That Aud Smell

Not a binary choice for me. Generally speaking, I don’t mind them. There have been a few situations where I found someone’s use of their phone to be obnoxious. Now, idle conversations on the other hand — those need to stop forever.

To this day -- TO THIS DAY -- I will occasionally, and with no relation to current circumstances, blurt out "me and the Buffalo Sabres, yeah, yeah, yeah."

Calls to mind an apocryphal story that got passed around in middle school: Side 1 of Billy Squier's hit album had a track listing that went Stroke Me, In the Dark, (Cuz) You're My Kind of Lover. Almost but not quite, it turns out.

That must be right - depends on the album. In reflecting on it, I suppose that I'm predisposed to being attracted to LP's that mean or reveal something more as a whole. And it doesn't need to be a concept album in order to qualify (e.g., Quadrophenia, The Wall, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway). Two examples of LP's that, for me, mean or reveal something more when taken as a whole: Moving Pictures (Rush), It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy).

The important thing for me is how a great LP is bigger than the sum of its parts — it’s a single piece of (musical) art when taken together. Individual songs can mean more, mean different things in the context of the Long Play.

Overwhelmingly, I think. I have this ongoing game with my youngest, who now drives the first leg of the morning commute. He's the driver, so he runs the audio. He has a Spotify playlist that he likes for the morning drive. That playlist includes songs that I know and like. I then suggest that he listen to the entire album on which the song appears -- especially for songs where the LP is a really good one (example, Santeria by Sublime). He just has no interest, as far as I can tell. (For my own part, I do not subscribe to a streaming service. If I want have a song or LP, I buy it.)

wtf though - seriously.

Yo - let's put some respect on the name of yeast culture too. Bread and beer!

Hear, hear.

I've heard multiple NBA players say that, at the end of the day, playing good defense is almost entirely about effort, commitment, and focus. That's basketball. I wonder if it's essentially the same in pro hockey. that is an 80-point team. (unless they bring in real coaches and somehow get the special teams humming.)

Posts like this make me happy. Thanks for reading my character sketch. And thanks for finding THE perfect screenshot to capture the spirit of the thing. What a performance that was by Macy. Man, chill with that. Also, I think you're mostly missing @Sidc3000's original point on this issue. That's how I read your concern as originally stated. And it squared with my memory of reading about Quinn's account of his achilles injury -- and how I was less than pleased with the implication that he may have been engaged in some super fitness frolic of his own creation (or the creation of one of his buddies from Cobden).

Working out on his own, if memory serves. I also seem to recall him acknowledging that he was probably trying to do too much, or words to that effect. Maybe the question is whether the team properly monitors and prescribes what their players are doing in terms of offseason workouts? It's mean and maybe a little unfair, but fuggit: I cannot stand how stupid he looks, how idiotic he consistently comes off. He's the worst kind of dummy there is, imo. A guy who reads the right self-help books, internalizes all the right buzz words, learns the cadence and speech patterns of people who know what the funk they're doing, concludes that he's smart and an top of sh1t ... but, in practical terms, is a blundering buffoon.

Lol - how's Grier doing?

I need to watch it. And yet ... I need to pick a time where I'm up to the challenge. Oof. Maybe I'll pick a bright sunny day in late May to tune in. The block feature is your friend. My experience here has improved from judicious use of it.