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Hell yes, what a way to end 2021.
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I have a stack of novels that has grown unread for years and it just occurred to me I should just plain cull any with tiny type because I’m not going to be able to read them unless I (manage to) rebuy digitally. 🥲
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Finding independent artists you love to support is such a joy, sometimes with bonus notes and adorable biz cards! (Not normally a pin collector but I couldn’t resist these wooden Haru and Todd pins.) joelathamillustration.co.uk
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Starting to suspect I’ve taken enough days off this month (and once again, shoveling snow doesn’t seem to count) that I might not manage to complete my December challenge. 🤣
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Fascinated by AppleTV+ “Calls”, a Twilight Zone-ish radio play with visuals (CW: sometimes flashing) that I have heard nobody talk about. Not perfect, but comfortable in its skin rather than pandering. Ep 1 is disorienting, so don’t decide until after ep 2, but try it out.
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Christmas gifts from Minnesotans. 🤣
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If you’re a fan of Rat Pack-era(-ish) Christmas music but have grown tired of the four albums you own, I have discovered the excellent (only a few cringe-worthy tunes) 4-vol “Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails” and concatenated them into a convenient Apple Music playlist. 🎄
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🎵 livehuman, “elefish jellyphant“
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🎵 Tiger Moth Tales, “Story Tellers Part Two“
Turns out clever prog tunes based on classic children’s stories and fairy tales has been exactly what I need lately. Amazed how rocking and fun a song about Toad of Toad Hall can be. (Watch the video at the link.)
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May you all have the opportunity to be greeted in the morning with a message like “Your chest x-ray is not concerning and does not explain your symptoms so likely due to reflux like we discussed.”
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🎵 Missy Higgins, “On a Clear Night”
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This month’s spread of Bandcamp Friday variety: Ambient electronic, heavy rock, and unabashed prog.
Jogging House, “Lure“ Mos Generator, “Nomads (2021 remaster)“ Tiger Moth Tales, “Story Tellers Part One” and “…Part Two“ Cyan, “For King and Country“
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🎵 Galerie Stratique’s “Nothing Down-to-Earth” is “pay what you want” this month. I still listen to this fairly regularly 20 years after release, and strongly recommend you give it a shot. (Wouldn’t hurt to throw even a few $ at it, either.)
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Medical waiting rooms: Not one of these people want to be here, many are dreading what the visit will bring. Yet there’s almost always one person whose anxiety makes them feel they’re the most important one there to the point of being an asshole. 😬
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🎵 Steve Rothery, “The Ghosts of Pripyat”
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🎵 Mono Puff, “Unsupervised“
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🎵 Leggo Beast, “From Here to G“
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Once again, I wake up to a coding insight that had been eluding me and can start the day with a win. I have yet to regret my decision long ago to stop fighting through coding problems late into the night. 😴🛌
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One of those mornings I remember too late that, as beautiful, stunning, and iconic it is, Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is incredibly depressing at its core.
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🎵 Pitchshifter, “PSI“
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Bob Seger’s music is one of my happy places. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that.
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Well, that explains why our sink stoppers have been troublesome. I had no idea lift rods could sharpen themselves into deadly weapons. So this weekend’s unexpected home repair (there’s always at least one) ends up being replacing three bathroom sink drains.
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I will (eventually) die having never tasted a McRib sandwich and I am so much more than fine with that.
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🎵 Wishbeard, “Live from The Banana Stand”
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