called “Grand” for a reason. You can literally spend days exploring. What’s also cool about it for around $20/person you can get a full week pass to the park.

If you are hitting enough parks on the trip, it is worth investigating the year-long pass to all parks, which is about $80, gets a whole car in, and is generally one of the best bargains out there.

Seniors supposedly get a discounted rate for a lifetime pass but I don’t know if that applies for foreign tourists.

74 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:51:19pm

re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg

There are some great restaurants and places to go in New Orleans off the beaten path (i.e. The French Quarter).

I’m more of a scenery geek.

75 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:51:35pm

re: #64 b_sharp

Looks like I’ll have to get a map and mark points of interest.
Thanks for the advice.
Now to decide if we stay at hotels or in a camper.

A couple hours east of NO are the N. Florida quartz beaches, with camping. As a Canadian you surely know that. (The Gulf and beaches are truly spectacular for a rest and recuperation stop.)

76 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:51:54pm

re: #69 Floral Giraffe

Glacier National Park is awesome. So are the petrified forests, and do not miss arches national monument natural stone arches you can hike around!

Glacier is on our to-get list and a distinct possibility for this year’s road trip, depending on how much time we have.

77 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:52:08pm

re: #72 b_sharp

French quarter is all V talks about.

My son and daughter-in-law are going to NO next week. V’s super jealous.

The French Quarter is great….the first time. After that it’s just a tourist trap with cheap daquiris, beignets (fried donut like pastries) and overpriced souvenirs.

78 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:52:29pm

My wife took her mother on a Mississippi riverboat cruise. Turns out the levees all but obscured all the scenery.

79 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:52:34pm

re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg

If you do go to the Grand Canyon, give yourselves time. It’s called “Grand” for a reason. You can literally spend days exploring. What’s also cool about it is for around $20/person you can get a full week pass to the park.

The GC is my place to go, so I may demand more than just a couple of days.
If V gets a week in NO, then I should get equal time.

80 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:52:53pm

re: #76 klystron

Glacier is on our to-get list and a distinct possibility for this year’s road trip, depending on how much time we have.

You ain’t kidding. Those glaciers be meltin’

81 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 31, 2015 5:52:57pm

re: #14 Decatur Deb

As a military brat, Wife crossed the Atlantic 4 times in the ’50s. Each time the assigned ship got smaller—Queen Mary, USS Patch, USS Buckner, USS Darby.

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Damn, my family and I came back from Yokosuka, Japan on the USNS General William O. Darby in 1954. That was an interesting crossing. We encountered a typhoon and were partially successful in trying to run around it. You know you’re having fun when the screws come out of the water every time the ship pitches.

82 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:53:12pm

re: #74 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I’m more of a scenery geek.

So am I.

83 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:53:32pm

re: #82 b_sharp

So am I.

Go west, Lizard, go west.

84 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:53:38pm

re: #73 klystron

If you are hitting enough parks on the trip, it is worth investigating the year-long pass to all parks, which is about $80, gets a whole car in, and is generally one of the best bargains out there.

Seniors supposedly get a discounted rate for a lifetime pass but I don’t know if that applies for foreign tourists.

Mine was 10 bucks for lifetime at a zillion federal parks and forests. It’s for 60 and up. Rent a geezer.

85 Floral Giraffe  Jan 31, 2015 5:53:54pm

re: #76 klystron

Glacier is on our to-get list and a distinct possibility for this year’s road trip, depending on how much time we have.

It’s really spectacular! Mountain goats jump around like they have springs under their hooves! Ooh, and I saw a wolverine!

86 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:54:12pm

May I also add you don’t have to go far into Florida to find some great beaches. Destin is a mere hour from the Alabama line (four hours from NO)

87 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 5:54:58pm

Oh and if you’re looking for a great place to stay in Colorado, I highly recommend Estes Park.

88 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:55:26pm

re: #83 klystron

Go west, Lizard, go west.

I know what to expect from the west, it’s the east I know nothing about.

