Mara

Challenger Hellcat, Mustang, or Camaro? (Actually what I really want is the new Acura NSX, but it's way out of my price range). I've always had sensible cars. Before I am too old to enjoy it I want a muscle car. My heart lies with the Hellcat, but I could possibly be swayed in the direction of the Mustang. The only thing that really appeals to me about the Camaro is that it would be fun to drive while playing The Dead Milkmen. Of course there's the question of whether someone whose motto is "step on it, numbnuts, the caution light doesn't hold forever!" needs a car with that much power, but there's only one way to find out! What say you, car aficionados?

Wore my legs out in the gym. Increased weight and reps on everything but deadlifts. Tomorrow you might see this same post in the "pissed off" thread.

A burden heavier than a mountain on your shoulders. :o Someone made a comment on that clip concerning the official announcement of Neil's death: This might be controversial but I'm PISSED that Rolling Stone got to break the news. They're so lame and corporate and did not respect Rush back in the day when it was fashionable to dump on Rush. I hadn't considered that but how true....Jan Wenner & Co. did not deserve to be the ones to share the devastating news. For what it's worth, Jann sold Rolling Stone a couple years ago and isn't really involved in their editorial direction anymore outside of being a figurehead. And since that sale happened, they've been a lot more generally positive toward Rush. A lot of people who work there (David Fricke, for example) like Rush but Wenner was the one who didn't like Rush and didn't want the magazine to cover them positively. The reporter who broke the news of Neil's death, Brian Hiatt, was the same guy who wrote the 2015 cover story and was in the Time Stand Still doc and is a longtime fan who clearly has a relationship with the band/Neil/their people. I did not know that; thanks for the info. Fair enough, then!

Am I missing something here? Granted, I haven't skied in forever (since getting a concussion on my second trip skiing), but isn't snow one of the essential elements of a successful ski venture? I think that's why there aren't any ski resorts in the Bahamas. (And here you all were thinking it was the hurricanes). As for me - I've added another thing to my Shovel List. (The Shovel List, for those unfamiliar, is a list of things I hate so much I want to hit them repeatedly with a shovel until they cease to exist. The Shovel List is fluid; it can change daily or even hourly depending on my mood. I borrowed the term from an author whose main character was a spicy, sarcastic chick with a lengthy Shovel List herself). New Shovel List item: "Self-care". I am way past done reading sappy references, hearing sound bites, etc., to this insipid new-agey concept.

You haven’t changed a bit! :cheers: :cheers: Nope. Never will! Hell has all the good music anyway.

Well, I clearly have far too much free time on my hands today. I spent about an hour sending nastygrams to some of the more egregiously greedy sellers. Nothing arrest-worthy, don't worry, but we'll see if eBay kicks me out! Of course you know the really mean (but I think it might be ethically justifiable) to do would be to burn one of these sellers. Buy the item, wait until you get it, then launch a dispute with PP. Say you thought the signed drumhead was new, not this dented and scraped up piece of shit the seller sent. Something like that. eBay/Paypal always sides with the buyer and issues a refund - it's why I would never sell anything on eBay. I have friends who've gotten burned selling things like expensive horse tack - we're talking in the thousands. Of course you are supposed to return the item, but neither eBay nor PP will do anything to ensure that actually happens. I know. I'm evil. Hope to see some of you in hell.

Holy shit....did I really say that, so recently, about my now ex-husband? 2014 was when I really started to come to terms with my shitty marriage and that triggered a horrific depressive episode. I was miserable, knew the marriage was a mistake as I was walking down the aisle. But no one ever wants to admit they've made that big of a mistake. Wealthy? Heh, he'll be lucky if he doesn't spend his last years living under an overpass. I don't hate him and accept my part in it, but it was 14 years I wish I had to do over again. No sex after the honeymoon (which was actually OK by me as I was on Lexapro for much of our married life - it's a libido killer. Plus he was lousy at it. People, if it's no good BEFORE the marriage, a trip to the altar won't magically improve things). The man is incapable of holding a job. And when he has one, he can't manage money. I am almost finished paying off 9 years' worth of back taxes....the one thing I trusted him with, filing our taxes, he screwed up royally. Never filed his 1099s so we got nailed with a crapton of penalties and interest. It's in the divorce decree that he's supposed to Paypal me 50% of the monthly payments by the 5th of each month. Divorce was final in 2016 and I think I might have received a total of $200. I still get his mail occasionally and he has pawned his car title. To a 2006 Hyundai Elantra....yeah. But he is off my payroll now, I am living with an absolutely wonderful man whose only complaint about me is that I am a very active sleeper (it's bad, lol, we may have to start sleeping apart for the first 3 or 4 hours each night until I settle down). He's mostly retired - does stained and leaded glass repair and restoration and works about as much as he wants to. We're comfortable, not wealthy by any stretch, but not lacking. Since this is the womens' forum, I will also somewhat smugly drop just one word: MASSIVE!

