Mike

Michael J. Fox is a great guy who saved my wife’s right breast. How’s that for a blog post opener? No, I won’t explain what’s behind that statement, except to say that it relates to the biological marker initiative he mentions in this video.

Parkinson’s Disease affects its victims in different ways and at different rates, but it is unrelentingly progressive. Mike’s movements are noticeably more dyskinetic than they were when Rush Limbaugh stupidly made an accusation about his medications.

Dyskinesia doesn’t result from not taking Parkinson’s meds, it’s a side-effect from taking them a long time. Rush Limbaugh says he has incurable cancer. He is one of only three people who, when they are gone, I will say good riddance. The person who awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom is another.

My wife co-wrote this booklet, and I drew the cover.

I was told to draw it in color, but unfortunately in print that turned out to be only blue.

NSFW No More

For anyone working from home during the pandemic, everything is safe viewing at work. Luv’ was a Dutch girl group. Like K3 in neighboring Belgium, and Xuxa in Brazil, Luv’s target audience was children, but the act also had plenty to offer for the dads to enjoy. One of their songs in this medley was obviously borrowed from ABBA’s ‘Fernando.’

Colonel Klink’s Dad Conducts

This video features a Holy Grail record playing setup from the glory days of Hi-Fi. A Garrard 301 turntable and 12″ SME tonearm, both from England, and an Ortofon SPU cartridge from Denmark. The stone base is obviously new, as part of a restoration.

How much would this gear cost? The cartridge alone, the one component still in production, starts at $1000, so don’t ask. The record is from the year of my birth.