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New To Vinyl Tip: Listen To New Records ASAP May 21, 2024 Music & Vinyl For my birthday in October my family purchased a record player for me. I had thought about getting one for years but had never pulled the trigger,

Now Playing: Pet Shop Boys Very (2018 Remaster) May 19, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Vinyl & Pet Shop Boys

In reference to this post, sometimes music makes you feel like dancing. You’ve got a clever way of haunting me I’m never scared, but you’re

Now Playing: Tamás Vásáry, Debussy “Clair de Lune.” May 19, 2024 Now Playing & Music & Vinyl

I don’t know much about classical music, I only know what I like. I know that it should make you feel something. “Clair de Lune” emotionally affects

I Took 10 Months to Read a Book Less Than 300 Pages May 15, 2024 Today’s Reading Kind of a big day here at the homestead. I just finished Quiety Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby. It was a good book (I gave it four stars), but

High Five! (14-May-24) May 14, 2024 Links & High Five Ten Years Of Using Pocket Notebooks - This just feeds into my love of pocket notebooks (not necessarily Field Notes) and writing things down. Slow

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

Update (22-APR-24) 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