Mixture Posture: September 2018

Sunday, September 30, 2018

I'm Ducking DONE

This is the tipping point, the ducking point when I can not do it anymore. I am ceasing the updates on my Get Your Political Opinions Here pages. I am going to leave the link in the list of pages, but will be updating the title and moving it to the last link.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/hirono-criticizes-conduct-fbi-investigation-sexual-assault-allegations-kavanaugh

"We need the FBI to investigate."

The FBI is going to investigate.

"The FBI investigation is not credible."

Sarah Sanders slams 'absolutely disgraceful' handling of Kavanaugh accusations, vows WH won't 'micromanage' FBI probe

Let me guess a popular reaction to that article...

She lies! You can't trust her!!!!

I ducking give up.

I am done with political CRAP on this site.

I am done pretending.

I might not have the strictest logical reasoning skills - I do like Lamb of God but I don't like Cannibal Corpse - but my God, it's nuts to discredit what you said you wanted. Liberals scream On and On and On about how the FBI needs to investigate and THEN, before it starts, discredit what you just said you had to have ... before you even know what it's going to find. It's ducking hypocrisy to say that the FBI investigation into Russia and the 2016 election is credible - it's by the FBI - but then say that the FBI investigation is not credible. Which is it?

On top of that, when BK's name was announced announced months ago, there were members of the Judicial Committee that declared, "I will fight the nomination." That's before a single question was asked of him. And I am to believe that the investigation by the FBI will matter to those members?

Get ready for Bayside, Metallica, drums, and technical writing to blanket this blog.

And WWE and professional wrestling.

And The Walking Dead/ Fear the Walking Dead.

And videos that make me smile...

He didn't need the Hat

Too Sweet

Witch

Boob Bee Barber

MH Quit

Neighbors Bitch

Enough political granola...

Political Hack

https://freebeacon.com/columns/call-roll-kavanaugh

Eye Popping Headline

http://archive.mrc.org/press/1998/press19980706.asp

Watched the Video... Sighed Deeply

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2018/09/26/video-cnn-msnbc-find-kavanaugh-guilty-all-counts

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Samoa Joe is What's RIGHT with WWE

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2798205-wwe-super-show-down-is-perfect-place-for-samoa-joe-to-rip-title-from-aj-styles

What was Requested

A look at what the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation will entail https://www.yahoo.com/news/look-fbis-kavanaugh-investigation-entail-155443972.html

Fake

https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/mYpRTicLDLw/

Heed

https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/mYpRTicLDLw/

Friday, September 28, 2018

18 ...21... What's the Difference? 3!!!!

Kavanaugh Testified That 'The Drinking Age Was 18.' Not In Maryland When He Was 18.

Doppelganger... What a Fun Word

Standing By Kavanaugh, Republicans Subscribe To Doppelganger Theory

Machine Head Calls It

Machine Head Farewell Tour Members Quit Statement Video

The Shield

WWE's Emphasis on a Dean Ambrose Heel Turn Means the Shield Won't Break Up Soon

The Rotation...

I realize I have a rotation in my blog. These are the top 25 labels on this blog:

Labels	Number
Videos	· 888
Politics	· 769
Republican Tendencies	· 761
Metallica	· 756
Work	· 646
Technical Writing	· 582
Busy Life	· 517
drums	· 505
Pro Wrestling	· 335
WWE	· 325
MS Word	· 317
Conversion Projects	· 292
Funny Stuff	· 261
playing drums	· 261
Writing	· 214
Iowa Hawkeyes	· 212
Movies	· 207
Concerts	· 192
RoboHelp	· 153
Star Wars	· 142
Bayside	· 127
Ripping CDs to MP3	· 124
The Walking Dead	· 113
basketball	· 108
heavy metal	· 106

Fore! blood!

Brooks Koepka hits Ryder Cup fan in the face, leaves her bloodied with wayward tee shot http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/09/28/brooks-koepka-hits-ryder-cup-fan-in-face-leaves-her-bloodied-with-wayward-tee-shot.html

I Have It IN MY EARS NOW!!!

Kind of Funny, Kind of Not

For reasons that are unknown to me at this precise moment in time, "438_425_Current.xlsx" will not open within Excel. On my external hard drive, the first file I saw when I searched for a recent backup has a modified date of 10/1/17, which is a year ago on Monday. After I took the above screen capture, I found a more recent backup from 7/3/2018. I'm very confident that a backup from last week exists on an external hard drive at home. It just struck me as kind of funny, kind of not funny that the most recent version "back" from the most recently used was modified just under 1 year ago.

