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Picked up The Other Side of Jimmy Smith at a record store this morning. I kid you not the bearded hipster at the register after staring at the album for a bit said "For a second I thought this was Jimmy Smits. You know from TV?"

Listening to Nirvana with a Two-Year-Old http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/nirvana-for-two-year-olds.html

On the above note...

Sounds like blast (both shows).

At "Wine Spectator" at CIA in Napa for a much delayed holiday work lunch. Cheese, chicken & tators, and a few bottles. Quite nice. 2010 Saintsburg Pinot Noir 2010 Provenance Cab 2011 Merry Edwards Russian River Pinot Noir

Is there a reason for the happiness?

Some vinyl tonight...

For the tin foil hat wearers out there - The WhiteHat Aviator Web Browser https://www.whitehatsec.com/aviator/

^ Didn't know the Fantasy Records connection. ___________________ RIP John Dobson. You helped me build a telescope and your followers were always great to see at 9th and Irving. Plus that whole revolutionizing amateur astronomy thing. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/John-Dobson-1915ndash2014-240456881.html http://www.sidewalkastronomers.us/id32.html

Another inexpensive phono pre, this time from Emotiva - http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/processors/products/xps-1-phono-stage

Have a happy, happy birthday!

GM aims for 'hip' (for the kidz)

This could be end up being a nice solution for some. http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/94817/Sony-USB_Hi-Res_DAC_System-DA_Converter_or_Processor

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Shostakovich, Leningrad, and the greatest story ever played http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/9110221/leningrad-siege-and-symphony-by-brian-moynahan-review/

So that's about RSS feeds?

Is this erotic code?

One hour in of the two hour Downton Abbey season premiere. Opening second bottle.

I'll file this under 'another' - the last 303 Blockbuster stores today. In between the original owner censorship early and missed streaming opportunities late many may cheer the death of a chain that put a lot of great urban indie vid stores out of business. But like a few other chains it for a while was a possible window to the outside for a lot of smaller places in America. I've lived in the middle of nowhere and Blockbuster was often the only option for many indie and foreign films. I bitched and wanted it to be more, but in the end the list of films discovered there is long.

Yesterday toddler birthday parties from 11am-6pm. I need to build up some stamina there. More importantly as we were trying to avoid screentime until Emsé was two and she hit that recently, got the TV out of the garage for limited use. Received a Chromecast as a gift recently so experimented there and generally really impressed for $35. In a sense it's more Apple-like than the Apple TV (does far less - no audio out, most mirroring not possible, can't even 'cast' iOS/Android Chrome tabs, etc. but simple, clear setup and great for what it does - YouTube/Netflix/Hulu Plus/HBOgo/desktop Chrome). Unless you already have a different solution seems like a no-brainer. Also at least at this point the iOS and Android experiences are nearly identical. Streaming MOG at the moment through desktop Chrome for background.

C'mon U.S.!

A couple cakes for a young girls belated daycare birthday party this afternoon. Fingers crossed.