Is Mark Oliver Everett the greatest singer? No. Is he worth listening to? 100% yes.
The introduction of “Live at Royal Albert Hall” gives a pretty good idea of his sense of humor. I wish I understood better how their lyrics and the themes they sing about fit into the American culture…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Royal_Albert_Hall_(Eels_album)
“I am what I do in the dark now, I bleed only for myself.” – Matt Murdock
The moment I heard that quote I stopped the video and searched for it. Apparently I wasn’t the only person to do that 🙂
As a writer, I think that’s one of these sentences that, just after writing them you think; “wow, where’s that coming from? I like it!”
Historically, I’m not a big fan of the Daredevil character. I keep thinking; “A blind person can’t do that. It’s not realistic. This makes to sense!”
On the other hand I’m fine with the falcon millennium reaching light speed. Go figure.
I’m kind of addicted to this show. The violence/gore seems mostly unjustified and I could do without but it’s pretty good. And it sounds amazing on my home theater setup.
Climbed Bear Peak, starting from the South Mesa Trailhead.
It’s always nicer above the clouds 🙂
I drove to the grocery store Sunday morning and, arriving at the parking lot, I thought; what am I doing here? So, without even turning the engine off I started driving towards Boulder, CO. I hesitated between the Walker Ranch loop and this trail. I think I made the right choice.
I’m quite happy with the Denon x4700h. I’m running some weird 7.1 + 2 virtual speakers setup for now and it works amazing.
Watched some episodes of Daredevil and there’s sound just about everywhere.
No problem driving my ridiculous 110 pound floor standing speakers in pure stereo mode. Now I guess I need a better streaming solution. MQA is the way. I need better wiring too but that’s an easy fix.
Denon x4700h is actually a 11.2 receiver but it can only drive 9.2 unless there’s an external power amplifier connected to it. I actually like that because I want a dedicated amplifier for stereo anyway. Bought it new for $1499 instead of the official $1699 so what’s not to love really. I’ll try to bounce the sound off the ceiling for the height speakers since I can’t (don’t want to) install anything in my ceiling. It probably doesn’t work that well but it’s worth experimenting with…
I bought a “galette des rois” for epiphany. It was good but nothing amazing. I’ll try a different bakery next time. Anyway,
I made some coconut cakes.
2 eggs
30g coconut flour
180g organic shredded coconut
200g sugar
375 degree baking with double heavy duty baking sheets highly recommended for these. I finished them with some light grilling on top. Yummy.
I just cancelled the useless HBO subscription and subscribed to Tidal HiRes Audio (on a trial basis)
I’m totally addicted. The sound quality is phenomenal compared to Spotify & the old regular flavor of Amazon music (which I cancelled two years ago)
Now I need better audio gear. I have a Denon x4700h 9.2 arriving today for Audio/Video.
My Polk Audio Lsim707 speakers are great but very difficult to drive. I’ll be buying a power amplifier plus a network streamer later on…My short list:
Cambridge Audio Azur 851W
NAD C 298 Stereo Power Amplifier
The Musical Fidelity M6s PRX Power Amplifier looks fantastic but $2,490.00 is a bit steep. I’d rather stay around $1500 price tag and maybe buy a second one at some point and run the two of them as “mono blocks”. The NAD would stand at 650 Watts per channel in bridged mode. That should do it 🙂
King Soopers had super cheap price ($5 / lb or something) so I hate lots and lots of meat.
Followed loosely this recipe:
“https://www.recipetineats.com/standing-rib-roast/”
The water cooling of my three years old Nvidia 1080TI graphic card had been dead for a while. Thought I would take it apart, remove the cooling & fan and install a new cooling system. I went for the NZXT x63 + Kraken G12. I’m quite happy with the result. Even at full load the temperature is stable at 42, 43 degree Celsius.
Remember, when life gives you lemon, slap her over the nose, tell her to fc*k off and cook something else. Who wants lemons, seriously?
Last order from Cigars International should keep me happy for a little while. Also, I have a better Bourbon / Whiskey selection than my local bar and that’s awesome.