Best of Bayside

50 Greatest Metal Riffs

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-metal-riffs-ever
At #10, it says this:

Jørgen Munkeby, Shining: “The main riff on Beautiful People is the best ever metal riff written in 6/8! It’s got the balls. It’s got the bravado. It’s got the swing. It’s got the rawness. It’s even got the ominous tritone interval securely etched straight up in the middle of it, like an unholy metal spine!”

I had zero idea the song was written in 6/8!

Another Short Straw

From Listen to Metallica’s The Shortest Straw - recorded in Lars Ulrich’s garage

Want to Hear my ST Story?

I'll just say it: I wish that Riverside, IA, had the facility to host this event tonight since William Shatner's most noted character - Captain James T. Kirk - was born in Riverside, IA. Spoiler warning: I'm not attending this event tonight:

I have a history with Star Trek & "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" movie. It was the first Star Trek movie I ever saw. I saw it with John Rath at the Westdale Four Movie Theater. The movie was released on June 4, 1982, when I was (exactly) 12.5 years old. I know I saw it in the theater. Because I had never watched the TV series or seen "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" I don't have a positive connotation when I think about the movie. Perhaps I had a kind of subtle knowledge of Captain Kirk and the others due to pop culture but it wasn't enough. I had no idea what was happening. I remember the 'bug in the ear' scene - perhaps why I am sensitive to videos about bugs being pulled out of ears on youtube.com! - and Ricardo Montalbán played Khan - I knew that actor from his time on the TV series "Fantasy Island." As far as why Khan & Kirk were enemies? I had no clue. All of that text to say I have zero desire to pay $62 to see a movie that was released 13265 days (36 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days) earlier to the September 28, 2018, showing.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Listened to Devin D and asked, "What? What IS this?"

Milwaukee Jazz Drummer Devin Drobka Flaunts His Versatility on 'Amaranth'

I Like BK Even More

At Quintrex, each year, each employee could have a calendar, which I took advantage of so, after working there a number of years, I have a pile of calendars. I don't have an inventory of what years I have or how many, but I know exactly where they are located in the den. I like to look back at them, especially when I would keep very careful documentation about events that I needed to attend as well as other events. In more recent years, I would add references to concerts taking place on specific dates.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh released his calendar from 1982 the other day, which is displayed below. I love it. Absolutely LOVE IT! Why? It reinforces the notion I have to never throw away any of the calendars in the aforementioned pile. Not because I am going to be nominated to be a Justice on the Supreme Court or anything like that but because it documents my life in a way that only words in a journal or pictures in a photo album cannot.

As a side note, I don't want anyone - not family or friends or strangers - to read any of my journals. I think that since I have endured my journalitis in solitude and in private, the audience for my journals is me and NO ONE ELSE!!! In fact, I need to write up a document that says what I want done with my stuff. I think, at my wake & funeral, if you come, you should leave with a spindle of CDs. Given that there are 51 spindles - and close to 400 more CDs to be converted - I hope I have at least 55 people show up to my wake & funeral.

I digress. Here's BK's 1982 calendar, which I learned about on this page: https://www.westernjournal.com/kavanaugh-detailed-calendar-summer

Kavanaugh.summer.1982.Calen... by on Scribd

Clean

https://www.thoughtfortoday.org.uk/clean-and-tidy/

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Howard

Volume 2 comes out in 2 days!!

Protecting Pictures

Why it’s important to protect your cherished, irreplaceable photos before a natural disaster happens

MegaCruise = MegaAwesome!

MEGADETH Announces First-Ever 'Megacruise' September 25, 2018

The Wit of EE Shines

I really like the wit of Erick Erickson:

There's more to read, if you want: From Sexual Assault to "He Drinks," The Democrat Attacks Run Out of Steam.

Calluses

How Stupid Software Developers Can Be

It amazes me how stupid software developers can be. I just saw this on Microsoft: Upcoming Windows Update Might Fail If Your Hard Drive is Too Full Justin Pot @jhpot September 21st, 2018 and I'm mystified by what I read.

Full hard drives could cause an upcoming Windows update to fail,

according to Microsoft,

and the system will not check for adequate storage space before installing.

Side note: The above sentence could use a rewrite to end up like this: According to Microsoft, full hard drives could cause an upcoming Windows update to fail and the system will not check for adequate storage space before installing.

Back to the point of this post. Just who in the h-e-double toothpicks thought that it would be a good idea to add a check for adequate storage space before installing?!?!? Do software developers ever use software?!?!? I can't imagine any software developer I know who wouldn't throw a temper tantrum if they went to install new software that didn't check for adequate hard drive space prior to installing the software. Why? Simple: software installers have been doing that type of check since at least 1994, when I worked with a PC that ran Windows 3.1 and had a hard drive without adequate hard drive space to install Office 97. I remember inserting my 3.5" Install Disk 1 and seeing an error message that told me "You dodn't have enough space to install this!" Thank God for HowtoGeek.com, which offers this piece of advice:

We recommend trying the Free Up Space tool, shown above. Find it in Settings > System > Storage to free up some space before running the October 2018 update.

