Today's date reminded me of the CB craze. About all I remember for sure of the lingo besides the 10-4 acknowledgement is "What's your twenty?" and what bears were. "Convoy" the song was fun to listen to, but the movie was late to the game. I was reminded that CBs were multi-channel by this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/cbradio/comments/1dm6m7u/70s_an_80s_how_common_were_cbs/
From: https://nmjacl.org/aki-matsuri/
2026 AKI MATSURI FALL FESTIVAL will be held at EXPO NM on Sunday, September 27th 2026.
Celebrate the spirit of autumn at the Aki-Matsuri on Sunday, 27th September 2026!
Join us for a day filled with traditional Japanese fun, food, and festivities, including:
Taiko Drumming
Ikebana Flower Arranging
Traditional Japanese Performances
Mochi & Japanese Treats
This year's theme is
MOMIJI - JAPANESE MAPLE
The Art of Autumn's Beauty and Harmony Between Nature and Human Life
What is Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival)?
The New Mexico Japanese-American Citizens League (NMJACL) has been hosting Aki Matsuri (trans.: fall festival) for over twenty years. The festival is the main annual event for NMJACL and serves as a venue to share Japanese and Japanese-American (JA) culture with all of New Mexico. Proceeds from the festival benefit NMJACL’s ongoing efforts to document events and history related to Japanese-American internment in New Mexico and the southwest, as well as funds for construction of a cultural center.
The Early Bird tickets are sold out, so tickets are $17.12 (which includes a $2.12 fee). See link for ticket info.
Ages 5 and under can enter for free with a paying adult or guardian.
This ad came from a 1983 McGraw-Hill mag targeting graduating engineering students. Almost all of the ads were for recruiting. Not HP's.
As for myself, I went with a HP-32E as I entered college. I ended up not really using most of the functions as I didn't push myself into courses that required me to do a lot of number-crunching.
These are two of the volumes with adaptations of the original series episodes. I got these back in the '70s. I also remember having volume 10 somewhere :-)
"Jeopardy!" Masters contestants Paolo Pasco, Victoria Groce, Yogesh Raut, Juveria Zaheer, Andrew He and Long Nguyen pose for a photo with host Ken Jennings. | Disney
Jeopardy! Masters season 4 started this week on ABC with these chosen contestants.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1196021/jeopardy-masters-returning-season-4/
>This season there will be just six competitors, compared with nine in previous seasons. Reigning Jeopardy! Masters champion Yogesh Raut will return alongside finalists Juveria Zaheer and Victoria Groce. Season 4 lineup of competitors also includes 2026 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner Paolo Pasco, 2026 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner Andrew He and runner-up Long Nguyen.
Saw this recently on an Auction website, already sold, but thought I'd post. Didn't know Apple made LaserDiscs.
WCBS aired this report on Anime NYC at the beginning of the weekend. Along with highlighting what the fans are there for, they spoke briefly with Tony Weaver Jr. about his Nerds for Literacy drive.
A Usenet post from net.startrek about Kirk's conquests.
The Path line in the header is a reminder of how good we have it now with Domain Name Servers.
I took some pics of this printout from 1985 before I'll recycle it.
To the detriment of my college grades, I spent too much time reading Usenet posts or playing games when they were available on the school's UNIX systems :-(
Google Lens was used to extract the text from the pics and I tried to put some of the spacing back in for the text below:
From: elbantx5d.UUCP (Ellen Bart)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Kirk's Conquests - The List
Message-ID: <6943mtx5d.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 85 14:39:30 GMT
Date-Received: 11 Jul 85 12:29:35 GMT
Organization: ATET Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
Lines: 62
Here it is the list of Kirk's Woman. Thanks to all those who contributed especially "igil". It was his/her list which was the most comprehensive and which I have used (with modifications) below.
Lgil had only two categories Past relationships and conquests. I have chosen here to subdivide them further mainly this was to stress the distiction between women Kirk fell for and really cared about from women whom he merely "used". There is some grey area. of course, as in the cases of Shanna and Drusilla. The category "Other" was mainly for women in special circumstances (Thelasa) or women I didn't know how to place. I welcome suggestions and comments on these (as well as the rest of the list).
One of the most interesting things I found is that the list is of managable size. Many people speculated on the net and in private mail that the list would run close to 50-60 names. Maybe Kirk isn't as much of a playboy as we all thought :-)
ellen bart
Past relationships first:
Ruth (Shore Leave)
Dr. Helen Noel (Dagger of the Mind) probably not serious
Lt. Areel Shaw (Court Martial)
Dr. Janet Wallace (The Deadly Years)
Or. Janice Lester (Turnabout Intruder)
Carol Markus (TWOK)
In the line of duty
Andrea (an android, but...) (What are Little Girls Made Of?)