89 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 5:55:29pm

re: #81 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Damn, my family and I came back from Yokosuka, Japan on the USNS General William O. Darby in 1954. That was an interesting crossing. We encountered a typhoon and were partially successful in trying to run around it. You know you’re having fun when the screws come out of the water every time the ship pitches.

Precisely the same story (Atlantic hurricane) from the wife—screws and all.

90 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:55:41pm

re: #84 Decatur Deb

Mine was 10 bucks for lifetime at a zillion federal parks and forests. It’s for 60 and up. Rent a geezer.

The problem is I’d have to present said geezer every time I want to get into a park.

///

91 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:55:45pm

re: #81 Higgs Boson’s Mate

My uncle went to Vietnam on a ship. One night in a storm, the bow went down while my uncle was still going up. He lost six teeth and by the time he got out of the hospital he spent the rest of his tour driving a truck instead of carrying a rifle. He still says it’s the second best thing that happened to him.

92 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:56:27pm

re: #84 Decatur Deb

Mine was 10 bucks for lifetime at a zillion federal parks and forests. It’s for 60 and up. Rent a geezer.

Both V and I will be over 60 then. Hell, she’s over 60 now and I’ll be 60 this year.

93 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:56:27pm

re: #87 Eclectic Cyborg

Oh and if you’re looking for a great place to stay in Colorado, I highly recommend Estes Park.

Friend got married there year and a half ago, fantastic little town.

I need to go back so I can see more of Rocky Mountain National Park than the taillights of the car in front of me.

94 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 5:56:48pm

re: #90 klystron

The problem is I’d have to present said geezer every time I want to get into a park.

///

How big’s your trunk?

95 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:57:04pm

re: #88 b_sharp

I know what to expect from the west, it’s the east I know nothing about.

The snarky side of me says you’re not missing much.

But I have a distinct preference and grew up on the east side, so.

96 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:57:50pm

re: #94 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

How big’s your trunk?

We drive a Subaru for trips, there is no separate trunk.

97 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 5:58:32pm
Our road trip setup, in SD with the corn palace in Mitchell.
98 jaunte  Jan 31, 2015 5:58:50pm

Some of us geezers can be strapped to the roof.

99 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 5:59:07pm

re: #97 klystron

Image: Our road trip setup, in SD with the corn palace in Mitchell.

Is that little trailer fairly comfy?

100 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:00:13pm

re: #99 b_sharp

Is that little trailer fairly comfy?

Fantastically. Has a queen size bed inside, and a teeny couch. Outdoor kitchen in the back (two burner stove, small sink). Furnace and AC. We’ve had it almost 3 years now.

101 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:00:15pm

re: #92 b_sharp

Both V and I will be over 60 then. Hell, she’s over 60 now and I’ll be 60 this year.

So definitely check on the citizen thing. It’s called the National Parks and Recreational Lands Pass. It is a 50% discount from almost all fees.
The number of places is staggering—includes lots of Corps of Engineers campgrounds at rivers and lakes.

102 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 6:00:18pm

re: #96 klystron

We drive a Subaru for trips, there is no separate trunk.

I’ll be leaving our Subaru at home.
We’ll either use an RV or the Jeep.

103 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 6:01:05pm

re: #100 klystron

Fantastically. Has a queen size bed inside, and a teeny couch. Outdoor kitchen in the back (two burner stove, small sink). Furnace and AC. We’ve had it almost 3 years now.

What is the brand and model?

104 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:01:22pm

re: #98 jaunte

Some of us geezers can be strapped to the roof.

But she’ll never be president.

105 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 6:02:00pm

re: #101 Decatur Deb

So definitely check on the citizen thing. It’s called the National Parks and Recreational Lands Pass. It is a 50% discount from almost all fees.
The number of places is staggering—includes lots of Corps of Engineers campgrounds at rivers and lakes.

Does that include camping fees.

106 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:02:06pm

re: #103 b_sharp

What is the brand and model?

