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Meticulously played, thanks for the rec.!

Update: I misremembered a digit. It's 320W vs 240W, and 33% more power. The rest stays the same. Fucking pup (8-9 months?) fucking ate one of my 30$ Silca socks recently. I was NOT amused.

IMO this is right up there with Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra's "Some Velvet Morning" and "Summer Wine" and Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue's "Where the Wild Roses Grow". Hearing her sing her part ultra high over his almost-talking drawl is the perfect representation of the siren call.

I've been craving familiar music lately.

Belated Happy Birthday!!!

Mark Volman of The Turtles, Zappa's Mothers, Flo & Eddie and much more, passed away last week.

With the passage of Rick Davies, I am reminded of one of my favorite mashups of all time. Mashups are invariably novelty tracks, and many (most) of them try too hard and don't really gel properly. Once a great while, one comes along where the whole is is greater than the sum of its parts (like a really good remix.) In 2006, the artist Arty Fufkin combined Gnarls Barkley, Supertramp and Rockwell. It's been in my record back in one form ever since.

This one hits. Saw them only once, when running spotlight at a show. I regained most of my hearing about a week later.

RIP Rick Davies, co-founder of Supertramp. Wish I could have seen these guys live. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rick-davies-supertramp-dead-obituary-1235422832/

He's smart and understands that working hard will payoff. I wish that I could do more for him. I will be there when he needs to vent again. My Dad was rough, but he never once thought about leaving us. That's a tough thing to wrap your mind around.

Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. 'On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."' I don't know how the recent-ish three short, but very different, including author's backgrounds, Ta-Nehisi Coates', Peter Beinart's and now (in my reading order) Omar El Akkad's books are/will be taken, but this one hit hardest for me. Part of that may be being a parent/view towards the future. All certainly worth a read. May hit Finkelstein's next.

😁 This Is d-_-b !!!

You guys are probably right. You are definitely right that looping around the parking lot is maybe the most useless test case. The MY25 bikes are out of stock for new orders and the MY26s should be incoming soon. I have a little time to make up my mind. I’m gonna try and see if I can demo a nice road bike just to be sure.

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Another, Best Birth Year Birthday 😉

Happy birthday!!!

Tiny vinyl - 4" record format for Gen Z: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/tiny-vinyl-is-a-new-pocketable-record-format-for-the-spotify-age/

Happy birthday!

Ninja vanish! 🥷 Body Talk by The Deele (1984) from Miami Vice:

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Cheers Jimmy... happy birthday..

RIP Maru the cat, who was at one point the most famous cat on the internet (and by extension, the world.)

Sounds like wonderful young man. His poor Mom. So good of you to help, Steve.

Today I installed the door jambs that I milled up, for the bathroom the Al and I built the vanity and doors for. Unfortunately the GC didn't listen to me, and built the door opening smaller than requested. It was already the size we wanted, but for some odd reason he filled in the opening a bit. Not the end of the world. I had already discovered this before building the jamb. However the finished doors will now have to be cut down. As I'm picky about symmetry, I'll need to take a little off of each side. It's not a lot. Maybe 3/16" to 1/4" on all sides. The height also needs a bit off, but we anticipated this. I'll only need to remove some at the top, as the bottom rails are taller, which looks better IMO. I don't want to install the casing or doors until the GC builds out the closet system. He's expressed to me that he'll be very careful, but why make it more difficult for him and nerve wracking for me?