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Last night: Macklemore and Imagine Dragons with the kids at Fenway. Great show, good to see live music again.

Got a picture of Peter with a few of his Class of 2026 friends. He’s in the middle bottom of the C.

At a neighbor's house and he brought this out for me Friday. Tasty.... He's been a good friend for a long while and surprised me with a nice gift of the Foursquare for a milestone thing. I have not tried it yet...a lot going on there. HS

High School friend posted a bit of video, she was seeing these folks live. Fun Surf-Horror-Rock band from St. Petersburg. They have quite the output, apparently having been around since 1998 in one form or another. So checking some stuff out. Several songs are kind of Dick Dale meets Vincent Price 😄

Out of town, using a Lido E-T grinder and Flair Pro2. This was a delicious shot.

Pineapple-mango salsa has been made for a party with friends later today. I could eat this stuff by the spoonful.

R.I.P. Matt.

Just for Al, 3,000 mile barrier eclipsed this morning.

Up over the halfway mark; time for the descent! In.

...studying/doing homework/interviewing...

Nice day with old friends . Who said hot?

In.

3,000 mile barrier broken.

I have to say that I'm thoroughly enjoying my 2019 16" Macbook Pro. The keyboard alone is a tremendous upgrade vs. the 2018 Air (which in itself is a great device). I'm going to end up using AppleCare+ to refurb the Air and then pass it on as for travel I can pretty much get by with the 11" iPad these days.

It is a bit big to lug around but the screen is definitely fine to work on without an external monitor, unlike my 13” M1. I think this is the best MacBook I have ever used.

It is British weather after all. I still object to the loose use of the word mountain in the bay area though. That's a mountain!

Won a hat and the new SawStop Dado set at the Rockler VIP event.

There is good news from his website - he reckons to be back up and running later this year. He is in his mid 70s by the way. Clearly can't keep a good man down!

LYS Mari Samuelsen Scoring Berlin Jonathan Stockhammer 2022 https://album.link/i/1614703352 Example: I enjoy listening to this album so much. A diverse set of tracks that I just keep playing (three days in rotation). Need more Mari.

Tex Williams | Smoke Smoke Smoke Ex.

Dropped Peter off at CSU on Monday.

Had the best dinner. I had Steak Frite, but we kind of shared everything. Finished the evening with cones from Fairfax Scoop. Sorry no pics. The ladies didn't want me showing pics of their tripple scoop towers. Let's just pretend she does it for proper speaker separation.

Tried to mount a slide out tray with simple drawer slide on one side but not really stable enough.

Got my new little Mac Studio for work

As Wayne has already pointed out, it's hard to believe that so much time has gone by. You deserved to have a long and wonderful life! But the universe had other plans for you. We really miss you Matt. I for one am better for knowing you, even if only briefly.

Not just someone or another... Just got a pop up notice on Facebook that our friend Matt Dunlop would have been 40 today. Seems impossible. That must mean it has been over 10 years, since I believe he was 29 when he died. Really liked that guy. He was a good friend, and I sure do miss him.

Nobody tell @Grahame.

One of the places I used to buy timber, run by a really nice guy, has burned to the ground. Apart from the workshop, which contained industrial grade Felder machines https://www.felder-group.com/en-gb/products/planer-thicknessers-planers-thicknessers-c1948 , his fine timber store went too; he used to supply musical instrument makers. The extract system burst into flames while he was working in there. He beat a hasty retreat and watched as it burnt to the ground. You can just about make out the carcase of the Felders and radial arm saw. Fortunately he was insured, and Just Giving raised £14k. https://mactimbers.com/

RIP Ben Stelter, a 6-yo who died of Brain Cancer. As a hockey fan, it was incredible to see the impact he had on the Edmonton Oilers, and the love they had for him. Fuck cancer...fuck it hard especially for attacking such young kids.... https://www.nhl.com/news/ben-stelter-young-oilers-fan-dies-play-la-bamba-baby/c-335242756