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Heavy Metal Nostalgia from a Marvel Movie Trailer

This is going to be a bit of a ride, bear with me.

In the 1980’s, I was into Heavy Metal. Mostly hair metal at first. I was trying to move away from the musical instruments my parents forced me to learn (piano, violin) and was trying to learn how to play guitar.

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The Picard Imperative

We got an invite to watch the Season Premier of Picard, Season 3 this weekend. It’s the last season apparently, and our friends/hosts are planning on getting folks together for a viewing.

A viewing, I might add, that also will include a bottle of Chateau Picard (vintage 2386), a bottle of Klingon Blood Wine, and the new Romulan Ale (technically Rye Whiskey). Go big or go back to your homeworld, amirite?

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Chopsaw/Stand Setup

A newer term I somehow didn’t know until today: acorn nut. In the instructions, it told me to use a certain bolt and to attach the “acorn nut.” I eventually figured it out.

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Matt Nathanson: Little Victories

What’s really weird/wild to me: I remember the specific day and time, where I learned about Matt Nathanson. This was back in 2005, and it was a neighbor of Justin’s in Ukrainian Village, Michelle R.

I remember hanging out with in her apartment, and we were listening to songs on her computer. I purchased an album of his soon after, and this song has been in my head ever since. I never did get into Nathanson’s music, but this one song in particular has stayed with me.

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WP WTF

Spent the day today mostly pecking at a keyboard, with little to show for it. I’ve done a lot of local WordPress development over the years, but it’s been a minute. I was able to get MAMP up and running pretty quickly, but from there… I had a lot of struggles.

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Errands and an Impromptu Date Night at Lady Gregory’s

Closer to 6:00 PM, we were on the verge of heading back home. But ended up calling Lady Gregory’s to see if we could snag a table for some dinner.

Their whisky selection was on our radar, and this was a potential place were had talked about visiting. We lucked out and the person I spoke with offered to hold a table for us (we were a good 25 minutes away). And just like that: impromptu date night.

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Bunny Tunnel Vision

I tried to be very quiet and slow, for fear of startling her. I got a few quick photos, and then decided to take some video of her just… well, sitting there. And then this happened:

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