Cold and damp, changing to cool and damp. Hopefully without any ‘moisture from the sky’. It was cool and clear most of Saturday, so I’m hopeful for more of the same.
Had my non-prepping hobby meeting in the morning, with mini-swapmeet/sale. Sold a bunch of stuff, but not either of the two big items I brought with me. I might have sold a couple of the excess freezers I won this month. Every new person with a few more preps is a good thing. One of the guys doesn’t have ANY freezers other than the one in his kitchen fridge. At this stage in my journey that seems crazily unwise.
Everyone has their own risk levels, but not everyone KNOWS they are at risk. Hopefully two more people will be better off soon.
Spread the love people. Find a way to help someone or nudge them in the right direction. The life you save might be your own.
And of course, take some time to stack some things.
nick
I made chili mac last night, prompted by Paul’s comment the other day. I haven’t made it in ages, for no good reason. Followed his recipe as a test and found that I was right: it was grossly too much water. I added more pasta, bringing it to about 1:1 with the water, and probably should have put in more. Rather, less water; the result had the meat and tomato overwhelmed by pasta and the seasoning similarly diluted. I used whatever-brand dried elbow macaroni, that being what came to hand first, but I think any would have given the same result.
No particular plans for today. I’ll be checking over the house and yard for maintenance needs, per usual, and feeding the birds, per usual. Running water through a Brita filter so my daughter can clean the fish tank. I don’t know if filtering the water does anything but the pets have been thriving on this method for seven or eight years (not the same guppies and frogs as seven years ago, of course) so we’re sticking with it. The one time we followed expert advice and used pH-balancing chemicals, the fish almost died, so we’re sticking with filtering tap water and not doing anything else.
I’d planned to do some body work on my wife’s car this weekend but she pitched another screaming temper tantrum a few days ago and I do not care to reward bad behavior. Maybe next weekend. Maybe not.
Now you have to run “Aliens”. It is a moral imperative.
(You have screened “Real Genius”, right?)
Cameron didn’t hide the robot in the sequel, but he still raises suspicions. The character the kids will hate in “Aliens” is Paul Riser’s spineless weasel middle manager. His intentions are telegraphed well in advance.
I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve dealt with in Corporate America who act like that in the last 30 years.
“Aliens” isn’t a Disney flick – wait it is for now … until they have to sell Fox – but if you were okay with “Alien”, they aren’t going to see anything worse. And “Aliens” has a lot of positive messages.
The new Obama Hawaii mansion is not in Honolulu but is in a remote area of the island, literally the property where “Magnum PI” filmed on location back in the day to limit curious tourists but still be accessible enough to get cast and crew to/from the set quickly.
Barry and Moochelle can re-create the tidal pool scene from the show’s opening credits any time they please. Try to get that imagery out of your head.
Making it even less green is that Obama had all of the existing buildings on the property razed. The “Robin’s Nest” mansion, Magnum’s guest house, and King Kamehama Club buildings from the show are all gone.
Google satellite maps still show the carnage.
https://goo.gl/maps/GE3j4bRtxbNwnXBk7
Nitpickers will say that Obama doesn’t own the property. That’s right. A wealthy benefactor purchased the estate and paid for the demolition/construction. Things that make you say “Hmmm…”
Wee Pierre sending orders to US jets? I’ll bet that isn’t sitting well in Little Havana this morning.
https://apnews.com/article/united-states-government-canada-ottawa-93071207f2bbdf93b591d6b40ce1cb5a
Biden still gave the final word, but the expats have a theory about Wee Pierre being Fidel Castro’s illegitimate son which I don’t buy but dies hard in South Florida.
I saw “Alien” in 1979 while at flight school, Fort Rucker, AL. I was 23 and went out and bought the action model of the alien. Nerd!
I like ”Aliens” more than “Alien”. One of those rare sequels that is better.
”Get away from her, you bitch!” ”Gamer over, man, game over” “Nuke the entire site from orbit–it’s the only way to be sure”
Just some of the fantastic dialogue that will live in infamy.
“I wanna introduce you to a personal friend of mine …”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo7oW0DH4kY
The people running “The Mandalorian” remember that scene.
I guess Justin doesn’t have sufficient “toys” to play with the big boys.
Nah, Justin is trying to run his F-16s on wood alcohol made by wind turbines. The experiment is not going well.