They are built by a little company in WI. We have the 560.

107 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 6:02:58pm

I was getting my Tribeca inspected at a Subaru dealership, and there happened to be an Outback with a retracted Google Streetview apparatus on the roof. I swear it looked like Aunt Edna strapped to the roof in Vacation

108 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 6:03:23pm
109 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:03:37pm

re: #105 b_sharp

Does that include camping fees.

Yes, RVs too IIRC, though we’ve only used tents. I think there are a few exclusions like boat rentals and such.

110 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:04:11pm

I confess I want to try houseboat rental on Lake Mead at some point.

111 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 6:05:10pm

re: #110 klystron

I confess I want to try houseboat rental on Lake Mead at some point.

You better hurry before there’s no more lake.

112 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:05:26pm

Geezerhostel website:

store.usgs.gov

Senior version:

store.usgs.gov

113 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:05:36pm

re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg

You better hurry before there’s no more lake.

I know, right? This whole requirement for “vacation time” is obnoxious.

114 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 6:06:30pm
115 TedStriker  Jan 31, 2015 6:08:02pm

re: #98 jaunte

Some of us geezers can be strapped to the roof.

116 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 6:08:38pm

re: #109 Decatur Deb

Yes, RVs too IIRC, though we’ve only used tents. I think there are a few exclusions like boat rentals and such.

That sounds better and better.

117 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Jan 31, 2015 6:09:05pm

One thing I’ve never seen on this blog: a double post. You don’t see it anywhere anymore, but LGF was conspicuous that it never happened.

118 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:10:42pm

re: #117 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

One thing I’ve never seen on this blog: a double post. You don’t see it anywhere anymore, but LGF was conspicuous that it never happened.

It is very rare, but has happened when the hamsters are freaking out.

119 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 6:18:04pm

re: #117 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

One thing I’ve never seen on this blog: a double post. You don’t see it anywhere anymore, but LGF was conspicuous that it never happened.

It only happens here when the servers are acting up, and things get out of sync. I’ve coded several levels of validation to kill the duplicate posting bug. Wasn’t easy. The HTTP protocol fights against you on this.

120 Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2015 6:18:05pm

re: #98 jaunte

Some of us geezers can be strapped to the roof.

Gives the dog some company.

121 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 6:21:27pm

My sister took the FE today. Fingers crossed for her.

I think some stuff is going to get moved into the guest room to be dealt with over the next week.

122 Mattand  Jan 31, 2015 6:26:42pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

So I guess this would be the wrong time to show off the reversible Confederate Flag/”Vaccines Suck!” cape I just bought?

123 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 6:31:25pm

re: #10 b_sharp

If you go anywhere near Chicago IL let me know.

124 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 6:41:05pm

re: #123 A Cranky One

If you go anywhere near Chicago IL let me know.

We might on the way back.

125 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 6:41:34pm
126 TedStriker  Jan 31, 2015 6:46:11pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Not like this is a surprise, but Chuck is cray-cray.

127 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 6:46:15pm
128 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:48:32pm

re: #126 TedStriker

Not like this is a surprise, but Chuck is cray-cray.

That’s kind of frightening. He has a degree from a real school, history I think, and hatred has driven him to absurdities.

129 Great White Snark  Jan 31, 2015 6:48:35pm
130 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 31, 2015 6:48:42pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

W.
T.
F.?

131 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 6:49:14pm

re: #124 b_sharp

We might on the way back.

If so let me know and I’ll tell you how to reach me. Got a fair amount of room here. Lots of interesting cultural stuff in Chicago worth seeing.

Although, to be accurate, I’m not in Chicago.

132 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 31, 2015 6:50:30pm

Next up: Chuck busts Galileo, defends the Holy Bible.

133 TedStriker  Jan 31, 2015 6:51:08pm

re: #131 A Cranky One

If so let me know and I’ll tell you how to reach me. Got a fair amount of room here. Lots of interesting cultural stuff in Chicago worth seeing.

