551: Life Is for Using

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English - October 19, 2021 19:30 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratings
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DISCUSSED: Your hosts talk about music, Apple Watch, and getting out of your kid's way. Also: life and MacBooks Pro.

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Michael Penn - Try - YouTube
Michael Penn – Try Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
I would choose to accuse you
Strike the fire
Issue a decree
Ask you why
Watch you take the fifth as I
Give you the third degree
Michael Penn: Try (Video 1997) - Reference View - IMDb
Music video for Michael Penn's 'Try', shot by Paul Thomas Anderson and other cast and crew from 'Boogie Nights' in a single take in the longest hall-way in North America.
Exile from Dongletown – Six Colors
Under the Radar - Relay FM
From development and design to marketing and support, Under the Radar is all about independent app development. It's never longer than 30 minutes.
2022 Apple Hardware Calendar by Stephen Hackett — Kickstarter
A custom wall calendar for Apple nerds, featuring important dates concerning the company's various hardware products.
Merlin's Wisdom (Draft)
An admittedly ambitious project to document as much of the best life stuff I've figured out in one place. A work in progress.
Children of Men: Don't Ignore The Background - YouTube
Children of Men 2006 Long Take - YouTube
Children of Men 2006 Long Take 2 - YouTube
Children of Men 2006 Long Take 3 - YouTube
Everyday Use - Wikipedia
The story follows the difference between Mrs. Johnson and her shy younger daughter Maggie, who both still adhere to traditional black culture in the rural South, and her educated, successful daughter Dee, or "Wangero" as she prefers to be called, who takes a different route to reclaiming her cultural identity.
[Fiction] Everyday Use, By Alice Walker | Harper's Magazine
“Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!” she said. “She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.”
Blow the dust out of the connector - The Old New Thing
“Okay, sometimes the connection gets a little dusty and the connection gets weak. Could you unplug the connector, blow into it to get the dust out, then plug it back in?”
Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me (HQ) Official music video - YouTube
"I've got a pistol for action."
'Crazy Train' from "Thirty Years After The Blizzard" DVD - YouTube