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 What I hope comes out of the DOJ once it's burned down and rebuilt is the list of all the people who went to Epstein Island and Sean P Diddy Puffy Combs's Phreak Out Parties and S3Xcapades.  I think we will see the ugly underbelly of the cultural and political elite class.  They're a bunch of perverts doing unspeakable things to men and women, girls and boys.  It will be repulsive and everyone will be shocked.   I for one will not be shocked.  Sean Combs is satan incarnate.  He has the goods on everyone.  He kept them to blackmail them when the time was right.  We'll see Leonardo DiCaprio is a 50 something pedophile who has never been with a woman.  He spends his time with teenagers and sorority girls.  LeBron James has probably stuck his wiener in unthinkable places.  People like Jennifer Lopez have been raped numerous times while in an altered state.  Matt Gaetz.  Bill Clinton.  Donald Trump.  Barack Obam...

 Did you see Kamala's most recent video released a few days ago?  Either she is clueless or her staff hates her and is working to make her to look even more pathetic now than she did when she was a candidate for POTUS.  She looked tattered and torn fresh off a bender of alcohol and cocaine.  Stay in the fight and remember you have the power or something like that.  It's like this is the first time she didn't get what she wanted.  Hey lady - welcome to the real world.

 I had a great time listening to music with my new friend, Girish.  I got to hear the top of the line Paradigm speakers and they were so bright.  It is the beryllium tweeter that makes them way too bright for the kind of music I prefer.  While they were nice and did something differently than my own, I am completely happy with my rig.  I put together a fantastic system at a great price and hearing the next step was nice but it wasn't Earth shattering. What was Earth shattering was hearing a fifteen thousand dollar set of speakers.  OMG.  I didn't know a stereo could do that.  Here's how to describe the experience.  A great system reproduces sound.  A top tier system reproduces the space.  What the sound does in space is amazing.  We were listening to the Hook album.  I've heard it hundreds, if not thousands of times.  Top tier was amazing.  A horn line came through that I have never heard before.  It gracefu...

 Every so often I go back and re-read what I've written over the last couple months.  Ten observations: 1 - Opinionated 2 - Commanding 3 - Open 4 - Authentic 5 - Blunt 6 - Intimate 7 - Rushed with few misspellings and left out words or parts of words 8 - Humorous 9 - Unafraid 10 - On the edge I rarely mince words.  I say what I mean and mean what I say. As I read some of my work, I'm surprised I am able to convey some of the thoughts and emotions in dealing with with my parents health issues as they age.   I enjoy expressing my opinions with a flame thrower.  I plant an intellectual stake in the ground.  I end some of the entries with a zinger.  Standing tall like a lion.  Waiting for the dust to settle. Giving a cathartic roar.  I pick up the wounded prey in my mouth and proudly drag it back to my cave to feast.   I re-visit certain topics often. With each visit my thoughts and ideas expand and become more solidified. Not again... ...

 Part of being in the audiophile club is seeing the classified list as equipment is bought, sold and traded among members sharing the same interest.  All on the same journey of reaching audio nirvana.  There's this guy that is always moving gear - I don't know if he gets it in estate sales, just likes to experiment and tinker if he's a major collector.  Most of his gear is high end.  Way beyond anything I would ever purchase for my wants and needs.  Does anyone really need a stereo?  I think that' could be debated. I was browsing the ads and this guy is selling a pair of Paradigm Signature S8s.  At one time this was top of the line for the paradigm corporation.  My speakers are Paradigm Studio 100s.  The Signature cabinets are made of genuine walnut wood and each speaker probably weights 100 lbs.  My cabinets are made of cheap MDF type wood - like reinforced ply wood or something.  Mine weigh 83 lbs each. I commented under his ...