Although, to be accurate, I’m not in Chicago.

Embedded Image

You gonna give them the Ferris Bueller treatment?

134 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:51:46pm

re: #133 TedStriker

You gonna give them the Ferris Bueller treatment?

Blues Brothers.

135 TedStriker  Jan 31, 2015 6:52:38pm

re: #134 Decatur Deb

Blues Brothers.

Six of one, a half-dozen of the other, I suppose.

136 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 6:56:44pm

re: #125 Charles Johnson

Yup. Eradicated smallpox by distributing mattresses all over the world!

Polio? Pillows.
Whooping cough? Whoopee cushions.

Sooper genius has figured out the secret. Now what will the pharmaceutical industry do? ////

137 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 6:58:40pm

re: #136 A Cranky One

Yup. Eradicated smallpox by distributing mattresses all over the world!

Polio? Pillows.
Whooping cough? Whoopee cushions.

Sooper genius has figured out the secret. Now what will the pharmaceutical industry do? ////

If he interferes with the flow, he’ll end his days in a pain amplifier.

138 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 31, 2015 6:58:45pm

re: #128 Decatur Deb

That’s kind of frightening. He has a degree from a real school, history I think, and hatred has driven him to absurdities.

His elite education and much vaunted intellect notwithstanding, he posts idiotic stupid shit on Twitter because he’s a fucking sociopath. The more outrageous and demonstrably false, the more attention he gets.

139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge  Jan 31, 2015 6:59:28pm

So is anybody but me getting blank comments when there’s nothing but a tweet there? If I click on the comment # so it opens in a new tab, it will show—a lot of the time. Sometimes it drops back to blank after trying to show for too short a time to read, but after a few tries it’ll eventually appear.

MacBook running Yosemite, Firefox 35.0.1.

140 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 7:01:08pm
141 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 31, 2015 7:01:42pm

re: #139 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge

So is anybody but me getting blank comments when there’s nothing but a tweet there? If I click on the comment # so it opens in a new tab, it will show—a lot of the time. Sometimes it drops back to blank after trying to show for too short a time to read, but after a few tries they’ll eventually appear.

MacBook running Yosemite, Firefox 35.0.1.

Yes, on Windows 7 running either Firefox or Chrome. They will almost always become visible if I reload the whole page, which is a pain because I lose my place. And even if I open the comment in a separate window, it will occasionally show up without the tweet, or the tweet will be briefly visible and then disappear.

142 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 7:03:20pm

re: #131 A Cranky One

If so let me know and I’ll tell you how to reach me. Got a fair amount of room here. Lots of interesting cultural stuff in Chicago worth seeing.

Although, to be accurate, I’m not in Chicago.

Embedded Image

Thank you.

143 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 7:03:26pm
144 b_sharp  Jan 31, 2015 7:05:02pm

G’night scaly friends.

May your rock always be in the sun.

145 CleverToad  Jan 31, 2015 7:08:43pm

Curiosity question on any road trip is ‘what counts as interesting’ to a particular traveler. Mountain scenery — start at Glacier, continue though Yellowstone and on down the Front Range before turning east at Colorado or New Mexico. Total turista — Mt Rushmore. Dinosaurs — dig sites and cool funky little museums in Wyoming and Colorado and the Badlands of South Dakota; Dinosaur Ridge west of Denver; the Sternberg Museum in Hays KS; the Texas Memorial Museum on the UT campus in Austin. Old West - Dodge City, KS; the Alamo in San Antonio. Civil War battlefields up and down the Mississippi. Mark Twain memorabilia in Hannibal, MO. Elvis and Graceland. Craft breweries in Colorado and elsewhere. Little offbeat wineries along the way, in unexpected places.

What’s worth a stop? What’s the tolerance for crowds and tourist traps? What’s boring (besides all those unavoidable miles of prairie).

