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A delightful combination of Kurt Vonnegut, Steve Wozniak, & PT Barnum. Partner Manager at a consulting company during the day. Mostly music. Very little sports.
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Finally read Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow after many recommendations… and by the end I found that I disliked all the main characters.

This is a complicated story, but it really sucks for everyone currently in treatment. Or anyone who might ever need treatment. (Spoiler, that includes you.) www.kare11.com/article/news...

QOTD Do you think Gene's friend Ken on Bob's Burgers is real or imaginary?

Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card theonion.com/poll-fi...

Just signing up for a few Minnesota Brewing Series 5ks. www.breweryrunningseries.com/locations/mi...

Ranch flavored milk #BadIdeas

We have a snow day (with no e-learning) and my 13-year-old has been watching videos about Alcatraz. This led to him telling me about the Barker Gang, which were the inspiration for the Beagle Boys on Duck Tales. Which means... I fell down a wikipedia rabbit hole - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_...

I shoveled our 10 inches of snow this morning while blasting The Beach Boys’ Wild Honey album because that’s… the only form of protest against the weather that I could think of.

Taking the new album by my favorite band out for its first spin.

Today I learned a beefalo is a real animal. www.kare11.com/article/news...

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

They never tell you how much harder it is saying goodbye to a pet is when you're a parent. Rest well Murphy.

Mood.

Treating James Bond like it’s a sacred text is one of the weirdest things society does

I'm at a point in my life where American Express is creating content for me. www.amexessentials.com/the-57-most-...

I finally got a (unofficial Russian) vinyl copy of Kraftwerk 2 off eBay. It sounds really good.

poignant af

Watching the kids build a pillow and blanket fort while blasting Kraftwerk’s Computer World. #presidentsday

I did not expect to feel my entire range of emotions while watching the Darwin origin episode of The Amazing World of Gumball with my 9-year-old.

I could watch this all day

How To Erase an Earworm from @feedyourcuriosity.blog - Why earworms happen, plus science-backed strategies to get that annoying song out of your head

You might be a record collector... but do you have the Star Wars soundtrack performed on pipe organ?

I'm not sure if the Ghostbusters 2 prediction is good news or bad news.

So.... is it normal that I'm letting new Trump announcements just wash over me because I don't know what he's actually going to move forward on? And if you're looking for something proactive to do - I recommend downloading the 5 Calls app.

Every time I listen to the original Tron soundtrack, I remember that i know the arcade game version of the songs much better.

I.... ummm.....

People on Tumblr asked for prints so I put it up on my Redbubble if anyone is interested? But if you just want to print the sheep and tape it to your wall, do it. :3 www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Th...

RIP Sister Morphine; Marianne Faithfull www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8oW...

But if I deleted my FB account I'd miss amazing content like this.

I probably shouldn't have started binge listening to Pizzicato Five in the middle of all this. It's making me want to run away to Asia again.

mood

Listening to Midnight Oil in 2025 is both concerning and comforting when I think about how we've been dealing with this bullshit for decades. Midnight Oil - Redneck Wonderland www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBH...

I have a habit of listening to audiobooks at the absolute worst timing.

Oof!