TMoney

One more funny tidbit I learned while talking to a co-worker today: if you really love a hotel chain's bed, say the Marriott, Ritz, Four Seasons, etc. all of them are happy to sell their exact bed setups to you online. I don't travel enough (especially this year) to really have any particular affinity, but for the the gentleman or lady who can't get over how well they slept on a work trip or vacation then you can have that experience at home. I thought that was kind of cool.

Happy birthday, John!

Last weekend was the bed, this weekend is the linens. I did a dumb thing and went to the fancy bedding store and tried stuff a bunch of stuff blind without knowing what it cost. Ouch. This is head-case.

The ash "snowning" from the skies has you feeling festive? 🙃

Hail to the chief.

Yeah, this is so fucking weird. It is as dark here as 45 minutes or so after sunset... only it is 10:30AM.

Might want to shut your windows and doors, bay area friends!

Did I miss the memo? Did we somehow run afoul of the curse of the pharaohs or trigger the plagues of Egypt? The sky here is orange this morning. I've never seen anything like this. It looks like planet Arrakis from Dune. The spice must flow!

Yeah. Such a personal taste thing but the latex just felt like the correct choice for me right away.

Well, that ended up being a lot less painful than I thought. I started the day thinking I was going to buy memory foam but I ended up hating them. I bought the Natural Mattress Stretch recommended. The latex just felt right immediately compared to the 7-8 different brands/types I tried. It was towards the reasonable end of what I had budgeted for too so that didn’t hurt either. Shout out to the tall man. I would never have heard of the company/brand if you hadn’t brought it up in this thread. I also decided to make the switch from queen to cal king. I’ve had a queen since I first started grad school 13 years ago and while that size is fine the extra foot of width in the Cal King will have plenty of space for a future Mrs. TMoney.

Bumping this thread. I'm going out mattress shopping today and found it very useful for ideas of stuff to try out. Thanks everyone. I've slept like crap for a month so I'm hoping a new mattress is part of the solution. Brands I'm looking to try today: Natural Mattress, Duxiana, Aireloom, King Koil, Tempur Pedic, Intellibed. Thankfully almost all of them have showrooms/retailers close to me in San Rafael.

Happy 120th(!?) birthday!

Condolences to the parents of our furry friends. Fuck cancer.

Soundtrack to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2. Jeez, this brings me back to the 90s. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX6F6y6vVLZ8H?si=-x7qkJkmRPWyz5L6T-tkjA

It is full price for us NA folk. Enjoy the perks of living in eastern europe!

Speaking of RTX titles... holy shit, can't wait!

^ Shoutout to HBO MAX. Their selection of classic movies is pretty impressive.

Yes sir, that one. Looking for a full version and not someone just recording their TV during the end credits though!

If anyone can find the 🔥 Alice Smith cover they use for the end credits to Lovecraft County, let me know! In the meantime, the OG Nina Simone rendition is still money.

I like Kid A more and more every time I hear it.

View from the drive in this morning. Yuck. I have a few buddies who have had to evacuate. Bad times.

This is so fucking cool! Flight from Hamilton Field to the Golden Gate.

New Killers! Imploding the Mirage

If I see a jet streaking by with a pilot shouting in Romanian I will know it was you, Ambassador Mohawk-Man!

We are talking about Brent here. We'd probably be on the runway set to take off and he'd have forgot to put fuel in the plane or he'd retract the landing gear by accident before getting off the ground. Then he'd probably blame some one else. 🙃