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Announcer going to a break during game: Don’t go anywhere, we’ve got a great one happening here!

Me: Don’t tell me what to do!!! I’m a grown-ass man!

Anthropologist Ashley Montagu on aging well:

“The goal of life is to die young — as late as possible!”

“We can make ourselves happy or miserable; the amount of work is the same.” – Carlos Castaneda

I have upgraded both of our Macs to Ventura without a hitch. I actually did it first to my 2017 iMac “accidentally,” but it turned out everything was compatible anyway. I didn’t need to upgrade, but I’m hoping the 13.2 version with the new Home app improves some things.

Billy Preston’s playing on Get Back/Let It Be albums makes me want a Rhodes more than I ever thought I would.

(I despise the stereo ping pong delay that some players use on it so much I thought I hated the instrument itself.)

The City of Houston is under a boil water notice because they lost power and the pressure dropped below the minimum of 20 psi. What kind of backwater b. s. is this???

Every time I start reading an article and it starts talking about what people said on #birdsite, I get turned off, think, “hasn’t everyone left that already?”, and close the article, moving on.

Jason Miles to Herbie Hancock: You’re almost 80 now, man. You sound amazing, better than I’ve ever heard you!

Herbie: Well, just stop counting!

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I’m not particular about how most cover songs should be played, but the Clavinet on Superstition should NOT be played with a wah.