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  1. Getting really close to watching the video cassette of space balls the movie w/ my This Old House speed run, and it is terrible. I’m now skipping the interior design nonsense like I already skip any home alarm system nonsense.

    “It’s so dark with all this wood paneling, so to brighten it up, we’re going to paint it all this true white, and the walls this more neutral blue/gray. To separate these two rooms, we had a local artisan make this barn door to hang on rollers.”

    “Wow, it really does look like a barn door with these rails and stiles.", Norm said.

    “And for this accent wall, we were thinking, shiplap.”

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon September 01, 2023 - 3:32 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/09/01/110990613486060536/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/09/01/110990613486060536/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  2. The corrupt frisco wallet inspector is still funny as hell https://missionlocal.org/2023/08/rodrigo-santos-sentenced-to-prison/

    Rodrigo Santos sentenced to 30 months in prisonThe strange and terrible saga of Rodrigo Santos — the former city official, permit expediter and structural engineer who continued to work Former city official, permit expediter and engineer Rodrigo Santos was today sentenced to federal prisonMission Local
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://missionlocal.org/2023/08/rodrigo-santos-sentenced-to-prison/, "Rodrigo Santos sentenced to 30 months in prison".
    In this image from an FBI affidavit, Rodrigo Santos is accused of altering a check written to “DBI” to read “RoDBIgo Santos.” It was deposited in his Bank of America personal account.
    Figure 2. In this image from an FBI affidavit, Rodrigo Santos is accused of altering a check written to “DBI” to read “RoDBIgo Santos.” It was deposited in his Bank of America personal account.
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 27, 2023 - 7:44 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/27/110963291885721991/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/27/110963291885721991/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  3. Alright, “4321” has my attention, this is lovely

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 27, 2023 - 5:36 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/27/110962788580967653/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/27/110962788580967653/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  4. 18th book of the year: “SPQR”, by Mary Beard

    Wanted to read some history after the last few things. Kept seeing Beard press over the years, saw she has a new book out and grabbed a used copy of her old stuff instead.

    lotta “assassinated for tyranny after proposing social and/or land use reforms” Kermit-confused-face.bmp

    lotta good stuff on how normal people lived

    next up, the most recent Paul Auster, “4321”, cya in like a month or two probably

    the paperback cover as i read it, title over author's name in black serif over white. the font is probably Trajan idk (haha). a crown (of gold laurel?) surrounds the titleINTERNATIONALBESTSELLERSPOR A HISTORYOF ANCIENTROME MARYBEARD'Beard succeeds triumphantly Sunday Times
    Figure 1. the paperback cover as i read it, title over author's name in black serif over white. the font is probably Trajan idk (haha). a crown (of gold laurel?) surrounds the titleINTERNATIONALBESTSELLERSPOR A HISTORYOF ANCIENTROME MARYBEARD'Beard succeeds triumphantly Sunday Times.
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 27, 2023 - 2:28 AM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/27/110959219486550081/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/27/110959219486550081/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  5. Oh, one thing you’ve learned was against your will? must be nice!

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 26, 2023 - 8:20 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/26/110957771708573935/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/26/110957771708573935/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  6. Asleep by 9:15, wake up at 4, mentally review damage taken (doh) and given (oops) yesterday, pad down to the kitchen at 5, turn the lights on as dim as they go, make coffee, start to read scrollback and accruing damage for the day

    get annoyed by the ambient noise the fridge is making, use a smart-switch to power off the fridge, replace it with ambient noise somebody else made, cozy up by the speaker https://schwebung.bandcamp.com/album/radiance

    RADIANCE, by Stephan Mathieu31 track albumSchwebung
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://schwebung.bandcamp.com/album/radiance, "RADIANCE, by Stephan Mathieu".

    kid up at 5:40, we’re watching spiderman and doing the moves :||

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 26, 2023 - 12:45 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/26/110955981987302198/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/26/110955981987302198/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  7. Lol lmao that ‘judgement’ is correctly spelled ‘judgment’ in some uses and visa versa

    c’mon

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 20, 2023 - 3:17 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/20/110922606597185914/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/20/110922606597185914/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  8. 17th book of the year: “The Palm-Wine Drinkard” and “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” by Amos Tutuola ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/303496.The_Palm_Wine_Drinkard_My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts)

    The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of GhostsWhen Amos Tutuola's first novel, The Palm-Wine Drinkard…Goodreads
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/303496.The_Palm_Wine_Drinkard_My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts, "The Palm-Wine Drinkard & My Life in the Bush of Ghosts".

    The story I enjoyed in Black Water 2 was an excerpt from “The Palm-Wine Drinkard” (which is subtitled “and his dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads’ Town)

    I preferred the drinkard because more of the stories in it seem like little self-contained myths. And of course I’m glad to now have a connection back to the Byrne/Eno album that I love.

    current paperback cover of the plam-wine drinkard, and my life in the bush of hosts, flat orange on the top half and a green leaf motif on the bottom half with black text over both and abstract-ish opposing-half paper collage of what looks like an someone’s exquisite-corpse project (you can kinda make out a head on the top half and if that’s a head, maybe a body on the bottom half?)
    Figure 2. current paperback cover of the plam-wine drinkard, and my life in the bush of hosts, flat orange on the top half and a green leaf motif on the bottom half with black text over both and abstract-ish opposing-half paper collage of what looks like an someone’s exquisite-corpse project (you can kinda make out a head on the top half and if that’s a head, maybe a body on the bottom half?)
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 19, 2023 - 6:06 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/19/110917608838805292/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/19/110917608838805292/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  9. Fake-warning “a man recommending a podcast"

    I had intended to stop consuming “the left stays losing" stuff for a bit because it is so g d depressing but https://the-santiago-boys.com is really, really good

    The Santiago BoysThis is a podcast about a continent that dared to dream big - and challenge the power of Big Tech before Big Tech was a thing.the-santiago-boys.com
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://the-santiago-boys.com, "The Santiago Boys".

    hashtags Allende EvgenyMorozov StaffordBeer ThePurposeOfASystemIsWhatItDoes Nixon CIA blah blah

    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 18, 2023 - 1:24 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/18/110910836509794170/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/18/110910836509794170/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.

  10. Very belatedly getting into Unknown Mortal Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-36lCKovBg

    Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffrends (OFFICIAL)Official UMO "Ffunny Ffrends" VideoYouTube
    Figure 1. Link preview of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-36lCKovBg, "Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffrends (OFFICIAL)".
    Posted on Mastodon over three years agoon August 17, 2023 - 7:10 PM and archived here at /mastodon/2023/08/17/110906535981342658/at https://pizza.slow.high.quality.gravely.pizza/mastodon/2023/08/17/110906535981342658/ in the Mastodon collection in both HTML and markdown.
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