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Because: Science! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3002398/ "Benjamin Franklin noted that “a few stems of asparagus eaten shall give our urine a disagreeable odor” (Franklin and Japikse 2003)," Also: "Because smelling the urine of others is an unfamiliar task, after Experiment 1, we decided to add an additional task to determine whether subjects were able to follow instructions and detect an unrelated but unusual odor added to urine"

Your urine is going to smell atrocious for a month!

Just a great day yesterday....went to hometown of Marblehead MA to help my mom with some work around the house, and just to spend some time. She's been having some health issues and I've also been helping with appointments and the like. It's good to get the time in with her. On a whim, I then called a dear family friend Judy who lives a couples streets away, and she was home. Got to spend a while with her as well, was great to catch up. She has had a tough time as well so I have been able to help her a bit too. It was then mid-to-late afternoon, but I hadn't had lunch. So on another whim I called my friend Melissa, she had re-connected with me when Karen passed; she lost her husband (suddenly) almost a year earlier. We've been very close since. She joined me for a late lunch/early dinner at a nice fish restaurant on the water in Salem MA. I speak a lot about "human connection" and how much it means to me. Yesterday was one of those great days, left me filled (heart and stomach) and happy!

I enjoyed his more recent work, I had not gotten to his early work in time. RIP African Piano by Abdullah Ibrahim (1973) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0060254708925 Example: Sorry I am late to the game Abdullah, thanks for the tunes.

Always thought Dollar Brand was a way better stage name, but religious considerations etc. RIP.

Another one - pianist Abdullah Ibrahim https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/15/pianist-abdullah-ibrahim-dies

I'm going to watch Tokyo Vice next.

. I didn't. Now I'll hunt it down.

Just started watching this, it is pretty good with good character development!

https://archive.org/details/cj2026-06-13 Cowboy Junkies Bijou Theater, Knoxville, TN 6/13/2026 DPA 4015gs -> Sonosax SX-M2D2 -> iPhone Front Row Center Balcony

My reaction to the Knicks winning.

Steve, I was a fan, been forever since I listened to them/her though. Did you know Lone Justice is just came out with a "new" album recently? It's actually a old set of recordings though....still nice.

Posted some LJ & MM in the What are you listening to thread.

Another Country/Wave group that I really enjoyed back in the day was Lone Justice. Maria McKee had this gritty, ethereal voice that I loved. With a hint of Brenda Lee. Check out Wheels, Reflected and Shelter, but really it's all good. Maria did have a few solo albums as well.

Trinity sessions is one of the best sounding albums I've ever heard. It's why I want to own an old church to use as a recording studio...

Although I'm short on time (I've started renovating my second home), I'm doing some tests with the 70-200mm lens and I photographed this blackbird in my garden. PD. I'm quite bad, I keep trying to improve my technique.

One of my female coworkers on the factory trawler in the Bering Sea loaned me her CD of The Trinity Sessions. Immediately after that two month tour, I searched my favorite Portland, Oregon record store and bought the vinyl. Been a Junkies fan ever since. The album would've been a year old or so at that time, so 89 or 90 ish.

What is this "overkill" thing that some laymen speak of? Seems perfectly normal to me.