Happy Friday. Happy weekend. Happy end of July, I guess. Why not?
I’ve been listening to a podcast called Moonrise. It’s a historical account of the U.S. effort to land on the moon. Very interesting.
Stay healthy and safe.
1, 2, 3, 4!
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Umbrella Academy Season 2 drops on Netflix tomorrow. Season 1 started slowly but picked up near the end. Read the comic books first if you’re not familiar with the premise.
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New Traditionalists is the fourth studio album by the American new wave band Devo….With the success of “Whip It” and its associated album Freedom of Choice, Devo had attracted a new, more pop-oriented audience that was less interested in Devo’s artistic theories and intelligent lyrics. In response, New Traditionalists was intended to be a much darker, deeper and serious album. The lead-in track, “Through Being Cool,” was a direct attack on new fans who didn’t understand Devo’s message.
Wikipedia
Bash ’em.
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I started reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, who also wrote The Night Circus. Links aplenty. I recommend The Night Circus and I’m enjoying The Starless Sea so far.
Read more.
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Takes on a whole new meaning these days…
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I got Logan and Maryann’s iMac working today. I didn’t finish it while we were there so I brought it back with me. We’ll take it back to them next week. I upgraded the RAM and swapped the hard drive with an SSD, which should improve performance.
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I wonder if this goes too far, even for her.
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(Tuesday morning edition.)
Getting organized for the week ahead. Hopefully it’ll be quiet. Someone will probably manufacture a crisis. I hope not.
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John Lennon’s ghost challenged Beck to write his version of “I Am the Walrus.”
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We had our first player death in today’s D&D game. It was his own fault. He split the party. Don’t split the party. Fortunately they had enough money to afford a resurrection spell.
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Happy birthday Mick Jagger.
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Back from NC. D&D tomorrow. That makes today Saturday. Woof.
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Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake.
https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com
Back in the day when MTV played music videos.
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(One day behind edition.) My internal calendar is off. I keep thinking it’s a day later than it is. I’ve been trying without much success to upgrade Logan and Maryann’s iMac, but I’m not surrendering yet.
Stay healthy and safe.
Ha’ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana.
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Friday morning edition. Rae and I are spending a couple of days in North Carolina with Logan and Maryann. Here’s a video that’s particularly original, some offerings from Super 70s sports, and the great Roy Orbison.
Stay healthy and safe.
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Taking the rest of the week off unless I get sucked into budget work, which is possible. If it means I get more funding for my team, I’ll do it.
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Very NSFW.
From Beat Crazy, Joe Jackson’s third album, a bridge between his first two punk albums and his fourth, a tribute to 1940s swing and jump blues.
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