Sylvia (Catspaw)
Kelinda (By Any Other Name)
Deela (Wink of an Eye)
Uhura (Plato's Stepchildren)
Marta (Whos Gods Destroy)
"If only it was another time, another place..."
Edith Keeler (City on the Edge of Forever)
Miramanee (The Paradise Syndrome)
Reyna (Requiem for Methuselah)
Odona (The Mark of Gideon)
Shanna (Ganesters of Triskelion)
Drusilla (Bread and Circuses)
Yeoman Janice Rand (Enemy within, Miri, Naked Time, etc.)
"Seduced by
Nona (A Private Little War)
Elaan (Elaan of Troyius)
"Other"
Lenore Karidian (Conscience of the King)
Marlena Horeau (Mirror, Mir٢٥٣)
Dr. Anne Mulhall (Return to Tomorrow)
Eve (Mudd's Women)
A Usenet post from net.startrek about Kirk's conquests.
The Path line in the header is a reminder of how good we have it with Domain Name Servers.
I took some pics of this printout from 1985 before I recycle it.
To the detriment of my college grades, I spent too much time reading Usenet posts or playing games when they were available on the school's UNIX systems :-(
Google Lens was used to extract the text from the pics and I put some of the spacing back in for the text below:
From: elbantx5d.UUCP (Ellen Bart)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Kirk's Conquests - The List
Message-ID: <6943mtx5d.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 85 14:39:30 GMT
Date-Received: 11 Jul 85 12:29:35 GMT
Organization: ATET Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
Lines: 62
Here it is the list of Kirk's Woman. Thanks to all those who contributed especially "igil". It was his/her list which was the most comprehensive and which I have used (with modifications) below.
Lgil had only two categories Past relationships and conquests. I have chosen here to subdivide them further mainly this was to stress the distiction between women Kirk fell for and really cared about from women whom he merely "used". There is some grey area. of course, as in the cases of Shanna and Drusilla. The category "Other" was mainly for women in special circumstances (Thelasa) or women I didn't know how to place. I welcome suggestions and comments on these (as well as the rest of the list).
One of the most interesting things I found is that the list is of managable size. Many people speculated on the net and in private mail that the list would run close to 50-60 names. Maybe Kirk isn't as much of a playboy as we all thought :-)
ellen bart
Past relationships first:
Ruth (Shore Leave)
Dr. Helen Noel (Dagger of the Mind) probably not serious
Lt. Areel Shaw (Court Martial)
Dr. Janet Wallace (The Deadly Years)
Or. Janice Lester (Turnabout Intruder)
Carol Markus (TWOK)
In the line of duty
Andrea (an android, but...) (What are Little Girls Made Of?)
Sylvia (Catspaw)
Kelinda (By Any Other Name)
Deela (Wink of an Eye)
Uhura (Plato's Stepchildren)
Marta (Whos Gods Destroy)
"If only it was another time, another place..."
Edith Keeler (City on the Edge of Forever)
Miramanee (The Paradise Syndrome)
Reyna (Requiem for Methuselah)
Odona (The Mark of Gideon)
Shanna (Ganesters of Triskelion)
Drusilla (Bread and Circuses)
Yeoman Janice Rand (Enemy within, Miri, Naked Time, etc.)
"Seduced by
Nona (A Private Little War)
Elaan (Elaan of Troyius)
"Other"
Lenore Karidian (Conscience of the King)
Marlena Horeau (Mirror, Mir٢٥٣)
Dr. Anne Mulhall (Return to Tomorrow)
Eve (Mudd's Women)
A Usenet post from net.startrek about Kirk's conquests.
The Path line in the header is a reminder of how good we have it with Domain Name Servers.
I took some pics of this printout from 1985 before I recycle it.
To the detriment of my college grades, I spent too much time reading Usenet posts or playing games when they were available on the school's UNIX systems :-(
Google Lens was used to extract the text from the pics and I put some of the spacing back in for the text below:
From: elbantx5d.UUCP (Ellen Bart)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Kirk's Conquests - The List
Message-ID: <6943mtx5d.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 85 14:39:30 GMT
Date-Received: 11 Jul 85 12:29:35 GMT
Organization: ATET Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
Lines: 62
Here it is the list of Kirk's Woman. Thanks to all those who contributed especially "igil". It was his/her list which was the most comprehensive and which I have used (with modifications) below.
Lgil had only two categories Past relationships and conquests. I have chosen here to subdivide them further mainly this was to stress the distiction between women Kirk fell for and really cared about from women whom he merely "used". There is some grey area. of course, as in the cases of Shanna and Drusilla. The category "Other" was mainly for women in special circumstances (Thelasa) or women I didn't know how to place. I welcome suggestions and comments on these (as well as the rest of the list).
