magic can happen

When it turns it turns. Don't worry, i didn't win the lottery (I hear you have to actually buy a ticket to do that) or an iPod. But stuff is good.

Tonight was awesome.

Not stress free but successful and really good.

Picked up Farmer Willies for my step father (the Resin loving double IPA all day guy) and he loved em.

Picked up food for dinner, totally grand slam, simple but nailed the flavors and combinations (due in huge part to suggestions and what not from my youngest).

Wrapping up a shit wrapped day dealing with an insanely expensive repair of scope we would normally have under service contract but the vendor decided they couldn't do that anymore and well no more contract, time and materials only, parts if available.  Talk about pushing you into new tech, eh?  I mean I'd love new tech but we don't have $250-750k laying around (basic up to replacement level).

So biggest stress about this scope going down is that it is part of the class... 8/12 have been trained on it and are primed to use it, no idea when it will be back up again and they have a lab report to do.

SHOP TALK ZZZZZZ

rattling in brain.

Also - realized the other day, i haven't been asking the 'experts' as many questions lately (these last couple years), but i can't go a day without a tough question or 10...  it is kind of boastful to mention it but kind of is a recognition that, shit, maybe i'm getting close to the top of the pile, and the ability to synthesize and process info and retain and then explain in a dozen different ways until someone gets it is somewhat fucking fluid.

But then shit I've been doing this shit for a while, kind of expect it? No?

anyway... sorting this out, trying to weasel time on the insanely popular and in demand LSM 800...  i realized... HFS we've got a kick as confocal stuck on top of our MPE (2 photon). Not used so much at the moment (I just bought a $500 piece of glass, 32mm in diameter that hopefully will change it). And boom, we're a week behind, but I think we can make it work. The students are amazing, and it will be a good test/stretch for me too.  because i am not challenged enough with problems. Esp this week. So boring. The boringest of all weeks.

Also, because I picked up food on the way home, there was no room in the backpack for the flask of plenty. I may make an attempt to pick it up tomorrow and try and bring it to the RdR. We'll see. Up in the air. Honestly may be best not to ride around with a handle of booze in a flask, or it could literally be the best thing.

On the fence about the jumpsuit too.

We've got tomorrow to decide.

An early day, oldest kid is doing ACTs, i'm building bikes, shuttling to art show, looking at other ranges and prices and maybe ordering the one I saw yesterday.  I could cook tonight but no oven and the stove top lighting with matches was fine until I turned a burner off and needed to turn it back on again very quickly after, DOH!

And Tonight was kind of musical. Somehow Magical Strings Galloping Gurdy song reminded E of a Heart song...  Well then I had to cue up...

https://youtu.be/2u-PjvRyr0I

(you can figure the links out yeah?)

Philip started talking about Clapton guitar influences... and the first line of the first song from Cream (Bitches Brew) ....

so i played two versions back to back...  starting with this one:
https://youtu.be/rj4J6i_vw0w

Harrison's kid...  solid but almost unremarkable, also that goddamn muppet Winwood eh?  Clapton is a fucking genius btw...

But I only played that one so i could make everyone listen to the same song again:
https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y

and WORTH IT...  yes, validation, Prince is beyond reproach and from a pro, who was inspired by Winwood and Clapton and Zepplin esp the opening riff of the first Zep album, to say that? validating.

Still kind of fucking sucks that he's dead. Fucking sucks when the best of the best die, but we all die. We just rarely know when.

But it was pretty fucking awesome to share some tunes with them, some amazing performances they've never seen, then to dance and play more music on the devices from random youtube videos that all linked from the thread...  okay fine...  I played Blind Faith's Can't find my way home. It is a pretty fucking awesome bit of music.

And yes, the time at the desk sorting problems and everything, I listened to Fugazi station again, nothing worked but fuck it. In the end I found a solution. It seems sometimes I always do, even if i fret and worry about not seeing it coming.

mostly I think i don't have a choice...  i have to find a solution to all the problems faced, we all do? right?

It will be what it will be and I'm gonna try and get some fucking sleep, next couple days are maybe going to be awesome but, good g'damn it ain't gonna be restful.

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