My comment, above, about the seasoning in the chili mac being diluted by too many noodles needs to be amended. The leftovers I just ate were, ah, zesty. Either I got a clump of cumin and red pepper, unlikely, or the strong flavors got together and partied overnight and this morning gave birth to a bumper crop of new strong flavors. OK, I’ll admit that that is unlikely to be literally true but it’s an amusing picture.
As much as it pains me to defend Wee Pierre, the F16 is not an interceptor.
UPDATE: Canada has active F18s but no F16s in service. Still, the F18 is not an interceptor on the level of the F22 … when it isn’t killing the pilots.
“They mostly come at night, mostly.”
n
the F16 is not an interceptor.
– and Wee Pierre is not a leader, so there is some symmetry there.
n
I’m up and fed and caffeinated .
Loaded a new disc in the ripper. Since I have the new disc space I’m back to ripping CDs and DVDs. The last one was some POS featuring Huge Jackmon – Real Steel. “It’s Rocky with robots!” Someone in Hollyweird actually thought that tag line would sell tickets. It’s probably straight from the pitch meeting, so I guess it was effective enough to get the movie made… sad, so sad.
Sunny and clear, 65F and only 47%RH. That qualifies as gorgeous out.
Stuff to do, stuff to do…
n
The Americans have the interceptors. At least he knew that much.
The F22 approached, and I’m sure there were reserve F15s with full missile racks lurking about somewhere, just in case, with AWACS serving active radar data from well out of range.
The Americans have the toys. The Air Force even ordered new F15s albeit only two for now.
No “Phirana II: The Spawning”, no James Cameron directing career and “Aliens” or “Terminator 2”. Cameron also wrote the script and established a connection with Lance Henricksen thanks to that flick.
Like a lot of cult films, endless reruns on HBO during that era’s version of the streaming wars also helped get his name out there.
Ripping “Terminator 2” the other day, I noted that some weird names were still involved with Cameron’s films in producer credits even as late as that movie going before cameras.
I’m not prioritizing discs, just feeding them in as they come to hand. I’ve got about 8 bankers boxes of dvds left to do. The bluray discs I’m putting off til later.
I am surprised how many (almost all) I recognize and know at least something about. head is full of useless crep.
n
(I usually don’t pick them up in the first place unless it’s something I recognize or wanted to see. Milagro Beanfield War stayed in the bin, so do all the wacky black comedians making low budget schlock.)
Outlaw Josey Wales currently ripping
Aw, Milagro Beanfield War is one of my favorites. Gorgeous scenery, and some excellent humor.
Hated the books.
I guess Justin doesn’t have sufficient “toys” to play with the big boys.
I suppose they wanted eyes on it (“electro-optics“) before the shoot down.
Only the F-15’s and F-22’s have the range and altitude ceiling to get up close and personal with objects that high over Canada, and since we’ve numerous treaties it isn’t strange for the Canadians to ask.
Hollywood was still mad at Redford over the failure of “Legal Eagles” and the studio spent nothing on marketing “Milagro Beanfield War”.
I actually saw “Miagro Beanfield War” in a theater, but my girlfriend at the time was not thrilled with the choice.
@SteveF
Your IoT refrigerator recorded the party and is already making money on YouTube.
I posted this by mistake in yesterday’s thread;
Oh, we have the “toys” but the closest Canadian air base is in Cold Lake, Alberta. The U.S. bases were closer.
Justin may not be a leader but he was able to coast on his father’s reputation. Trudeau (père) was not our worst prime minister but Justin is in way over his head. He has his father’s arrogance and his mother’s brains a very dangerous combination. What makes it even worse is that at the moment he has no creditable opposition.
On the other hand, none of our politicians from any party are as incompetent as Biden.
Fidelito is out of his depth in a ball pit.
none of our politicians from any party are as incompetent as Biden.
–even his own party didn’t want him to have nuclear codes.
There may be african leaders who are as incompetent, but they are generally younger and while batsh!t crazy, not demented.
He’s already lasted 30 days longer than I thought.
n
McCarthy would never schedule a floor vote for a new VP lest he risk an immediate no confidence vote requiring Dem support to survive, and, absent the tie breaker, the moment Kamala moves up, Manchin is the new de facto President, holding veto power over any legislation and appointments requiring Senate approval … including the new VP.
