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Lights

We went for a drive tonight to look at houses with Xmas lights. We went back to the best neighborhood in the city. The one that actually stretches across the street.

Our city Xmas tree is in front of the library. It’s epic, but people are bitching about it this year? What the hell?

Finally, the obligatory clock picture.

Do Less

Daily writing prompt
What could you do less of?
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I’m sure there are things that I could afford to do less of. The one huge thing that comes immediately to mind is procrastinating. I could really afford to cut back on that. Imagine how much stuff I could get done if I just did it. Wasn’t there a daily writing prompt about procrastination? Or was it just my answer to one of the questions? I don’t know. Regardless, I procrastinate a lot and could benefit from doing less of it.

What else should I add to the list? I could do less bitching and moaning about things that don’t really matter. That might make life a little easier for people who get stuck listening to me as I bitch and moan. I could watch less TV. I don’t want to (I’m watching an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* as I write this) but doing so would probably be good for me.

One thing I won’t be doing less of is pointing out examples of American fascism. For example, why hasn’t everyone, including a certain orange pile of fascist goo, who participated, planned, or caused the January 6 coup attempt in jail for the rest of their natural lives yet? Coming up on three years later, it sure looks like certain fascists are getting away with trying to overthrow the United States of America’s legally elected government, doesn’t it? Of all the crimes people manage to get away with, that seems like one that… you know… shouldn’t.

*Deep Space Nine season three episode 21. The one where the Cardassian and Romulan secret police forces team up to attack the Dominion. The end of a classic two-parter.

Are Bass Players Human Too?

I just watched the first episode of Geddy Lee’s TV show, called Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?

I freakin’ loved it!

It was about 20 minutes of Geddy and Les Claypool of Primus just hanging out. The two of them are just plain goofy and it was kinda delightful.

I’ll admit that when Geddy was reading from a script he didn’t sound particularly… professional. It’s clear that reading copy is not something that he generally does. When he and Claypool were just talking to each other it felt natural and… I’ll say it again, delightfully goofy.

There are three episodes left. One is the new guy in Metallica, one is (I think) a former member of Hole, and the third is some guy who used to be in some band called Nirvana or something.

I’m looking forward to all of them. I now need to know, are bass players human too?

By-Tor Overdrive Pedal

After announcing two new amplifiers made in partnership with Mojotone and sold under the name Lerxst, Alex Lifeson unveiled an overdrive pedal today, again made by Lerxst/Mojotone, called the By-Tor.

It’s a duel pedal with an overdrive and a boost. You can select the order they run in, which is a nice feature. The two channels share drive and tone controls though. I’m not sure how that works. Also, the price is $300 which is a little too ouchie for me these days. The $2k+ Omega is crazy expensive but about normal for a 50 watt tube head. $300 for a drive/boost feels a smidge high to me.