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I move ever closer to pulling a David Thorne-27B/6 and providing a drawing of a spider in payment for whatever absurd emergency expense crops up next*. (*Please, no more of these.)

Evening descent into YVR. Nice to be home.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains

Hello from the garden

Wes Anderson’s Aeneid. Jason Schwartzman as Aeneas, Margot Robbie as Juno, Léa Seydoux as Dido. Willem Defoe makes a cameo as Charon.

Oh hey, I wrote on this subject last year: "My gargantuan CD binder is a bulwark against the encroachment of Big Tech into my private life [...] It’s much harder for a multinational corporation to rent seek on your attention if they don’t know where your attention is." elzyg.com/blog/leaving...

Exiting the Stream | ElzygOn switching streaming platforms and rescuing physical media from storage.elzyg.com

Read a 715 page biographyof Sonny Rollins on a whim, knowing nearly nothing about jazz and bearing no previous affection for the saxophone. Now converted on both counts.

Translation: "I voted for Palpatine and I'd do it again!"

Little dude just jumped up and hung out for a bit. Ideal hiking wildlife encounter, 10/10 no notes.

Tourists visiting during Stampede: Where are we going for brunch? Calgarians, squinting at the sunrise & strapping on a glucose monitor: Get your boots, we're going to the Elbow Park Community Association for tiny sausages and orange juice. Quick, before the kids empty the fruit platters!

Kid in Toy Car: Let's Go Bullish!Alt: Kid in Toy Car: Let's Go Bullish!static.klipy.com

Do I miss living near Stampede and having people use the bushes in front of my apartment as a toilet? No. Do I miss 10 straight days of free pancake breakfasts and the chance to annoyingly correct people on 'Yahoo' vs 'Yeehaw'? Yes. Definitely. Absolutely.

It's raining, better stay in with tea and Sibelius: music.apple.com/ca/album/lem...

Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22: III. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela by Elemér Lavotha (IV.), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesper Harryson (IV.) & Paavo Järvi on Apple MusicSong · 1996 · Duration 15:54music.apple.com

"At this juncture, you may have had your fill of major scales and wish to use some of your knowledge to create harmony."

If you're able and inclined, this sounds like an especially great time to support Kyrylo Marsak's training fund: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Fundraising for practicing and competing, organized by Kyrylo MarsakHi, my name is Kyrylo Marsak. I'm three times Ukrainian National Champion, Oly… Kyrylo Marsak needs your support for Fundraising for practicing and competingwww.gofundme.com

And now I will start manifesting another Kasper Asgreen breakaway stage win.

Plant lovers of the internet demand justice for that Japanese Maple!

Visiting the gardens in the last hour they’re open = good light and no competition for the photo spots.

Buying a VanDusen Garden membership was money well spent because whenever a delightful new plant is in bloom I can go over and enjoy it as many times as I like. Tonight: delphinium!

Ok so the Science World football is pretty fun:

Come for the excellent hardware review, stay for the salty prose correctly attributing Valve's pricing pain to "Sam Altman and his cadre of chicken-necked freak friends."