Dusty Chalk

Everyone's Made Ginger

Arstidir (see above for indigenous spelling), Hvel -- this is superb! Proggy acoustic -- obviously not native English speakers, but it gives it a quaintness that I quite like. The musicianship and production values are fantastic. RIYL mellower Sigur Ros, acoustic Alan Parsons Project. Going to have to pick up the vinyl of this, I think.

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Been on an Oceansize bender (again). Also just found out Árstíðir are touring, so putting them on next.

I've been drinking lots of orange juice, should probably drink some just plain water, but at least I've lightened up on the tea (diuretic); for the most part, have been getting rest, except for Friday night -- coughing kept me up, and didn't want to fry my liver/kidneys/whatever as a result of taking too much meds, but seem to be caught up now; And yeah, took a detour with some comfort food (Chinese), going to go back to chicken soups for the duration; and yes, I've been taking lots of cold-eeze (Zinc). Thanks.

I've been enjoying it. Me: just finished the fourth Ghost in the Shell: Arise -- Ghost Stands Alone -- quite liked. Gave up on waiting for it to hit Netflix, watched it on Amazon Prime, and happily the subtitles weren't fucked up there (they are on the third one [on Netflix]).

I am relatively better (today, than yesterday, for example, and certainly better than last Monday/Tuesday), just not all better. I'll take it.

I'm pretty sure there was a fever on the first day or two (when I had the chills). But I also distinctly felt it "break" (I don't remember when, now, but you know how when you start sweating profusely -- just a drenching sweat -- and you can't drink enough water, and then -- just as 'all of a sudden' -- it's gone).

My boss said something the other day which makes sense -- he is of the belief that comic books translate better to series and mini-series better than movies, being serials and all. To that end, I believe Arrow is also streaming on Netflix.

Some of the jokes may be lost on you, Steve. And thanks for the correction.

So last couple days were something like: worse/better/worse/better. If I'm not better tomorrow, I'll go to the doctor. Not sure why I'm not coughing as much today as I was yesterday. Hopeful: I'm getting better; fearful: my body has just given up on expectorating and has fallen into surrender to pneumonia. But let's put it this way -- I was coughing so much yesterday, that my abs hurt today, like workout hurt.

SPCECO, Dark Matter

Yeah, they haven't released any Living Stereo on SACD in years. And no samplers, AFAIK.

I laughed my ass off at Eliza Shlesinger's two stand-up specials. It's probably better to watch Freezing Hot first and War Paint second. #raptorvag

Coughed. All. Fucking. Day.

Finished Beggar King -- quite good, although the torture scenes are...uh...quite detailed and explicit (I think he was going for historically accurate). My recent shoulder problems had me squirming and flinching sympathetically.

I think you heard that wrong -- was what you heard something more along these lines?

Bunch o' Snarky Puppy on YouTube: This is one of the more energetic ones:

Hot and Sour soup -- sweating profusely, but induced, so melikey

A friend of mine has an ackDac whose battery just died, and he's wondering if it's worth it to replace the $75 battery (if he even can?) or if there's a good current DAC for around $200 that he should just upgrade to. I'm long since out of the market for DACs in that price range -- anyone know? Doesn't even need USB, just RCA.

It stood out because it was one of the least offensive ones? I kind of like 'Slippery Gypsy'. (Please don't ruin it by explaining it.)

That actually makes more sense than my explanation. I went to lunch with him and MPI once to a place in Rockville we used to call cheap Chinese -- fusion place, they sold sushi and Chinese -- I saw them both order a full helping of both (Chinese and sushi) and not flinch at the size of the portions delivered and both chowed down their entire meal.

Ah, the metabolism of youth, I miss it.