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It is a little after the fact but on Thursday last went to see The Enfield Haunting, a play in London with Catherine Tate and David Threlfall. Dramatization of a true story about a poltergeist in a semi detached house in Enfield (a suburb of London) in 1977 and 1978. Major media coverage at the time (newspapers and the BBC) and a ghost hunter (played by Threlfall) permanently in the house. Turned out to be the two daughters having a laugh that got out of hand. The fiction in the play was that this daughter nonsense raised a real poltergeist that was causing true mayhem.

Maki is in no way intimidated by the much larger Walter. She is having the time of her life! At one point Maki had Walter's cheek stretched out like a sail. His size and enthusiasm doesn't seem to frighten her in the least bit.

Got hearing aids. I am overjoyed/relieved. I can hear again!

Polaroid Lovers by Sarah Jarosz (2024) https://album.link/i/1702798530 Example: I have been waiting for this release for a while. I listened to it yesterday (release date), and giving it a deeper dive today. I really like the different feel and colors that Sarah expresses in this work.

Going over to Compound Mayberry later for dinner and games with Al's niece Dorothy and Al's sister Corrine. No actual cooking, but I built a fruit salad. I prepped Pink Lady apple, Asian Pear, navel orange, pink grapefruit, cantelope, strawberry, peach and pineapple. Couldn't find any ripe bananas. In the past I've always made a glaze of sour cream and powdered sugar. But I found a recipe online that simply uses fresh lime juice/zest and honey. So I whisked those together. Much more natural and light and the zest really gives a great flavor, while the lime juice keeps the fruit from discoloring. The honey is subtle. ,

Got the latest Covid vaccine, and the RSV vaccine.

So much fun playing games last night! Maki and Walter roughhoused for 4 1/2 hours straight. At one point the very large Walter pounced on Maki, literally covering her completely. I couldn't see her at all for several seconds, until finally she squirmed out under Walter's tail, literally looking like a birthing. She then jumped on Walter's back, ran across his body like a furry bridge, grabbed a mouthful of Walter's face and started tugging! Tail wagging wildly the whole time. All three of us laughing uncontrollably. Those two have met before, but just for brief periods of time. I think they're beasties after last night. This little girl really has no idea that she's a 12 pound Chihuahua mix. She must see herself as a Rottweiler. I really need to get her DNA'd to see what she's working with. Longer body and the Black coloring with White accents. Much larger than a full breed Chihuahua. Maybe some Border Collie or even Dalmatian? 12 pounds of "come at me bitch", whatever she is!

It's the Lambda Spirit, just a different name for different markets. I should have put my pile of broken drivers up on ebay for 2k€ instead of just throwing them in the trash where they belong...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Kleptocracy

Thanks Dr. Gilmore, Got a pbc made from the schematic. Played around with R1=120-ohm to get a good-enough sinusoidal wave; adjusting R2 and R3 to 10K to get 76kHz wave. Hand-wounded trafo, not pretty but does the job...

^ That one is even better. Earlier today: LP

@robm321 Hadn't been in this thread in awhile, came to post this, and saw the similar post above.

Had an appointment to get my taxes done. A good refund and a very patient Maki waiting in the van, promted a visit to Petsmart (in the same shopping center). It was Maki's first time to visit Petsmart. Many teen and pre-teen girls fawned over her. She had a blast exploring the toys, and picked out her favorite (well her absolutel favorite seemed to be a live turtle in a low shelved aquarium, but we passed on that one). Then got treats from the staff (as well as those I purchased). She really is turning out to be a well behaved girl. If not a little rambunctious for her senior Daddy.