Random Traffic Through Nick's Brain

It was time. Both were well over 10 years old, and had been unfit for wearing in public for the last 2 years.

One, a Metallica T-Shirt, bought when we had front row tix to their concert at the Montreal Forum. the front always intrigued me. I’ve attempted to get the same photographic effect, to no avail, numerous times. The back, has, for some reason, lost the resonance it once had. Guess I’m getting old (as evidenced by the fact that on the T the other day, we saw an ad that read “You can sleep when you’re 30.”, meh).

The second, a Death t-shirt, from Neil Gaimen’s Sandman universe with the quote “You get what anyone gets, you get a lifetime…” That one still resonates with me… so much so that I’ve been trying, unsuccessfully, to find the same shirt for the past year or two.

Symphony

On Saturday evening, I went to see the symphony. It was Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty in its entirety! Woohoo! The performance was wonderful. I spent most of my time with my eyes closed, chasing various melodies, counterpoints, accompaniments, and instruments through the music in my head. There seemed to be this odd pitter-patter of feet at times coming from up front, and sometimes, when I opened my eyes, there were people dancing to the music up front, but other than that, it was pretty much all you ever wanted from the symphony.

While I was at the symphony, Dina went to see the ballet. I think they were performing Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty.

Linux

First task that’s easier under Linux than WinXP: Scanning. Scanner software crashes under Windows every 2nd scan and requires a reboot before the scanner works again. We were thinking of buying a new scanner, since there are no updates for the software. Under Linux, works like a charm.

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So long, farewell, some-German-word, good-bye

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