It’s really her choice

Well, if I had to choose between Kobe and Cosby marrying my daughter, I’d choose Kobe.

I know that Kobe was on trial for rape and he definitely cheated, but I didn’t think it was a guilty verdict. Was it? I’ll have to look that up. On Saturday Night Live they had a guy playing him, saying, “I hate this!” Maya Rudolph, playing his wife, said, “You know what I hate? Going to my husband’...

Well, that’s a fair question. Just thinking out loud here: I grew up with Bill Cosby, but I didn’t find most of his content funny in the first place. (I know he was immensely popular). Maybe just ‘Fat Albert.’ Didn’t like his stand-up or other shows, although I guess I Spy wasn’t supposed to be that...

I'm for humor but it has to be genuinely funny. Totally agree, Vinny. I was between my friends and a stranger, and the stranger was laughing so much at the beginning that I had to wonder if it was forced. He was then “dry” for a while. But, I had wet eyes from laughing quietly. It was a real and su...

It’s getting harder for me to tell what videos are A.I.-generated. I mean there is plenty of so-called AI slop that I can detect. But there are others that fool me and then I go back for a second look…and I’m still not sure.

You’re right. I think this was my first stand-up experience in person, with a big name. I’ve been to smaller comedy clubs in the past. My dream show would be Ricky Gervais, but he and CK aren’t that different. Have seen most of Dave Chappelle’s Netflix specials. Amazing. Not to mention his older sho...

Saw Louis CK last night. Great show!

Trick or treat — you don’t want the trick!

Don’t be shy, Vinny. Vinny privately told me that he gave the kid 2 candy corns, a tootsie roll, and one of those mini kitkat bars, which constitutes 0.083% of the candy he’d prepared for the neighborhood. Had he known that this was going to be the sole bell-ringer, Vinny would have upped that to te...

Wow, they didn’t even give you credit for inspiring them

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:03 am As much as I am grateful for VLC it definitely has some quirks and frustrating things about it.

The 200% volume thing in particular is weird.

What do you use it on? Macbook?

It’s impossible to create a playlist in VLC on an ipad. Impossible.
That’s it. that’s the tweet post.

Could you please share which ETFs are most commonly used (or preferred) in the U.S. version of the Permanent Portfolio for each of the four assets Stocks: I think SPY (SPDR aka “spyder” S&P 500) is popular. I use VTI which is total market, from vanguard. I have my wife in ITOT (ishares, 1500 st...

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year?? Almost no kids this year... :-\ I'm in a rural area. My property is 0.39 acres. I bought my house April 30, 1982. In all that time the only activity I ever had was the kid next door coming by on October 31, 1984. In this area th...

I’m afraid that’s all I know, Frugal <shrug>

You didn’t give out plastic bitcoin “coins”?

Did anyone else get a complete dearth of trick-or-treaters this year?? Almost no kids this year... :-\ It was a much quieter night on our block this year than most even though the weather was fine.. (It was Nov 1 that was rowdy, with noisy teens and the pumpkin theft from our steps). A friend of mi...

I feel like someone (Kevin K?) covered this a long time ago.
Said the need for long bonds happens less often.

Frankly, I’m offended that I had to find out from bogleheads that you switched to the new computer.

Edit: someone stole our pumpkin tonight. Boooo

Much of the first section would be helpful for either students or business people who needed to learn / retain the information. Yeah, I skipped the exercises in Part I, and the advice there could’ve been reduced to a couple sentences, but still helpful. When I started reading the novel, I found I w...

yep

You’re cracking me up.
I suppose there’s no chance of me finishing the book before you do. It’s short, anyway.
I got a copy of Slow Horses book 5 in the mail today and switched to that. I’ll use my new-found techniques on it.

I have heard of wealthy people buying a painting from crooks to rescue it.
I think most buyers wouldn’t touch these items with a ten foot pole, but who knows. Maybe a Russian oligarch? A Saudi prince?