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Happy birthday Marc!

Happy belated birthday, Steve! Hope had a reel nice day!

Happy birthday, Santa!

What a great month! Happy Anniversary Carl and Bonnie!

Happy Silver Anniversary, Al and Claire! Fantastic picture!

I think you're right!

Some of the best relationship/life advice I've gotten has come from gay men.

Happy 17th Anniversary to us! To paraphrase one of my favorite patient statements when I asked how long he'd been married: '14 happy years of marriage, and 3 ... not so great.' No particular plans today, but we'll have a weekend getaway in the long weekend in October.

Last night: Roast chicken with mole, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash purée

Happy birthday Jim! Wish we could be there!

Dry aged Kansas City strip

Ha. The compost IS the good stuff wouldn't you agree?! But there's a nice piece of tilapia under the compost, as well.

Earlier: Tilapia with a bunch of good stuff

In for Xavier ... beat Dad! [emoji3]

Happy birthday!

Orecchiette puttanesca with shrimp

If you're going to use Tidal HiFi on a Walkman, it'd be worth it to invest in a box of metal bias casettes. Get a well known, high quality brand, like Maxwell. Much better sound, especially in the highs and the dynamic range; as Tidal HiFi is CD quality resolution, you're certain to hear the difference. Oh, and be sure to have the Doubly turned on. Tape hiss is almost inaudible that way.

HQPlayer? Hmmm ... I have some reading to do ...

Yes, I was doing Roon/Amarra for Tidal>Mac mini via USB>PS Audio PWD. Yeah, I don't completely understand why there's even a difference at all with any of software client. I get why a DAC would make a difference, but only sort of get why the software client would. Don't really know. I like Roon a lot, except for the crazy price. IIRC, they use Meridian's audio engine? I thought it sounded very good, and in one night, rediscovered a bunch of music both in Tidal and in my NAS collection. Still, because of the price, I actually had planned on doing the trial then cancelling before being charged. Silly me, I forgot to cancel and then saw the charge come through while I was on vacation. Can't say I was very upset, though. I was actually kind of glad! I think I know what Freud would say about that... [emoji12]

Yes! I've found both Amarra for Tidal and Roon to sound much better! But the Amarra interface was a bit slower and more awkward to use, while Roon was fantastic all the way around.

Stay dry!

What about the tritone, which is consonant only to Colin?

Happy belated birthday Antonio! That's one we definitely should not have missed! [emoji33]

Pot de Creme

Seafood pasta