Zebra Shark

Gerald's Game

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I wrote a VERY dark story last week, so dark even Talia hated it.

At least she's not the editor reviewing it, eh. 😊 My darkest story is gone now (from here, might have it stashed in my writing archive still). Good story but, yeah, dark.

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a Presidential address to watch

Should be an interesting one. Might even be more interesting than the game, though an NY crosstown game should be run.

Good morning. Kind of grey and blah here. Cloudy, muggy, light showers. And my mood is similar so once I get the coffee going, I'll just go be the grump in the back corner.

For coffee, I'll just put on some Tobermory Grotto. Teas shall be English Breakfast and Raspberry Royale. Cold drinks looking good in the fridge.

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

1999 is a bit of a blur for me. Son was born in March and then I started my current job in June. In between was a move (yes, moving with a newborn is sooooooo fun ... not). So I didn't even know who played in the Series that year.

Cold - Colt

Roar - Katy Perry

(The) Deep

Years ago, 2017 IIRC, I discovered Faouzia. Born in Morocco but raised on the Canadian prairies, she first came to my attention in a guest appearance with the Canadian duo Whitehorse. Since then, I have watch her career on and off with interest. While her style of music isn't ways my cuppa, her deep, resonant alto voice is gorgeous and keeps me coming back. She recently appeared on the Chinese TV show The Singer and while she was in China, shot a video for her latest single in Shanghai.

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning!!!

Fresh and bright this morning!!!

We gots Fire-Roasted Fireside medium roast coffee. In the teapots, we have some Red Rose and Russian Caravan teas. Cold drinks are refreshed so there's lemonade and unsweet iced tea ready. Sodas are stocked up.

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I was talking about Trump getting shot, the IT outage, and Biden stepping down, all in the space of under two weeks. The pace is simply insane.

True enough. Biden alone is a once in a lifetime thing, it would seem. Last Dem to step aside from seeking re-election was Johnson and that happened when I was 3.

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Sara, I am writing about the Braves! Specifically the Mets/Braves 1999 NLCS. You guys won it but I still went to two of the best games I’ve ever seen. If you like I will send a link tomorrow when it goes out in the newsletter.

That's brave. (flees as the groans begin)

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We have weekly “once in a lifetime” events occurring now.

Actually, Friday's "once in a lifetime" event was more than just the USA, believe me. Chaos all around. And I am not yet convinced it will be "once in a lifetime". Sucky programming has been with us as long as I have been in IT. This was just the worse to date. Who knows what AI will manage to do?

The Evil That A Man Does

I frequently watch videos by music YouTuber Nahre Sol, a classically trained pianist and composer who explores music from a variety of styles. And last night, she introduced me to Tigran Hamasyan, an Armenian jazz musician and composer with myriad influences from the folk music of his own culture to metal (Meshuggah specifically got name-checked).

And the profile from Nahre's channel:

Well, it's late but it is also Sunday. There's Don Rey's French Roast from Las Chicas brewed for the coffee set. Teas are Darjeeling and Sangria White. Cold beverages also available in the fridge.

I went back to an old project to see how it stood up after a few months and realized that I totally f-d up a plot point. The protagonist inherits a house but then in the next chapter, I have her visiting the wrong house. It was supposed to be one her late, estranged mother inherited from the protagonist's maternal grandfather. But then I describe the place as being built only a few years ago and describe it as a fairly modern house with a huge master suite and that sort of thing. D'oh. Some major rewriting needed to fix this one. Maybe just jettison that second chapter and start over.

Bad Boy : Ride or Die (latest in the franchise)

American singer Chrissy Costanza, who has fronted the band Against The Current for about 12 years starting when she was sixteen, released her first solo single and video yesterday. She's got a great voice and I'm glad to see her taking this step. Just saw her band's set from Pinkpop, a big Dutch music festivals, a couple weeks ago, too.

A Wedding and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)

Attack of the Killer Tomato

The One Amigo

The One Musketeer

Since I know Cora likes Metric, here's one of the songs they sang on Parliament Hill in the annual Canada Day concert.

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There were issues nationwide earlier today, apparently in Canada too. Tech issues affecting planes, pharmacies, websites, etc. I could very well be wrong about SS but your post sounds like what I learned of earlier. All should be back in order now.

That post of mine is from four days ago, though. The outage you're referring to started last night when an alleged security vendor managed to screw up a patch on their software. What a mess. The CEO is apologizing but given that their stock tanked when the markets opened this morning, I imagine he's dusting off his resume.

Pan - Nightwish

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I am not very familiar with Wordsworth but his poetry is beautiful.

Amen. Wonderful poet.

I will get to yours soon.

Another nice day in my neck of the woods. Supposed to heat up on the weekend but today looks good.

Throwing on some Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from Fire-Roasted for the coffee crowd. For teas, we got Raspberry Royale black tea and Buddha's Blend, which is jasmine green blended with white. Washed the pitchers and made fresh iced tea and lemonade. Sodas are stock up.

It's Friday! Weekend is coming!!

6636 (hanging out here just for kicks)

Viking metal (Amon Amarth specifically).

Night to Remember - Prism

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

(yes, the pilot for the original seventies TV series got a theatrical release which I saw in theater)

Grabs a hay bale and a tractor and finds a comfy chair of his own.

Hope you don't mind my headbanging. Listening to Viking metal and it's very bangable.