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Dear American retailers
Retailers and manufacturers. If you still insist on running commercials as if your target audience are blacks and gays, good luck with that. You alienate everyone else. You demonstrate contempt for me and people like me. Bold move, Cotton.
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Arts and crafts: Computer upgrade: graphics card
I have been coveting a new graphics card for my main computer for a long time. the cost for a negligible increase in performance just never seemed worth it to me. But then I saw an ad at the local … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Computers
Tagged 5070ti, gaming, graphics, news, nvidia, pc, technology
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A few words about the Iran-Israel conflict
Golly. I should probably post something once in a while. You may have noticed that for the past several days, Israel has been bombing Iran back to the stone age. I have a few thoughts on what is really going … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Government, Politics, War
Tagged donald-trump, gaza, iran, israel, middle-east, news, Politics
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ANDOR: A Review
The new Starwars series from Disney is on Hulu for the next ten days so I thought I would give it a view. Bottom line: BORING.. I kept waiting for something to happen. I kept waiting for some storytelling. I … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and crafts, Current Events, Entertainment, Stupid
Tagged books, fiction, review, reviews, writing
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YouTube WTF.
There is zero hope of this ever getting better. Even market dynamics of more content creators = less revenue per creator is not working because computers can help “create” massive cut-paste videos that get by on harvesting the pennies a … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Crazy, Crime, Current Events, Stupid
Tagged digital-marketing, marketing, social-media, video-marketing, youtube
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Dear Trump Administration: Arrest someone.
The Trump administration is doing a fine job moving forward on all the things we elected them to do. All the things except one: Still no arrests of the criminals who have been hiding in our government for the past … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Current Events, Politics, Stupid
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Arts and Crafts: Pimping my Ride, running boards
The new 4Runner, being the off Road edition, did not come equipped with running boards. After copious research into the matter, I selected the cheapest ones money can buy. Total price for these was under $300, shipping included. I like … Continue reading
Posted in 4runner, Arts and crafts
Tagged 4runner, automotive, general, maintenance, Running board, toyota, travel
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Amazon can eat a box of…: Battlestar Galactaca edition
Amazon Prime isn’t happy ruining the franchise for Wheel of Time or Lord of the Rings. Now they are going back in time and ruining a series that is already in the can. The BSG series aired from 2004-2009 on … Continue reading
5th Gen Toyota 4Runner Towing
I just returned from a long road trip. In that trip, I used my 2022 Toyota 4runner Off Road TRD, Premium (ORP). I wanted to archive the results for posterity. Trailer: Uhaul 6×12, 2 axle. Trailer weight empty: 2200 lbs. … Continue reading
Posted in 4runner
Tagged 4runner, 6x12, automotive, camping, cars, news, performance, Towing, towing hookups, transmission cooler, travel, uhaul
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Arts and crafts: Transfer Case Chain
The vehicle: 2015 Mercedes Benz ML-250 Bluetec diesel. The car has symptoms of grating clicking sound when the car accelerates or is going uphill. Additional symptom is leaking oil. Many of the online sources for this are very good on … Continue reading