mp3_002.

So some time ago I posted an MP3. I think it lasted a few hours. Then I deleted it. And now I am trying again. Maybe it will last longer than a few hours. The one thing this has going for it is that it is a complete song. Not just a clip. Not a final mix by any means though either. But a complete song. Needs a singer. Though I hear his voice in my head. A tenor. Rising higher and higher and louder and louder during the crescendo of a chorus no way I can attempt it. Mostly recorded one night a week or two ago. Finished late tonight because everything of any substance always happens late it seems. Nothing more than a snapshot of something I fumbled on the piano one day a couple of months ago now digitized.

File linked here if the player does not work in some browser or other ...

night sky monopoly.

Yep, it has been a long time since I have played this game. But this new version that we are apparently shooting here in the studio caught my attention ~

I will be purchasing it and playing it. Boardwalk is the Milky Way Galaxy, and Park Place is Andromeda. Now how cool is that?

As a kid, I have memories of playing this and kicking *ss. I also recall my poor mom, who apparently had zero knack for this one (but don't tempt her with a game of Trivial Pursuit) and would constantly lose. As in she could not win. Ever. So she never played again.

Anyways, thought this was fun. If only one of the playing pieces was the JWST (especially since it looks so rad) ...

the climber.

We were browsing the wines at the local Top Food (at which I never shop) on our ever-present quest to find 'The Prisoner' somewhere local without resorting to a trip to Portland (which is never a bad thing and certainly not if for the only reason of picking up a bottle of this most fantastic wine) when I spotted this amongst the selection of reds ~

Who would have thought there would actually be a wine called 'The Climber?' I have not yet broken into it but am expecting it to be fabulous (with that sort of theme it has to be!). Clif Bars and red wines.

Oh, and along those lines–who also would have thought Platypus would make–along with their selection of various hydration products–a wine preserver? I noticed this little contraption when I was at REI the other night picking up last-minute items for a climb that had to be postponed due to crap weather this weekend. Oh well. It was not all in vain.

And one last little note–of all wines, this one should have a screw top.

cheers

a phrygian sky.

The moonlight it was dancing on the waves out on the sea
The stars of heaven hovered in a shimmering galaxy