 My hobby is music.  Specifically music on cd and to a lesser degree, the equipment I use to listen to my cds.  I've railed on streaming before and I don't like streaming unless it is the only option available such as when traveling or at work.   I've been collecting cds for 40 years.  40 YEARS!  Literally a lifetime curating musical art.  As I look at the discs on the shelves, it becomes evident to me that 40 years is a very long time.  Not in the number of discs - I have roughly 700 cds which averages out to 16 acquisitions per year.  There were dry years and very productive years adding to the collection.  The covid years saw a resurgence into thoughtfully building out my collection.    Today, I was looking at the spines in some of the cases and realize just how long 40 years is.  The whites on the spines printed on the paper in the jewel box are starting to yellow a little and they're starting to look aged.  As in...

 Last week the brain children at the company decided to push an update to Microsoft teams.  This update moved all the teams I'm part of into the chat.  I had to call three people to figure out where the teams went.  Frustrated beyond measure with an updating being sent with no information on what changed. Last night I had a nightmare that there was an important teams meeting and they forced another teams update without notification.  Everything looked like a comic book in the app.  I couldn't find the calendar to attend a mandatory and important virtual meeting.  I was furiously clicking around like a retard in a panic - having a meltdown of epic proportions.  All these animated cartoon images kept popping up like the stupid paperclip app they had in word in the late 90s.  All over the screen.  I got up and went outside.  One of the higher ups called me and asked why I wasn't on the call.  I told her I couldn't find the link to...

I enjoy the work of quite a few orchestras.  Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, and the Cincinnati Pops.  I enjoy them all for very different reasons.  The Chicago Symphony has a wonderful brass section.  The Montreal Symphony has a wonderful ensemble sound with plenty of depth.  Vienna and Berlin play very well.  Boston Pops for obvious reasons; they are everything John Williams.   If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the Cincinnati Pops with Erich Kunzel at the helm.  There were almost exclusively recorded by Telarc back in the day and their recordings are exquisite and natural.  They didn't do a lot of process with their recordings.  They are pure.  Here's the thing with Cincinnati Pops - they enjoyed playing the music they recorded.  I can feel their enjoyment through the reproduction of their sound.  Kunzel had an exquisite command of tempo.  Quick, f...

 I never understood being triggered by a stimulus until today.  I was driving home in the car listening to news radio.  They reported that our president is making moves to forgive nearly 5 billion dollars of "loans" given to Ukraine.  I completely lost my shit like a crazy man in a rage for nearly an hour after hearing this information. Vladamir zelenski is a global panhandler.  A human cockroach.  A leach.  I wish someone would finally kill him and get it over with.  The amount of money he has taken from the United States is absolutely obscene. Anyone who supports this clown deserves a similar fate.  Soneone should kill all of them. I was even more infuriated thinking about our taxes dollars being used to fund this war against Russia.  And all the other bullshit our tax dollars get spent on that we have no say whatsoever.  The ruling class in Washington does whatever the fuck they want once they're in office.  Anyone who isn't...

 When the government mandates a restriction on the amount of water your shower head can use.  I’m paying for it. Leave me alone.  If they’re worried about water consumption maybe they should restrict the population growth in the area. Leave me alone. Do we really need a black market for shower heads?  Nah. Just mod them yourself with a drill.  

 The last three vintage electronic items purchased ended up being duds. A cd changer didn’t work. One channel worked on a receiver and a minidisc player wouldn’t work. Maybe I’m asking too much from 30-50 year old technology to still be working. It’s depressing to me   Vintage technology was cool.  It’s nostalgic for me. Today most people are streaming content of all types over the internet. I don’t believe in that.  The only streaming that should be done is over the air. Like listening to the radio and watching tv.  Same with cars  I don’t want any of this new fangled technology.  I prefer simpler machines without all these electronics.  Again, other people’s junk.

