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I actually had plenty of spare bulbs for this season but, fear not my friend. We have a resource: http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/c9-frosted-christmas-lights-bulbs--452.htm They even sell the stringers buy the foot and by the roll too!

Rockin the C-9 lights again this season. I know they're wasteful as hell but i love 'em.

True. But I love these lists cause it allows slackers like me to catch up on all the stuff I've missed. So far, the releases from Girls , Malkmus+Jicks , Fucked Up, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Waits come to mind as favorites. Although there's probably something as good as any of those I'm leaving out and will remember 10 minutes after this post.

NR:

Hills like white Elephants is totally beautiful and flows with a slow poetic rhythm. One of the better/best Hemingway short stories for certain.

Of late: $5 first edition second printing. First time revisiting this since late childhood. Next:

NP: In regular heavy rotation at the moment.

NP: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Digging this. A lot!

Hey: Saw these guys on Fallon the other night and dug them. Your overall thoughts on this record?? NP:

And that's exactly why I chose it for the text I recently had tattooed on my left, inside forearm.

It's true. But, still..."fun". Tahoma, for a long time. Now I'm into the classic serifs of Times New Roman.

That was fun. But the kid getting punched in the stomach was definitely not LaMont Chu and the little girl didn't exactly pull off the Belorussian look of Ann Kittenplan.

Vibes to you: I tore my Right Achilles probably twelve or thirteen years ago in a pick-up game of basketball at a work event where we were visiting a local gym. I was a heavy runner at the time and it kinda devastated me psychologically for a bit. They ( my surgeon and Physical Therapists) started me on PT surprisingly quickly. It was a solid year before I felt strong enough to run/train with others again and a full two before I felt I was back to where I’d been before.

In regards to Vonnegut, don't skip "Bluebeard", lighter fare maybe, but still really good. NR:

A brilliant book. A horrible choice to take on a vacation! God it's bleak. Just finished Infinite Jest again yesterday. I lost track of where I was ( easy enough considering the number of pages at the back of the book dedicated to footnotes/errata). The last line literally snuck up on me. Now I'm left feeling a little lost. Something by Martin Amis will probably be next....

Recently: Paul Murry's Skippy Dies Rick Bragg's All over but the shoutin' Jennifer Eagan's A Visit from the Goon Squad Now: I didn't allow myself to be exposed to any of it's content until now and I'm really enjoying it. It's nice to hear that voice again.

I honestly don’t see TKOL as being all that terribly boring. I know I’ve said it dozens of times, here and elsewhere, Amnesiac is my favorite Radiohead album. So, there’s that, again. Because I agree this record is very reminiscent of that one I'm going to be biased toward it. Somewhat. I downloaded TKOL Friday (finally got around to it) and had it spinning in the background most of the weekend along w/Amnesiac and In Rainbows ( in the context of the comparison in the “what have you done for me lately” school of thought). Here’s a few impressions. “Bloom” Staccato beats, marching feet

Electric= Boomers in 10s & 11s And

Earth Opera

I'm only about a hundred and thirty pages in at this point....This is pretty fun so far.

Christmas comes early this year.