"how can we know we are not in a simulation? To cut to the chase, we can't, Chalmers says."

This reminds me of a fascinating story about Roger Ebert (movie critic of Siskel and Ebert) and what he experienced about a week before he died.

Another version of "Be My Baby"

An older, more confident Ronnie Spector in the mid late 1970's

On the TV show Sha Na Na:

Sorry to hear this. She was Awesome! She definitely, was one of my favorites.

God Bless, RIP

Roger that.

Give me some suggestions on Rums to try

They actually make Rum in the Philippines too. Tanduay Rum, it's not bad.

I drank it while I was there.

Legal, it's gotta be better than what the Lithuanians make.

The Caribbean invented Rum!

@ #1 & #2

Same here! And with all the Barcardi, Captain Morgan and other brands we make here in the West. They could've gotten the best.

He was definitely one of the greats.

"Lilies of the Field" (1963) was my favorite.

In all fairness, those G-ddamx Nazis did "culturally appropriate" New Mexico State University's Yearbook.

I'm not making this up.

"The Last Picture Show" is one of my all time favorites.

I'm a big Larry McMurtry fan. BTW, you know he died also,the earlier part of 2021. He was 84.

Yeah, we're just 20 years into the new Internet Paradigm that started in the late 80's~early 90's. Then it really excellerated with the Smartphone. Now there's more advances and more innovative in surveillance(kiss personal privacy goodbye) And AI, becomes more and more human-like, it's gonna be "Blade Runner".

It's gonna get weirder.

Wow, Santa Claus is real.

Rogers, could you please delete my blog entry. No need for duplication.

Oops. This story was posted yesterday.

"I try. Lord knows I try..sigh."

#2 | POSTED BY OLDWHISKEYSOUR:

Yeah, same here. Nobody can be a 100% all the time. It's just human nature.

This kinda reminds me of the story about the Japanese (little over 1% Christian) who celebrate Christmas by getting together and eating KFC.

I'm not making this up.

Making Christmas tamales.

Merry Christmas to one and all.

"If you go into medicine to help people, doesn't it make sense to help yourself while helping them?"

#122 | POSTED BY MADBOMBER

But Mad, you gotta ask yourself this. What motivates a Physician to spend 30 plus years in the Military? Granted they'd be at a pretty decent pay grade, but nowhere near the big bucks they could be making in the civilian world.

That was hilarious. I saved it to my favorites

@#1> Yep, been saying that for years now. "Big Brother" is here and he's here to stay. But I'll admit, I can't quit the internet. I'm hooked on the smartphone like everyone else.

I live in New Mexico and I like it,but I was able to carve out a half-decent middle-class lifestyle in trucking. There is a lot of underemployment, poverty and alcoholism here. Many years ago before I moved here, I met a guy who was born and raised in NM and left. I asked him why he moved. He said, "Well in order to make a living there you either need to be a Nuclear Physicist or know how to make turquoise jewelry." Lol

This is essentially true. Tourism and Government Scientific Research is the name of the game here.

Check out the movie "Ex Machina"
on Netflix.

The Brook Benton version of "Rainy night in Georgia":

This is actually a Cover in reverse. Tony Joe White wrote and sang this song in 1967.