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Just Joined

I read this article https://theresurgent.com/2020/01/31/dershowitz-tries-to-convict-trump-paul-tries-to-get-roberts-to-break-the-law-whats-next and it mentioned the Chewbacca defense. Being a Star Wars fan, I had to find out what was meant by it. Thus, I now have a user ID / password for https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Editor's Note: The first link above is inactive because this link is broken because "The Resurgent" is now part of "The First" network. When you click the link above, you are taken to this page:

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Then you are taken to this page:

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When you search for "Chewbacca Defense" in the Search bar, you will not find the link above:

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Reminder!

And, in 2020, you are doing what for Karen on Valentine's Day? It is 2 weeks from today so do NOT delay!! Don't be a putz! If you think you don't need to do anything for VD 2020, go look at  this A Treat for VD? You don't want to be a putz!

Right now, call 319-665-2485 & order a dozen red roses for delivery on VD 2020 from the HyVee Floral Shop, located at 3285 Crosspark Road in Coralville.

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Editor's Note: Future prhmusic, remember how cool & fun it is to view source code? You do that a lot in Karen's office. Was that too subtle?

My Music Collection

Let's say I rounded 10087 hours, 24 minutes, and 44 seconds "up" to 10088 hours and divided that by 24 hours in a day. In order to listen to my entire music collection, I would need to listen to my music collection - non-stop - for 420.3333333333333 days - so, rounding up, 421 days. 421 days from today, 1/30/2020, is Friday, March 26, 2021. Wow!

20th Anniversary of Bayside Tour

AC-DC is not Metal

Okay, I can't go with the "hard rock" label being applied to any of these bands. I believe the genre of "metal" is wide enough and vast enough to include music with all sorts of tempos and styles.
I have that opinion because I watched this:

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How It Feels To Play Drums Onstage

This Would Be Awesome

Reconnections

In light of the above and the news that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash yesterday, 'reconnecting' is on my mind...

This Would be Fun!

Current Openings

Copywriter - Creative Services

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You will play a key role in a wide range of sales driven marketing, including emails, branding, social promotions, giveaways, landing pages, display ads, online sales, local events, and other content marketing. You will work alongside a great team of designers and marketers to tell Sweetwater's story in fun & authentic ways, and to constantly increase engagement with our customers.

You must have previous experience writing in a retail or agency setting and have a strong portfolio of results-producing work. We will ask you to submit various styles of writing samples in addition to your portfolio.

Minimum Skills & Requirements:

• Portfolio jammed full of technical writing that doesn't put us to sleep
• An English degree is super-impressive, but not necessary
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Get Off the Phone!!

The problem with doing any of the things in this video is that once you start, it will only escalate! NO THANK YOU!!

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Some Music Funnies

Playing Odd Meters on Drums

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Never Would I . . .

... go to U.S. Bank Field in Chicago to see Rammstein on a Sunday. . .
... go to Soldier Field in Chicago to see Rammstein on a Thursday . . .

August 20, 2020 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau [Tickets]
August 23, 2020 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field [Tickets]
August 27, 2020 –  Washington, DC  – FedExField [Tickets]
August 30, 2020 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium [Tickets]
September 3, 2020 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field [Tickets]
September 6, 2020 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium [Tickets]
September 10, 2020 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium [Tickets]
September 16, 2020 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome [Tickets]
September 19, 2020 – Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum [Tickets]
September 27, 2020 – Mexico City, MX – Foro Sol [Tickets]
Source: RAMMSTEIN Announce North American Stadium Tour Dates

Why You Should Rotate Office Seating Assignments

Why You Should Rotate Office Seating Assignments

Flashback to When Spitalfield Dominated my Headphones at Work

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14 DUMBEST Things the 2020 Dems Said So Far

From the description: "There is not a chance that ANY of these Democrats will beat Trump in November. It’s not their fault; they are just SO DUMB. Here are some of the most embarrassing things they’ve said so far."

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250 Holy Sh!t Moments of 2019

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Ladder Action

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Drum Gadgets

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Some Live Bayside

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2010's 15 Biggest Moments in Rock + Metal

https://loudwire.com/2010-rock-metal-events/ 

Counting the Instances of a Text String

From Counting the Instances of a Text String:
THIS is the macro code for providing statistics for an entire Word document:

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Sub CountString()
Dim MyDoc As String
Dim txt As String
Dim t As String

MyDoc = ActiveDocument.Range.Text
txt = InputBox("Text to find")
t = Replace(MyDoc, txt, "")
MsgBox (Len(MyDoc) - Len(t)) / Len(txt) & " occurrences of " & txt
End Sub

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Note the comment in the above post:

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I couldn't get this to work in my version of Word. It would only give me stats for the whole document, not my selection. I am using Word 2016.
To get it to work properly, I just changed
MyDoc = ActiveDocument.Range.Text
to
MyDoc = Selection.Text

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THIS is the macro code for providing statistics for selected text within a Word document:

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Sub CountString()
Dim MyDoc As String
Dim txt As String
Dim t As String

MyDoc = Selection.Text
txt = InputBox("Text to find")
t = Replace(MyDoc, txt, "")
MsgBox (Len(MyDoc) - Len(t)) / Len(txt) & " occurrences of " & txt
End Sub

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7 to 10 Prep

My work laptop runs Windows 7, which is no longer supported. I need to prepare to be upgraded to Windows 10. I don't want to "forget" what I have installed on my laptop so I went looking for a way to get a list of installed programs. I found this Generate a List of Installed Programs in Windows

Never Saw This Until Last Night

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Nope

Received the email below about a festival in Lenox, MA, in July 2020. There's zero chance of me attempting to work out going to MA to see this show. It's an interesting poster - Breaking Benjamin is a "bigger" band than Quiet Riot, but it's Quiet Riot's graphic that dominates. That said, if this was being held in Des Moines or Moline or even Waterloo, I would consider going to it.

Since I'm curious, I dug around a bit and found this site - Riot & Rebels with Quiet Riot, Molly Hatchet and BLACKFOOT - which does not list Breaking Benjamin as a band on the bill. Who is wrong?

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Sonic Octane - Live! Riot and Rebels Fest

Riot & Rebels Tour One Night Only Saturday, July 25th Sonic Octane will be performing with Quiet Riot, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot Saving Abel, Breaking Benjamin Saliva, Tantric and more! Eastover Estate Lenox, Massachusetts

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