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The matte black Vanishing Point. I don't think you necessarily would have seen what I was saying, "I saw" can be past completive or ...er...whatever the other one was. Is. Incompletive. Whatev.

Yup. Seeing them. Huzzah.

Thinking healing thoughts in Al's Dad's direction. My mom had a minor stroke. She is ... as fine as one can be, having had a stroke. She is definitely going to survive, I saw her moving her legs and everything. But she is severely weakened. She can't stand on her own. While I was visiting her, she had me prop her up again, but she doesn't even have the body strength to hold herself up, so that's going to need to be repeated every once in a while. That said, she's already bored and cranky and constantly telling the nurses to do stuff. So...that's good? She'll probably be out of the hospital on Monday and into PT. So...I do appreciate all the well wishes -- I honestly believe in the power of positive thinking, and y'all really came through!

No, nothing anyone needs to do. My ma has some really good friends, one of whom is a nurse and is actually bedside making sure the doctors are doing the best they can. Thanks for the well wishes, all. That is appreciated.

Was told I'm getting a new laptop for work. 1200p screen, i7...I'm happy. My mom is in the hospital -- not so good.

You haven't seen my basement. That's actually pretty close...

Right. Which is why I posted -- it was my way of saying, "thanks for the clarification/rundown/whatever".

Lollers. Only you... ...alright, and yes, me too.

Women, eh?

Happy Birthday, Tyll!

I saw lots of filigree.

Do you think they hired the particularly good-looking UPS lady to sort of "manage expectations"?

Nice!

Glad you're feeling better.

Gougenheim malbec last night -- now that's a spicy malbec! But still...likey.

Soundwaves from the speakers make needle move back and forth. In my case it ended up sounding like bass boost. I would never do a needledrop with speakers on, for example. It can be made better or worse mostly with "distance from speakers".

Second pic makes me think, "...but I eated it". Thanks for the rec on oat bran -- I may well try that.

Yeezh -- acoustic feedback make headphones the preferable output device for vinyl. I've recorded it -- and you can, too -- try it to see how bad your system feeds back. Just listen at normal volumes, record direct, and alternately mute and unmute. So short answer is set up a needledrop system, and always get the vinyl. Unless you hear that a digital version is better.

That was, indeed, awesome. Also, somehow I missed this from back at the beginning of April: Moog.

Dude. Isn't that dubstep?

Jesus christ, a black refrigerator. Want.

You sowing?

I don't think she's going to go quite that far, but she's done other things right in front of me that I'd rather just not take the chance.

Sweet. I love a happy ending.

Rabbit in the Moon, Orisha -- bliss