Think Bernie or Sinema wouldn’t want a piece of that action? Or any ambitions Dem in that scenario?
Plus, it looks like they can’t hide Senator Incitatus’ (D – PA) true condition anymore. Unless the rules have changed, Senators are required to show up in the chamber to vote. Maybe Mancin is already de facto President.
I’ve been spending a small amount of time playing with ChatGPT, and trying out various fictional story ideas to see what it would come up with a story outline.
One example – here’s the prompt.
And here is the generated outline:
The story it generated was about 6 paragraphs long. The outline was not formatted perfectly, but perhaps could be used as a starting point for a full-length fictional novel. I tried a few other story ideas in different genres, and got fair to good results.
I also used it to create the code for a basic WordPress plugin. The generated code worked on my test site, and did the needed functions. I may use this as an additional tool when I work on my programming projects.
There are some interesting things that it can do. The results may take some tweaking and enhancements, but may be a good starting point for some of the projects I am working on. Maybe not applicable for all projects, but perhaps interesting research results.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 100 Crucial Omissions
https://bestclassicbands.com/rock-hall-omissions-12-13-17/
NOTE: Link at the end has a follow-up with another 100, heavily weighted to the 80’s, but including some should have had on the first list.
A list from last year with some differences:
A Look At Who Is NOT In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
https://news.iheart.com/featured/tyson/content/2021-02-11-a-look-at-who-is-not-in-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/
Professor of Rock’s interview with Randy Bachman about the history of Taking Care of Business:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt0VzDIbxT8
25 worst Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees ever
https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/10/5fc65672977216/25-worst-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees-ever.html
The last link isn’t serious, it’s just an example of what happens when you give space to a twenty-something that should be mastering fingerpainting and crayons before thinking he knows anything about music. His three worst examples–Laura Nyro, Moody Blues, and Chicago–show a stone ignorance that is probably not correctable.
There are a lot of other “worst” lists that include more unworthy ascts like The Staple Singers, ABBA, Leanoard Cohen, and yes, the Go Go’s (one good album and two top-ten hits doesn’t do it, baby).
YMMV
The Go Go’s with Kathy Valentine, yes. The Go Go’s without Kathy Valentine, no.
The Hall inducted the Go Go’s with Kathy Valentine.
Our Whirlpool Quiet Partner II dishwasher is throwing errors (It came with the house, but is probably 10+ years old). I followed some online repair sites and diagnosed it as the touch panel being shorted/worn. $300, but I decided to order the part and give it a shot. Replacement is simple, all you need is T15 and a flat tip. I’ve got a Bosch 300 on my list with a Miele as an upgrade (pricy).
My second KitchenAid dishwasher came from the factory with a leak in the tub. Bad spot weld on a bracket that supports the heating element. I had not installed the kick panel so I could watch for leaks because I have leet plumbing skills. The repair guy offered a choice. A whole new machine or a new tub. I said do what makes you the most money.
I had an open tube of caulk and he dabbed the leak. A couple of weeks later he replaced the tub. I wanted to see that. It all pretty much snaps together. Now I know.
And I got to keep the old tub. That was worth a few bucks at the recycle joint.
He said that they are all the same. You pay for options like racks and control panels. Just get one with a stainless steel tub and rinse aid dispenser.
So I dropped a grand on this machine and the $500 one cleans as well? Yep.
Oh well. It’s a KitchenAid. Maybe it will last as long as the first one. . . . . that was built by Hobart. I can dream.
Balloon #4 shot down, this one over Lake Huron: link here.
Cliff Mass, U of Washington weather prof, has tracked the air currents for balloons 2 and 3. Current indicate path from Russia and China, although those paths don’t indicate the starting point, just the travel path. Link here.
I asked the ChatGPT AI bot to come up with a story summary for a fictional attack by balloons from a foreign country. I might buy a book with the scenario that it came up with. Maybe I’d write it, but would need some motivation to do so. Interesting thoughts on a Sunday afternoon when nothing else important is happening….
ding-ding-ding!
I’ve seen some of that myself, in various household appliances and other consumer products. Acquaintances seen more. Without seeking them out, I’ve seen enough YouTube videos to suspect that it applies across product categories.
Isn’t “motivation” just an alternate spelling of “coffee”?