Thank you, Doane, for sharing this tidbit and maybe easing our pain a little.

You 4 all got matching butt tattoos?

A burden heavier than a mountain on your shoulders. :o Someone made a comment on that clip concerning the official announcement of Neil's death: This might be controversial but I'm PISSED that Rolling Stone got to break the news. They're so lame and corporate and did not respect Rush back in the day when it was fashionable to dump on Rush. I hadn't considered that but how true....Jan Wenner & Co. did not deserve to be the ones to share the devastating news.

I could have lived out the rest of my days quite happily without having read that interview. Knowing what I know of glioblastoma, I am already quite aware of its effects on those stricken with it - it is a particularly cruel form of cancer. I've got an active imagination but so far had been successful in not allowing my mind to "go there" with regards to Neil. I'm going to give Erna the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant no harm. However, it's not his first rodeo with the media and he should know to measure his words.

I’ve had almost nothing but Rush in my headphones during workouts since Friday. Normally they’re not my first choice as workout music; I tend to prefer harder stuff when I am lifting. And for cardio (I run), prog isn’t exactly the ideal choice for maintaining a rhythm! I had an excellent shoulder session earlier today with Grace Under Pressure and then a decent run through most of Signals. I will say that Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are both good songs for running. Hemispheres turned out to be great accompaniment for a leg workout, oddly enough. Yeah, I can't lift to Rush, either. But, it's ok for hiking.I thought you were into cycling? That's my (now-ex) husband who was the cyclist. Last time I saw him he was approaching the 300 lb. mark, so I doubt he's still doing that. I lift religiously and run....running mainly as it's my preferred form of cardio. (I'm not supposed to run because of an artificial hip, but we're approaching the 20 year anniversary of that hip and so far, so good). Been lifting since October. I like it, because I feel better after I go, but there is a lot I can't do and a lot to learn, like how to bring more intensity. Also, I get very fatigued if I go more than 3 days in a row. Really nice to hear from you. I haven't been on here for a long time and I am reminded of how funny your posts are. Glad you're doing well. :cheers:

I’ve had almost nothing but Rush in my headphones during workouts since Friday. Normally they’re not my first choice as workout music; I tend to prefer harder stuff when I am lifting. And for cardio (I run), prog isn’t exactly the ideal choice for maintaining a rhythm! I had an excellent shoulder session earlier today with Grace Under Pressure and then a decent run through most of Signals. I will say that Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are both good songs for running. Hemispheres turned out to be great accompaniment for a leg workout, oddly enough. Yeah, I can't lift to Rush, either. But, it's ok for hiking.I thought you were into cycling? That's my (now-ex) husband who was the cyclist. Last time I saw him he was approaching the 300 lb. mark, so I doubt he's still doing that. I lift religiously and run....running mainly as it's my preferred form of cardio. (I'm not supposed to run because of an artificial hip, but we're approaching the 20 year anniversary of that hip and so far, so good).

Photoshopped? Yes but they are selling the shirt. It's clearly not legal to do this.... No, it can't be legal using an image that 100% implies that Alex is endorsing the product. His lawyers could jump on that. Producing and selling a shirt however is legal, if very distasteful. No different to those guys selling shirts outside gigs. The only way I'd be OK with that shirt would be if 100% of profits went to brain cancer research and treatment, and I'd need to see verifiable proof of that being the case before I would buy one. Come to think of it, almost everything on that shirt is copyrighted material. The photos, the lyrics, the logos....everything except Neil's birth/death dates and "Legends Never Die". Hopefully a couple of greedy bastards will get a C&D letter in short order.

Photoshopped?

I’ve had almost nothing but Rush in my headphones during workouts since Friday. Normally they’re not my first choice as workout music; I tend to prefer harder stuff when I am lifting. And for cardio (I run), prog isn’t exactly the ideal choice for maintaining a rhythm! I had an excellent shoulder session earlier today with Grace Under Pressure and then a decent run through most of Signals. I will say that Power Windows and Hold Your Fire are both good songs for running. Hemispheres turned out to be great accompaniment for a leg workout, oddly enough.

Not to mention, what are the odds of two of the most accomplished and beloved musicians in Canadian history succumbing to brain cancer in a relatively short timeframe? Surreal. Tangential but also surreal: in 2005 glioblastoma also claimed the life of Robert Moog, he of the Moog synthesizer that revolutionized electronic music. Signals, Power Windows, and of course Neil's trademark solos owe much to Mr. Moog.

Upon further thought, as much as I would love to read the rest of it, there is a reason Neil never published it or included it in any of his books. So even if copyright law doesn't prohibit the recipients from distributing pdfs, at the very least I would be inclined to honor Neil's wishes unless correspondence from his family or the attorneys handling the estate indicate otherwise. Just my thoughts. Neil was so intensely private, yet he gave so much of himself in his music, books, and blog. I would ask myself, "what would Neil want me to do with this?".

