In-Between Days Bob Fosse Number

Happy Christmas

Stoicism Sucks - Caught Up

This from Art Chad...



Because I have long felt that Stoicism is about the last thing anyone should be following. It's taking life advice from Elon Musk or Francois Arnault. No. Just. No.

Three Ways of Going From Bond Street to Liverpool Street

This from Jago Hazzard...

   

Because, you know, Jago Hazzard.

The Guitar As Precision Instrument

This from Dylan Talks Tone...

   

It's as geeky as can be got. But listen carefully as he tells you he is making adjustments of 1 or 2 thousandths of an inch to get the guitar set up so it sounds right. And you didn't think a guitar was a precision instrument. But it is.

Catch-up - Scott Eilers on High-Funcitoning Depression

Well, here I am on Christmas Eve, listening to an old Miles Davis recording via Qobuz, with four blog entries to catch up on. I have been doing constructive things with the Helix and the Katana, but I've learned not to write about that too quickly, lest I start up the next day and think "WTF how is that a good tone". And I've been jotting away on various subjects, but nothing that's fit to print at the moment.

So...

This from Scott Eilers...



Hey, it's December, it's cold, it's grey, I'm 70, and we have possibly the most incompetent Government since the last one which was that bad. At least Rishi wanted out of the Lockdowns, whereas Starmer would still have us locked down now if he could.

Mid-Morning November Fog in Richmond Park

This new lens is working out really well, as is the change of film simulation. But nothing beats some fog to smooth out the light and make mundane views look magical.