One of the most interesting things I found is that the list is of managable size. Many people speculated on the net and in private mail that the list would run close to 50-60 names. Maybe Kirk isn't as much of a playboy as we all thought :-)
ellen bart
Past relationships first:
Ruth (Shore Leave)
Dr. Helen Noel (Dagger of the Mind) probably not serious
Lt. Areel Shaw (Court Martial)
Dr. Janet Wallace (The Deadly Years)
Or. Janice Lester (Turnabout Intruder)
Carol Markus (TWOK)
In the line of duty
Andrea (an android, but...) (What are Little Girls Made Of?)
Sylvia (Catspaw)
Kelinda (By Any Other Name)
Deela (Wink of an Eye)
Uhura (Plato's Stepchildren)
Marta (Whos Gods Destroy)
"If only it was another time, another place..."
Edith Keeler (City on the Edge of Forever)
Miramanee (The Paradise Syndrome)
Reyna (Requiem for Methuselah)
Odona (The Mark of Gideon)
Shanna (Ganesters of Triskelion)
Drusilla (Bread and Circuses)
Yeoman Janice Rand (Enemy within, Miri, Naked Time, etc.)
"Seduced by
Nona (A Private Little War)
Elaan (Elaan of Troyius)
"Other"
Lenore Karidian (Conscience of the King)
Marlena Horeau (Mirror, Mir٢٥٣)
Dr. Anne Mulhall (Return to Tomorrow)
Eve (Mudd's Women)
A double cheeseburger with large fries and a free Whopper using points . Pic is actually from the end of June. It was the last time I was able to use the Free Fries with $3 purchase offer. Now the $2 Large Fries offer shows up in the app for me.
It's probably also the last time I'll have enough points to redeem for a Whopper since BK got stingy giving out points through their games. The pinball game was great, but it sucked for prizes awarded. No points at all and there were even times the low odds meant no offers given out either. The Tap Up game at least had a participation award of 100 points. Without the giveaways, I don't order enough to build up that many points before they expire.
My contribution to "chunky monkey" week. A couple of pics that I took of my Bandai Hi-Metal VF1S Super Valkyrie 1/55 scale. I took these about 4 years ago and didn't get around to posting them as a separate thread. It's basically NIB and stays in the box in a closet. I didn't do the gerwalk mode as I thought it was too much effort or I couldn't get it right.
The Independence Day holiday in the US, has me wondering if many in this sub have this movie in their library? I don't have it myself as I don't watch musicals much except for Disney movies. With the big 250 anniversary, I am getting a nostalgic pull to watch some of this today.
One of Bing's Today in History events, Wataru Misaka is drafted by the NY Knicks of the Basketball Association of America (which became the NBA).
NPR's obituary from 2019: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/23/782194270/former-japanese-american-basketball-star-inspired-on-and-off-the-court
Anime Expo 1996 took place from June 28 to June 30 at the Anaheim Marriott & Anaheim Convention Center. According to animecons.com, attendance was 2918. Some of the notable guests were Hideaki Anno, Kenichi Sonoda, Noboru Ishiguro among others. Ai Orikasa and Yumi Takada were also there for the US premiere of the movie Tenchi Muyo in Love.
PS: I don't know about recent years, but I appreciate that the 1999 and 2000 shirts were black.
Raiders of the Lost Ark released in the US & Canada on June 12, 1981.
From the press release:
>To celebrate National New Mexico Day, all New Mexicans will receive free day-use access to every New Mexico State Park — 35 places to explore, experience, and enjoy your Land of Enchantment.
And
>New Mexico Day activities at New Mexico State Parks will vary by location, but visitors can expect kid-friendly nature walks, scenic lookouts and stunning spots for that perfect photo. Think sunrise at Sugarite Canyon. Paddleboarding at Elephant Butte Lake. A bass fishing tournament at Navajo Lake. Wildflowers at Hyde Memorial. A sunset picnic at Bottomless Lakes. It’s all here — and it’s all waiting for you and free on Sunday.
>For inspiration and trip ideas, visit www.emnrd.nm.gov/spd/ or follow u/nmstateparks on social media.
Secretariat was the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Citation in 1948. I've watched a lot of the races that are part of the Triple Crown, but I can't remeber catching this one live.
Here's one news station's look back at this event: https://www.wlky.com/article/louisville-secretariat-wins-triple-crown-1973-history/71534237
Also CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook excitedly recalls what he witnessed there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE48mZlvLTQ
My city has drop-off sites where they keep dumpsters to receive recyclables. I spotted this pottery thing in one. I have to wonder if someone actually thought it could be recycled somehow or if they were just too lazy/cheap to properly dispose of it?