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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • The general rule of thumb with beats is the first beat is always down and the last beat is up, and right before up is to go to out. So 4/4 would be down, in, out, up. 3/4 would be down, out, up. 2/4 would be down and out in one swing, up. 7/4 would be down, in, in, in, in, out, up. These are not usually strictly followed, but it’s a general guideline.




  • I don’t have a single favourite, but a few recent favourites, from my current favourite artist, Jesse Welles:

    “I still don’t know what living costs, but I can tell you what I spent”

    “A bird in its cage loves the song that it sings”

    “As the golden rod fades and short are the days, I wish I could pause ‘em somehow”

    “I can see a light at the end of the tunnel, then again it could be the train”

    He’s got a ton of great political lyrics too but I felt that would be better in a different comment or post. Check him out, especially his two newest albums (Masks Off and Devil’s Den).





  • Elder Scrolls games are the obvious pick, but they’re obvious for a reason. This is basically their whole deal. I found Skyrim to be especially good at this, even though I’d consider Oblivion to be the better game. I have about 5600 hours in Skyrim and less than 1000 in Oblivion despite preferring Oblivion, so that should say something about how easy it is to get lost in the world of Skyrim.

    Fallout games will be similar to Elder Scrolls in that regard. Bethesda really is just good at that.

    Elden Ring for sure, especially if you’re good at the game. I usually suck at video games but I’m surprisingly decent at soulslikes for some reason, and I just found hanging out in the world of Elden Ring and especially its DLC to be super immersive. If you keep dying over and over it might not be as engaging though.





  • You can get a small electric kettle for less than $20 that boils water extremely efficiently every time. Just add water, flick a switch, then it’ll click off when it’s done. Probably the easiest thing in the world and uses the least amount of energy. Plus depending on your glassware/vessel, you run a risk of the glass breaking when you microwave it. I’m not sure how likely it is, but I know it’s a possibility.

    Not trying to convince you to switch, just pointing out the reasons for using a kettle. Do whatever works for you.




  • The first time Bob Dylan brought out an electric guitar would be cool to be a part of, if nothing more than to see everyone freaking out (mostly booing and throwing stuff on stage, I believe).

    Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, if I don’t have to be a prisoner there. Maybe I can be a guard or something for a day.

    The first show of Pink Floyd’s original The Wall tour.

    Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged (any of them).

    Not really historical yet but any and every Jesse Welles concert I’ve missed so far. I’ve only seen him once so far and regret missing his first show close to me but plan to see him every time he comes nearby going forward, so long as I can afford it. Thankfully he’s not big enough yet for super expensive tickets, when I saw him the tickets were for a very reasonable price. It would be nice if he could go to some smaller cities or towns close by though, I hate big cities.

    For classical, I’d absolutely love to see Horowitz performing Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto (Op. 30) with LSO/Coates in 1930. It’s my favourite recording of my favourite classical piece of music, but the audio quality is awful. Rachmaninoff was actually a friend of Horowitz and attended the show, and said that performance was the closest he had heard to what he had in his head when writing the piece. It was even closer to his original idea than what Rachmaninoff himself had done, and I believe Rachmaninoff stopped playing it live afterward, saying it had already been perfected and gave Horowitz his personal blessing to perform it on his behalf (not that he needed permission, but it was more symbolic than anything).