As for writing, why bother? Develop scenes from the outline which ChatGPT generated and then prompt ChatGPT to write some or all of the scenes. Knit the scenes together, edit for consistency and style, and see what you’ve got. This may not end up being less work than writing a short novel yourself but it would be a new and interesting thing to do, with new and interesting challenges. And you’d be able to write one or more articles about what you did and what you found, if you’re so inclined.
There was a Miele dishwasher at the Habitat reStore a few months ago, $250. Wife said no, so we ended up with the scratch and dent/floor model when that moved up my priority list. IDK what I paid, but it was more than $250.
They do seem to be very similar at the different price points. Stainless enclosure? then you choose front controls or top, but all seem to have three racks, etc.
They work hard, are ‘value engineered’ harder than consumer printers, and last about the same length of time. I figure now that one or two repairs is about all you get before something is too worn to make it worth continuing on.
n
Ay the list. He’d nominate no names in place of the no names that got in. What’s he got against Chicago and ELO? Not my cuppa but pretty big acts…
n
Yeah, KitchenAid, Maytag, Kenmore, Amana, and a few more are all made by Whirlpool.
Frigidaire is from Electrolux. That’s what my deep freezer says. And the window unit a/c I replaced a few months ago. I don’t know what else they have.
GE? Who knows. Other than Hotpoint being their down market brand last time I looked.
Bosch? I have no idea.
I’m cool if I can find a needed part. That the cycling t-stat on my 20+ year old Maytag dryer is used on other brands is fine. Keeps the price down I suppose. Well, $14 and a half hour of my time seemed like a good deal.
My tinfoil hat is getting thinner the more this happens. After the fiasco with the first balloon this is just too much of a coincidence. The president was basically clueless, and overruled by the military, on the first major. Such balloon known to the government but hidden from the press and public until it was discovered by civilians.
Now there are three more balloons. Where it is reported that Biden was totally on top of the issue, issuing commands and orders. Basically, back in charge.
I am not above believing the government is releasing the balloons to make Sponge Brain look better, and more in control, than he really was on the first balloon. No facts to back that up, just a general feeling that Sponge’s political machine would stoop to that level.
Or the military is deploying the balloons for target practice and to demonstrate the capabilities of their aircraft.
Or this has been a problem for some time and there have been many balloons. Now the Spongey administration is doing damage control. Either way, something just does not seem right and is too coincidental.
I do fail to see the reason for the uproar and condemnation of the Chinese or whatever country is deploying the balloons. The US has used spy planes over other countries, multiple times. The US sees no issue with spying on other countries but gets their panties in a wad when another country returns the favor.
Jeff Lynne for his production work alone should be there, and separating ELO from Lynne is impossible.
ELO is touring the US again this summer, the first in 35 years.
No Texas shows, but Tampa and Sunrise, FL (Fort Lauderdale) are on the list. Weird.
@paul
Get one that’s quiet enough to stand beside and have a conversation while it’s running.
@SteveF
Depends on the coffee. Black coffee motivates. Lattes and soymilk creamer lowers testosterone.
I’d be surprised to find that GE makes any appliances, but they seem to be pretty good at setting high standards for using their nameplate.
I bought the Bosch dishwasher at Lowe’s after going through their floor displays and finding that they were the quietest, and had a red indicator light that shines on the floor to tell you it’s on. SS interior. Half twist to pull the rotating arm off for cleaning. Easy to clean the bottom filter. Did I mention quiet?
Bosch range is a gas cooktop over an electric convection oven.
The Chinese Balloons are a distraction.
I can look at my house with Google Maps and zoom into 20 feet. Says the scale at the bottom of the screen. Not “read license plates” or quite see the corrugations on my metal roof, but the picture is clear and crisp. A few years ago the house was just a blob and the barn was a smear. This year? I can see which panels on the barn roof are translucent fiberglass.
China has satellites. Or they have a back door into what the US gov has. No need to float a balloon.
What else is going on?
Hunter’s laptop? Epstein’s list? Vaxed folks dropping like flies on sunny windowsills? Pipelines being blown up? The war via NATO with Russia to protect Ukraine’s border? Some other silly stuff like Inflation? The US southern border being WIDE open? (I mean, hey, there are someones, that needs to hang, after being disemboweled is shipping the folks from Haiti and Africa over. Because it’s a rather long swim.)
