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Made the most of the early part of the day when it was just windy. The headed to the in-laws where it snowed briefly, but otherwise was pleasant.

Went up to Al's, and the Easter Bunny threw up all over me!

I can't recommend this highly enough. https://myrkur.bandcamp.com/album/folkesange

No pics, but Al, Claire, Alden, Dorothy and I tried out the new West County Pub last night. It's the former Iron Springs Brewery, that was bought by Henhouse Brewery. A very limited menu, but the $20 burger was pretty yummy. Fries are extra, but also very tasty. For me though the real star was the $9 strawberry bread pudding. I'm a bread pudding conaseur for sure, and this was one of my faves so far.

Have a great Easter everyone! Personally I haven't found anything left by the Easter Bunny yet, but I'm sure I'm just not looking hard enough.

^^ That looks awesome Mikey...though I shouldn't partake of such things due to Passover laws. Of course, the bagel I had this morning when my niece and nephew (the astronaut-in-training) came by with their daughter was kind of delicious.

Just finished bake - Happy Crusty Bread Easters. Someone else is in charge of the meal sooo...

Psst... there's a small green egg in the tall grass. Also happy Passover.

Earlier: Easter BUNDTINIS®, by Corte Madera Creek (and Tea, not shown,)

^ The Arcade Fire set at Coachella this weekend was great and worth a watch if you can find it online! I am for sure gonna see them whenever they decide to come through on their tour.

Deposit accepted on future Oatmeal Johnny. The deposit is $5. Heather’s new puppy’s deposit was $600. Cats, man.

And Then Comes The Night Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen 2019 https://album.link/i/1445671064 Example:

Moving Pictures (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe) Rush 1981 https://album.link/i/1608979166 Example -- I have been digging the new videos that they have been releasing: The Super Deluxe is pretty much a very good version of the album and a complete live recording of a 1981 concert (it is an okay recording of the live tracks). But always fun to revisit this album - it has been a little while.

Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler - The Eagle & The Dove. Initial release before the full album.

I've been neck deep in tax hell this week, so I've regressed to the mid 1990s: White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992) White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000. (1995) Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) I've noticed that it's become very popular among current metalheads to hate on groove metal. For the life of me, I don't understand why. I'm not huge on the genre, but I do love me some vintage WZ and Pantera. Dimebag Darrell was a better guitarist than ...well, nearly anybody but certainly anyone who played in Zombie. His riffs were on another planet in their ferocity. The key difference between the bands is that Rob Zombie is a decent frontman and Phil Anselmo is a cancerous growth. This translates to me listening to a lot more Zombie than Pantera in my senior years.

Because the doors are tall, I went pretty heavy duty. I used KV 8092 series pocket door slides that have a pinion rod between the two sets of hinges to keep them from sagging and to keep them aligned as you open and close. Just those hinges for four doors were over $900. Given the shelves and future clothing rods, I had to make interior partition walls and KV has some additional hardware that keeps the doors properly spaced and rolling. The system is a little finicky to put all together but they work really well.

Since none of the real wood workers are sharing any work lately, I decide to share the latest from Half-Assed Wood Working. My dad’s buddy sent him to some Etsy seller with plywood beer caddies, so I had to step in. Certainly not perfect, but I am happy for my first attempt.

Channeled Jim on a smaller scale -- shared a dozen raw Delaware Bay oysters and had crab croquettes and broiled oysters with pimento cheese. Not as good as the Marshall Store on the opposite coast but still tasty.