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Quality Control

I still remember when I bought Jurassic 5’s album Quality Control. I had never heard of Jurassic 5 before, but it was the year 2000 and one of the things you did in the 90s and 2000s is look at the weekly ads to see what new music releases were coming out that week. This was prime CD era when Target and Best Buy dedicated aisles upon aisles of their store to physical media. I remember looking through Best Buy’s ad one Sunday to see what new music was coming out that Tuesday (yes, friends, new music used to come out on Tuesdays). In the ad that Sunday, for only $6.99, was Quality Control.

Quality Control album artwork from the group Jurassic 5

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Now playing: Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

A vinyl record player is spinning with an album cover of a group titled Jurassic 5 Quality Control displayed behind it.
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My dad and I were talking about bad umpires and I could not remember Bucknor’s name for some reason. This is hilarious. First result when searching “bad umpire”.

A search results page displays information about C.B. Bucknor, a Jamaican baseball umpire, along with links to articles discussing the worst MLB umpires.
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Old blog imported into Pure Blog. Pretty quick and easy.

A dashboard displays various blog statistics, including the current version, number of published posts, days since last post, and detailed posting activity over the years.
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I knew WordPress had become bloated over the years. I didn’t realize how bad until I stared downloading and deleting all the files from an old, but up to date, site. I don’t think I’m going to regret replacing it with something much lighter.

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I’ve been playing around with Pure Blog a bit. I may wind up using it on an old blog that I only keep up for archival purposes. There’s no need to keep WordPress running on a blog I never post to anymore. Or I could just delete the old blog.

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Ducks and baby birds.

A pair of ducks is walking on a paved surface behind a metal fence, with grass visible in the foreground.A bird's nest with a baby bird is perched on a wooden beam under a roof.

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Using a bunch of the Artemis II photos as my wallpaper on rotation.

A computer screen displays a system settings menu focused on choosing a moon and Earth-themed wallpapers from the Artemis II NASA mission
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Now playing: Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold

A yellow vinyl record labeled Atmosphere is playing on a turntable, with its cover displayed behind it.
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Went through some old pictures my grandma had. Found this throwback. I look like I should be headlining at Go Bananas in Cincinnati.

A young boy with crossed arms smiles in front of a red brick background.
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Bob Mortimer is so funny and his constant stumping of David Mitchell on Would I Lie to You is some of the best TV. Enjoy a compilation of Bob’s stories.

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Now Playing: Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer

A vinyl record titled A Long Hot Summer by Masta Ace is on a turntable, with its album cover depicting a person sitting on steps holding a book.
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If Disclosure Day happened in real life, I’m 100% certain that the people who enjoy running would turn out to be undercover aliens.

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Now Playing: Oneirology by Cunninlynguists.

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Me: Hey Siri, time for work (waits for scene to kick in).

Siri: now playing Bullet by Hollywood Undead.

Me: 🫪

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Trying out Calendars as a Fantastical replacement. I was a user of the app a long time ago before it was subscription. Interested to see how the modern version will work for me.

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I think I’m done with Fantastical. The widgets, which I rely on for meetings, never work anymore. I have a meeting in 15 minutes. You wouldn’t know that looking at my watch, which says No Items Today.

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There’s an old theater in St. Charles called the St. Andrews Theater. I’ve only seen one movie there, Curly Sue, some 35 years ago, when it was a dollar theater and before I lived in St. Charles. Discovered tonight it was an Arthur Theater at one point, which was the chain owned by my uncle’s family

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Flea apparently plays the trumpet and put out a jazz album. What is this world?

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Red shouldered hawk.

A bird is perched on a bare tree branch against a clear blue sky.A bird is flying off from the branches of a tree against a clear blue sky.A bird is perched on the branches of a tree with a clear blue sky in the background.A hawk is perched on a branch amidst trees with budding leaves against a clear blue sky.