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Suzy is doing much better this evening! She's up and around. She's eating and drinking and her tail is wagging! She spent a good part of the day with her Uncle Al. He's all a little terrier could want in an Uncle and more. He's so sweet to her and she absolutely adores him! Anyway, it's all good news. Thanks for all the well wishes, she's now set to live many more years pain-free. Just told my Mom about the surgery. I knew she'd worry if I told her before and she agreed.

G'luck, Greg! Me: Packing up desk to leave Blue Cross after 8? years of underemployment. Exit interview in 70 minutes. I didn't wear a suit to it; hope they don't mind. I've made my list for things to do today... If I get 70% of it done before I fly out tomorrow, it'll be awesome.

"Y'all lame AF. Eat a bag of dicks. Peace!"

This is actually about a week old news, but last Wednesday night I was up in the UK Dark Peak district doing night navigation practice. The temperature was -5C with a strong wind, so about -15C with wind chill. This was with a trainer called Chris from Beyond the Edge http://www.beyondtheedge.co.uk/ . I drove up in the late morning, and we started the exercise actually in the light, at about 3pm. But by 5pm it was dark, and we continued on until after 9pm. This is all to do with navigation strategy and accuracy with a map and compass between places set by Chris basically in the middle of nowhere. Chris, is ex Army and climbs big stuff - he summitted a 6000m peak in the Himalayas earlier this year http://www.beyondtheedge.co.uk/chris-summits-kyajo-ri/ , he's a mountain rescue leader and trainer, and is an all-round crazy fitness guy. Anyway, this is sunset. Four layers of thermals and a jacket, and lots of layers protecting the crown jewels.

I think you're a damn handsome man.

It's not something that I've quite done yet, as the official offer won't be until next week, but I have accepted a position at Miami University. It's a pretty perfect fit for my background and education, I'll be visible to the whole campus and, unlike so many academic staff positions, it has a built-in growth path. It's nice being the first choice, instead of the second, for once. It will be a bit of a commute to get from Cincinnati to Oxford, but I imagine that we'll move there fairly soon (Oxford is a beautiful semi-rural town, and Miami's campus and the city of Oxford itself are regularly rated as some of the best places to work and best places to live, in the entire USA, with Forbes having rated Oxford as the very best college-town on more than one occasion). I'm pretty excited.

Happily ever after? I know I am not around a lot but you know who you are dealing with. Having said that, I will give the DSHA-3 consideration.

Candidate finally showed management potential. Shame.

Thanks all! Yesterday mostly sucked during the day. I had to work instead of taking the day off, and ended up having to escalate a VERY late-reported issue by our EU Finance team. Something they had almost a year to review was raised as an issue about 1.5 weeks ago, and will now likely cause us to miss a milestone of providing some important information to our CEO. Lovely.... But later in the day, had a really good 1-on-1 with our CIO, who noted how much praise I and our team is getting worldwide, and also will have our back on this latest issue. And at night, I got to have my annual Birthday Dinner at my favorite local fish restaurant, with the woman I love and my mother-in-law (who was on good behavior). Then capped by a short-but-sweet call from my son at college. This morning, after staying off Facebook for many weeks, I logged in to see almost 100 well-wishes. Cause for smiles!

Rode another strange one today. Cold as hell but a motorcycle with Dual Clutch transmission and trigger shifting is kind of interesting. Seemed like a pretty good deal at the much lower starting price than the BMWs and Triumphs of the world. Less comfort tech like heated seats, etc. but seemed like a good all around bike.

LOL. Yes, the cost difference is about $500. $1250 for L700 and $1800 for 007A. I cannot quite justify the 009 cost of $3300 (right?...right?)

Oh, agreed, hence my quotes..... I still remember Doug schooling Frank I. from one of the headphone review sites, when he thought the GSX-MK II was much more powerful than the ECP Black Diamond because it was bigger.... I got that BD amp, still love it to this day.

Happy Belated Birthday Todd!

Too much hype on the Aeon Open I think. I have it too and thought it was a bit too warm for my taste and somewhat bassy with the stock cable. I'm also ready to sell mine. You can always check with Doug before proceeding with the BD purchase. For instance, my old DSHA-2 prototype is a better match to the Utopia because the Utopia's driver work better on an amplifier with very low output impedance rating. I'm not sure about the Clear.

