Monthly Archives: January 2016

12 of 12, January 2016 edition

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The 12 of 12 Challenge was created by Chad Darnell and picked up by a number of random bloggers who linked back to him and vice versa. Chad stopped doing the 12 of 12 Challenge in December 2011, but passed the torch to someone who [sadly] hasn’t been keeping up with it. I am giving my shout-out to Blobby of Blobby’s Blog as he is the one who initially inspired me to do the Challenge, and he still does.

This is my 49th “12 of 12.” A Tuesday. A day off. And a day I wasn’t looking forward to. Well, I was, but I wasn’t.

Backstory: On New Years Eve eve, I had a chunk of molar (#3) break off while eating–of all things–oatmeal. No dentists anywhere could get me in that day to extract it as most were on holiday. I called down the list in the phone book. Two different dentists were able to get me in–one that evening, and one the next morning–but as I found out while with them, neither of them extract teeth any longer. WTF? What the hell kind of dentist doesn’t extract teeth? Both of them wanted to refer me to oral surgeons to have it extracted. Seriously? What kind of shenanigans is this? Here I was in pain, and they don’t pull teeth.

The pain was manageable for the most part (my liver probably isn’t happy with that quantity of ibuprofen), so I more or less suffered up until this point. I was able to get in yesterday to see this dentist, and said he would/could pull it, but he wanted to start me on antibiotics first. So after a day of that, today was the day for the extraction.

Which didn’t go so well, so today’s pictures aren’t that… inspiring.

All pictures were taken with my iPhone 6.

9:40 AM: The antibiotic and ibuprofen the dentist prescribed for me. And my checklist to make sure I took them.
9:40 AM: The antibiotic and ibuprofen the dentist prescribed for me. And my checklist to make sure I took them.

10:47 AM: milli looking out of the front window into something either in the yard or down at the road.
10:47 AM: milli looking out of the front window into something either in the yard or down at the road.
11:35 AM: The Husbear outside playing with Luna and her tire rope. She will play with that thing until she's too tired to move. He's actually wearing his gym workout clothes, but decided to put a robe on instead of his jacket for whatever reason.
11:35 AM: The Husbear outside playing with Luna and her tire rope. She will play with that thing until she’s too tired to move. He’s actually wearing his gym workout clothes, but decided to put a robe on instead of his jacket for whatever reason.
1:00 PM: One of several food shows I liked to watch when we had DirecTV. I recently discovered the Food Network channel on our Roku. I can play catch up now.
1:00 PM: One of several food shows I liked to watch when we had DirecTV. I recently discovered the Food Network channel on our Roku. I can play catch up now.
1:03 PM: milli looking at whatever milli is looking at.
1:03 PM: milli looking at whatever milli is looking at.
1:50 PM: Waiting for the dentist. The Husbear had to drive me.
1:50 PM: Waiting for the dentist. The Husbear had to drive me.
2:06 PM: Instruments of torture, in sunlight.
2:06 PM: Instruments of torture, in sunlight.
2:40 PM: It's a gas. I paid extra for the gas. Because I DON'T like going to the dentist.
2:40 PM: It’s a gas. I paid extra for the gas. Because I DON’T like going to the dentist.
3:14 PM: So much blood. It took about 20 minutes for the molar to be extracted. After a bunch of yanking and tugging, it just wouldn't budge. So the dentist sliced it in thirds (I can still smell the burning bone) and yanked each piece. Of which some broke. And apparently some of my gum with it. If you think that bib is bloody, you should have seen all the instruments and gauze laying out.
3:14 PM: So much blood. It took about 20 minutes for the molar to be extracted. After a bunch of yanking and tugging, it just wouldn’t budge. So the dentist sliced it in thirds (I can still smell the burning bone) and yanked each piece. Of which some broke. And apparently some of my gum with it. If you think that bib is bloody, you should have seen all the instruments and gauze laying out.
3:44 PM: Luna watching the Husbear head up to the barn to feed the animals. Before we put that bench there for her, from the outside she looked like Kilroy.
3:44 PM: Luna watching the Husbear head up to the barn to feed the animals. Before we put that bench there for her, from the outside she looked like Kilroy.
4:11 PM: Luna kept sneaking closer and closer and closer to my mouth to smell. And lick. *gross*
4:11 PM: Luna kept sneaking closer and closer and closer to my mouth to smell. And lick. *gross*
5:08 PM: The molar hole. Which is still bleeding. A lot. And the gums don't look too happy either.
5:08 PM: The molar hole. Which is still bleeding. A lot. And the gums don’t look too happy either.
Baker's Dozen: 6:22 PM: milli and Luna sleeping on my legs. Which I can no longer feel at that point. milli is slowly letting Luna get closer to her.
Baker’s Dozen: 6:22 PM: milli and Luna sleeping on my legs. Which I can no longer feel at that point. milli is slowly letting Luna get closer to her.