Yeah. But balloons from China is The Worst Thing Ever.
From an earlier post by Cliff Mass about weather balloons:
But, radiosondes don’t last long in the air. Sez Mr. Mass:
But…
The recent ‘surge’ of balloon sightings makes for good conspiracy theory fodder, though.
My KitchenAid is is almost silent. I have the kick panel off because the floor insulation is lacking. I learned that a couple of years ago when we hit 1F here. It’s amazing how much water comes out of a frozen fill valve fed with a 3/8 copper tube. All I hear is water filling and some clicks and swishing. Put the kick panel on and I can’t hear it without putting my ear on the door.
The fridge is much louder. It’s not bad but I can hear it from bed. Tho that depends on how loud the dogs are snoring.
Except that China was pissed at the destruction of the first balloon, so we know that one was theirs.
No idea what’s going on, but something is.
n
Um, is it Superbowl Sunday today?
n
Oh, guess it is.
n
@nick
Super Bowl Sunday today
Yes. We did church, chores, and now La La Land.
Done even with ads for SBS.
Not exactly a new thing baby duck. We were talking about DINKs in the early 90s at least.
n
Rise of the DINKS (that’s Dual Income No Kids): The TikTok couples bragging about the time and cash saved from being intentionally child-free
@nick
Miele dishwasher at the Habitat reStore a few months ago, $250
We’ve got a Miele. It’s almost silent. Does a very good job. Really like it.
>> I actually saw “Miagro Beanfield War” in a theater, but my girlfriend at the time was not thrilled with the choice.
Choice of movie or choice of boyfriend??
US Used U-2 to Gather Intelligence on Chinese Spy Balloon
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/us-used-u-2-to-gather-intelligence-on-chinese-spy-balloon/
Something the size of a bus or a jet fuselage has a lot of room for payload, and considering the lying noface ChiCom’s history of unleashing bioweapons on the world, any administration that let’s the citizens of the U.S. get nervous is likely to have severe problems, even with the DoJ telling the sweaty billionaires what to keep off the internet.
And despite the military hand wringing about “our radar just isn’t designed to catch things flying low and slow” (lottery starts now on first appearance of “radar gap”–send a dollar and your best guess) it defies explanation that the sob’s can make excuses for something that we wouldn’t know about to this day but for a guy in Montana with a pair of binoculars.
There is no justification for the flight of a “weather balloon” to be secret. The lack of flight plans for such is “indicative”, as is the report that we will eventually (although not perhaps for a decade of so) get detailing the analysis of the stealth design of the balloon and payload.
Typical radiosonde flight lasts minutes with a payload of ounces and even so can be detected by radar.
>> Balloon #4 shot down, this one over Lake Huron: link here
Hope that wasn’t the one that was to drop Brady into State Farm Stadium to join Rhianna for the half-time show.
GE sold their appliance division to Haier in 2016. Our friends who bought a GE refrigerator as part of a kitchen remodel a few years ago have regretted the choice.
Yes, it does. I don’t trust our government. I don’t trust the military. Add in politics and trying to protect an incompetent president and the stakes rise. The corruption of the Johnson administration, Vietnam atrocities scapegoats, Nixon attempted cover-up, Clinton and mysterious disappearance of political enemies, Hillary and her well greased machine, the Biden family questionable Chinese connections. The political world is rampant with deception and lies. Especially when getting caught in the nefarious shenanigan.
Tonight’s gruel is White Trash Fettuccine Alfredo.
I have some spiral ham to chop for meat. I have some sour cream that is getting up in age. Then there is a half tub of ricotta.
Which is different. But why let it spoil? Hey, it might be strange but I have yet to cook something the dogs won’t eat. That award goes to my Dad. Man, that was a total fail if you think of cooking as chemistry.
Movie.
After “Legal Eagles”, Redford was in the cultural doghouse until he reestablished his commercial cred with “Sneakers” and NPR crowd reputation with “A River Runs Through It”, both in 1992.
Our GE refrigerator needs a repair twice a year because the defrost heater in the freezer compartment lasts 3-9 months. The fan in the freezer compartment, which uses energy to push cold air into the fridge compartment, also burned out, though only the once in twelve years. If I couldn’t make the repairs, my wife would have had to replace the fridge about six years ago because it wouldn’t have been worth it to have to call the repairman all the time.