146 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 7:10:18pm

re: #142 b_sharp

Checked with Mrs Cranky and we’d be happy to share our space if you are in the area. She did tell me to warn you that we have 5 dogs…but they’re small ;)

147 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 7:10:50pm

re: #145 CleverToad

roadsideamerica.com

148 Aye Pod  Jan 31, 2015 7:15:39pm

Speaking of moderation and comment sections - the Guardian’s moderation is plain weird sometimes. This comment was deleted:

Your butthurt is like a red red rose

This subsequent version was considered acceptable:

Your butthurt is like a red red rose that’s newly sprung in June

I guess they just needed that extra bit of detail.

149 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 7:16:57pm

re: #143 Charles Johnson

You’d think the lawyer drawing up all of upchuck’s libel suits would have explained libel to the sooper genius.

150 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 7:18:27pm

re: #149 A Cranky One

You’d think the lawyer drawing up all of upchuck’s libel suits would have explained libel to the sooper genius.

You’re assuming Upchuck listens to anything the lawyer voice in his head says

151 CleverToad  Jan 31, 2015 7:19:29pm

re: #147 Decatur Deb

Cool, thank you! Bookmarked that site for the next time I hafta drive to Texas. We’ve done the Denver to Austin run more times than I want to count, just about every possible route over the last 25 years. (Married a Texan. Keep telling folks that honestly, it’s the worst thing I know about him…)

152 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 7:22:05pm

It’s always worth knowing which hockey game is likely to result in a few brawls.

153 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 7:26:09pm
154 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 7:26:28pm

re: #150 klystron

You’re assuming Upchuck listens to anything the lawyer voice in his head says

Good point. He didn’t listen when the voices told him mattresses don’t prevent viral infections.

I’d just like to see the look on his “hot Asian wife’s” face when upchuck says he needs an advance on his allowance to hire an actual lawyer…;)

155 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 7:26:49pm
156 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 7:27:31pm

BREAKING! Photo of Chuck C Johnson’s lawyer leaked!!

157 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 31, 2015 7:35:20pm

Since folk are recommending tourist places I was wondering if anyone had some for the general area of Mobile, AL or Biloxi, MS.

Will be down that way in March. Will either be doing a transit loop with a few other people from Wilmington, NC down to Biloxi and back. (Probably via Atlanta going one way and back via Jacksonville in order to see more things.) Alternately I might fly down by myself and bounce around for a few days by myself before meeting up with the people coming from Wilmington.

But beyond some beach time and a few stops around Mobile (Fort Morgan, USS Alabama) I don’t have much of an itinerary yet.

158 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 7:35:26pm

re: #155 Charles Johnson

Snake oil has a purpose. Without it, think of all the rusty, squeaky snakes! Poor Tea Partiers need a bunch for their Gadsden flags.

159 Mattand  Jan 31, 2015 7:37:10pm

re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg

“Don’t worry, Mr. Johnson! We’ll hit ‘em with a series of surprise witnesses; each more surprising than the last!”

160 TedStriker  Jan 31, 2015 7:39:50pm

re: #158 A Cranky One

Snake oil has a purpose. Without it, think of all the rusty, squeaky snakes! Poor Tea Partiers need a bunch for their Gadsden flags.

How do you oil a snake?

/Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

161 Skip Intro  Jan 31, 2015 7:40:48pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

So he’ll vaccinate his non-existent future kids by his non-existent current hot Asian wife.

The boy just isn’t right in the head.

162 retired cynic  Jan 31, 2015 7:41:29pm

re: #42 klystron

Nebraska is not really fun to drive through. Neither was Iowa. I’ve heard the same about Kansas.

The scenery is the Dakotas is a little better, but gets more boring as you go east, which you have to in order to go to New Orleans.

I adore the Flint Hills of Kansas. They are awesome.

163 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 7:42:17pm

re: #162 retired cynic

I adore the Flint Hills of Kansas. They are awesome.

I’ll have to keep those in mind when I do finally end up going through Kansas.

