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I, too, took a picture of the moon. Of course, it's not entirely in focus because a bird got in the way. Stupid bird!

To a harrowing play yesterday at the Bristol Old Vic. A stage adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name "Never Let Me Go" Children are brought up, cloned, so that as adults they can be harvested for organs. None of them remotely question this. That is the basic plot, but it is completely brought to life by the script and wonderful acting. Even if they survive three "donations", they never survive a fourth. The word die is never used, when they do inevitably do so, they are "complete". https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/never-let-me-go

Breathing Space by Hackberry (2023) https://album.link/i/1667406320 Example: New to me, a new band out of the Netherlands. Prog rock - but instrumental only. Liked the grooves, liked the solos, liked the transitions. All good.. (4 songs = 50 min)

New Mac Mini Has Modular Storage, 256GB Model Will Have Faster SSD. I do not know what to make of this information. 256GB is entirely too little space. I can make do with 512GB because I use so much outboard storage. 256GB won't even hold slsk, my torrent client and download folders.

This should be fun to try out. If anyone is looking for a very cheap used 7700x that this is replacing, pm me!

Body Heat by Quincy Jones (1974) https://album.link/i/1443141710 Example: Bernard Purdie's voice is so sweet on this track. Discovering Quincy's transition from the Jazz side to the soul side. Of course he did it very well. Sad that it was his passing the was the spark for my discoveries, but happy to be here regardless.

To do something different for Guy Fawkes night (and as distraction from other events today), This: Here : https://www.beltiblibrary.org/plan-your-visit/makerspace https://www.beltiblibrary.org/plan-your-visit/makerspace/digital-fabrication-station Producing Because EDIT: They have a nice collection of 3D printers . and a Nice soldering station. I particularly appreciate the addition of a kettle as vital equipment.

Thank you! It was a nice day. Sadly one of our cats likely got taken by a coyote. No evidence other than a distance video camera picking up some commotion. The remaining cat is thrilled to be an only cat now. The great circle of life I guess. I also got at lot of joy in noticing one of my pequin plants is producing fruit.