I would have taken more pictures, but trust me, they’re just from me sitting on the couch…

Until next time...
Erik

Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 6:32 pm

Luna was either tired of lying next to me, or the stove is warmer. Or maybe in the case of this illness, less warm.

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Luna was either tired of lying next to me, or the stove is warmer. Or maybe in the case of this illness, less warm.
Luna was either tired of lying next to me, or the stove is warmer. Or maybe in the case of this illness, less warm. #fauna #undertheweather

Hi-Fi Friday: January 8, 2016

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I guess I kind of picked out the music theme for the month. Hopefully Blobby agrees with it. At some point in a previous discussion, he brought up the idea of popular artists doing old timey music. I love old timey music. Well, I guess it depends on who is defining old timey music. Or if you’re a Doctor Who fan, old timey wimey music. I enjoy listening to music from the 1920s to the 1950s. To me that’s old timey music. So I’ll be focusing on songs by modern artists who have more-or-less either covered or been inspired by a song from that time zone. Hopefully Blobby will be able to run with this. Hopefully I will as well.

I’m kind of going out on a limb with this one: it’s a cover, done by a modern artist, but in a old timey style. Granted, most of what this band does is this style. But still. So I’m going with it. Blobby can flog me if I’m wrong.

I’m speaking of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. I think I have most of the stuff they’ve done. Which is probably just as well, because of my love of modern covers AND old timey music. Screw Reese’s cups!

I had a challenge narrowing down a song selection from them for today, because they’re seriously all that good. Especially if you know the song that’s being covered. (And they’re pretty darn good too if you don’t know it!)

So I went with one that makes me feel like I’m walking down Main Street, USA at Disney. There’s a certain musical memory/sensation that gets evoked when I hear the just right combo of sound and instruments and for whatever reason it takes me back there. And oddly enough, this song would probably be the LAST thing one would hear at Disney. But it’s the “feel” of it that reminds me of it. Something almost ragtime-y.

They could have left out the part at 1:48 – 2:06, because that’s the only part of the song that really doesn’t feel like it fits the rest of the song. The rest of the song has that ragtime feel to it, with the exception of that part. And the close out goodbye at the end of the song. But I didn’t write it. I can crop it though!

I present Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox version of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”:

How can you not like it? Now go buy his stuff! Or at least listen to some of it. I left the playlist option enabled in the YouTube video so you can check out more of his stuff.

Until next time...
Erik

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 8:58 pm

Oooooo…. methinks someone in marketing snuck a funny through!

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Oooooo.... methinks someone in marketing snuck a funny through!
Oooooo…. methinks someone in marketing snuck a funny through!

Hi-Fi Friday: January 1, 2016

Audiophallic,

Happy 2016 to anyone crazy enough to still be around and reading this! Hopefully if you celebrated the calendar change, you did it without painful repercussions.

I guess I kind of picked out the music theme for the month. Hopefully Blobby agrees with it. At some point in a previous discussion, he brought up the idea of popular artists doing old timey music. I love old timey music. Well, I guess it depends on who is defining old timey music. Or if you’re a Doctor Who fan, old timey wimey music. I enjoy listening to music from the 1920s to the 1950s. To me that’s old timey music. So I’ll be focusing on songs by modern artists who have more-or-less either covered or been inspired by a song from that time zone. Hopefully Blobby will be able to run with this. Hopefully I will as well.

I’ll start with off with a selection from Christina Aguilera. Her 2006 double album “Back to Basics” was very much a throwback to songs from that era. Or at least songs that felt like they could belong in that era. Well, many of the songs were. There were definitely some very modern songs as well.

For my first theme selection this month, I present “I Got Trouble”:

Definitely not something one would expect from a modern pop artist. I’m not sure how well her following received the album as a whole either. But there were quite a few selections from it that I liked, and all fit that old timey wimey feel.

Timey wimey.

Until next time...
Erik