164 BlueSpotinAL  Jan 31, 2015 7:49:05pm

re: #157 Feline Fearless Leader

Since folk are recommending tourist places I was wondering if anyone had some for the general area of Mobile, AL or Biloxi, MS.

Will be down that way in March. Will either be doing a transit loop with a few other people from Wilmington, NC down to Biloxi and back. (Probably via Atlanta going one way and back via Jacksonville in order to see more things.) Alternately I might fly down by myself and bounce around for a few days by myself before meeting up with the people coming from Wilmington.

But beyond some beach time and a few stops around Mobile (Fort Morgan, USS Alabama) I don’t have much of an itinerary yet.

Try to work in blue angels and naval air museum in Pensacola.

165 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 7:50:12pm

re: #157 Feline Fearless Leader

Since folk are recommending tourist places I was wondering if anyone had some for the general area of Mobile, AL or Biloxi, MS.

Will be down that way in March. Will either be doing a transit loop with a few other people from Wilmington, NC down to Biloxi and back. (Probably via Atlanta going one way and back via Jacksonville in order to see more things.) Alternately I might fly down by myself and bounce around for a few days by myself before meeting up with the people coming from Wilmington.

But beyond some beach time and a few stops around Mobile (Fort Morgan, USS Alabama) I don’t have much of an itinerary yet.

As I said earlier, there’s some beautiful tourist spots and Florida Beaches in Destin an hour west of Mobile.

Biloxi, happens to be my neck of the woods. I’d recommend visiting downtown Ocean Springs, it’s a lovely little All American community with some great restaurants, then you can stop by the bay bridge before you drive over it. It offers some great views of eastern Biloxi.

You can see the Google map of the area I’m talking about here:

google.com

The east point on the map is the heart of downtown “OS” as it’s called (Ocean Springs), the west point is the aforementioned visitors center.

Over the bridge will lead you in to Biloxi and Casino Row, beyond that on Highway 90 is the Biloxi lighthouse and also right there is the Visitors Center which has not only info on attractions but also plenty about the history of the area.

Also in that same area, if you’re into that kind of thing is the beautiful old Biloxi cemetery.

If the the weather is nice you can hit the ferry to Ship Island. It’s a great little place. Takes maybe 5 mins to walk from the dock to the far side of the island. You’ll find a great beach with actual waves out there (since it’s beyond the barrier islands).

There’s also several art museums, a Maritime History Museum and, if you’re into historical things, the Beauvoir and Jefferson Davis Presidential Library.

I can also refer to some great restaurants around here too.

166 De Kolta Chair  Jan 31, 2015 7:50:51pm

Bringed over from the previous thread

167 retired cynic  Jan 31, 2015 7:51:49pm

re: #162 retired cynic

My absolute favorite drive is from Colorado Springs down to Santa Fe, and on up to Taos. Gorgeous country!

168 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 7:52:41pm

re: #157 Feline Fearless Leader

Since folk are recommending tourist places I was wondering if anyone had some for the general area of Mobile, AL or Biloxi, MS.

Will be down that way in March. Will either be doing a transit loop with a few other people from Wilmington, NC down to Biloxi and back. (Probably via Atlanta going one way and back via Jacksonville in order to see more things.) Alternately I might fly down by myself and bounce around for a few days by myself before meeting up with the people coming from Wilmington.

But beyond some beach time and a few stops around Mobile (Fort Morgan, USS Alabama) I don’t have much of an itinerary yet.

Bayou LeBatre is almost on the route. It’s a very important fishing village that’s recovering still from Katrina. (Forrest Gump’s shrimp scenes are from there.) You should be able to find a sandwich. For a curiosity, it is said to be the US base for the moonies’ sushi empire.

169 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 7:54:58pm

I just realized if you Google “Biloxi”, the main photo that comes is that of mountains of trash left on the Beach by Hurricane, Katrina.

Thanks, Google. Really awesome job you did there.

