Author Archives: Mike Walgrave

Trying to efficiently and effectively bring the Drifter Radio playlist into your world of sound via phones. Currently, AI is of little help of making this happen on WordPress, so I am just going to have to learn to code more…. with the help of AI.

March 11-15, 2026Looking for live music? Portland has live music. Links provided below of the bands to sample their tunes and to know what you are getting into if this is new music to you. Wednesday March 11Nothing More at McMennamin Crystal Ballhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lhx0yTjSac&list=RD-Lhx0yTjSac&start_radio=1 Thursday March 12Lizard Boy (indie rock-musical)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPFxbWJfT_A&list=RDKPFxbWJfT_A&start_radio=1 The Angry Lisashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R50K-rf07Gw&list=RDR50K-rf07Gw&start_radio=1 Apparition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgWesdLSS4&list=RDZJgWesdLSS4&start_radio=1 FridayContinue reading “Live Music Portland March 11-15, 2026”

South Dakota State Foosball Tournament February 25, 2026. Wednesday Start: Portland, Oregon Destination: Royal River Casino in Flandreau, South Dakota———— Day 1: Stalled in Portland “God bless your steps!” B Real, Cypress Hill The only reason I am able to sit at my computer today, February 25, is the fact my flight from Portland (PDX)Continue reading “2026 South Dakota State Foosball”

Destination: 2003 World Foosball Championship at the Dallas/FtWorth airport in Texas. $135G on the line at the home of Tornado Foosball tables. Thursday, August 28 – Monday, September 1, 2003 Weather report: remnants of Tropical Storm Grace. Chance of wet. August 2003 is historically wet. 10.68 inches of rain reported at the DFW Airport. TheContinue reading “State Patrol to 2003 World Foos in Dallas”

AI: “If you want, I can: Turn this into a two-page policy brief with citations and budget ballpark numbers for each solution.” Wali-G: “Yes. Turn this into a policy brief if I were the President of the United States.” ChatGPT said: Excellent — let’s make this presidential.Below is a draft policy brief titled “Restoring theContinue reading “Today’s AI Prompt: List Policies that Have Hurt the Middle Class (Part 2)”

Wali-G Prompt: “Peace and stability of nations is what’s going on today. Make a list of all the policies that both the Right and Left have created that have hurt the average middle class person in the last 25 years. Include solutions.” ChatGPT said:(Thought for 1m 27s) Major policies (last ~25 years) that have hurtContinue reading “Today’s AI Prompt: List Policies that Have Hurt the Middle Class”

Portland, Oregon Update This past year’s drift took me from downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota to downtown Portland, Oregon. The adventure started last October (2024) when I applied to Veteran Affairs (VA) as a Rating-Veteran Service Representative (RVSR).  My job as a realtor in Minnesota was not panning out, so I decided to put the graduate degreeContinue reading “Drifting Portland Update”

Creating super-intelligence to go beyond human faults is difficult business. Aliens are also worried about humans, so Earth isn’t the ideal vacation for space travelers. Mostly, the alien tourists want to know is: “are humans really going to go to war with everything in their known realms including their species and the environment?” I don’tContinue reading “Aliens’ for Jesus Fans Leave Planet in Disgust”