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Happy birthday, Tice-man!

Brent-avious aka the Mexican (Federale) Dragon out here fraggin' bad guys and saving 'Murica!

Happy birthday!

I have the non-Focal focused DSHA-3 on my desk here at work and I can recommend the amp without qualification! It looks and sounds beautiful, and Doug's post-sale support has been 2nd to none.

Screw baseball and their moronic secret ballot Hall of Fame voting. Clemens and Bonds not getting voted in year after year is a disgrace. The way baseball as a sport has handled the PED era is asinine beyond belief. Judge, jury and executioner indeed. *END RANT*

Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

Hamilton x Sweeney Todd? Um, yes. Please!

RIP Jack Bogle. Founder of Vanguard and champion of passive, low-cost investing through index funds. As someone whose primary holding is an S&P index fund I am very much firm believer of his and I am thankful for the changes he worked to bring about in the finance industry. From his wikipedia page: Investment philosophy Bogle's innovative idea was creating the world's first index mutual fund in 1975. Bogle's idea was that instead of beating the index and charging high costs, the index fund would mimic the index performance over the long run—thus achieving higher returns with lower costs than the costs associated with actively managed funds. Bogle's idea of index investing offers a clear yet prominent distinction between investment and speculations. The main difference between investment and speculation lies in the time horizon. Investment is concerned with capturing returns on the long-run with lower risk, while speculation is concerned with achieving returns over a short period of time. Bogle believed this is an important analysis to be taken into account as short-term, risky investments have been flooding the financial markets. Bogle is known for his insistence, in numerous media appearances and in writing, on the superiority of index funds over traditional actively managed mutual funds. He contends that it is folly to attempt to pick actively managed mutual funds and expect their performance to beat a low-cost index fund over a long period of time, after accounting for the fees that actively managed funds charge. Bogle argued for an approach to investing defined by simplicity and common sense. Below are his eight basic rules for investors: Select low-cost funds Consider carefully the added costs of advice Do not overrate past fund performance Use past performance to determine consistency and risk Beware of stars (as in, star mutual fund managers) Beware of asset size Don't own too many funds Buy your fund portfolio – and hold it

I think I hit something in a puddle. Changing a tire in the rain is not fun. One of the 5 lugs securing the wheel snapped off when I was removing the flat so had to drop her at the mechanic for them to fix. Oh well. Shit happens.

May the carbonation on your 'usual' be extra-crisp today, young man!

Adopted this little girl today. She is a 6 year old female. Very sweet but very shy. She was found as a stray but now she’ll have a great home.

The only wall I support.

Wow. ?

Happy birthday, KD!

Happy birthday!

PJ Harvey - Dry

RIP Bob Einstein aka Marty Funkhauser from Curb Your Enthusiasm. He was a great comedian and will be missed. ? Fuck cancer.

Her best album? I think so!

This one is in my top 5 games I've ever played. Game of 2018 for me, narrowly beating out God of War. It isn't like any other game out there. A story-telling masterpiece while also a technical showcase on XBox 1X on a 4k tv. This is what happens when you take one of the world's most successful development teams and give them an unlimited budget and 8 years to perfect things. This level of polish is nearly unheard of from any other developer other than Rockstar. Only real caveat is that it is a very looooong game that doesn't lend itself to 30-60 minute play sessions. This is a world I wanted to get lost in for hours at a time.

^ One of my favorites. Tuchman is a brilliant historian. I’m reading Stilwell in China right now, myself.

Happy birthday, Ric! Sorry I missed you Saturday!

Have a wonderful birthday, Ken!

Doolittle 25: B-Sides, Peel Sessions And Demos The demos are raw, unpolished, and sublime!

That sounds like the kind of thing one might discuss on.... Conversation Street!