So we’re told to stay indoors. And when we stay indoors, we get restless. How about cooking… red beans and rice, pulled pork, salad with that good ginger dressing (similar to the hibachi place)? Fish sound good tomorrow? You can crust it with crackers, add a light butter garlic sauce to flavor. Pair it with green beans and you’re set.
While I was driving to pick up groceries today, the USB drive was serving some old school classics. So I thought about revisiting a previous post, and adding a new list of past favorites.
Anyone else looking forward to Spring? The longer days, the temperature, the gardening adventures? Right now, I already started a small group of tomatoes that have just sprouted. Probably way too early. They are going to need to be transplanted several times.
The big question is always: how many seeds are going to be planted this year? How many plants and vegetables are adequate to maintain? Given the cooking I’ve been recently doing, I think some peppers would be a great addition. Several blackberry plants already populate the garden, and they are an excellent addition to yogurt and cereal. Nothing beats dark berries for flavor and nutrition.
The recent winter storm proved that the battery powered snow blower was perfectly capable of handling nature’s challenges. The battery powered mower has impressed me over and over again with it’s abilities. What I have yet to test is the rototiller. I’m looking forward to testing it out this year.
It’s very early, but I’m already looking forward to that time change. Moving the inside plants out, and getting a little help from what seasonal nature provides…
Oops. Forgot to mention. Since I’m not currently on any social med (3 yrs. at least) . I’ve updated the “About” page. (It was recommended)
It’s around 9:30 pm on a Saturday. I’m sipping a Sam Adam’s Cold Snap (probably my favorite beer). Like a good swath of the country, our area is on the verge of a snow emergency. At this point, I filled the car with gas, boiled eggs, made some cold pasta meals, some rice, beans, and checked the stock of milk and cereal. All good.
The batteries are charged for the flash light, as well as the batteries for the snow blower. Will it make it through several inches of snow on the driveway? Time will tell… and all this gets my mind going. How much profit is created off emergencies? The threat of catastrophe? For products? For behavior? For behaviors that create more profit, from products and services that remove worry and resolve conflict?
Shovels. Food. Seasonal Machinery. Spirituality. Assistance. Products? What is necessary?
After Covid, it seems that several services absolutely took off. Especially the “stay at home” kind. Online medical appointments, grocery pickup and delivery, pharmaceutical deliveries, even car buying on line. Was any of this a direct result of covid? When did the influx of all these damn prescription pill advertisements start on TV? For anxiety. Depression. Cancer. Psychological Disorders. Diabetes?
A marketplace?
The main argument against academia, and the pursuit of higher education is that it creates, then instills, too many questions in students. Are it’s pupils intelligently questioning the status quo and those that rely simply on “faith and confidence” in an existing system? Where does consumerism, marketing and advertisering fit in?
The culture definitely changes with every major event that occurs. Are we, as a society, recognizing this?
Edit: Off the album: This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In!
So I’ve been reading about a few people having trouble accessing and/or downloading music for multiple songs off YT for listening (later) on various devices. Many browsers (Firefox, Chrome, etc) have extensions or addons which can be used to accomplish this feat. If you are a fan of live music or mashups, these are excellent tools to use to transfer to USB or device.
Firefox offers downloadhelper (and other extensions), which allow you to download in audio format. Of course, you can use this tool to download full podcasts, or any sort of audio also.
Just realized that I was lucky enough to see this lead singer twice in concert. For two different bands. The Lollapalooza show isn’t as clear (in memory) as the show he did with his other band (APC), because it was much more recent. But one thing is for certain, he is probably one of the most creative artists I’ve followed. And he surrounds himself with equally talented people. One of his greatest gifts is to make any emotion beautiful.
Think we’ve probably gone further away from that kind of design these days. Focusing more on meta, tagging, seo, engagement, and CMS style interactive templates, etc.
Less of free flowing presentation, I guess, is my observation here.
So what’s been going on with this site, me, and where is this leading to? This site…probably nowhere. It’s a place to be humorous and occasionally discuss tech and music (mostly). The past year I took a long break from technology (although not completely absent). Also had the chance to catch up with people I haven’t seen in a very long time. Which to me, is more valuable than anything else I have to talk about here or elsewhere. Often times I think tech interferes with our vision of the world, perhaps persuades and manipulates are viewpoints. Sometimes things are black and white, but often times things that should be pretty straightforward get translated in the wrong language (I am talking about foreign languages to you and me, due to mindset, agendas, values, and understandings of the world).
I mentioned Sirius/XM radio in another post somewhere, and I’ve been introduced to a lot of good music. Do you ever come across that one song you hear only one time and know you have to purchase it? It plays in your head for hours, perhaps days, and finally you either buy the digital download or the whole album. This has been that song for me (the recent one).
Crazy thing is, these guys were almost certainly playing at some festivals/shows I’ve been to in the past. Perhaps I didn’t make it over to their stage. But it’s great to see them still going strong. Definitely recognize the name, had a couple songs on some comps/mixed lists back in the day. Excellent tune. Beware of the internal disc jockey spinning this constantly in your head.
What is life without music? Just came across this in the dusty old collection and it had me smiling and grooving. What a great group the (Re)Fugees were.
Rumor is, there is a comedian and his brother that love this group. 😉
Sounds like they’re coming out with new stuff again (edit: they have released newer material). I had to post this… Amazing, and right up my alley (guitar, tone, transition, timing, notes, etc).
