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To prepare for the Dallas tournament and sharpen fencing skills, the Russian national team was invited to practice. It was a very high intensity workout...and damn cool to watch.

So I know that I've posted these quite a few times recently, but we keep tweaking and I think we hit on a true winner tonight. Red peppers worked better for us. I started them empty, open side down on the Weber. Once they started to soften a bit we flipped them and filled them with the egg mixture. That consisted of 4 eggs beaten, diced Roma tomato, diced pickled jalapeno's and shredded sharp cheddar. The final result was delicious. Spicy, sweet, mildly acidic, and the eggs were soufle-like. This tweak is a keeper. Thanks to Al for the original inspiration. To our adoptees, you both will support us in our retirement, correct? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Fried shrimp Po Boy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Eurythmics – Greatest Hits

Project Cars in VR is incredible. Flat out incredible.

the neck feels like bare wood.

I'm a little late posting this. The sale started a few days ago but you lucky New Yorkers should check this out. I've been following ARC music archives since they picked themselves up after 9/11 and they have grown in leaps and bounds. So, even if you can't make it to the record sale, spend a little time checking out the great work they are doing to preserve the less formal music that gets overlooked by folks like the Library of Congress and the British Library. http://arcmusic.org/support/record-sale/

They've just upgraded for free my upload speed It should have matched the download one, but not bad.

oh my god, i need to get a strymon deco. jesus. 2 roland jc 40s in stereo....

Well with your crappy machine it probably was just OK

It's a pretty good history lesson as well. Enjoying it.

To feel the wood?

Well he was missing left and right last night from the outside but he really struggles when you put a good defender in front of him. I'm sure he isn't 100%...but then LBJ mind is never 100%.

THANKS FOR SHARING, MTOC! YOU ARE THE BEST!

Went to a vigil for the Orlando shooting victims at the local lgbt center. It was very moving. I know a lot of people are afraid of going to these and going to pride because of safety. I think it is more important than ever to be out and proud (or support the lgbt community) and not let the haters win.

Jamon Iberico Ham and Fried Goat Cheese Balls to start. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm not speaking only of your last few posts, I'm speaking of the entirety of your time here and elsewhere. As to why the history of 20th century China, and specifically the war between the PRC and the ROC matters to "China today making fake products, producing non genuine goods and getting away with all sorts of copyright and intellectual property issues", it matters a great deal. It matters because the primary actor in Chinese IP theft is not a series of private companies or "shady individuals", as you intimate, but a codified branch of the Chinese military tasked by law with doing exactly this. Likely, these companies spend more time on networking products, wind turbines, car parts, and other high profit industries than they do on headphone amps. Nevertheless, it is the source of the culture of theft that permeates the professional world in China. It's naive to think that their "shitty president" (I mean come on, you can't say they're not a democracy then call their leader a president...) is the root of this, as it predates Xi by generations. The root of it is in the root of the communist party, and specifically their plan to sustain themselves through sustained economic growth, which now requires outright theft to maintain. They don't exactly get away with it, but how is anyone to stop them? Again, they're not popularly elected, and they're not beholden to Chinese citizens in any meaningful way. As long as they can stave off revolution, they're in good shape. So whether or not they are a democracy is terribly relevant, as it explains a great deal about the country and its internal governance. I don't expect people in general to take a great interest in Chinese politics, or to be accurate in how they speak about China, but you're contradicting people who know what they're talking about.