Grahame

Happy Birthday, Ken!

And an unadulterated, half (semi virgin?) batch, As why should the drinkers have all the festive fun / calories.

America's test kitchen eggnog https://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipes/1381-holiday-eggnog

"17 YEARS OF VINYL GROWTH:" 🚀🚀🚀 "ONLY HALF OF U.S. VINYL BUYERS OWN A RECORD PLAYER:" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ https://www.billboard.com/pro/vinyl-album-sales-rise-growth-slowing/

Christmas appetizer tryout

But now you can. in soo many pixels

Gen-Z

Speaking of Iceland ... and for a bit more insight (interview @ 16:00 ) ...

Stay Safe, Birgir. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/world/europe/iceland-volcano-eruption-earthquakes.html

How very d-_-b https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/dec/14/across-australia-vinyl-listening-bars

🥭

Tonights installment of spot / hide the banana 🍌🍌🍌

Obviously not stealthy enough.

For Joanne's Sisters last night with us.

Stinson Beach Nibbles

Brit Holiday Gathering nibbles. Dessert and a nice cup of tea.

^ includes "The Best Timed Shot in TV History?" https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/james-burke-bbc-rocket-launch-clip-991114-20230907

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lettuce-produces-more-greenhouse-gas-emissions-than-bacon-does/ * https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Lettuce-worse-than-bacon-for-environment-6699787.php * Per Calorie.

Happy Birthday, Todd!

No more KISS live shows as they now get the ABBA treatment thanks to ILM. https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/kiss_are_now_immortal/ https://ew.com/kiss-use-abba-avatar-technology-become-immortal-8410355 https://gizmodo.com/kiss-digital-avatars-hologram-abba-ilm-tour-1851070285 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/04/kiss-digital-avatars-final-show-madison-square-garden-tour https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/3/23986652/kiss-final-show-farewell-tour-digital-avatars (You can see the immortal version of the band from the 28-minute mark.) https://vimeo.com/890053166/432d6a9749?share=copy or cut to the chase

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23978507/roon-the-popular-high-end-music-streaming-system-has-been-acquired-by-samsung-subsidiary-harman https://news.samsung.com/global/harman-acquires-roon-a-popular-multi-device-multi-room-audio-technology-platform https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/harman-acquires-roon/ https://darko.audio/2023/11/harman-buys-roon/ https://twitteringmachines.com/harman-bought-roon/ https://www.whathifi.com/news/harman-acquires-roon-heres-what-that-means-for-subscribers https://news.harman.com/releases/harman-acquires-roon-a-popular-multi-device-multi-room-audio-technology-platform And the Roon side of the story, and many comments from their user base / community https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-acquired-by-harman-international/257414

Happy Birthday, Bryan! Here's to (more / less wee?) drams Next year.