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I have exactly one neighbor. His name is Gary. He's a genuine boomer, turning 70 this year. He is some kind of special needs. In his day, on Marthas Vineyard, there wasn't much in the way of diagnosis so he just kind of got by. He lived with his mother until she passed on my birthday this year at the age of 93(!) Now Gary lives alone, and I live here on MV. Gary does okay, but my (sainted, octogenarian) mother does have some worries about him. He mentioned to her that his electric bill was over $200 this month. She said to me "you have an awful lot of spare LED bulbs, you should see if Gary would let us replace some of his incandescents." She wasn't wrong. For reasons not entirely worth explaining, I have 3-4 boxes of LED bulbs I brought with me to the Vineyard. My father was a hoarder of antique furniture. He built barns to hold it all: In spite of the thousands of records and CDs I own, not to mention the nightclub's worth of lighting gear (and all the stereo equipment) I own, I have always rejected the notion that I am a hoarder. Except for lightbulbs. I have to cop to it. I compulsively bought CFL bulbs when those were a thing, and then moved on to LED bulbs when they arrived. I have done some pretty neat things with them. I restored a bunch of antique lamps: (For colored bulbs, CFLs are better than LED. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.) Even with the lamps above and many more, I have a vast excess of LED bulbs. Today, with Gary's permission I went through his house and wrote down all of the bulbs I thought he could use. Then I went up to my attic where it was 115 goddamn degrees and dragged down a few boxes. I then spent an hour replacing the bulbs in most of Gary's house. I did most of the living area, and discussed with him a few spots I could not get to (the garage and basement.) He seemed pleased. Also I have (slightly) fewer bulbs kicking around now.

A housemate had this on nearly a continual repeat back in the early '90's. Almost spoiled it for me - but I still pull it out occasionally, and thoroughly enjoy it.

Baked Ziti. Ziti, sweet Italian sausage, tomato sauce, red bell pepper, onion, garlic, ricotta & fresh mozzarella.

Sea Ranch Brunch

Sea Ranch "Entertainment"

I don’t believe I have two copies of anything on vinyl. I have three copies of Rumours.

In a somewhat similar mood...

Maybe already posted… anyhow, it’s what I’m listening to right now.

French toast: "Classic" & "Waffled"

Listening and watching and enjoying.

https://album.link/i/1682553570 and https://www.qobuz.com/es-es/album/bill-evans-trio-herb-geller-live-february-14th-1972-hamburg-bill-evans/d5yww3aig1ujc Recent restored release. I love Bill Evans, so I'm easy to please. The addition of Herb Geller's flute makes it truly special.

https://discord.com/invite/grimes

Adventuring, story, shooting and driving up mountains. What else do you need in a game? Really enjoying Uncharted IV at the moment, but suspect it won't be a lot of play time to finish.

I have a few that almost never get used. My go to methods are ratchet straps and a selection of gizmos to protect the work, or Bessey clamps, like this https://www.besseytools.co.uk/bessey-die-cast-zinc-screw-clamp-lm20-10-200-100 which are not cheap, but are exceedingly good. I have quite a number in different sizes.

One of the greatest albums. I have it on vinyl and listen to it occasionally for the same reason.

I will be right over. Open the wine, and let it breath while I and parachuting in please.

Threw this back on. Damn this album rocks. We miss you, Grimes! Time for some new music!

Thanks for the info. I should not be surprised that C clamps are basically useless these days. My father was a very (mid) 20th century man, and was highly resistant to change. He got away with it primarily by being the smartest person in the room, and never above using that to his advantage. Upon reflection this is only a small part of his collection, which means there's a bunch more I still need to unearth. I should add he never did any original construction with these, they were use to repair antique furniture.

Meeting with Purk and his friend, Wut. Unfortunately, nothing new to show to them. But, as usual, we went out for a lunch together, and I had to make sure that I fed them enough. 😆

Here's to Dusty Chalk. We remember him well. Though sometimes he gave us hell. He had a heart of gold, before the mold. Dipped his fork into some ransid pork. He coughed, sputtered, then blew a gasket. Today we lay him to rest inside a Purple casket.

Speaking of Speaking for itself: Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (OJC Remaster) Art Pepper 1957 https://album.link/i/1443151711 Example: I cannot want much more than Art playing a Gillespie tune. Well and all the other tunes on this album. It must have been pretty amazing to have been into jazz between 1955-64, and hearing these albums for the first time without standards being standards. Add more pepper to your day, it is a good thing.

You won't be disappointed with the Ziti, but you'll be extremely disappointed with my wine selection. Bought for cooking, about 2 months ago. You're welcome to all 8oz. left.