Just curious: how many liquor stores can I rob before I get punished? I’m guessing at least 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nThe judge who presided over tRump\u2019s criminal trial, Juan Merchan, issued a sentence of \u201cunconditional discharge\u201d, meaning the president-elect will be released without fine, imprisonment or probation supervision for his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.<\/p>\nThe Guardian<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWoke up grumpy. Too much bad news. So what do we do? In an ocean of bad news, let’s retreat to the untroubled, Tranquil Isle of WLBOTT<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been trying to pull together a 5 part series on Wendy Carlos<\/strong>, the reclusive musician who created Switched On Bach<\/strong> (1968, using the Moog Synthesizer). It has turned out to be much more challenging that I originally thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To give you an example, here’s where today is heading<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n
- Wendy Carlos\n
\n
- Moog Synthesizer (analog)\n
\n
- When was the Integrated Circuit invented? (1958)\n
\n
- What is the densest integrated circuit chip?\n
\n
- What is the world’s largest potato chip?\n
\n
- The Potato Hotel in Rural Idaho\n
\n
- Our Lady of the Potato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Elder UC#1<\/strong> lent his support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNon Carborundum Illegitimi<\/strong>
All of which tends to support the old maxim: \u201cLife sucks, and then you die.\u201d Here\u2019s one of my favorite tunes for occasions like this: