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“A big celebration of the country’s armed forces…could familiarize civilians with their armed forces and, in doing so, draw talented young Americans to serve.” —The Atlantic I just can’t shake the mental image of Brezhnev smiling at T-62s passing in front of Lenin’s portrait.

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Pomsky Local 711 is ready to negotiate today’s treat/activity contract.

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“The national-security system of the West is led by two men who cannot be trusted to defend America’s allies—and who deeply sympathize with the world’s most aggressive dictator.” —David Frum

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Oxnard winter berries. Shown actual size.

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Using Mattel’s My First Protest kit.

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From deep in my childhood I remember my mother dashing off Debussy’s fiendishly difficult Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum like she was doing a crossword. Turns out her copy of Children’s Corner is a 1908 original edition.

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EVIDENCE THAT COLERIDGE WAS HIGH WHEN HE WROTE KUBLA KHAN #1 Rhyming “fertile ground” with “girdled round” (lines 6/7).

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Artists "keel over like canaries in poison coal mines long before more robust types realize that there is any danger whatsoever.” --Kurt Vonnegut William Bell doing the artist thing. Great track. music.apple.com/us/album/str...

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So if you've been a fan of big band music at any point in your life give this a listen. music.apple.com/us/album/my-...

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Eight songs instead of the usual four this week. Lots of good stuff. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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I don't make my Best New Music playlists to please anyone but me. But damn, there's some great new stuff this week. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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Humanity: “an immensely powerful anthology intelligence with a profoundly disordered soul…” —Brad DeLong (who is here on bsky)

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Pomskys in alert mode.

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Smitty and Rikki are concerned that everyone is exercising some kind of self-care.

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Kinda jazzy this week. But this Claire Martin track is really special, worth several listens. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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Final tally: 520 pieces, handed out individually. First little ghoul at 5:40, supply exhausted by 7:35, lights off and door locked. Then a short tour of the neighborhood, finally Young Frankenstein in honor of Teri Garr. And remember, put the candle back.

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Some great new music this week. Never heard of The Wild Feathers before, they've been around since 2010.

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For decades I thought the lyric in We Are The Champions was "no flesh accrues". I still think it has a certain poetry.

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Just workshopping this, but how about LOTR with a quirky sense of humor? #OnlyMordorsInTheBuilding

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It’s a nice place to hang out.

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Ummm...this is brand new and amazing. music.apple.com/us/album/fou...

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Very sad he's gone. Treasure that I got to work with him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSDj...

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Best new music of the week: Middle/The River Runs Both Ways-Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail Chanson Pour Maryline-André Ceccarelli Wildflowers In The Sky-Sara Jarosz Jingles-Jocelyn Gould music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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Dentist used a torque wrench to tighten my uppers. I felt like a '65 Mustang 6-banger getting its head gasket replaced.

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Great new music this week. Give a listen. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

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I love how they fixed the audio disaster on Sous le ciel de Paris for the prime time rebroadcast.

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Rikki on the left, Smitty on the right

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