Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - July 21, 2026 [Doof]

From ArmyBrat68

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT has arrived - as so have you! Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Rainy in your part of the country?

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Gotta love a good "switched at birth" story!

Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago

The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead.

Kyle Bylin discovered his birth family after taking an at-home test he chose randomly during a Christmas gift-exchange. That led to his biological aunt on a genealogy platform. Her nephew, Jeremy Morrison, then had his DNA tested. The results were irrefutable.

“That’s when my mind was just completely blown,” Bylin said. “We could have never imagined that it was an actual birth switch that occurred.”

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That worldwide kickball / keepaway tournament is finally over. Let's turn our attention to baseball for a bit

Rare sportsball feats - the unassisted triple play is among the most rare. There have only ever been 15. Here is a video featuring (almost) all of them.

This is how you deal with pansies who hate their own great country

Well played, Mr. Rocker!

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The South in The North?

DJ Doof - Supergroups Edition

Recognize that last video? Was a short-lived supergroup who only released a single album. GTR featuring Steve Howe from Yes and Steve Hackett from Genesis. Very 80s. Had a lot of promise. But they couldn't top or even replicate the minor success of that song.

The story of Genesis/Yes supergroup GTR’s When The Heart Rules The Mind

On the surface it was one of the world’s more fascinating supergroups – the combination of guitarists Steve Howe (Yes) and Steve Hackett (Genesis). But ultimately the project never got the chance to develop and fizzled out in a matter of months.

“The idea came from Steve Howe’s manager, Brian Lane,” explains Hackett. “Steve and I knew each, of course, and Brian thought our styles would be complementary.”

So GTR was born in 1985, with a line-up completed by vocalist Max Bacon, bassist Phil Spalding (who’d worked with Mike Oldfield) and drummer Jonathan Mover (briefly associated with Marillion), and the first song the guitarists worked on was to prove their biggest hit.

“We played each other some stuff we’d worked on separately,” Hackett says. “Steve had an idea for the instrumental opening for a song. I had a tune that we could add, so we started to construct When The Heart Rules The Mind.”

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Although their self-titled debut album did well in America – making it to Number 11 – the band soon fell apart. “I thought we could have followed a similar path to Queen. But in the end, When The Heart Rules The Mind was our strongest song, and the whole thing was short-lived.”

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