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The 2nd half of Modern Vampires of the City is up there with Abbey Road as my favorite records ever. Such great flow of tunes and moods. I love it and it makes me happy and sad all at the same time every time I listen.

COVID-19 updated #9: when the pandemic started, I was preparing multiple bottles of baby milk each morning to save time. Now I'm potty training.

One of the oddest, and yet coolest, experiences I've had was getting to, in a very impromptu manner, play guitar in a band tossed together by a friend that would open for Bon Iver at the student union in Iowa City. 2008 or so? In the Black Box theater.

What does it mean that I haven't watched the Olympics at all this year? Or that I don't care about them. Or that I don't feel any emotional affinity for any sports team anymore. Or care about sports at all.

I had previously thought that Guided By Voices were a conventional classic rock band that I wouldn’t be into. Like The Shins. But I found out yesterday that that isn’t at all true. They’re weird, and from Ohio.

Karl Ove on cutting off another driver when changing lanes and almost causing an accident: “The angry blast of his horn cut straight into my soul.“

I get this. The feeling of having troubled someone and provoked an outburst. Shameful.

It is a rule in our house, inscribed upon tablets of stone, and the tablets of human hearts, that the morning pot of coffee be a darker roast, and the afternoon pot of coffee be a lighter roast.

I can’t believe it’s Monday. I almost forgot to take the trash out. Considering the idea that I could listen closely to music more often. Instead of all the talk. The inanity of it all. Read and write more, do the crosswords, complete the crosswords, figure out how to make music again.

AC repair person finally here. We are on day 4 of no AC upstairs. It’s been close to 90 up there in the late afternoon, and no lower than 84 at night.

Would it have been nice for them to come earlier? Yes. But they’ve been swamped. And we are an understanding family. That is part of our DNA.

For an unknown reason, Fox requested that we play “bird sounds” on the car stereo. So Marielle dialed in an hour of bird sounds on YouTube and he was happy. Why?? How??

Think about all those times you heated something in the microwave for 10 seconds. Now think about all the time you could've saved if you'd punched in 9 instead.

I can feel Fox beginning to quit his nap time. And it’s fine. I will handle it and move on.

In other news, last night I was reading on my Kindle in bed and my spouse had fallen asleep fairly close by. Then I lost my grip on the Kindle and it fell part on my face part on her. Not a great moment there.

Many would count Blink 182’s song “The Rock Show” among their lame later career flare ups that fall flat - but for whatever reason, it’s their song that sticks the most in my head.

The other day my spouse looked at our apple cider vinegar and said "I'm worried about the mother." She had to explain this to me, but when I understood, I realized that I was also worried about the mother.

Sometimes you feel a bit better about everything when you take the case off of your phone for awhile.

4/21/22

  • LW has been a morning monster this week. he can’t contain his enthusiasm for the day.
  • he spent 22 minutes sitting on my neck in the living room this morning
  • late breakfast; MarioKart; hiking game
  • lunch
  • picking up SM w boys
  • got two NOISE notifications from my Watch this afternoon when Fox gave his loudest and highest pitch screams
  • Star Trek, Animal Crossing, dishes
  • bed at 10:50
  • Listening: The Daily, Meet My Friends the Friends, MacCast, The Improvement Association

4/20/21

  • up early. LLLLLW was going wild at 6 AM
  • Suzuki is cancelled for today
  • First time to ROOTS coffee in over a year
  • Drove by the covid testing site. Considered getting a test just because.
  • Apple event today. AirTags. Pffffft.
  • George Floyd murder trial verdicts annc’d: Guilty on all counts.
  • Marielle at d-hall. dinner just w kids.
  • watching Nausicaaaaaaa.
  • Listening: The Daily, Road Work (great episode), The Incomparable, Live Apple event coverage, The Improvement Association

Nobody is posting about Lord Yupa tonight. So here's a tweet about LORD YUPA and his outstanding swordsmanship.