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This picture is of my treadmill, and it is broken. No, it wasn’t a recent thing, either, but it has been broken for well over a year. And yet I still could not part with it. The belt tread is frayed and splitting. It needs to be replaced. The amount of money I would spend…
I know it’s been a while since I posted an original post. Spring Break has not been kind to me. I should note I have two “vacation” weeks to endure where most people only have one. How did I get so lucky? The week before Easter is Spring Break for Seattle Public Schools, which is…
Lou Reed’s 4th solo studio album built on the success of Transformer, his second album, as well as his first solo live album. Sally Can’t Dance sees the same storytelling narratives getting a more rocking arrangement, with plenty of “punch” to them. And horns. Sally Can’t Dance is full of production. The album seems to…
It has been a crazy couple of weeks since the last installment. So much going on I have barely had time to capture any of it. Let’s start with Tevye in the backyard plowing bubbles because… Spring! And here’s the same kid one morning refusing to get out of his pajamas (completely) and wanting to…
Yes, that’s right. The Beach Boys, led by Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston, have become a perennial touring machine. The band’s most recent album is 2012’s That’s Why God Made The Radio and was received with much acclaim and a fair bit of success. Now the band is bringing their distinctive sound to the…
And we come to one of the biggest disappointments in the box set. I know Lou Reed The RCA & Arista Album Collection is meant to recreate the albums as issued, so we aren’t getting the bonus tracks on the normal CD reissues, for which Rock And Roll Animal has two, but the other live…
Strap in, this is going to be a big one. The first seven pictures should have been included with my previous installment. Or at the very least, a “part 2”. Here are Xavier and Tevye working on a robot. The annual Boy Scout Italian Dinner was a big success and both Ciaran and August helped…
I have been really inconsistent in regards to getting these unboxing posts… posted. Life. Here we go with the March 2017 edition, which August really liked. And for a closer look at the items: The poster This is one of the better shirts he has gotten in the nearly two years of his subscription. This month’s…
Amazon is taking their convenience to a whole different level. Instead of waiting for delivery of your Amazon Fresh order, if you have Amazon Prime you could place your order either from your computer or out and about via the app and pick it up while running other errands. This video explains the concept pretty…
A while back I told you about the Flying Heritage Collection new exhibit Why War. Now we get the news is making a massive expansion with a third hanger which will include over 40 artifacts. This expansion will make the Flying Heritage Collection “the largest operational military vehicle and warbird collection on the west coast”…