Too bad howtogeek.com has to pick up the slack of stupid software developers.

Editor's Note: You should not infer that the author believes ALL software developers are stupid.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Not

Judge Rules Bill Cosby A 'Sexually Violent Predator' https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-cosby-sexually-violent-predator-sentencing_us_5ba6c3dbe4b069d5f9d37fc4

Behind the scenes of a rescinded job offer

Disclaimer: This has never happened to me, I've never known anyone that has been offered a job and then had that offer rescinded, and I'm not looking for a new job. I came to know of the Ask the Headhunter site during my job search in January 2016 and I subscribe to his newsletter - it's the only reason I saw this article.
That all said, I found this article about a rescinded job offer - Behind the scenes of a rescinded job offer - to be fascinating.

Eight Years Old

10 PowerShell commands every Windows admin should know PowerShell combines the speed of the command line with the flexibility of a scripting language, making it a valuable Windows administration tool. Here are a few basic commands you'll want to master. By Brien Posey | in 10 Things, December 12, 2010, 10:22 PM PST

Monday, September 24, 2018

Shortest S

In context, this is the third video that was posted to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of "And Justice for All" and while it is also embedded on this page - 30 Years of Justice - I really REALLY love this tune.

Take This With a Grain of Thought

From WWE Hot Take of the Week: Crown Jewel and Super Show-Down Are Lazy Cash-Grabs:

Our first example of this was Greatest Royal Rumble. It's major selling point was just taking one of WWE's biggest matches of the year and making it bigger. They couldn't even think of a better title than to put "greatest" beforehand and slapped together the blandest and quickest logo possible, too.

Really?

It's major selling is what was intended, which translates to It is major selling.

Its major selling is what was likely intended, which leads me to rant a bit by saying how obvious it is to me that the writer used the smallest grain of thought possible to confuse "its" with "it's" in that sentence. I wasn't expecting much since the opening sentence promises to be "where the gloves are off" because "it's time to rant." Funny how "it's time to rant" is actually correct in the opening sentence, but by the 4th paragraph, there's not a care in the world regarding confusing "its" with "it's" in the article.

As I've pondered in other posts, I have the curse of seeing shitty writing and not being able to leave it alone.

New AF

Ace Frehley to appear on Jimmy Kimmel TONIGHT!

Friday, September 21, 2018

Water under the bridge

After being laid off from Pearson, Transamerica was one of the companies with which I interviewed for a job. Obviously, it wasn't a match. The job below isn't the job we discussed, though I have to wonder if it would have been more appealing than the position they had open at the time. And, because I like to be crystal clear, NO, I'm uninterested in applying or pursuing this position, though I would like to know how they define the "Normal office environment" phrase used below.

Sr Technical Writer
Transamerica

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Job Description Summary
Create and maintain in-house knowledge content for the Customer Care Call Center, including internal policies and procedures, user guides, and training documents. Translate advanced technical concepts into materials that maximize employee comprehension.

Job Description Responsibilities

Design, organize, and prioritize writing assignments to ensure timely release of materials.

Ensure communications meet standards for order, clarify, conciseness, style, and terminology.

Use expertise in content and knowledge management to anticipate and respond to business needs.

Conduct interviews, research, and run tests to ensure accuracy of information in the knowledge base repository; perform comprehensive audits and make updates as needed.

Provide recommendations on knowledge base enhancements or alternate solutions to improve the user experience.

Create graphical images, flow charts, and diagrams as needed.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, or related field, or equivalent experience with certification in structured writing

Five years of technical writing experience

Technical writing skills to apply broad knowledge of concepts and principles or expertise in a specific area

Outstanding writing/editing skills and attention to detail

Communication and research skills to gather information from multiple resources

Strong organizational skills and the ability to meet deadlines

Proficiency formatting software, such as DocuTools, FS Pro 2020 (Information Mapping) or other authoring software.

Ability to learn new tools and technology quickly

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of the retirement industry and related terminology

Proficiency in SharePoint and Publisher

Working Conditions

Normal office environment

Anthony Raneri - Live at Vintage Vinyl 06/29/2015

4 months, 1 week, 2 days - 131 days until Bayside's acoustic show at Gabes in Iowa City so I'm feeling a bit anxious.
It's a crime that there are ONLY 3,040 views for this video. Anthony Raneri is a musical genius!!

It's a crime that there are ONLY 125,526 views for this video. Anthony Raneri is a musical genius!!

It's a crime that there are ONLY 295,951 views for this video. Bayside RULEZ!!!