GE stove also died. The computer board died. Easy fix but still annoying.
LG washing machine died because the drain pump died. PITA to fix but not that bad.
LG drier didn’t exactly die but the drum support wheels were wearing out and making a horrible squealing sound. Easy fix, just awkward because the laundry room didn’t have much extra room.
Dishwasher died, almost certainly the control panel. Haven’t bothered to fix it because we didn’t use it often. Grandma uses it as an auxiliary drying rack. It was probably dead for months before we even noticed.
Amusingly, or not, a number of my wife’s acquaintances who are divorced or separated want me to fix their appliances, too, after my wife brags about how good her husband is. Pay does not seem to be on offer.
@SteveF
Play this song for your wife. It will probably need some explication.
It could put an end to you being sent to other single women’s homes.
Just sayin’.
I haven’t gone to any of my wife’s friends’ houses for repairs, or to move furniture, or for anything that she volunteered me for. I do help out various neighbors, whether or not they’ve done anything for us, and my family, and a few families that I’ve “adopted” because they’re on hard times through no fault of their own.
I’m getting a cheap toolkit for a ten-year-old, a collection of screwdrivers and pliers and a hammer and such. I’ll show him how to make simple fixes that I’ve noticed in their house. Nothing like fixing a broken fridge or anything, just tightening the screws holding a light switch cover.
Had dinner at a restaurant I haven’t been to since I was dating my wife… 20years ago or more. It was good. Basically empty, even the bar only had a couple of tables occupied.
Superbowl not good for Chuy’s.
Someone thought having their first every online auction end tonight in the middle of the game. And they had high starting bids. NO BIDS. Not a single lot got a bid. WTF is it that makes ordinary rational people, fairly successful in their lives, completely forget everything they know when they open a business?
I know more than one person who opened a restaurant, a lifelong dream, and then completely ignored all the good advice they PAID a well regarded consultant for. Burn thru your savings and close. Not the result anyone wants.
And auctions put on by people who presumably had participated in an auction before that ignore everything they learned as buyers…
Ay carumba.
n
@steve, maybe introduce him to a couple of youtube channels of people making or fixing things… get him interested in doing physical stuff.
There are a lot of good model/diorama/table top gaming builders, model railroaders, and fixit channels.
n
lpdbw, heh. I don’t think my wife would take that advice. It’s a big flex for her over her Chinese friends with typical Chinese husbands, to brag about her American husband who is also very handy. The Chinese husbands are traditional in the sense of doing little around the house or for taking care of the kids. (While being modern in the sense of expecting the wives to have jobs.)
>> Or this has been a problem for some time and there have been many balloons. Now the Spongey administration is doing damage control. Either way, something just does not seem right and is too coincidental.
Next time get the heavy-duty Reynolds Wrap….much better blocking capacity.
WRT tinfoil hats, in all seriousness, our local museum had a special display about gold. The precious metal. They had a big gold bar that you could touch and try to lift (it was slick and very heavy, and caged snugly so it was almost impossible to lift it at all…)
One of the things they had was a room about the size of a shower in a home, completely lined with gold foil. Stepping inside that room INSTANTLY felt different. There was a quietness and a sort of calm like noise just ‘went away.’..
I’m pretty sure that there is some value, and some physical change, to being completely shielded like that. It was eerie how profound the feeling was.
Tinfoil? Not so much. Gold foil? Oh yes please.
n
@Nick
Chicago had 21 Billboard Top Ten songs.
The wiki entry summarizes:
They weren’t selected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2016. I’d call that proof of a biased and deeply flawed process.
And then there’s Three Dog Night, with 11 Top Ten, 21 Top Forty, and twelve gold albums. Still not in. They’re always criticized as “covering” songs by other artists, but that ignores the facts that 1) they were conceived as a band with three outstanding vocalists, and delivered in spades* 2) they re-arranged songs that were not hits and made them hits.
…and Warren Zevon.
…and Jethro Tull, who should be in on the basis of Aqualung alone.
*Sinatra didn’t write his own material. Neither did Tom Jones. That list is long. The venue is not “The Rock and Roll Songwriter’s Hall of Fame” . Songwriting is sufficient to get you in (Laura Nyro did not perform her own songs well, but she was a hit machine for others), so why not performing?