 There’s never a problem with hundreds of millions of people watching an event on tv when the signal is broadcast over the air. But…. Every single event I’ve wanted to watch via a streaming service has been a rotten experience from frequent buffering, pixelization and sound compression to reduce bandwidth.  I purchased an evening of marching band streaming from bands of America for the San Antonio super regional. It was okay for a while. When it mattered, the buffering monster reared its ugly head and I was not able to see one of the most competitive bands. Obviously it doesn’t matter in the big scheme of things because I don’t even remember whose performance got hosed. The service picked up again after their performance.  Thanks for nothing Box 5.  A few years ago I purchased the grand national weekend from flo marching. I spent the entire finals performance fuming because all I saw was pixelated performances that either look like a vhs tape that was 30 years old or...

 Tyson vs Paul was more than a fight between two boxers. It was a fight between Gen X and Gen Z. The after fight reports say Paul won and that he took it easy on Tyson by not humiliating him. Let me get through the fight without embarrassing him. Like does Jake Paul have some kind of grace?  From what I saw iron Mike was up past his bedtime and Jake Paul could have destroyed him. But he exercised restraint. Probably because he respected Tyson or didn’t want to destroy his image beating up an old man.   This fight was about aging. As a gen xer I believe I am still young. I still got it. I am the man. Most of us do. But we aren’t. Time has taken its toll on us just as it has every generation before us. We don’t realize it. We think the younger generation is arrogant and too big for their britches. Just like the boomers probably thought about us at one time and the greatest generation probably thought about the boomers.  If anything gen x should be humbled my what happe...

Dear Believers - Katy and I went on a quick overnight to focus on each other.  Think of it as a mini-retreat. But, the strangest thing happened.  Instead of focusing on each other something magical happened.  I was sharing my concerns for Lohan when Katy said she's thought the same thing about Lohan ever since she fell from grace.  See - I told you Katy and I were meant for each other.  We are on the same page on so many different things.  It's almost like we're two volumes of the same book.  Cut from the same tree.  Less I digress... While sharing our feelings, we put our heads together and came up with a plan.  Katy has befriended Lohan and after a night of partying we do an intervention.  You see, the image Katy portrays on the outside is a bit out there for most believers - a little too reckless and unreserved.  Let me assure you, at her core she is clean and pure.  A beautiful soul and a good looker to boot. At first we're...

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul tonight. Tyson is an animal. Paul is a little bitch from the Disney channel/youtube era trying to be gangster as a grown up. During a media event Tyson slapped Paul across the face for being a punk. I hope Mike Tyson destroys Jake Paul. As in annihilates him. These stupid kids have no business poking the bear. I hope wanna be tough guy baby Jake gets his ass handed to him.

 I'm listening to John Williams' score from the original Superman movie.  It is another fine work by John Williams.  Is there any work that isn't?  Well, maybe Sleepers; but that's for another time. Why does Superman have me writing about John Williams again?  One - it's wonderful!  Two, it is a work full of notes...  One can barely comprehend the amount of notes John William has written to make these film scores magnificent...  Easily 50 years of work with multiple large scale projects every year.   I watched "Music By John Williams" documentary celebrating John Williams.  John writes his music with a pencil.  ALL OF IT.  He's written every note.  Every. Single. Note.  Just think about that for a minute.  No computers.  No AI.  Full orchestral film scoring.  This man has a complete understanding of each instrument, its range, where it sounds best.  How to use the colors.  A Jedi Knight i...

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. That explains all the evil in the world.

 It’s hard not to see yourself as a financial failure when Costco sells a $400.00 plug in pizza oven and people are buying it.  Like WTF?!?  400 bucks for a counter top pizza oven?  Get out of here. 

A middle-class party: The GOP's new path to the American dream GUY SHEPHERD NOVEMBER 09, 2024 Embracing an America First stance, the Republican Party brings a confident presence on the world stage, promoting prosperity at home and stability abroad through strong leadership. The Republican Party reveals itself as a national middle-class party. A party that is friendly to earned success and those in need looking for a hand up. A party where the middle, bottom, and top are not divided and play a zero-sum game but are instead united in the pursuit and possession of the ever-optimistic American dream. A patriotic party. A party that loves America — warts and all. A party with America First self-confidence and swagger on a global stage. Not chauvinism, but swagger. Which just happens to be good for everyone. Pax Americana is not a global occupier or welfare state, but a beacon of freedom and hope to the nations. A party for men and women alike — from Elon and Tulsi to the forgotten women...

