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Heh, it just occurred to me that the "vote no" signs are what got me to donate to the Vote yes on prop. 6, 7, and 8 campaign. The number of vote no signs I've seen worry me. If the vote yes campaign actually put those up, that's a genius move.Comments
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On the off-chance that you live in Medford, Vote yes on prop. 6, 7, and 8 and donate to the campaign if you can. They are about raising the property tax more than 2.5% (inflation is 3.2%). Prop. 6 is funding the fire dept. HQ, which honestly I don't know much about, but 7 is about maintaining the school budget at current levels, and 8 is about vocational and arts funding.Comments
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20-minute run with the guy, two 20-second slow roll-ups.Comments
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The tournament went pretty well. The guy went the distance in both of his official matches, then he did an exhibition. I don’t feel bad for the kids who lose, but I do feel bad for the kids who get thrown on their backs in the first five seconds.Comments
He got to try his stuff! It sometimes worked. He lost his first match to a very aggressive Korean girl who pinned him for ten seconds (a half point). That went unanswered.
He won his other match by throwing really early with kouchi gari (it was smooth!), then fighting off pins for what felt like forever. It must have been exhausting. At one point, they were standing back up, and he did throw with osotogari, but his opponent landed sitting.
Overall, he’s great at finding opportunities for throws, but he’s not finishing them strongly, which gives opponents a chance to land how they’d prefer to land. He’s also hesitant on the ground and always ends up defending.
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They should seriously play white noise at local restaurant-promoting festivals. I'd be into that, assuming I wanted to go to the festival in the first place.Comments
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I think I'd rather have ska playing at me than this midtempo "classic rock" bullshit.Comments
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Some ‘70s and ‘80 covers band that also sometimes plays “the blues” has been playing at the Taste of Whatever for hours. They’re turned up loud. (I walked up to them to verify that it wasn’t our house acoustics that made it so I could hear vocals from inside.)Comments
I think there was some Tom Petty? Tears for Fears, Steve Miller, and some other former radio dominators.
As a kid, I’d usually describe this kind of music as “weak” and leave it at that. But what I wasn’t getting at was that it was not tough. Listening to the bass and vocals of this stuff makes me realize that this kind of “Taste of Your Town/Area” music is shot through with sentimentality. That’s what gives it its grossness. I’m not really a fan of hyperpop, but it doesn’t have that glaze of glurge, so I’d much rather hear that blasting into my house.
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I feel the guy is in good shape for the tournament. I don't know if he'll get any wins because that depends largely on who shows up, but he can consistently do seven or so consecutive meaningful attacks. The chances of putting someone in an awkward position while reacting to that are decent. I think he's over waiting for the perfect opening?Comments
At the least, I think he'll feel good about having done something, which is way better than those times where you freeze up and get thrown without attempting anything. -
The eight levels of judogi quality on the Mizuno web site:Comments
Writing that copy seems like it would be a very similar gig to writing item descriptions for games.
Shiro:
An ideal judogi to start judo in the best conditions.
Kodomo:
A judogi of superior quality to discover judo.
Yuki:
An ideal judogi to discover judo in competition with a superior comfort.
Hayato:
A competition judogi for children and training for adults.
Keiko:
A competition judogi for adults and children, optimal comfort.
Saiki:
This is the heaviest model in the Mizuno range and one of our best sellers.
Yusho:
High Quality Mizuno IJF approved judogi for international COMPETITION
Yawara: Red Belt
This is the judogi of excellence "Made in Japan" with a fitted cut. The reference model of the Mizuno range which is ideal for teaching judo or its practice in international competition. -
I was excited to find Pipedreams, thinking I had access to thousands of hours of pipe organ music. However, they don't have a podcast feed, and episode playback doesn't seem to work that well from their web site.Comments
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Did the back workout. Also tried making the up part of a pull-up take ten seconds as well as the down part. I did two reps.Comments
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Today’s episode of The Daily was about what was going on in the Ohio town where Trump’s “Haitians eating dogs” conspiracy theory came from. It’s really sad. There’s an influx of Haitian immigrants there, doing work at new factories and basically creating growth there.Comments
And of course, resentment from the existing White population. This happens every time. It’s why Vincent Chin was killed in the ‘80s in Michigan. Now I think about it, I’ve also seen it happen among white collar workers. I knew a dude who said that the Chinese were dirty literally because they worked harder than him in his white collar industry. He actually said their hard working was what made them dirty.
In this Ohio town, there was a car accident in which a Haitian driver, who was not under the influence, plowed into a school bus, killing a child.
That’s horrific, but instead of being about an individual’s criminal negligence, the White people in the town used it to get explicit about immigrants in general. Nationally, it took off among Republicans.
The family of the kid who was killed, on top of dealing with an unimaginable horror, had to deal with their kid’s death being a Trump weapon. The father spoke out against it and asked people to not be racist.
I’m afraid for him. The Sandy Hook parents were viciously harassed for years. The right has no mercy at all for people who have just lost a child. -
Comment from a discord about Unity rolling back its surprise fee which scared 90% of its customers last year:Comments
Biggest self own since brexit
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Michael Schenker looks kind of undead. Which is fine — no judgment. We'll all be skeletons someday!Comments
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There's about three hardcore bands I like, yet I keep checking out hardcore bands every so often. This is a taste thing of course, but I usually feel like I'm listening to a "what happens if you take riffs and imagination out of metal?" experiment.Comments
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There is a dude wearing a vest and a tie watching business success life coaching videos at the library.Comments
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The EV spaces in the library parking lot are full. Man, that's half the reason I got this car!Comments
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This pair of vaccines' side effects are milder than last year, but I still had to lie down for an hour today. I wasn't sure if I had to lie down until I did, then I was like oh yeah, I need this.Comments
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I think this is the mildest Covid and/or flu vaccine reaction I’ve had yet, but so far, I’m sneezing like crazy and my arm is sore. The sneezing could be an allergy coincidence.Comments
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