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I just recalled a bad memory.... When my stepfather passed away, he had a nice Rolex in wonderful condition, had it for literally decades. In his will, it was left to his oldest son. That son didn't care one bit about the memory or what that watch meant to his dad, and sold it for I think close to $15+K.... My mom was pissed, though of course he had every right to do what he wanted. It was just a lack of respect to my stepfather's memory in our eyes. EDIT: I contrast that with my wife, who got an expensive Cartier watch from her mom after she had passed. Even though she'll never wear it, she has trouble selling it based on how much her mom loved it. THAT is respecting a memory. That said, both her sisters said they'd be OK if she wanted to sell it.

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It was damn hot here again so using the oven seemed crazy. So I cooked a Detroit pizza on the weber tonight for Claire's book club. I started it with the pan right over the active hot elements and then moved it to the other half of the grill where the elements were off. Kept the temp at 500-550 with the lid down. The bottom charred and I was worried at first but it was not too much and tasted good, not burnt. I failed to take a pic of the whole thing but here is the last piece and a half from top and bottom.

Like animation that never looks too realistic, I hope people continue to use AI in this strange place only it excels.

outside but covered. One of the selling points of the new Weber's are some sort of treatment process they do to the steel to keep it from rusting. And the frame is allegedly built a lot better than your average flat top grill. Time will tell. No issues with cooking surface rust so far and it's been impressively hot/humid here since I got it. 97F today.

Worse ways to spend an hour.

Ott? Yup.. And the Waltzes from 2008 Brendel? yup. But mostly vinyl, so it has been a while. Also I don't remember him recording Chopin that much (Polonaises). I remember a pile of Beethoven and Schubert though. Argerich? Other stuff - but not Chopin. I will look for it. I know her DG stuff is respected. If I had a go-to, to use your term. It would probably be Artur: I really liked the 11 CD set and listened to it a lot. Also there are others as you said - Kissin, Perahia, Horowitz, etc That said, I don't listen to Chopin that often. I think he was great, and the dedication to piano was incredible. Just sometimes it is a bit 'too many notes' for me. But if you have album recommendations, please post, I would be happy to add them to my queue if they are available.

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Unicorn fat is the perfect thing to prevent rust. If you tickle them, that catches them off guard, then plunge the knife in!

Have you ever heard Alice Sara Ott, Alfred Brendel, or Marth Argerich interpreting Chopin? I don't really keep track of favourites, but those are my go-tos. I have many others, and very few of them do Chopin wrong (including, I'm sure, Pogorelich, I just don't recall ever listening to his).

Never did get to see Dire Straits but I was fortunate to see Mark playing with Eric Clapton in '88. Bonus for being 8 rows from the front in an arena setting. Minus for sound quality in an arena setting. The Winnipeg Arena in particular.

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Well I took them apart so some pics: The earpads just pull off and are much better made than the 009 pads. Remove 5 screws and the back just falls off. Notice the hole next to the top screw... yeah that's a port. Stax did miss a trick here as they could have sealed the back and front completely with a rubber gasket similar to the HE60. Here is the other side and the drivers is just held in place by those 4 screws. The plate holding the driver together appears to be made from metal and it does exert a bit of force down on it. I don't love the soldering on this though... Screws are out and I did look inside the drivers and it's standard Stax fair from the x07 series. Metal stators and metal retaining rings for the diaphragm and dust covers. Here is a port block idea but I can't really test it as this set is borked...

I assume that there is a single street size tortilla under the mound of meat on a plate. mmm taco...

Made brisket tacos the other day.

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Photographer Thomas Hoepker has died https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/11/thomas-hoepker-dies