Conversational Potpourri

I’ve already checked our cable provider…..no Christmas music yet but some decorations will start appearing here 😊🎄

Lol I saw this on fb and thought it was funny. Sort of reminds me of those tv ads about not turning into your parents Now I'm trying to figure out my "Old Person Trait" *wanting to go to bed at 730...??? *Not even caring what 6/7 is about...??? *Not ready to trust/use AI...???

... what is your guilty pleasure on the internet? (PG answers only... yeesh!)

Fifty years ago today.

... if you woke up tomorrow with the mastery of a new skill, what would you want it to be?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-fully-functioning-toilet-made-from-solid-gold-could-sell-for-more-than-10-million-at-auction-180987613/

Reading the story about the plight of the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca made me realize that I've never been there. And there's a lot of other places throughout the region, or even closer to home, that I still haven't been to. What's a popular local place that you've never been to before? Is there a good reason for it or you just haven't gotten around to it?

This will ge an ongoing topic for interesting or thought-provoking factoids and articles from outside sources. To start:

...what is your favorite Halloween candy?

...what is something you absolutely refuse to do or have done and will never do again?

The photo says it all. What would you do?

by Sam Wineburg Mike Evans knew something had to change. As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts and more conspiracy theories. Gone were the days when students arrived on campus with dim memories of high school civics. Now they came armed with bold, often misleading beliefs shaped by hours spent each day on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram. One example of misinformation making the rounds back then was an anonymously posted video that more than half of teens in a national survey said provided “strong evidence” of U.S. voter fraud. The video was actually shot…

Is something here in the region getting in your nerves? Did you have an exceptional customer service experience somewhere and want to give someone a shout out? This Rants and Raves section is the place to do it!

...what is something you swore you'd never do but then once you tried it, you were all in on?

What do you think about this list? Is there someone that belongs on this list that isn't? What's your favorite guitar riff of all time?