Dusty Chalk

Been staying home for the past couple days to do a coding challenge today. So today was rice day, apparently -- Right Rice, and Uncle Ben's, both Spanish rice varieties. (Not my usual super-spicy comfort food, but super-easy on the stomach, which is what I was looking for.) The downside is, I'm super hungry, but it's late enough that I don't want to eat big.

https://album.link/v7bntbzrkbv2k A most unsearchable name (The Path by Light), but kinda awesome! Mostly orchestral (not "symphonic"), mostly instrumental progressive music. Recommended to fans of Mike Oldfield, Philip Glass, pastoral classical music.

Looks like Snoop Dogg...with a Willie Nelson wig and funny lighting and exposure to make him look pale. Unrelated:

Oh, that's not even the real nightmare. https://medium.com/@andrew_johnson_4/applications-of-large-language-models-in-medical-diagnoses-e0d3a113b3bc I mean, those photos and videos are fun and benign, compared to THAT.

It makes me think of that scene in one of the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson where Half-cocked Jack needs to make phosphor out of piss, so he distills it. (crickets) Just me?

I'm not financially supporting vandalism!

Unrelated: new Hiromi! I love the little headbobs.

My other favourite DJ played an all-shoegaze night the other night, and I was reminded how much I love shoegaze. Besides Slowdive, I'm also particularly fond of Life On Venus and Gleemer.

I've been on a First Wave of Post-Hardcore kick lately. Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary Girls Against Boys, (pretty much whatever hits my fancy, will probably end up listening to the entire discog, including EPs) Fugazi's probably next

Dagnabit, this is one of the only places left where I can still use the word, "cunt", without getting cancelled. Every place else, I have to use the unisex, "asshole".

I love Yello so hard. I even got their ridiculous multimedia boxset.

At least you don't put bananas in yours.

I have a Pro-Ject, but it seems even that would be outside of her budget. https://www.turntablelab.com/collections/turntables-under-350-alpha Perhaps the Numark USB one? I don't think it would need a preamp.

68, huh? One short. (wiggles eyebrows)

In the parlance of the kids, I'm serious, not just the fact that you do this every year, but the fact that you keep up your physique throughout the year is very admirable.

Yarp.

Apropos of nothing in the above discussion, Luis tries croissants in Paris while the city riots. I have to imagine the smell of burning garbage tainted the enjoyment of that particular croissant. You had me at your first sentence. I have big issues with the two-party system when both of them are as extreme and broken as they are. I mean, how bad is it when we STILL have to worry about Trump getting into the white house?

I'm tempted to get this, because I am least familiar with Dio-era Dio. I know Rainbow and Black Sabbath era Dio quite well, though. Me, however, rn: https://poil.bandcamp.com/album/poil-ueda Wack good French prog with traditional Japanese vocalist and Biwa player.

Sorry, this guy is just wrong. The smoky/sour/sweet/salty combo of a barbecue chicken pizza with pineapple is magical. And if you want to go crazy with the three-ring-circus-on-your-tastebuds, try adding hot Jalapeño peppers and black olives on top of all that. I had this just the other day. It was sublime.

Take your time and baby your throat. It's now all irritated and doesn't trust food, air, liquid, etc. Make sure to take slow inhales and fast but not damaging exhales, and let your mucus do it's work (bringing up the last bits out of your lungs). I wish you feel completely better with no side effects soon.

Noice! The analog espresso is the best out of the three I tried (analog, organic, and I forget the third one). It's my favourite store-buyable coffee by far, and not just because it says "black cat" on it. 😺

Cigarettes after Sex. A lot of it. (Dream pop with a slight tint of melancholy)

Did no-one think to use a trebuchet? Or was that against the rules?