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Doug, this being Head-case, did you go with a Vividus model? I gotta try one of theirs. Stretch, the great thing about the Natural Mattress store in Palo Alto is they have five other lux mattress stores within four blocks and two general dealers in a couple miles. Easy to do lots of trials. I'm sure the best way to shop for a mattress, like everything, is through marketing videos, so here are a few for future hunters that I came across... And my favorite... Bonus: https://vimeo.com/138767306

Let's bump this thread again (thanks Shelly). After 18 years on a McRoskey, we're looking for a new mattress. We've tried The Natural Mattress Store's latex and hybrids, Nest Beddings various offerings, many of Tempur-Pedic's 20 models, Kluft's Cashmere/Mohair/Alpaca/gold leaf craziness, a few of the S's (Serta/Sterns/Sealy/Simmons), and we're running out of steam. It does seem we're most comfortable with a traditional mattress, though with the amount of layers and hybrid technologies in most of these I'm not sure the strict division still exists. We're starting to lean back to McRoskey (new wool model) or possibly Aireloom (Kluft without as much $parkle), though open to new suggestions if anyone has any (thanks most recently Doug - Hastens looks very interesting and there’s a showroom nearby, though I see we’re above DUXIANA in outlay)? I'm not sure who decided Memorial Day was best honored with mattress sales, but there's that now, however mattresses are the one thing I don't like to skimp on. Any thoughts?

Great NYT revisionist piece - Doris Day: A Hip Sex Goddess Disguised as the Girl Next Door And we shouldn’t forget those who literally jump on grenades for others - Robert Maxwell, World War II Hero Who Fell on a Grenade, Dies at 98

For those who never saw Mod Squad, or like me want to revisit...

Everyone join us! “ronny/lily > long night > endgame”

Ahhh, that explains it. There's also a fire difference, right? The wights should unionize.

But, but... Dragonglass shatters, no? So unless the dead shatters, they weren’t poked by the pointy end of Dragonglass. Or do I have that wrong (or is it a White Walkers v. wights thing)? In fact, besides two kick-ass young ladies, I don’t remember much shattering for all the Dragonglass around (until, you know). Help me. EDIT: Okay, obviously I have a lot of this wrong, including the relationship of shatter to being uniquely glass.

Follow up - Valerian steel is pretty rare. Fire is obvious. Dragonglass makes the dead shatter. Working back, did the Unsullied have any of the three?

Someone agrees! https://www.inverse.com/article/55409-game-of-thrones-season-8-biggest-battle-ever-was-no-match-for-barry-season-2-episode-5-ronny-lily

Quick question... We know there are three things that can kill the dead. Before the witch shows up, from hangin’ out in seemingly nowhere, and does her thing, was the plan to send the Dothraki forward without any of the three?

Anyone watch last nights stand alone episode of Barry? “ronny/lily” was surprisingly, possibly, more satisfying than GoT’s Battle Royale and I’m not particularly a fan of Barry. Pretty fun.

Poverty and Paradise in Sausalito https://harpers.org/archive/2019/05/lost-at-sea-richardson-bay/ Smoke swirled from Larry’s mouth. He spoke again, about God. “God was a great character who lived down here. Cuban guy. Said he was God. He threw his harp and his teeth out the window. He made Joe Gould look like a fucking Girl Scout. One day, he walked down the dock with a machete, cutting boat lines. Last thing I heard about him, he stole a police car.”

^ Were you cleaning? Laundry music.

House cleaning music. “Let’s get Jazzy.”

Some little guys were having a tough day. Ten in. Ten out.

Really nice Steve! Helped a long time vendor by doing a rare sponsored speech for them. In response they surprised me with the gift of headphones. Bose headphones, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Sadly, I unsubscribed from Qobuz today. I really did prefer their UI and the mini-Roon-like info. At best Tidal learning algorithm is the worst, but I suspect its more I'm fighting with its alternative motive recommended artists [young/hip/new/popular]. There's nothing about my listening habits that would suggest half the recommended artists high on Tidal's landing page. They've taught me "artist-owned" has its disadvantages. But.... I searched for three artists this morning - Brooke Annibale, Julie Byrne, and Molly Burch and Qobuz only had one. This unfortunately happens often. If they expand their selection during the remaining time of my trial (4/20) I'll come back, because Qobuz really does seem like the adult Tidal. I suspect I'm a little different than some HCers that I gave up listening to local, non-vinyl, music four or so years back. It's been all streaming since.

Lot, a collection of shorts, by Bryan Washington. You can get a glimpse, and see what hooked me, from Navigation. https://longreads.com/2019/03/20/navigation/

If you were neither the parent of young children nor a connoisseur of animated musicals in 2013, it’s hard to explain the cultural force that was Frozen’s signature ballad. “Let It Go” was the perpetual soundtrack of children’s play dates, car rides, and birthday parties. It stalked your days and haunted your dreams. https://qz.com/quartzy/1576997/let-it-go-is-the-most-streamed-disney-song/

Thanks and now also just heard. Followed up by Lisa O'Neill's Heard a Long Gone Song

Where's the restart button?

“If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s the Fall,” the singer Mark E. Smith, who peremptorily hired and fired dozens of members of the Fall, once said. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/arts/music/band-name-reunions.html

You see Apollo 11 yet? Shrill here. Kinda wonderful in the One Mississippi vein.