/

170 De Kolta Chair  Jan 31, 2015 7:58:24pm

Bobbie Gentry is the Galadriel of country music
…

171 Lidane  Jan 31, 2015 7:59:30pm

And here I was thinking it’s just going to be cheesy pop music and costume changes:

172 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 7:59:33pm

Speaking of snake oil, guess you learn something every day.

Snake Oil Salesmen On to Something?

173 Decatur Deb  Jan 31, 2015 8:02:52pm

re: #171 Lidane

And here I was thinking it’s just going to be cheesy pop music and costume changes:

Christian radio host: Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show will be ‘complete maximum evil’

Must be a Lady GaGa fan.

174 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 8:05:14pm

re: #173 Decatur Deb

Or never heard of Justin Bieber ;)

175 RealityBasedSteve  Jan 31, 2015 8:10:44pm

re: #173 Decatur Deb
And here I was thinking it’s just going to be cheesy pop music and costume changes:

Christian radio host: Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show will be ‘complete maximum evil’

Must be a Lady GaGa fan.

I understand that Satin will be involved.

RBS

176 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 8:21:18pm

re: #152 klystron

It’s always worth knowing which hockey game is likely to result in a few brawls.

Most people don’t appreciate how difficult it is to punch somebody while you’re on skates ;)

So did you see any good brawls?

177 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 8:22:30pm

re: #176 A Cranky One

Most people don’t appreciate how difficult it is to punch somebody while you’re on skates ;)

So did you see any good brawls?

Nice dust-up during the first period of the Oilers/Flames game. Still a period to go.

178 Charles Johnson  Jan 31, 2015 8:28:30pm
179 De Kolta Chair  Jan 31, 2015 8:29:39pm
180 A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2015 8:29:45pm

re: #177 klystron

Never realized there are websites devoted just to hockey fights. Ha.

181 Belafon  Jan 31, 2015 8:29:57pm

re: #97 klystron

I have actually been there. We took a trip to visit my son in IA (from Dallas), and part of our vacation was to head to Mount Rushmore. On our way, we drove to the Corn Palace. It’s impressive once you realize what work it took to decorate it.

182 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jan 31, 2015 8:30:16pm

re: #180 A Cranky One

Never realized there are websites devoted just to hockey fights. Ha.

When I am bored, I use them to tell me which game to watch from previous seasons. >.>

183 Belafon  Jan 31, 2015 8:34:01pm

re: #153 Charles Johnson

“We could save a lot of lives if we secured our borders but we aren’t really interested so more will die.” - Chuck

In the 1912 flu epidemic, people thought they could keep the infection out if they closed their town. Except they didn’t completely close it: They let the mailman deliver mail. Because they had no clue how diseases spread, it got into town anyway.

If measles were actually spreading from the south, which it isn’t, closing borders to immigrants wouldn’t keep it out.

184 Belafon  Jan 31, 2015 8:36:20pm

re: #175 RealityBasedSteve

And here I was thinking it’s just going to be cheesy pop music and costume changes:

Christian radio host: Katy Perry’s Super Bowl halftime show will be ‘complete maximum evil’

I understand that Satin will be involved.

RBS

They’d get more people to watch it.

185 Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2015 9:10:34pm

re: #171 Lidane

And here I was thinking it’s just going to be cheesy pop music and costume changes:

[Embedded content]

186 #FergusonFireside  Feb 1, 2015 12:41:08am
187 #FergusonFireside  Feb 1, 2015 12:42:22am

I swear, the people who are not fucked up by the time the NFL domestic violence ad airs will have their hair blown back. So powerful.

188 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 1, 2015 12:42:38am

re: #187 #FergusonFireside

Psst, you’re downstairs.

189 #FergusonFireside  Feb 1, 2015 12:43:57am

re: #188 klystron

Psst, you’re downstairs.

oh my

190 klys (maker of Silmarils)  Feb 1, 2015 12:44:22am

re: #189 #FergusonFireside

oh my

Just thought you should know. :)


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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ...
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