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Most, if not all, of the chain stores are using AI facial recognition in store, along with the AI license plate readers in the parking lot. A lawsuit was recently filed by a HD customer for using this technology to track him w/o his consent. There is no such thing as a hack-proof database...

He was The King.

Some performances are timeless. This video is from Elvis' third (?) appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. His first appearance on the show was 9/9/56. Thank you. Thank you very much.

Seen some crazy clown face painters in Philly one night. It was explained to me that they are called Jugalos and are fans/followers of the rap group Insane Clown Posse. Don't know where they all come from or why they do it. I do know that you can spot fans/followers of Neil Young because...

Don't remember any truly scary situations happening to me. But the above story reminded me of one hot summer day. When was I was walking down a sand road, back to the truck, after clearing a large blowdown on the PBT. Disheveled, sweat soaked, covered in dust and wood chips, with a large...

This Bottom Line recording of Jungleland is stamped 7/12/74. It's amazing how many Wiki pages there are for the album, its songs, and the people involved. This live recording reminded me of the hour long, all Bruce, all live recordings, weekly Saturday morning radio show from one of the Philly...

Born to Run was released fifty years ago today. "Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge. Drinking warm beer in a soft summer rain." The poets down here don't write nothing at all. They just stand back and let it all be. Wikipedia says this live Bottom Line recording was the public debut...

Because they had no loaners available, a dealership paid for my Lyft rides once. I've been using Lyft ever since for the occasional trips picking-up and dropping-off vehicles. No complaints. Never used Uber.

In case the previous Pink Floyd post was too sleepy for your Monday morning...

"Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman set on fire for Pink Floyd cover, dies at 88" NYT

Only because I just finished watching the movie "Office Space" again. Can you imagine this made-for-movie performance appraisal... The Bobs: "what major tasks have you completed this year?" Worker: "I deployed over 3,000 fiberglass whips" "What else?" "I put stickers on all 3,000."

This riddle reminded me of something the cool and great Vegas philosopher Dean Martin sang... "You're nobody until somebody loves you."

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. (Young folks might know this song from the Big Lebowski. :)) Looking at the unsmiling faces behind the band. I first thought they were performing at a prison camp. But a little research showed it was from the Chuck Barris TV show, Operation Entertainment...

Donny Osmond posted this rememberence yesterday. Just the Prince of Darkness having some fun and drinking some Pepsi.