Welcome to my brain. It’s messy. It’s interesting. And it’s all connected if you stick around long enough. "Believe Nothing: no matter who said it, even if I have said it, except it agree with your own reason and common sense. Siddhartha Guatamo, the Buddha.

Something good to talk about, (No Poli-ticks, pinkie swear!)

My Mac Dealer is the BEST!!!    These aren’t new MacBooks, but ones he refurbishes.    AND with a warranty, that he has honored the once.  

My current Mac is on the fritz: the video card is starting to fail and use it, I end up with headaches from the screen flashing between white and babyblue randomly.    Nothing that can be done about it: Driver updates didn’t change anything, its something internal and hardwear.

So I contacted Johney and asked what he had available.   First thing out his mouth was ‘whats wrong with the one you have?’.    He knows his Macs.   We played with it a bit, but no, its dying.   

Replacement (I’m out of that two year warranty) for $200, several KEY upgrades from 500Gb SSD, 16Gb ram, an i7 processor and much more up-to-date OS (not the most recent but Johney says ‘that version bogs this machine down, go faster with Ventura,,,’

He had two machines on hand, and is going through both and will send me the ‘better of the two’,,,   And I can pay him then.

Dood ROCKS.    He’s even loading my programs that I use: Vellum, Grammerly, Scrivner (I need to dig up my license number for that’un, since I did buy the lifetime,,, ) and Garage band.    

Garage band? you ask?

Yup.   Garage band.   Digital mixing console and editing tool for audio.   Old Retired sound-dood; You think I don’t keep stuff like that around?   LOL.    AND,  I have been toying with the idea of a doing a once week Podcast and let y’uns hear my ‘Radio Voice’.    I may not have a face for TV, but I DO have a voice for radio.   Too bad that radio has turned into a nearly bygone thing.(everyone went VLOG like Joe Rogan and Tucker.   We slowly spiral away from written word, and it saddens me to no end.   I’m not serious about it yet, but I do think this blog needs some evolution, and I kinda sorta need something different to do.   (IF, I do this, I will put up transcripts along with the cast; for those readers that prefer written over aubible.   And I will still post regular blogging posts.  This will be more ‘feeling things out’ experimentation.

Its been a long time since I did a monologue into a microphone,,,,     Heck, the last time I did anything ‘radio’ was when I was making the commercials for the nightclub I did entertainment production for: when I was running the ‘Battle of the Burbs’ band competition,,  Way back-when in 2001!!!!     (that lead to my getting hired by L&C and touring,,,)   This might be FUN!!!

More laters,,, Keep your ears on, heads on swivels, things are still sporky since last week, and we haven’t been given the new distraction yet.

L,L,L,L,L

6 responses

  1. You’ve likely heard it since long ago and a many a time, but…

    “Why do sound guys only count to two?”

    “They want people to lift on three!”

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    September 17, 2025 at 7:18 am

  2. Spud's avatar
    Spud

    The next big thing ??
    Perhaps 3 eye Atlas
    Vs Swan.

    When the government shuts down all official sources , my mind goes into direct bs mode detection.

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    September 17, 2025 at 7:43 am

    • Ive been eyeballing it, but so far my BS meter is reading high, so hadnt said nuttin’. Could be anything, could be aliens, could be planet killer, could be sparkly unicorns with skittles poo.
      Watching, ‘s’all I can do

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      September 17, 2025 at 8:41 am

  3. Unknown's avatar
    Anonymous

    Do that podcast if that is what’s in your heart. Always follow your instincts. And I will tune in at least once to hear your radio voice. Do you sound like Mike Rowe? 😊. Thank you for including a transcript for those of us that prefer the written word. Best of luck in your endeavors.

    Sammi

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    September 17, 2025 at 10:30 pm

  4. Jay's avatar
    Jay

    Do it Dio! I love to listen to “spoken content” during my many hours of commuting during the week, but there hasn’t been anything new or interesting lately. You’ve got a 100% chance of gaining at least 1 listener!

    I love to read blogs, absolutely, but I’m spending 10-12 hours a week behind the wheel and if I don’t listen to SOMETHING the little voices in my head take over and I can’t have that!

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    September 18, 2025 at 2:12 pm

    • I know ALL ABOUT the little voices!!! Try living b on this hill in winter with almost no social feedback.

      Like

      September 18, 2025 at 2:15 pm