me too!!! I went fully linux thinking “I’ll figure it out,” and I have, for everything except affinity. That hobby is basically on hold now. I might just finally check out (gulp) gimp.

haha yeah, I knew it at the “let’s break it down:”
I was like… I know this voice…

Entheos!

Wow… define loser? That’s awesome!

David Foster Wallace, shook hands and chatted at a book signing… He was very pleasant, shy-seeming, like you’d expect. RIP!

Philip Seymour Hoffman, shook his hand and chatted briefly, after seeing a play he was in. Oddly similar to DFW: shy, warm, very human. Also RIP!

(I guess, don’t shake my hand?)

Wow, you got right on that, hahaha. Nice. :) I think I’ve seen most of the TNG episodes, TNG is my fave of the ST series, and that might be my most memorable episode because it’s so unlike the others, and just a darn good story. Enjoy the rest!

Whoa, I just listened to the Tool song and it is a trip… thanks for that.

Right on, thanks!

Awesome!! Let me know what you think!

lol, nice. I’ll have to listen to that song… I got into their earlier stuff when it came out.

The flute was a reference to a ST:TNG episode, “Inner Light.” Kind of a classic… I won’t spoil it in case you watch it!

I feel like I’m missing a reference to something…

But here’s one for ya: he came back suddenly knowing how to play the flute.

dang! glad you’re ok!

That’s wild! Glad you’re ok though. 😊

dang! good for you!

chewing tobacco. don’t get me wrong, I love cigarettes (not a “smoker,” I don’t keep a pack around), and pipes, but I got so sick the one time I chewed… and it lasts hours, unlike the cigarette headrush.

whoa! that’s funny – once I turned into a ferris wheel! I thought that was just a me thing, but circus tent sounds poetically close to my experience.

That same time though, my partner had a maybe too-intense time, meeting wise aliens and disappointedly coming back to this stupid life.

oh damn. was it combined with another drug? I’ve always thought of those as “whee, haha, my voice sounds different,” but mix it with a hallucinogen or something and you are in another dimension.

Weird Al.

Or Eminem.

Or Weird Al’s Eminem parody.

Can confirm, lived in MN as a reckless youth

Oh yeah. Especially when you have a degree in CS, spend your days writing code and thinking about design patterns, and people ask you for advice on what laptop to get. I don’t @#&$ know!

Damn, that’s amazing!