Leaderboard

I finished inputting into a spreadsheet all of the shows that Claire and I have kept ticket stubs for. She started the project years ago and logged over 300 shows from her journals, ticket stubs and scrap books. Now that I have finished all paper tickets we still have and added some that I have in memory but not on paper, the total is over 600 concerts, mostly rock (broadly defined) and jazz with a mix of symphony, bluegrass, rap, country, etc. There is a small percentage that we went to separately and I am not done scraping my memory and my friends' memories, but the bulk is now recorded. We're wondering if we will hit 1000 shows before we slip this mortal coil. Actually, that reminds me that I think I saw that band and definitely saw Dead Can Dance...

I'm starting to get to know my new Canon R6 Mk II. A very different world from my 90D. I know there are hundreds of videos on YouTube about this but please, do you have any tips or recommendations for me? Shooting the 90D continues to give me great joy (within my complete ignorance of course) but photography (like the music) has been one of my favorite distractions during my treatment and at the moments when I couldn't ride a bike. You already know that I am generally very clumsy. These are some photos that my wife asked me to take of her flowers with the 90D.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Human Highway

Yeah it was!! off of this lovely album with a totally normal album cover....

Dance With Me: The Best Of Orleans by Orleans (1997) https://album.link/i/77821265 Example: I usually stay away from Best of's or Greatest hits. I listen to albums for the most part. But fuck it. I wanted to, it's a fun set of tunes.... Heck, I will even post the song they are most known for. What do you want? It is a hot day....

Chopin by Ivo Pogorelich (2022) https://album.link/i/1600880082 Example: Very good Sony recording. Ivo is not my fav for Chopin interpretations, but he sure gets a lot of things right for me.

20+ years ago, this was the funniest thing on the internet.

Focal Clear Headphones $729

Ah yes. Brings back memories of Saturday nights at the gay bathhouse, Camp David, in Las Vegas in 1980.

I'm a bush baby too. Shaving down there is not natural to me. So, I do it for altruistic reasons. I'm such a good person.

Love Dance With Me, and The Orleans. And Mikey 'You're Still The One' to remind us of great, forgotten music.

Shaving your head is a liberating experience. Congrats Dusty!

https://averagebeing.com/top-15-bald-marvel-characters-with-reasons-for-balding/

I must admit Dusty, I don't know why he'd want to see pics of bald spots either. But best to give the G-man what he wants so...

Morrissey greatest hits... vinyl

Anybody notice that Mark Cavendish yesterday won his 35th stage win in the Tour de France? Aged 39, he has finally won more stages than the legendary Eddy Merckx? Actually Merckx won his 34 stages in a combination of wins - mountain top, breakaway etc. Cav has done his 35 stage wins all in a bunch sprint. He actually threw his chain as he crossed the line, having gone from 1700W into the bike to freewheeling kind of instantly. When one stage win is a defining moment for a pro cyclist for most riders in the Tour, 35 stage wins is heroic. Everyone who he outsprinted slapped him on his back as they crossed the line in his wake - and all riders, including Tadej Pogačar in yellow almost queued up to hug him - a popular win by the whole peleton. The "Manx Missile" finally has the 35 wins monkey finally off his back.

No bike pix, b/c I was too exhausted and had to take a nap after so much riding, but my Porsche and Diablo-aficionados may can appreciate a couple numbers up there.

Got out early before the wind kicked up again. Hammered me a little on the way back, but not too badly.

Here she is, finished as of today courtesy of my LBS who did the final wiring and brake lines. As it sits, with pedals, cages, saddle, 17.3lbs. Of course we are now supposed to get snow tomorrow so it'll be a bit before I get it out for the maiden voyage. 🤬

That's what I fear is going on as it got worse and worse. I tried to discharge the diaphragm and no change. I can't see anything from a visual inspection and it's not a connection problem so yeah... this is not good.

It's the same design as the 252S and at 4W total power... you can't expect too much from it. It's confirmed... my SR-X1 right hand driver is dead. Down to almost no output and it is not the cable.