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High proof baking! The persimmon tree has been very productive this year after producing about 12 persimmons last year. I'm using James Beard's Persimmon Bread recipe as adapted here. It contains ⅔ cup of brandy or bourbon, or in this case some E.C. Straight Rye. I wasn't paying attention because I usually have E.C. Bourbons, and I now realize I did the same thing making cocktails the other night. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Anyway, after pics will need to wait a bit.

If I had the muscle to afford it, I'd buy this very print: https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/elliott-erwitt/16-california-1956-california-kiss/?sku=PRINT-ERE-PLAT-PAR11118-30x40 It's been featured in many LP covers, like this one by Fairground Attraction A great photographer and artist. I find puzzling that after such a long life and thousands of photographies, it can all be resumed in a set of rather few pictures.

Turn on the subtitles and translate to English.

Yeah... that part annoyed me no end. He did tell her off for using a brush to clean the L300's which would probably have killed them in the end. Also, has anybody else noticed the T8000 chassis has been changed since the first units? Much more ventilation on the new ones. Wonder why that was changed...

Warning - Mostly war.... https://apnews.com/article/photos-2023-yearend-photography-ap-0a62ee84672da7a03685c5f5f64f2c47 The year in photos: AP’s most memorable photos of 2023

I don't want to be a turd in the punchbowl, but the square cropping on the album cover absolutely ruins the brilliant framing of the original. EE hit the rule of thirds just right and made brilliant use of selective DoF in California Kiss. The album cover might as well be an Instagram filter.

At home in 2017

Photographer Elliott Erwitt: Elliott Erwitt | Photography | United States

Alright, I'll say it. iRacing may have a bit of a steep learning curve and a dated interface but this is THE GAME. The driving feels sooo good.

I was just poking fun. The reason I don't like them is there is too much chance of misconnecting something in the future. Crimped connectors (Molex KK, Spox, etc.) do it once and done. I haven't used the phoenix connectors enough to know whether they loosen up over time or not. I suppose they can/could. I do use them when initially building/troubleshooting if applicable, but replace with something else once done.

Experience: Stevie Wonder secretly played on my band’s single https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/10/experience-steve-wonder-secretly-played-on-my-bands-single