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Got hit by a semi truck and just last week a deer!  Been very unlucky lately while driving. 😅 Was going to drop my car off to the body shop last week but wasn’t able to drive during the snow. The hood thinks it’s up so it will not activate the wipers. I moved the appointment to Tuesday so hopefully by then I will have a rental.  Been keeping to town this week.

I decided to make a sheapards pie last night! It turned out super good. I am going to add it to the rotation of food I make around here. Not exactly diet food but good for the winter. I am getting better with cooking slowly. 😬 Have to think of something to make tomorrow so I have some leftovers for next week.

Listening to Vanessa Fernandez album “Use Me” on Vyinal. If you want some cool jazzy music I suggest her. The album came perfectly flat, no warps. It’s on what feels like 180g… runs at 45rpm and is dead silent. It will make digital music people doubt it’s analog because it’s that quiet… Of course I ran it thru my Okki Nokki before playing so it’s impeccably clean. The recording was done really well, the engineer knew what they were doing.  Give it a try! You’ll like it!

Had to swap out my electronic lock today. My alarm system was with AT&T Digital Life. It was a pretty good system but come February they are abandoning the business with the 3g phase out. I had to replace the system. Got the main alarm installed but didn’t do any of the fancy crap… Just a basic monitored system. I wanted to bring all the digital cameras and locks under my own systems. Unfortunately the z-wave module in the lock is somehow hard coded to AT&T. I tried the reset and unpair/re-pair procedure… My home automation controller can’t see the thing. I had a new one sitting around in case it didn’t work so I swapped it in. Everything works perfectly with the new one. I will look online to see if I can get a new module, if I can I will install the old lock in the front door. Anyway, AT&T… You suck… Abandoned me and lock me out of the equipment you refuse to support…. The least you should do is open the system up to people before your abandoned them. Shame.

My Aunt has finally lost her long battle with Parkinson’s. It’s a strange feeling, you know you should be sad but you are relieved. It’s such a horrible disease. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. It makes you thankful for the person’s death towards the end. Death restores the person’s dignity and freedom, all of which were trapped and locked away. Death frees the trapped from the bodies prison. It’s a hard thing to process, I feel a bit strange about it but I think it’s better this way.

This December is moving fast but unfortunately it’s fast in a bad way. Hopefully the new year has better things in store. If we are lucky Omicron will turn out to be nothing and the world can start to return to normal… Or it’s new normal. Keep positive people, I know alot of people are going batty being locked up at home. All things will pass. 😬

Well this is probably the last post of this year. If so have a happy holiday and a great new year.

Just went to listen to music and Roon was complaining about Tidal. Just tried to log in and yes they seem to be having an AWS issue. Thankfully I have a large local library and Qobuz for times like this but still alot of things in my library will not play until Tidal gets sorted.

On another note I got my covid booster and man did it kick the crap out of me. I had chills again, a fever, headache, crazy tired… So much so I had to leave work early… And slept 17 hours straight. I hope this stupid things ends so I don’t have to do that again.

Just got back to playing Halo 5! Need to finish it so I can get the new one! I started playing when it first came out and got stuck and lost interest. Just restarted the game so I can get into the story again. I totally forgot what I had already done so it’s all new feeling for me. 😬

My Aunt and uncle have been very sick lately so been going down to see them and help out my cousin. She is essentially on her own taking care of them so have been trying to do what I can. Apart from that nothing much new here.

Went to Jackson’s Eatery with Ying this weekend for Brunch. Great food and a really cool vibe in this place. Highly recommend if your in LIC and looking for a nice place to eat.

Happy Audiophile day! Who would have known we have our own day.

We’ve moved!

This is why I no longer call myself a Democrat…

Hope everyone is having a great Labor day weekend. I took Tuesday and Wednesday so I have a bit of a vacation!

I have my girlfriend over this week so we are going to go kyacking if the water has calmed down after the big storm. Thinking about going to Princeton today for window shopping and a visit to Princeton Record Exchange if she is up for it.

I just took advantage of a labor day sale and bought my years supply of pellets for the winter. 😁 I was a bit worried that the prices would go up with the high lumber costs this year. I was able to upgrade to a better softwood pellet then I usually get for a better price. I probably mentioned it before but softwood pellets are actually more energy dense then hardwood pellets! It’s totally opposite then burning just wood.

Not much else really going on here with me. I plan to take some vacation in the coming months to burn up my time and do some work around the house. That’s all I got for this post!

I’m so bummed Artisanal seems to have gone out of busness. I got a hankering for cheese today and looked it up. Looks like the owner was trying to relaunch before Covid so not sure it it will come back now.

Have to find something else once the weather gets cooler. I think heavy hot cheese might not be the best summer food!

My amp is in California for an update/upgrade. I’m borrowing a Hegel from my dealer John. I really don’t like the sound of this thing. It’s harsh with a in your face presentation. I’m used to a very warm tube sound with zero feedback. This thing is the complete opposite! It does however look dead sexy in my rack and has the proper high-end pedigree.

This puppy runs stone cold. I think it must be a class D or H design. This might be part of the problem.. I’m more used to the class A or AB sound.

This amp is for someone, but just not me. I guess if you have a very mellow system this will kick it up and breathe in some life. My gear is very neutral and this just sounds harsh and bright.