Two of my daughters wanted to get into vinyl. I love it! However, I have successfully steered them toward CDs as a start because they are more affordable, convenient, and portable (for that college life). Of course this means I am now getting back into CDs. 🤣
Heading to a Shins concert tonight. Excited! 🎵
I am working on upgrading my home stereo. Oh the rabbit holes I am going down. 🎵
Shop towels.
Saw some art today.
Did you know there is an MST3K text adventure game released in 1996? Though I don’t think it was “official,” it was based on a badly-done text adventure game written by a 12 year old. MST3K: Detective can be played at archive.org. More deets here.
Just drafted my newsletter to send out on Wednesday. It always has some writing that is not part of my blog/microblog, as well as a rundown of my bloggings and a few links. Sign up if you’re into that sort of thing!
Finished reading: The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth Book 3) by N. K. Jemisin 📚
Now I’m reading explanations of the book. I kind of rushed through the audio (before it returned to my library), and following the narrator around via audio was a bit challenging.
Watched Licorice Pizza tonight. I had no clue Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son was the male lead, but I could tell the actor was his son pretty quickly. Such similar mannerisms! 🍿
Saw Bullet Train and had a good time. Go and enjoy it!
I also just realized you could run a whole weekend movie series of good “stuck on a train” movies. 🍿
[T]he pickle remained stuck to the ceiling, using only ketchup remnants and nondescript burger juices as adhesive, for an entire month. Amazing.
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And she’s off!
I encourage you all to build strong relationships with your children. Though I will warn you that when they leave for college for the first time, it is incredibly hard. Dropping off our eldest tomorrow. 😭
None of the trailers for The Rings of Power have given me any hope…until this one. Maybe?
This response to “Quiet Quitting” is delicious.
Bosses want to be religious leaders rather than actual leaders. Managers want to be productivity cops, ever-vigilant of anyone failing to contribute to the company while avoiding every reflective surface.
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Confession: I’m a life-long Minnesotan and a rock & roll fan, but I’ve never really listened to The Replacements. I’ve only listened to everyone they’ve influenced. Time to at least get familiar with their catalog. 🎵
Took our daughter to a famous clinic today to (thankfully) find out she didn’t need a (minor) surgery in her broken thumb. Phew!
Found myself in a strange place tonight.
I like to look at set lists leading up to a concert, usually making a playlist to listen to beforehand. Going to The Decemberists tonight and the set lists out there…I’ve personally never been to a show before where the set list was 50% different from show to show. Excited! 🎵
