December 21, 2022

Packing for my time back in New England for the Christmas holiday. Martini: check.

December 21, 2022

When I lived in Birmingham, AL, back in the late '80s and early '90s, I bought multiple copies of 45s by local artists, figuring the extra copies might fetch some $ someday. The one below includes a parody of that mid-'80s multi-artist fundraising song "Feed the World" and a good countryish original. I couldn't find any mention of the record anywhere online, so I created a listing for it on the Discogs.com site hoping other folks would chip in, and maybe list copies so that I would have an idea of what to charge for mine. Welp no such luck, so a few weeks ago I listed my extra copy, threw a dart at an imaginary dart board while standing on my head blindfolded, and came up with a real asking price of $150. I received an offer for $100 this morning, and decided that was close enough. Sometimes you just make it up as you go along.

December 18, 2022

Even with the human rights abuses of the host nation in the background and the fact that the event's governing body is by all accounts a den of thieves, and despite watching it with the sound mostly off while working (or trying to anyway), today's World Cup final match was AMAZING.

December 16, 2022

As a treat to myself after the flu forced me to cancel all the fun stuff on my calendar for the past week-plus, I ordered a 50th anniversary reissue copy of one of my favorite old records from Iceland, the 1970 double LP by the Óðmenn (the Oath-men). And the cheapest way to get it, even with the international shipping, was from a seller in Iceland. (Ftr 3,484 krona = c. €25/$26-27.)

  

December 10, 2022

Providing good customer service AND watching out for the environment since 2017. 😁

  

December 8, 2022

A few days ago, I noticed for the first time that Spike has a baby sister.  I'm happy to see her stepping so quickly into her role as a big sister, leaning to one side to give Shoot more afternoon sunlight. 🥰