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Went to a food truck festival. While there, our daughter managed to grab $41 out of an inflatable cash booth a local bank was running.

Not sure yet, bought tickets on Fandango for the 3:50 showing. Do they have color pictures these days?

Bought a ticket to go to my first movie in a theater in I would guess around 15-20 years. I figure one every couple of decades is a good average. Theaters seem to have much better beer lists now than the last time I went to the theater. https://d994l96tlvogv.cloudfront.net/uploads/cafe/menu/afcmosaic-menu-lounge.pdf

Next year I would recommend you coat her arms and legs with pine tar before she enters the money booth that should just about cover your mortgage for the next few months.

Watching the 2015 New Orleans Jazz Festival. Why is there no Jazz at this Jazz Festival?

I have a pair of Jaybird Bluebuds X that work pretty well for me. Only thing they need are better tips which Comply makes. You could also get some sweet Beats, but then you would miss everyone talking about how sweet your Beats are while wearing them. Which would be a shame.

I think you heard that wrong -- was what you heard something more along these lines?

Gin time is fine by me!

Oops, I got distracted by gin.

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The outputs should be fine (SE and balanced), no switch there. The differential input requires the - signal to be grounded in the case of SE, so that is why you need a switch or something there. On the Pass Aleph P preamp I had, which has both SE and balanced inputs, shorting plugs were provided which needed to be inserted into the XLRs on channels where you were running SE input on. The XLR->RCA adapters do the same thing.

Sounds good Bryan

Tasting menu at Minami in Vancouver, BC. Yum. Not pictured: sake

Not so much now, but when I was in London last week. Stretch treated me to one of the best meals I have had at Restaurant Story. We did the full Story tasting menu with drinks pairings. The pairings ranged from wine to beer to sake to cider, and were all gleefully presented by the sommelier. Apertifs of a beer for Stretch and a cocktail described as a clear, up version of a bloody mary. The vodka was infused with Worchestershire Sauce flavors, bitters and other mixes filled the tomato and spice roles. Very tasty, and Mike G would love them. The first two of four snacks that are not even on the menu. Fried cod skin with creme fraiche and juniper leaves, and Storeos that are cookies of squid ink paste and a fishy cream filling. Both tasty despite descriptions. Gifts from the Sea Bread and Drippings -- beef tallow candle and drippings for dipping with crusty break and veal tongue cubes. Onion, apple and Old Tom gin Scallops, cucumber and dill ash (the black cucumber balls are rolled in the ash) Off-menu brioche with butter/fois gras/truffle cake and some kind of veggie gelatin thing Heritage potato mash, asparagus and coal Herdwick's lamb three ways, sheep's yogurt and ramson. I started eating the lamb belly before taking the pic. Desserts were wild, with chocolate crumbles, frozen granitas with vegetable flavors, and creamy custards, including an oyster-flavored one. First up, was not on the menu and now I cannot recall what it was, other than delicious. Back on the menu, we have chocolate, oyster and lovage. The chocolates are crumbled and crunchy. The oyster is the white custardy dollop, and the lovage (leafy green) is a granita. Way tastier than you can imagine from that description. Lastly, we have almond and dill. Everything white is almond-flavored and everything green is dill-flavored. Sound horrid? Wrong again, it was amazing. Thanks again, Andrew. This was a treat and it was great catching up.