I don't know how you'd go about obtaining such, but my feeling is that approval should come from Neil's family. I know it wasn't published and therefore I am unsure as to how murky the copyright waters are, but it was Neil's intellectual property. Good on you for doing the right thing by asking and for NOT attempting to turn a dirty profit from it.

Yes- really good tribute, I thought. And here's a response from one of his fellow staff writers, NOT a really good tribute. Neil's body is barely cold and this jerk is slagging on him. https://www.national...een-this-wrong/ In this country crazed with shallow social media, there are a lot of people like this who'll say something controversial, even callously mean, just to get attention. Kevin Williamson takes on the role of counterpoint frequently; it's part of what defines his column. But no fair pulling two lines of a song to illustrate his (wrong) opinion of Peart's writing. Of course those lyrics look stupid sitting out there on their own, without the context to fill in the parable. Neil himself admitted to finding some of his earlier Randian-inspired work cringeworthy. Hell, he was in his 20s when he wrote it, just starting to explore other avenues besides the all-pervasive and overdone "let's party" themes and unrequited love stories. And Williamson did what a lot of columnists/reviewers do when they hate or don't understand Rush (or prog) -- instead of digging deep or doing proper research, they cherry-pick things like those lines from The Trees, or pull out a Dungeons and Dragons or Ayn Rand reference as if those things define Neil's whole career, and then go back to their high school days and call Rush fans "nerds." Real hard-hitting and insightful journalism, right? Williamson is into The Ramones and bands like that, and that's cool, but he's clearly not qualified to comment on bands that are way over his head, like Rush. But in this day and age where newspapers and magazines are moving online and much of the revenue is dependent upon advertising and click-baiting, contrarian and ignorant articles such as this one will get clicks, and it's all about the clicks. That, and someone always has to be the first to lob a turd into the punch bowl.

Yes- really good tribute, I thought. And here's a response from one of his fellow staff writers, NOT a really good tribute. Neil's body is barely cold and this jerk is slagging on him. https://www.national...een-this-wrong/ In this country crazed with shallow social media, there are a lot of people like this who'll say something controversial, even callously mean, just to get attention. Kevin Williamson takes on the role of counterpoint frequently; it's part of what defines his column. But no fair pulling two lines of a song to illustrate his (wrong) opinion of Peart's writing. Of course those lyrics look stupid sitting out there on their own, without the context to fill in the parable. Neil himself admitted to finding some of his earlier Randian-inspired work cringeworthy. Hell, he was in his 20s when he wrote it, just starting to explore other avenues besides the all-pervasive and overdone "let's party" themes and unrequited love stories.

He even got a write up in The National Review: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/rip-neil-peart-1952-2020/

The people who were at his funeral were the ones he trusted with the news about his cancer. Rest assured they are not the kind of people who would video the funeral and then post it on the web.

I can’t help imagining the following scenario: Scene: Heaven, The Afterlife, Elysian Fields, Valhalla Jesus: Oh My ME!!! Look over there, look who just walked in through the gates, it’s NEIL FREAKING PEART!!! Buddha (fanning self): I can’t believe it! Zeus: Think he’ll sign an autograph? Odin: For us, sure! Of course! Of all his fans, no one can say we aren’t the biggest! (Group of deities heads in Neil’s direction. Neil spies them and cringes). Neil, muttering as he tries to evade the Fangods: Oh cripes, not THIS shit again! Where’s the Praetorian Guard? Oh f**k, that’s right, they’re not dead yet. Bastards. Jesus et al: Neil, Neil, you’re the greatest drummer ever! Neil: Go away Allah: Come on, please sign my book! Neil: No. Leave me alone. I’m not famous anymore. Now go away! Buddha: Play Tom Sawyer!! Apologies if this offends. I need a little gallows humor to cope. I am compelled to tell you that when my daughter called me to tell me of this tragedy, my heart sunk like a stone and I was in a nasty funk all afternoon. After I got home from work, she talked me into going out to get some sushi... I cried on the way there.... When we sat down at our table, I pulled up TRF on my phone and started reading from the most recent post going backwards. Someone was looking out for me because within just a few minutes, I got to your post. I read it in quiet fascination and when I read the words: "Buddha: Play Tom Sawyer!!" ......I laughed out loud so hard that everyone in the restaurant turned to look at me... It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shared your post with my daughter and we laughed and laughed. I honestly felt soooo much better after reading through and laughing at your post. Thank you for making a very painful experience just a little more palatable... I’m glad it made you smile!

Me too. Glasses up @ 21:12 CST! My wife, BTW, totally gets the fact I’m tore down over a complete stranger passing away. His music was the soundtrack of my life. Well, my SO is a little baffled, but he's one of those odd types who doesn't "get" music. It's the way he's wired, I think; he says all music (not just rock - classical, Christmas carols, the blues, swing, etc) sounds like garbled noise to him. But I explained the significance, he's seen the memorabilia and noticed that almost all of my login names have "2112" in them, and he's being cool and very sweet to me about it.