Bad for Suge

Suge Knight pleads to manslaughter over fatal confrontation

How to Find Me

How To Discover Your True Self – Personal Growth – Medium
The Trick To Thinking Clearer and Better – Personal Growth – Medium

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Lovin' This Tune

My Perspective

From http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-slayer-judas-priest-alice-in-chains-ghost-set-for-australias-download-festival/:

As he approaches 70 later this year, Osbourne said he wanted to spend more time with his grandchildren after five decades on the road. "I love my work, it's amazing ... Jack's three little girls," he said. "They are wonderful, except when they come over to the house, wreck it and leave."

Meanwhile, this is the lineup for Download in Austrailia and, well, 1 - 6, 8, 9, 12 are good... so that's 9 out of 23 - 39% won't get me to buy a plane ticket to go see it.

OZZY OSBOURNE

SLAYER

JUDAS PRIEST

ALICE IN CHAINS

GHOST

RISE AGAINST
THE AMITY AFFLICTION
ANTHRAX
HALESTORM
BEHEMOTH
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
I PREVAIL
CONVERGE
FRENZAL RHOMB
LUCA BRASI
CODE ORANGE
ANDY BLACK
THE FEVER 333
WAR ON WOMEN
HIGH TENSION
OUTRIGHT
RUINS
ALIEN WEAPONRY

Last Weekend

Why did AMC spoil the biggest event?

Walt the Heisenberger

Automatically hide, unhide and sort worksheets

So I don't Forget....

Upcoming Concerts in the Area

Honestly, I would love to go see all five of these concerts. I like all 5 of these bands and I've seen 2 of the bands - 5FDP & Seether - within the last 5 years. I think my first 5FDP show was in January 2012 in Cedar Falls and the most recent was in October 2016. Seether, of course, was at Chicago Open Air 2017. That leaves Ghost, Primus, and A Perfect Circle. I'm far from an expert on their material, but I would still like to see each of them.

From: FoxNews.com [mailto:foxnews@newsletters.foxnews.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 9:37 AM
Subject: Mollie Tibbetts' accused killer pleads not guilty to murder charges

Published @ 9:45 AM

Sad News!!!

Understanding and Using Batch Files

I just purchased this book: https://store.tips.net/T002509_Understanding_and_Using_Batch_Files.html
The following is what sold me on the book, which is not available in the link above:

Good morning!

I'd like to share a small story with you that is only partially tongue-in-cheek. Bear with me for a moment, if you don't mind.

I remember when I was young, and we would tiptoe around the house, making sure we didn't disturb my dad as he was working on his computers. (It always seemed we had more computers in the house than people, pets, or anything else our friends had.)

In the evenings we would gather around the family hearth as the wind whistled by the windows. Dad would tell us stories from the early days of computing as firelight flickered on the walls.

He would thrill us with stories of programs acquired and scare us with tales of data lost. We would learn the importance of word processors, the power of programming languages, and the wisdom of backing up your data.

As I sat near my dad's knee, paying rapt attention to his every word, I always wondered how he was able to do such marvelous things with computers that, by today's standards, had less power than my cell phone.

One day, not long ago, I was talking with dad. Though he is older and grayer now (heh!), it still amazes me that he was able to do so much with his systems in the days before Windows. So, I asked him about it. His answer?

Batch files.

Yep, batch files. I'd never heard of them. (Or, if I had, I hadn't paid a whole lot of attention.) So, I asked him to explain how they used to work. He mentioned that batch files were still available in Windows, which surprised me even more.

As he started to show me how to use batch files, I began to suspect that there were are lot of other people in the same boat as me, not having any idea what batch files were or how they could be used on today's Windows systems.

This led me to suggest that, perhaps, dad would want to put together an e-book that would provide the explanations and offer the examples necessary so that you (as well as myself) could learn how to put batch files to work.

Well, dad just got the e-book done. I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of Understanding and Using Batch Files, a brand-new e-book that answered all my questions (well, all my questions about batch files) and opened up a side of Windows for me that I didn't even know existed.

I invite you to take a look at this awesome e-book, as it can provide a "behind the scenes" peek at how batch files work and provide the knowledge you need to put them to work for you. You can find out more information about Understanding and Using Batch Files at this site:

https://store.tips.net/T02509

I've priced this e-book at a very affordable level ($24.99), but I also know it is our company's long-standing tradition to have a special sale whenever an e-book is released. So, for a limited time (through October 3) you can get your own copy for only $17.49. That's 30% off the regular price!

I invite you, again, to consider this great offer. You won't find better information about this powerful Windows feature anywhere, and now you can get it at a great price.

To get the complete details visit this Web page:

https://store.tips.net/T02509

Don't delay; this special offer is available only for a couple of weeks; it ends on October 3, 2018.

Thanks for your continued support of WindowsTips!

—Eric

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