Month: January 2025

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Busy, Busy…

I'm doing everything possible to stay as far away from social media as I can this weekend. To that end, I tackled one of my post-retirement tasks early.

My office closet had become unmanageable. Last weekend I pulled everything out and started going through shit.

The big boxed items hoarding the most space were the two vintage receivers  as well as a vintage amp I'd posted extensively about here but were no longer in use. I'd been planning on putting them all up on eBay for over a year, but they had to be unboxed, photographed, and in the case of the amp, the speaker terminal board needed to be reattached. I kept putting it off because it was all just too much.

Well my friends, now they're up (here and here in case you're interested). And one has already sold.

I also realized my old Yamaha CD player was sitting on a shelf in the bedroom closet, and BAM! That's listed now too.

While there is some sentimental attachment to all this gear, it feels damn good to be getting it out of here—especially since I lost my mind last week and bought another Minidisc deck:

I should have sought this one out initially, but until I stumbled across a review on YouTube I didn't know it even existed. It's got all the functionality of the Sony deck I bought, but in addition it has a headphone jack, pitch control, and—most importantly—a keyboard jack so track/disc names can be easily input. Will I eBay the other one? Probably not. It's always good to have a backup…

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A Dark Day In America

From Jeff Tiedrich:

There is no reason for anyone to torment themselves today by doom-scrolling—and there is not one goddamned reason on Earth to give this asshole one second of your attention.

Instead, be like AOC.

"All these journalists are like, 'Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Are you going to the inauguration?' — Let me make myself clear. I don't celebrate rapists. so no, I'm not going to the inauguration."

There are so many better ways we can be spending our time.

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Let's honor his memory, and let's dishonor a certain spiteful man-baby.
2018 cartoon by Ann Telnaes

Here's a quote from Dr. King that's never been more relevant than it is right now.

"We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity."

hHw prescient was that?

America is about to go through some things. Yhis hurts a lot. I know. Remember, we're all in this together. let's be here for each other.

Today, we rest. Tomorrow, we put our shoulder to the wheel, and deal with the shitfuckery ahead of us.

Let me leave you with one piece of very good news. This morning, during his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to General Milley, Dr. Fauci, and the January 6 Committee members.

"These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing," Biden wrote in a statement. "Baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety and financial security of targeted individuals and their families."

Thank you, Joe. We're going to miss you.