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Not sure this is a positive sign for Russian troop survival… Russian troops able to freeze sperm for free https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64107729

That's a pretty handsome body! Love the advance lever and ASA dial.

A fun little video on old beautiful cameras.

Putin Wants Fealty, and He’s Found It in Africa As Moscow wages war in Ukraine, its mercenaries have already established control in the Central African Republic — with scant Western reaction. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/24/world/africa/central-african-republic-russia-wagner.html

Hope it’s a wonderful day.

Hope you all had a great holiday. Anyone need a "charming" short video showing a visit by St. Nick and a cadre of Krampuses? https://www.instagram.com/tv/CmEggbbJ9xt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Thanks for wishes everyone. Always great to see. Good day including a surprise meal (hate to make people work on holidays, but ya know) at Ruth’s Chris. Hope everyone is having a great Xmas.

For those old enough to miss SCTV Xmas specials…

It's a big one Ken. Hope it's a great day.

Stay safe and warm guys

A couple albums with the same title and many of the same family members - American Folk Songs for Christmas by Mike, Peggy & Penny Seeger and their families and American Folk Songs for Christmas by The Seeger Sisters. "Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), distinguished musician, noted music educator and authority on folk music has assembled a collection of songs from the old-time Christmas, before Santa Claus came to America and neatly trimmed fir trees bloomed with tinsel." Also when Christmas was January 6th. Ex. Bonus track for the Dukes of Hazzard fans. Your wish has come true - Bo and Luke singing Baby, it's Cold Outside to each other.

Johnny Cash The Classic Christmas Album (he has a few similarly named holiday LPs) Ex.

With Mimi Parker’s passing last month, adding Low’s Christmas to the mix.

George Winston’s December Full album

Tracey Thorn‘s Tinsel and Lights ex.

Cunk on Earth

#londoniswonderful

The World’s Most Important Musical About the World’s Most Important Band The director Alex Ross Perry workshops his musical “Slanted! Enchanted!,” about Pavement. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/the-worlds-most-important-musical-about-the-worlds-most-important-band https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/pavement-director-alex-ross-perry-to-make-ridiculous-real-fake-movie-about-us-indie-band

Kicking off Xmas week with the modern melancholic classic #xmas2017 by the short-lived Burkini Beach project.

If people need more encouragement, she’s on Rolling Stone’s Best Nashville Country Albums list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-albums-1234581876/

I'm not so good at Rorschach tests, but those are vagina vortices, right?

On a trip back (time and space) to rural Ohio to visit family for Thanksgiving, I shot film for the first time in at least 30 years. Went with Ilford HP5+ (Nikon F4 and 50 f/1.8) and did my fair share of missing exposure. And I seemed to pick the comically bad lab to develop and scan, but all part of the process, I guess. These are nothing special, but said I'd post some shots in the other thread so here they are. A sampling of digital (Leica SL & CV 35, 50 APOs) at the end on the same trip too. As it was the longest gap of visits (pandemic!), it felt the furthest away from my current Silicon Valley suburban life. Plenty of emotions. Plenty of Trump signs. The digital...

I lied. One more, one more. I'll stop shortly as this is probably boring everyone else. There's a year old spiritual successor to Nilsson Sings Newman, though not Newman or Nilsson, all Monkees instead. Micky Dolenz's Dolenz Sings Nesmith Ex.

One more for you Mikey. Vodafone probably unintentionally references Nilsson's legendary drinking sessions and Newman's sexual realizations. And is that ending a little close to nuclear annihilation?