Random Notes

• I really hate the words, "Assembly Required." But I do have to admit to a certain macho satisfaction once the assembly is completed. Even if I happen to have a few unused parts left over. Why can't I just take the floor model?
• Now I know what it must have been like for my parents to walk into a record store around 1968. So many titles these days that I've never heard of. I feel out-of-touch looking at much of the new vinyl out there. Someone needs to create a device that has every recording ever produced, loaded on it and that can be sampled by entering the CD or vinyl album's bar code number ..... and that automatically updates itself wirelessly (and through no effort of my own), each new release Tuesday. Oh and a it would be nice if said device would play wireless full stereo sound  in my ears, (and that only the device owner could hear), minus the use of ear buds or headphones.
• Seems like even if you were engaging in nepotism, you'd hope for and expect a little bit of positive production from the favored person.
• 75 is the new 105!! Degrees that is. Anything over 70 feels too warm for me. And anything under 60, too cold!!
• After a week and at least a half dozen bouts with Adam and Eve type temptation, I can decidedly say that I'm committed to keeping my latest mid-year resolution ..... Not to eat in the car!! 
• An example of poor planning by a local merchant ..... A used book store with very few used books. Add the lack of available seating for customers. People don't want to stand and read, at least not for long. Seating says, "Come on in. Enjoy yourself. Stay awhile."