20 x CAO Brazilia Samba (Torpedo)
10 x CAO Flathead V660 Carb
40 x CI Fresh-Rolled Rosado Cuban Wheels (Churchill)
40 x Victor Sinclair Motherlode Sampler
Might as well stuff my face…
I’ve always been fascinated by people’s face. Think about it; almost 8 billion people on this planet. All different. And more importantly than this difference, human’s ability to tell them apart. This ability is a thing of wonder to me.
I can’t imagine something more dehumanizing than these face covering policies. We’re literally hiding the one thing that makes us “an individual in the crowd”. Going outside, biking around city park as become the most depressing experience. Faceless, anonymous drones everywhere.
On the other hand this will make it that much easier to leave this meaningless world for the virtual one. The human sacrifices of the V-World (Caprica) don’t look so bad now do they?
A little landing pad in the front yard for the Amazon Drone to land so we can get food and the latest hi tech toys. Whether for work related meetings, gaming or just a little chat, our only interactions will be that of our respective avatars in the virtual world. One day someone’s gonna go; where’s David? I think he passed away. No, this can’t be! I saw him in VR last week! He just probably forgot to turn off his machine and the computer just keeps on playing…
Good job everyone, good job.
I hiked Longs Peak again in early September. It was that ONE day when the weather was super nice. Sleeveless top at 14,259ft? Check!
Fairly crowded as you can tell from the photo of the “homestretch”.
Out of the forty hikers at the summit not a single one had a mask. People (including myself) were swapping phone to get each other’s picture. Very friendly place 🙂
What was fascinating is that later on, going back down, passing by other hikers as I was getting closer to the trailhead, I noticed that more and more were wearing masks. I’ve noticed the same thing on Grays Peak and also Torreys Peak (different time); confident hikers at the top of mountains not wearing any mask while, hikers who were not sure of themselves, either slow ones or those starting late in the day were wearing mask. The difference was striking really.
Some have tried to push the idea that this was a “macho” thing but really experience showed me otherwise. One third of the hikers at the summit were women; not a single mask in sight.
 
IÂ might elaborate later on. For now let just say that the damage done by Jack Dorsey, Tim cook, and Jeff Bezos cannot be overstated.
Just because you can behave like a fascist doesn’t necessarily mean you should.
I deleted both my Twitter & Facebook accounts. If you’re looking for me, this is where I’ll be 🙂
January 8th, 2021 – A very dark day for freedom.
Happy Birthday I guess. Anyway,
Hiking Torreys peak and Grays peak on July 10th, 2020.
2020 won’t be remembered as a particularly great hiking year that’s for sure but I’ll try to hike a few 14ers anyway. Even on a Friday it was very crowded (for a 14er that is) – People are really eager to get out there.
I love my new watch. Garmin Fenix 6 Sapphire.
A small plane passed over the summit of Torreys peak when I arrived. Very very close…
Working on two different projects these days. Refinishing all the wood work on the front porch (photos some other time) and pouring the concrete slab in the basement.
No humidity to be worried about but I’ve decided to lay an inch of gravel before pouring the concrete. So far so good. The laser level is very useful.
Ended up hurting my back last Saturday carrying the stupid bags so I’ll be quiet this week and get back to it next weekend hopefully.
I kept things simple 🙂
Using sage instead of thyme. It was delicious.
June 20th, 2020
The Mount Evans Scenic Byway is the highest paved road in North America. This year it remains closed to cars so I’ve decided to bike to the top at 14,131ft starting from Echo Lake. About 28 miles RT.
I had to abort the first attempt last week at Summit Lake mostly because of the wind. This time I decided to push through no matter what. Lots of snow on the road still so the last few miles were painful but I made it.
Amazing views all along the road.
The super old wood fence and door on the side of my house collapsed during the winter so I built a new one and set it up.
The most difficult part was breaking down the old concrete underground before setting the new posts in place.
I need to buy some hardware for the door and it’s all done. Only six hundred other projects on the list now…
Making all sorts of Baba Au Rhum.
I used Ballotin Chocolate Whiskey for the small ones to go with the Nutella pastry cream and the banana.
The bigger one is a more classic Rum Cake and includes Banana, Pineapple Pastry Cream and Strawberries
I don’t usually do a second rise for the rum cakes – it was a first – and I may need to adjust the recipe a notch.
