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Apparently there have been a spate of burglaries in the area. Cops must have had a patrol here, because the cops were here in less than three minutes. Big marks in the plate on the front deadbolt. My description of the perpetrator was less than helpful, I'm sure.

I think I just thwarted a break in to the apartment building. Calling the police, now. For the would be thief's honor, I would also have run away if I saw me charging, in boxer-briefs and a tank-top, towards the front door of a place I was trying to crowbar open. I'm glad I was still awake, and had taken my wireless headphones off, in prep for going to bed.

I think "shitbox" is harsh, but a Fit would be better, for sure.

The Fit is an awfully nice car for what it is. The Mazda 3 is, of course, in a different class yet.

American Gods, earlier. I don't think an adaptation of this, one of my favorite pieces of contemporary fiction, could be better. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, now. A movie I watch on occasion. I'm a nut for the age of sail, and I think it was marvelously made. It did look better on the big screen than it does on my TV, but I imagine I have more resolution than indifferently calibrated 35mm. I wish more of these movies had been made, as O'Brian's books had a surfeit of wonderful vignettes and stories, most of which would be well suited to the big screen, and Russell Crowe was never better suited for a role. Maybe someday we'll get an excellent big screen adaptation of Horatio Hornblower.

Thanks Chris! A buddy was supposed to come over for dinner. Instead, she got to sit with me at the ER. I'm not quite sure how to make up for that, especially since she missed out on my risotto.

Went to the ER, after passing out, with temporarily altered cognition. I'll just diagnose myself, next time, and save myself the hours and the insurance cost, because the ER doc sure wasn't very much help. Long story short, my water balance is out of whack, so I'll be on new blood pressure meds soon.

I'll let you know how ABC does. I'm having a very specific late 60s chamfer cut into the lugs. If they can do that right, they can do anything.

Zombie Colonel Sanders?

I'm sure that plenty of Koreans work at KFC, so it can be both.

To paraphrase Damien Hirst: "but have you?"

This is a checkup: how are you and your wife liking the new watches, Chris? Still happy?

GMT goes off to ABC Watchwerks, tomorrow. Movement service, plus they are putting a conservative chamfer on the lugs (and welding up, if necessary). I have been quoted 6 weeks. We'll see. The last time I was quoted 6 weeks, it took 8 months, and less was being done.

RME stuff was always well thought of by the e-media department I supported. People would scramble to grab the RME gear from the gear cabinet. I'm not surprised it's very good.

Oh come on, If a near empty place in the Bay Area was good enough for Steve Jobs, it's good enough for you.

Hey, it's looking good, Mike!

Happy birthday, Shell!

It does look like an awfully likely device, dunnit?

Not a bad Sunday. My standing table top group solved case 7 of Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, than then I puttered around on some projects at home. A nice cigar and a couple drinks post dinner, and now time for a good walk, and then some good ol' "TeeVee," when I get back home. I think I'll start watching the new season of The Americans.

I don't trust your math. No, that's a Colin.

If I posted every time to express my disdain at something I didn't give a shit about, I wouldn't only have 943 posts in this new account.

Germans? You aren't contractually obligated to express your disdain whenever you don't give a shit about something, you know.

You need to get your hearing checked, then. It's basically "ow." It's not quite the same thing, but that's why I said "basically." Go talk to people.

I minored in German at University, and took 7 years of German language instruction, before that. If there is one thing I know how to pronounce, it's "auf." Or you can just look it up on the internet: You should definitely talk to the girl, though.

All of the things you mention are basically an "ow" sound, in "standard" high German. Audi is ow-dee, not aah-dee. Bauhaus is bow-hows, not baa-haas.