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... What was so stressful about Monet's life that she'd spend the next half hour taking aim at stacks of plates, an old computer monitor, and a keyboard?

"Work," Monet said, without missing a beat.

Monet, a special-ed high school teacher, clarified that the kids aren't the problem. It's the rest of it: the endless paperwork, shifting lesson plans, and constant assessments.

Inside the rage room, Monet was tentative at first, but then entered a flow state, conjuring up something that was bothering her before taking each swing. Then: Boom! She'd never done anything like this before, and it was thrilling. A half hour later, "it looked like an explosion had happened," she said.

The session, Monet said, did the trick, at least temporarily. "It was just this huge sense of calmness," Monet said.

Rage rooms and ax-throwing studios aren't a new concept. But in an era when American workers are stressed, facing layoffs, stuck in jobs they don't like, and worried their careers could turn obsolete, they're having a moment. They're finding a niche as venues for corporate team-building events and becoming after-work hangout spots where coworkers can bond and let off a little steam. ...

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... Representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, pi is approximately equal to 3.14159 -- but its digits go on forever. In school, you might have used it to calculate the area of a circle or the volume of a cylinder. But the applications of pi are endless and part of every corner of our world.

The holiday was created in 1988 by Larry Shaw, a physicist at the Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco.

"He had a very open and expansive view of the world and saw an opportunity with this number, mathematical concept, to invite people into the joy of mathematical learning," said Sam Sharkland, program director of public programs at the museum, who worked with Shaw before he died in 2017.

While it began as a small staff celebration featuring pie, it soon turned into a grand procession where hundreds of visitors marched around the pi shrine, each carrying a digit. Attendees often show up early to claim their favorite digit for the parade. One woman who has the symbol tattooed on her neck comes every year and marches near the front with a pi flag, Sharkland said.

The celebration begins at 1:59 p.m., signifying the next three digits of pi. ...

OK, my first question is along the lines of ...

Last June, Pres Trump said that we had obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.

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... The president said that for "reasons of decency," the U.S. military did not wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island, from which some 90 percent of the nation's oil exports depart.

"However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. ...

@#36 ... It was impressive how well Orbison's voice held out late into his life. He could still hit the high notes clear as a bell. ...

Yup.

@#37 ... I wore out a couple copies of The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys ...

Back in the day, when I noticed that I was starting to listen to an album many times, I would put it on tape (7 1/2 ips, Teac tape deck), and I listened to the album from tape.

But I also want to note, I listened to the album, not individual songs, but the album.

As I digitize my vinyl collection (at a 96/24 bit rate), my first pass is to create a digital file per album side. Because that I how I used to listen to albums, a full side at a time.

OK, I'm moving away from this thread's topic, lemme fix that ...

OK, here is a sample of who I consider to be excellent rock vocalists ...

@#30 ... Michael McDonald's been a friend of mine for many years. ...

My opinion is that when Michael McDonald took over the Doobie Brothers, the group lost its way.

imo, his vocals suck (too hoarse), and the direction he brought to the group made them more overly-sweet pop-music than their prior innovative progressive/alternative music.

As a result, I enjoy the albums of the Doobie Brothers that I have from the pre-Mcdonald era.

Apologies for saying that about a friend of yours. Nothing directed to him personally, but more towards his [imo, misguided] professional aspirations.

OK, I'll go away quietly now on this ...

@#27 ... Steve Winwood ...

Yeah, he entered the Hall of Fame a while ago for his work in Traffic.

Here's a video he is in that I enjoy ...

@#23 ... I used coffee. ...

That sounds like an addict speaking about a substance they are addicted to.

Time will tell ...

@#19 ... It's worse than that.

No quarter is refusing to accept the surrender of non-combatants. ...

OK, that led me to explore ...

No quarter ...

@#2 ... Do I see a Bomb Iran Bump on these numbers? ...

You decide ...

It's been a couple three weeks since I have posted these stats ...

it's been a couple three weeks since I've posted these numbers, so here goes ...

@#15 ... Has Pres Trump commented on what she said? If not, why not? ...

From what I've seen ...

[crickets]

@#15 ... No quarter is refusing to accept the surrender of combatants

This is a war crime

Said offhandedly by the Secretary of Defense ...

Even though Pres Trump has said he wants surrender.

@#21 ... And then lying about it. ...

Got evidence of that lying?

@#15 ... And our Secretary of Defense is calling for "No Quarter"

No quarter is refusing to accept the surrender of combatants

This is a war crime ...

The prior Rules of Engagement no longer apply.

According to Sec of Minor Excursions Hegseth, after he emerged from his new make-up room in the Pentagon --- ROE are woke, and our military no longer needs to abide by them.

OK, my first comment is about the title of this thread.

Trump's Strategic

imo, using the words "Trump" and "strategic" in the same phrase is a major faux pas.

To put it kindly.

... Grenell's tenure as interim president of the Kennedy Center since February 2025 has been marked by tumult, plagued by high-profile performance cancellations, protests, declining ticket sales and financial strain as he sought to execute the president's vision for the arts center. ...

So, instead of Pres Trump accepting the blame for the tumult he caused, he is taking it out on others.

So typical.

imo, a powerful tune ...

... It promises that members will "receive my private national security briefings, unfiltered updates on the threats facing America. The straight truth on border invasions, foreign adversaries, deep state sabotage, and every danger the fake news hides." ...

Pres Trump should be providing those briefings to all Americans, not just the uber-wealthy who send vast amounts of money into his accounts.

Selling the occupancy of the Oval Office.