So I picked up a Focal Clear and prefer it by a long shot over the Mrspeakers Aeon Open. They are both running through Raffy's Extreme. I am selling the Aeon on HF and have a chance to pick up an ECP BD for the Aeon plus some cash. From what I am reading, the BD should be a good match for the Clear. Any thoughts?

Happy belated birthday Todd

Stay safe Greg. Keep your feet on the ground.

Excellent news Steve. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery. Thanks Shelly. I also have the m51 in the BHSE setup, replacing the Oppo. I definitely am impressed with the sound because the Oppo was no slouch.

Happy Birthday, Todd!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Todd!!! Here, A Cat petting his hooman:

Oh, man. RJD is my favorite \m/ vocalist of all time.

That is great news, Steve

Picked Suzy up from the Vet. She's not feeling too good but she's hangin' in there. Should feel a little better by tomorrow. Surgery went well, no complications and bloodwork shows no other issues.

It's amazing just how happy everyone in Chattahoochee is that you are leaving Brent. Well, not really amazing, maybe understood is a better word.

Are you trying to add some extra insulation against the NorthWest winter?

Going away lunch part 41: Mozzarella and a spicy chicken and bacon Calzone at Lupi's, a great local pizza shop here. So good. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

What's not to like? @Steve - A belated good luck to you and Suzy. Glad you found a vet you like. Very nice Shelly. I am thinking of replacing my Oppo Sonica DAC with the NAD m12 w BluOS. One question, is the sound of your m32 similar to the m51? If so, then it will be a no brainer for me.

Also if it's anything like my mv you get the fun of Italian engineering. Random little things going wrong, then not being able to get parts. I rode without glass in my right mirror housing for 6 months because the damn company was bankrupt.. again. Then I couldnt just buy the plastic part with the glass on it and snap that back in the housing. I had to buy the whole damn mirror, housing and integrated turn signal. 360 dollars later. Oh and it's not like I did something to break the glass. I was on a smooth street when it just randomly fell out. Because, you know Italians. And I fucking married one tool so maybe I'm just a masochist. But I did love my brutale and my wife too I guess.

first "All Triode" ... a bit humble, but never the less, described the main idea, ... a breakout to the pacific and Blue Hawaii came to life, sometimes wonder if the place of birth had been Burger King, the amp would have been "Whopper Cheese" as James McLamore thought it conveyed "imagery of something big" ... then a bit more bold: KGSS: "Kevin Gilmore Solid State" , humming along same convention came the KGSShv the creator soon realized that the mini panels preferred by the baker didn't had enough real estate for the trend of adding letters for every bright idea ....Megatron was a bold stand up against Disney, although the pupils of Walt soon realized that the best thing to do, was not to do anything ... one knows Darth Wader when he comes around! ...being the Che Guevara of electrostatic amplification can be a bit challenging at times although having high potential, so a short re-visit to the old scheme, and the Kevin Gilmore Single Triode (KGST) was a reality , but sadly didn't really take off .... the hole thing started as means of creating the best for the SR-007 ... my name is Bond ...Carbon ....feeling dizzy? confused? everything going in circles? and the Circlotron was a reality ....I bet Q has a plan, anyways, it is about time that a proper amp is named: "Surströmming", as the taste is more delicious than the smell ...

Had the office Holiday/welcome (new guy)/birthday (2 people)/congrats (one guy promoted internally)/ going away (this guy) party today. Now we get to go home early. Not a bad Friday. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Dinner leftovers for breakfast. Rack of lamb, carrots, white bean puree. Is 9:30 am too early to open some wine?* (* Yes, it is.)

Finally got home after a long day. Dinner was unplanned and spectacular courtesy of a local food truck that happened to be on the route back to the hotel. Carne Asada Tater Tots Shredded Pork Panini All thanks to this place, which aptly described my mood at the time.

Last night, but: Pistachio crusted chicken And black truffle sachet with mushroom cream sauce

Yello, Live in Berlin So groovy. On deck: Björk, Utopia and Yellow by Broekhuis, Keller & Schönwälder

Started my last day of vacation in a hot air balloon

Keeping an eye on this all the while trying to stand still in 30-45mph winds.