Hopstretch

That makes me feel a bit better, because I also enjoyed them at the NY meet.

There will still be a proper, expandable tower Mac Pro coming later, apparently. HomePod I'm just not sure about. Going to stick to Sonos for the moment for distributed audio. Maybe as the assistant portion of the thing matures?

Well that's a bummer.

Ooh. iMac Pro incoming I think.

Dinosaur Jr. -- Green Mind

Also, LOL South Africans. http://www.timescolonist.com/man-who-mowed-lawn-with-tornado-behind-him-says-he-was-keeping-an-eye-on-it-1.20394290

I will try to keep everyone entertained by immediately crashing whatever I do end up with.

A great anecdote in the paper about Douglas Bader, the double-amputee English WWII fighter ace.

My wife had actually mentioned the Peloton previously as something she might be keen on, so that's easy because it doesn't go against my account. One commuter ebike for grocery/beer runs -- it's a big fucking hill and you don't always want to sweat bullets. Seems to leave room for one non-cheater XC bike.

Bleachers -- Gone Now Pretty terrific if you like intelligent cheese.

What's up with fatties, are they just a fad? Asking as one ...

Read it and weep.

Roger Waters -- Is This The Life We Really Want? Oh fuck me yes. Where have you been for 25 years dude?

Ordered.

I think we should depart from the assumption that I don't know what I'm talking about at all.

So you're saying I might need more than one bike? Never saw that coming!

Know bugger all about basketball, but can't wait to be a bandwagon fan. Tally ho Golden State! Keep on showing those other chaps what's what, what.

Know this is opening up a can of worms but I kinda want to buy a mountain bike and could use some advice. Will be living at the top of a big-ass hill, so going to be climbing that on the regular. Lots of fire roads/jeep track nearby. Too old and scaredy for stupid trails or hectic downhill. Thoughts?

I would know. It's like indie gaydar.

Lot of sad news here on HC recently. Made me want to listen to one of my personal favorite reflections on mortality and what's really worth living for*. (Sorry, sounds very pretentious. Not meant to be.) (* Big surprise. It's love!)

The Charlatans -- Modern Nature

Nice Nate. We'll do something similar, I'm sure. Plan is to have just the flat panel and a master remote in the room and everything else in or behind the wall. Other side is a stairwell so there's lots of void space. Sound will be just L & R mains set up for a phantom center, as once the TV gets over a certain size that gives you a better image (particularly for dialogue) than using a dedicated center channel above or below the screen. Will use the existing in-ceiling speakers for surrounds and one (or two) in-wall subs for bass. Should sound pretty good and getting all the gear out of sight garners a high Wife Acceptance Factor that helps with budget approval! What sets are you looking at?

Amidst all the frou frou decorating going on at Rancho Stretcho, some man plans are also being made.

You should be nicer to Brent. We could make some good money off him. Just need a biscuit ...

EAT. THE FUCKING PIZZA, BOB. OR YOUR CHOICES. ARE GONNA. GET. REEEEEAL LIMITED!