Proud to be an America again! I have a few friends that are either completely angry or embarrassed by the election of Donald Trump.  I understand we have differences in our value systems and priorities for America and role the USA plays globally.  I've never been prouder to live in the United States of America. MAGA, baby!!

 One of the sounds I secretly delight in hearing is the sound cars make when they crash. There a satisfying crunch that comes from metal absorbing energy deforming the original shape when it bends, wrinkles and dents. The bigger the crash the more satisfying the crunch.  Kinda like crushing aluminum cans for recycling. I don’t like the screech of the skid before the crash though as you know their is impending loss and something unfortunate is about to happen. 

 The more mechanic videos I watch, I realize that's what I should have done for a career.  Back in the day the redneck hicks and stupid people were the ones in Future Farmers of America and auto shop class.  My generation was sold a bill of goods on this college thing.  I didn't want to go.  I didn't like.  I didn't do well.   I'm fascinated by the amount of problem solving and thinking that goes into accurately diagnosing an automotive malfunction.  I like the tools and the metal.  The lubricant and hydraulic fluids.  The coolant.  The tools.  The sockets.  The ratchets.  The wrenches.  The pliers.  The screw drivers.  The diagnostic equipment.  The lifts.  I like taking this apart and fixing them.  I like how parts fit together.  I like how engines work and how someone figure out how time the components of an engine to make it work.  Why wasn't it okay to like and indulge in t...

  a person opposed to new technology or ways of working. I wear the term like a badge of honor. 

Better call the waaambulance for all these people that are literally shedding tears over trump's win and kamela's loss. Ivy League schools canceling classes so their students can 'process trumps shocking win.' Blaming racism and misogyny among white voters for her loss. How can this have possibly happened? Trump is a deranged fascist that will strip you of your rights. Really? Tell me more. I'll tell you how this happened. Simply put more than half the country is opposed to the agenda and policies that have been implemented over the last three years. The money printed and infused into the economy is a prime driver of inflation and the high cost of good. Regulation has made it cost prohibitive to build houses and produce energy. Regular people are fed up with illegal immigration. All these imported people not integrating into our culture acting like they're still part of the mafia in a third world shit hole. If you ask me the average person is worse ...

Unburdened by what has been. The presidency. The senate. And likely the house. Grand slam home run. Boom goes the dyn-O-mite!!!

 Ford.  Stelantis - maker of Chrysler's garbage.  Mercedes.  Volkswagen.  All of their businesses are being impacted by less than stellar EV demand.  This is fantastic news.  Nobody wanted an electric car.  The WEF forum and green new deal advocates wanted them.  Regular people don't want them.  They're not a superior solution to the internal combustion engine.  They're what the eviroterrorists want.   I'm glad they ruined their business building shit the government wanted them to build instead of what customers wanted them to build.  Take your electric car and shove it up your ass.

A life of  unrealized potential. Spent buying other people's junk. Never truly happy.  

A documentary available on Disney+. I stayed up until midnight halloween night because it was released on November 1.  It wasn't available to watch until sometime early on November 1.  There were parts of the show that gave me goosebumps and a lot of it is rehashing the same stories from the many collaborations with Steven Spielberg.    The parts I found most interesting were when John Williams would play little bits and pieces of his work on the piano.  I think this would make a wonderful CD - just John and his piano.  It'll probably never come to fruition, but it would be a real treat. In a way my Dad raised me to be a John Williams fan.  Whether he knew it or not.  Star Wars.  Going to see band concerts.  Listening to pipe organ music.  My first cassette tape was Peter and the Wolf.  Every musical experience I had as a kid pointed in me in the direction of John Williams.  John Williams had his coming of age in the late ...