For Day Two, I've selected a song from one of my 'new' favorite composers, Sawano Hiroyuki. The song is BRE@TH//LESS by Mika Kobayashi, from the Aldnoah.Zero soundtrack.
The interesting thing is, there are TWO versions of this song. The version above is from a special CD that was included with the Japanese Blu-Ray release. Below is the original song as used in the anime. I...
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So, Russ has decided as an activity for the Quarantine, I will share some music from my Anime / J-Pop playlist to see if anyone likes it. I just started this on my Facebook page as well, so I thought I would do it here as well. I'll try to do one a day. Don't worry, I'm not going to share all 200+ songs in...
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Happy New Year! Lucky me that my first big for the year is the 20 Questions.
I was nominated for the questionnaire by the magnificent @coffinskiss and the lovely @chroi! Thank you for the nomination. I hope you enjoy my responses.
1. Name
Russell, but everyone calls me Russ. (yes, that is the "R" in my member name)
2. Sign
Aquarius, Iām a Sheep/Ram in...
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Not sure what's up with Mother Nature, but two straight days of Tornado Watches is exceedingly uncommon around here, not to mention scary. And the constant Severe Thunderstorm Warnings all day... Got drenched earlier coming back from the store. Yowza!
So what crazy / uncommon weather has there been around you??
WARNING: There are spoilers below, so if you haven't seen Avengers: Endgame yet, DO NOT READ FURTHER!
Before I begin, a question: For those that have access to them, do you prefer IMAX or Dolby Digital Cinema? Just curious what people think of the two different formats.
Thank you to @SIRENA for tagging me for this challenge.
I had to think first for a good picture of me and this is still one of my favorites.
This was taken during a friends wedding we attended in Monk Fryston, UK. My daughter (who stole the show during the reception) was only 2 and a half at the time (she's 15 Ā½ now). For
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For those in North America, how are you handling the significant change in the weather the past couple of days? I know where I am, it was a nearly 40 degree change in weather from yesterday. It was a nice 48F here yesterday morning, but only 9F this morning, made worse with the high winds. We also 'lucked out' and stayed on the rain side...
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Well, first, I'm sorry I didn't post this update sooner. Been really busy between work and other home stuff.
From my last post, My Dad had been hospitalized the last week in August for what turned out to be pneumonia and sepsis. We went over to see him for the Labor Day holiday (9/2 - 9/3). Honestly, he looked really bad and didn't seem like...
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So, who has see the new SG features that were rolled out today?? It threw me off at first. I was in looking at my notifications and saw a new section about "Your Account is Empty" and "Add Money", then another section for "Transactions Only".
It didn't make sense until I went into one of the sets and there is a new "Tip" button. There...
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