Tuesday, January 5, 2010

COLD WEATHER BODY CURL

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rodents, dogs, cats and snakes....well, just about all that can.....curl up when the cold winds blow....Bunnie's in fluffball mode today....and will probably put in around 20 hours of zzzz's.....I awakened this morning, after a long sleep, curled up and slept another couple of hours......instinct, I surmise. I think I'll take a nap....Bunnie makes it look so inviting.....

McINTOSH

No...not a computer..... In 1963, as a college freshman, I visited Nicolson's Audio in Nashville, where I was "blown out of my mind" by the sound of an amplifier that, even though it cost more than I could make in 3 months of work at my summer job, typing punch cards for Univac Computers, was as close to audio heaven as I could imagine......I had just upgraded from a General Electric portable "stereo" with drop down turntable and fold out speakers and thought that I was "with it".....but left Nicholsons's with a new obsession.....AUDIO! My compromise was, initially, a build-it-from-kit Dynaco system that I spent hours and hours soldering together....however, the sound of the McIntosh has always lingered.....Today, I noticed an old McIntosh that had been in active service all these years.....for sale on EBAY.....I wonder....will it outshine my modern, high-tech system, with it's 50 watts per channel amps and 40 year old circuits?

Inzaffirio by Vito Paternoster