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It's like the metaverse. Alleging demand doesn't mean that people are craving these advances. Inexpensive hybrid and electric cars should be the focus as opposed to autonomous driving, much like augmented reality should be Facebook's goal, not the Metamatrix.

"We encourage residents to carpool, bike, walk or take GCRTA to the meetings." What an odd request.

The Saudis have pretty advanced desalination technology and infrastructure. And as tech advances (out of need, desperation, a sword to the throat), there is an ocean of ocean to drink. 70 percent of the planet can handle a lot of straws. I believe there are issues with the Arabian aquifer system, so ground water is probably not the route.

Saks does feel much different lately. There's a lot of floor space and more sales than I can remember. That isn't to say it's struggling, or making crazy money, or failing, or doing fine, or following new store trends, etc. Just that it feels different than when I'd visit before.

Well... at least Kosar got his Superbowl ring. Thanks Bill.

Just got some bagels at the new orthodox place at Cedar/Lee. The area is looking like the new Coventry -- where did all these pubs come from? My own fault. I just haven't paid much attention to this strip in years.

She-Hulk could have been so much better. Good first episode, but my god does it go downhill. The actress is wonderful, charming, and very funny - but that is it! Such an awkward and lifeless series. And the special effects are shockingly bad. Marvel Phase 4 can't die soon enough.

The place is advertising private party rentals so it's not completely dead, just no longer a conventional restaurant. Let's be nice and call it semi-repurposed. As for its failure, my guess is the mall's changing demographics don't support that kind of gastro pub generally. It needs walk-ins, since, really, who was going out of their way to just go to North High? A few, certainly, but enough to warrant maybe $20+ thousand/month in rent? You need walk-ins. The Saks/Nordstrom crowd is going to Capitol Grille or some nice place on Chagrin. The Hype or JD Sports crowd, I don't see it, maybe the eateries at Legacy Village or La Palace. But not a gastro pub. It's too bad. My dad liked it, even bought a growler. Decent enough happy hours too. Probably be better off in the Flats.

Maybe the consultant can throw in yet another lakefront or Burke airport study as long as he's at it.

They should hire Francona

Nothing a multi-billion-dollar publicly subsidized stadium won't fix. But at least we get to see the rapist start in 6 weeks.

Un f*cking Real

Dodgers on the verge of elimination too. 36 hours from now we are all going to have dark circles under our eyes or will look 10 years younger!

We all know this series is a long shot, but one thing is for sure: Thank god we're not facing Verlander. Yet. Guy has been an absolute beast.

Judgment on Monday.

I bet Tampa is as relieved as we are.

McKenzie has been a beast so far.

"Good news Cleveland, we've decided to let you, the city, the county, the region, to finance 3/4 of a billion dollars on a vague project that we, or some other even more vague group, will manage. For a while at least. But just THINK of the hotels' and restaurants' resounding benefits. What a deal! Now where's that new sales tax revenue vote! Hurry up! After all, Nashville is beating down the door if you turn us down!"

Perhaps they'll be announcing a $500,000 study.

That walkway feels like an obstruction for events such as these.

1. The difference between YouTubeVanced and YouTube is just epic. Once you use the former, the latter is frustrating beyond words. 2. I've been talking with friends about how, as a whole, everything has just been TERRIBLE since 9/11. The 80s had a lot of fake but fun optimism, the 90s true progress was starting to be realized, then the 2000s it's all gone downhill. For every social and medical advance (yay), we seem to be paying for it exponentially. The 2000s as a whole are just terrible, in particular from a cost-of-living perspective. Dive bars proudly promoting draft specials for $6 is a perfect microcosm of all that's been wrong. Healthcare, real estate, and education costs are escalating, yet people obsess with gas prices. How this country is still in peacetime is beyond me. 3. When did peanut allergies get so prevalent? Kids always had peanut butter, and I never heard of EpiPens. And Gluten allergies? When did that happen? Also autism diagnoses? I guess we had other terms for it, but boy does it seem like overnight half the country has some form of it? And did kale even exist before the 2000s? I swear I never heard that term before college, and I used to shop at Heinens and Miles Market every week in the 90s. Was the kale hiding? 4. Captain Janeway and the gang murdered Tuvix on Star Trek Voyager, and everyone seemed fine with it save for the doctor. I wonder in hindsight if the writers regret the episode. 5. How does Google read your mind? Sometimes when I'm looking for an article or video I can't even fully articulate in my head, it manages to find exactly what I'm seeking. Example, I was trying to find the song Oh My God by Ida Maria, in which it was briefly played on Big Mouth. All I did was was type a few of the letters and boom, it came up immediately. That algorithm (whatever an algorithm actually is) is something else. 6. Speaking of Big Mouth, good show and I can't wait for season 6 in a few weeks. Its spinoff Human Resources, however, I gave up. I think the monsters are the most boring part of the show frankly. 7. How do streaming networks determine what's a success? 8. Let's be honest, Batgirl was going to be the drizzling sh*ts.

City View Center memories resurging.

Florida absolutely decimated, South Carolina soon to follow. What a bleak week.

Devil's advocate: Woodhill-Buckeye need people of middle, if not high, income levels. Is it really worth it to someone earning over $60k/yr to live in a relatively high crime, disinvested neighborhood in the first place period, nevermind your neighbor pays a fraction of your costs? And frankly it's so small scale, it really isn't that big a deal. Mixed housing makes sense in the abstract, but in a neighborhood full of nothing but poverty, I don't see the incentive for those who can pay market rate to live in these complexes when there are so many alternatives. SFH may be ugly to some, but if it draws in people to otherwise rough areas, I'm all for it. Why should only suburbanites get their own places?

My high school friends who stayed are generally in Orange, Pepper Pike, South Euclid and University Heights.