Thanks! There's a framed Tom Waits opposite the Beefheart. You can see it in the tour of my listening room vid.

Nearly every framed piece in the room is a custom print I either designed or printed.

Inb4 hawk's anti-waits rant.

nah. I'm not going there here. Journals are sort of a personal space.

Respect.

I'm trying to learn it.

Celebrating my Birthday Proper
 

Today I turned 35. I'm of the Lucky Ones - those born at the cusp of the digital age where we were children of the 80s who played outside and performed other "analog" activities, but who also grew up with the internet, vintage gaming, coding, and the birth of mobile tech.

I decided to celebrate my 35th like a proper 80s child - by building a blanket fort and playing board games inside with my fiance. She also gifted me my favorite Fisher Price Little People from the Sesame Street playset - Grover and Roosevelt Franklin! I'll have a blast getting the rest of the band back together in the year ahead.

The fort:

http://i.imgur.com/SsxeDk6l.jpg

The gift:

http://i.imgur.com/M35RNqpl.jpg

And a selfie of the 80s child at 35:

http://i.imgur.com/iLkIEObl.jpg

Happy birthday to me!

Awesome! Happy belated birthday dude!

Trying to resist.....

Trying......

Ugh....

**** it.

Way to unsubtle the reference.

:) I thought it smelled funny.

BECOMING BRITISH: Day 1
 

After receiving a box of Great British Tea and a tin of assorted biscuits from a friend overseas I began to ask myself why I was repeatedly subjecting myself to weak generic American mud coffee day after day. As of late, I've found myself watering down the coffee as much as I can and diluting it with Almond Milk. I then further mask its taste by dumping in an excessive amount of sugar. What the Great British Tea quickly revealed to me is that all this time I've been trying to make my coffee taste like tea!

Today I replaced my 3 daily cups of discount shop work-day coffee with a few cups of black tea with cream and a tiny dash of sugar. Almost instantly, my usual anxiety subsided, my pace slowed, and I found myself enjoying the tea instead of pouring coffee down my throat.

But something important was missing from this first day of making the switch. And that was the accompanying proper English biscuit. Thankfully, our area Wegmans had an Emergency English Kit in stock in their international section. Now I'm ready to perform the sacred ritual as it should be.

http://i.imgur.com/VNyYU6sl.jpg

I've always wanted to try these http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...3180200771.jpg