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Too Many Bad Pressings May 2, 2024 Vinyl & Music Has anyone else noticed a fair amount of bad pressings for new vinyl? I received a turntable for my 50th birthday in October and have purchased a Gen X: The Downsized Generation May 1, 2024 Gen X As mostly children of the Baby Boomers, I get that Gex X is often called “The Forgotten Generation.” Let me add another descriptor: the downsized 04.22.24 - Site Update April 22, 2024 Site Update Apologies, as it has been just over three weeks since I have updated this blog. Life, and really, work have just gotten in the way, especially the The Kybercast #208: Back To 97! March 31, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & Star Wars The latest episode of The Kybercast, the mostly weekly podcast I record with my good friend, Joe, is online! NEWS BSG is nowhere on streaming in Today’s Viewing: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind March 31, 2024 Today's Viewing Note: Technically this is last week Sunday’s viewing, but let’s not get caught up in semantics, OK? March 19 was the 20th anniversary of this film 365 Days of Sammy March 30, 2024 Samson & Delilah & Dogs & Writing & Non-Fiction Back in 2021 we had to say goodbye to our beloved dog, Samson, not even a year after losing his sister, Delilah. This is a loss that affects me far The Kybercast #207: The Alien Acolyte of the Bad Dragon! March 30, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & Star Wars The latest episode of The Kybercast, the mostly weekly podcast I record with my good friend, Joe, is online! NEWS Rebel Moon: Part II - The Scar Finding Your Catharsis March 28, 2024 Writing & Non-Fiction “…to sleep, perchance to dream…” I have long since passed that age where I realize that there is more track behind me now than lies before me. I YouTube Episode - OGTW.008: Eight Is Enough! March 28, 2024 YouTube & OGTW & Comics The eighth episode of my box opening/comic book vlog dropped yesterday! Did you check it out yet? If not, let me take a moment to pimp it for ya! On The 10 Year Anniversary of My Father’s Death March 21, 2024 Roy Diaz Ten years ago, in the dark before dawn, I received a text from my mother that my father had died. I don’t remember the exact time, somewhere around High Five! (21-Mar-24) March 21, 2024 Links & High Five & WFH David WW - This is the blog of an old friend of mine and it just delights me. Clearly I am biased, but it’s one of the first blogs I read in the Depeche Mode Violator at 34 March 19, 2024 Depeche Mode & Violator & Music Today is the 34th anniversary of the release of the Depeche Mode album Violator. What follows is a Frankenstein-esque patching together of various YouTube: The Kybercast #204-#206 Are Online! March 17, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & YouTube Three weeks ago I posted that not only could you listen to the Kybercast, but that you could watch us as well. There’s been a slight lag as Joe The Kybercast #206: Catching Up With The Bad Batch! March 17, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & Star Wars The latest episode of The Kybercast, the podcast I do with my friend Joe, is online NOW! This week we catch up on the final season of The Bad YouTube Episode - OGTW.007: All Seven and We’ll Watch Them Fall! March 16, 2024 YouTube & OGTW & Comics The seventh episode of my box opening/comic book vlog dropped three days ago! Did you check it out yet? If not, let me take a moment to pimp it for Today’s Viewing: American Flyers March 16, 2024 Today's Viewing As a child of the 80s who had access to cable and HBO for as long as I can remember, I watched many films that have most likely been lost to the Now Playing: Violent Femmes Violent Femmes March 16, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Violent Femmes & Vinyl On Wednesday I rectified the fact that I did not actually own this record. My best friend in high school, Matthew, had this album on either The Kybercast #205: Dune - Part Two Review! March 12, 2024 Podcast & Kybercast & Star Wars My friend, Joe, and I record a near weekly podcast, called The Kybercast. The latest episode is online NOW! This week we talk about Dune: Part Gear: Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones March 4, 2024 Music & WFH & Gear & EDC Far too often I forget that I bought these for listening to music and instead over the last few years these have become my work headphones. Not for A Quick Thought On Dune: Part Two March 3, 2024 Dune & Kybercast & Film I liked it, very much, though I have my issues, which I will detail on The Kybercast, but Dune: Part Two deserves to be seen, and maybe more