dammit Chloe

Another hard week.

They are all hard now.

I am intent on sloth this weekend. I need it.

Binge watching

By the time this blog is posted I should have received

my latest Walkman acquisition a Sony Sports Walkman WM-F45.

AM/FM cassette player.

I also ordered a matching set of yellow ear buds.

The world is fast running out of working, affordable, used Walkman cassette players.

I purchase one whenever and where ever i find them.

This Sports model Walkman 
first marketed in 1988 was water resistant-not water proof,
and contained the high quality D-33 tape machinery within. 

I am planning on using this model while painting/working 

around the house in retirement.
I did not want to subject my more pristine Walkman's to possibly being 
paint splattered or damaged.
The result will be 

an old guy listening to old tunes on an old machine staggering around an old house.

Anything that was good enough to bathe with Julia Roberts in the 80's

is good enough for me.

My most recent, cool to me, site i discovered by
accident on the Net is the blog
Minimally Minimal.
go here

Focusing as the name implies on
beautiful but minimalism design theory, I have been working
my way through viewing and enjoying the entries.

This blog is surely not for everyone.
However if you have an interest in product design, 
food, travel, and appreciate beautiful photography
you should peruse this blog.

I have a tendency to expect poor service and inaccuracy 
in navigating current American standards
when attempting to accomplish a necessary activity.
The department of motor vehicles of any state or TSA at any airport
would be a perfect example of war with the stupid.

This week I was amazed at the actual competency
of the Social Security Administration when signing in
for the program to begin for both of us in Feb. of 2015.
Our assigned person was excellent, competent, willing
and the process was completed quickly and without undue pain.
The complete opposite of what i imagined would be the case.
I congratulate them for a job well done.

"If everyone is thinking alike,

then someone isn't thinking."

George Patton