The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Mel Bay Presents: Children's Fiddling Method Volumes 1 and 2.

Lesson 1: Play Twinkle Twinkle little star--cool, I remember this from my Suzuki Violin lessons.
Lesson 2: Play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star using bluegrass rhythm and double-stops.

 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

I wouldn't think that this part of the world would be a celebrity hangout.

But, as you may remember, my wife met Linda Hamilton in her store a while back.

Today, she texts me that AnnaSophia Robb was in the store. heh.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

I do have to say...I went and looked her up, and outside of Bridge to Terabithia and Charlie and the Chocolate factory, she's played in nothing I've seen....and nothing big or particularly well-known. "Celebrity"? :p
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

My sister, who is named Laina, just called me tonight to tell me she met that other Laina, aka the overly attached girlfriend, in a Walgreen's in Davenport, Florida.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Bubble181 said:
I do have to say...I went and looked her up, and outside of Bridge to Terabithia and Charlie and the Chocolate factory, she's played in nothing I've seen....and nothing big or particularly well-known. "Celebrity"? :p
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Yes, celebrity. I didn't say "mega star".

Chances are, lets say you go to any given mall in America, and take a poll, asking "Do you know who AnnaSophia Robb is?" There are going to be more than a handful of people who say yes. That's kind of the definition of celebrity.

Do that same poll with my name, and you're gonna turn up nothing. Though I did kind of feel like a celebrity one year at Dragon*Con when a random guy on the streets of Atlanta recognized me from my tinwhistle website ;)
 
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Celt Z

Celt Z

It's 72 F here right now. I've got the windows open, and I'm sitting around in a t-shirt and bare feet. My brain keeps saying "It's Christmas Eve!", but the rest of me says, "...no?"

I guess we're cooking Christmas Eve dinner on the grill tonight!
 
B

BErt

...lousy Smarch weather.

I'm staying deathly afraid of what February will look like after this.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

BErt said:
I legitimately forgot at least twice yesterday that it was Wednesday. I also woke up in a panic this morning at 10am thinking I needed to be at work. Today is good.

Also, can anyone help my with my new tinder profile? I would hate to lose an eye from all the panties that are going to get thrown at me...View attachment 20018
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I don't think the self-deprecation is working. I'd go in the opposite direction if you want humor: absurd boasting.
 
B

BErt

Go home Siri, you're drunk.
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...so for context, I said "set an alarm for 5PM" and she turned it on fine. Then I said "cancel my 5PM alarm and set an alarm for 6PM" and she said that. Weird.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

I don't know what y'all are talking about. It snowed here last night, and we have a nice, frozen layer of white on the ground.

Right on top of the pouring rain into which I emerged after seeing The Force Awakens last night...
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Ooo! Here's a study I can get behind!
Harbingers of failure: meet the customers you don’t want to love your product
The researchers set out with twin goals: figure out how to identify people with quirky taste, then see if their purchasing data could be used to predict whether a product is likely to succeed for fail. [...] Sure enough, products purchased by [these] "harbingers of failure" don’t do so well in the long run: “If sales to these customers are high, the product is more likely to fail,” the researchers write. The more harbingers of failure like the product, the worse this effect is. If they buy a product repeatedly, it’s even more likely to fail. And the logical opposites also hold true: if harbingers of failure avoid a product, it does pretty well, and popularity with a different group of consumers—the "harbingers of success"—spells good news.
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I always KNEW this had to be true!

--Patrick
 
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