I replaced two rotted fence posts on our shared fence. Neighbors reimbursed me for HALF the materials ($80!) & NONE of the labor. I too am now yeeting every stick, bark, and pine cone on my lawn into their yard.

The Dio biography (on Prime, blessings to Lord Bezos) has an interesting segment on how the cover art came to be.

Like a rock.

Thanks for the background! We just watched E4S5 last night & can’t wait to see how the fourth season wraps up. This show is so, so good.

Every single name (with the possible exception of Mixon) is simultaneously unmistakably wrong yet clearly an American surname. It apparently was created by a non-English-speaking Japanese coder, yet belies a deep understanding of America. It’s a cultural miracle.

Eine Kleine Nachtwasser is what I make in the middle of the night.

Ritchie Blackmore (the referenced guitarist) has a legendary reputation as a colossal prick. He’s the Ginger Baker of rock guitarists.

I got to S1 E4 and the misogyny & alpha-broness was so overpowering I had to stop. Maybe I need to power through? (That’s what I did with Breaking Bad — imho that show’s most difficult watch was the poor bastard they chained to the basement plumbing early in S1.)

“We need to come up with something better.” Smart call, Einstein; in the meanwhile howzabout we don’t make things catastrophically worse by implementing Schedule F? Christ on a crumpet, these fucking people…