I promise, I’m not some sort of shill for Klipsch, I’m just a fan of the quality and aesthetics of their products. Would highly recommend most anything they make. Plus this is a list with $60,000 watches on it. Shelling out $600 for a good turntable setup doesn’t seem so awful in comparison
I’d be leery of buying an all in 1 turntable set like that. It looks cool and all, but at that price tag you’re probably going to get something that breaks after a couple of years. Seeing as this is town and country, let me make an equally yuppie suggestion: Klipsch’s R-15PM Turntable Pack. It comes in at a cool $600, but you get 2 high quality bluetooth speakers and a decent turntable.
Awesome take Will. Going back to the 90’s cocktail party bit, I’ve been hankering to have a cocktail party as some sort of subconscious attempt to prove that I’m a real adult who is well established and confident. I just got an absolute steal of a Crate and Barrel sideboard the other day too (check if they have floor samples they’re selling, I got a $1000 piece of furniture for $300), so that might be enough to finally make me pull the trigger.
Not much going on really. Probably go sling a couple of microbrews on a patio with the girlfriend tonight since Ohio finally decided to give us warm weather. Probably take her out for a quiet birthday brunch tomorrow morning.
Glad to see another Columbus guy. Cazuelas is always a safe bet if you’re feeling like slamming margs and reasonably priced mexican food. Bit of a college throwback, but still good.
What will Duda review next: laundry detergent, dental floss? In all fairness I’m really enjoying his consumer product reviews. Being bad at romancing the ladies and the mild autism of most young adult interactions are things that can be found on a bunch of different sites. But well thought out and introspective takes on day to day products are Duda’s new niche. It’s a good one.
In college my girlfriend got a job at Anthropologie thinking she’d make money. Ended up spending way more on grossly overpriced dresses and handbags than she ever made. Color me fucking surprised.
At a certain point though, when one or the other person is spending 3+ nights a week sleeping over and more or less lives there on the weekends, moving in together starts to make a lot more sense. Thankfully I live in a city with lower enough rent that my personal safety net was to sign a lease for a 2 bedroom apartment and turn the extra room into my study/ man cave. Worst case scenario I move into that room if shit goes south.
Taking my girlfriend out for a nice dinner as an extremely belated Valentines celebration. Only problem is that our reservation is for 5:30 and happy hours ends at 6:00. There’s going to be a time table to work on here.
This is a stupid article, even if it’s satirical. Sure steaks are great and getting blasted on the weekends is fun but you know what isn’t? Being fucking poor and miserable at 75 as you’re forced to work as a greeter at Walmart. By that point in life it’s just supposed to be endless cruises and leaving 15 cent tips at Bob Evans.
At a certain point with the yoga thing you just have to accept you’re going to be awful at it. My girlfriend is very into yoga (certified instructor, goes to classes probably 5 times a week) and she guilts me into going with her sometimes. When you start out, try and go to the ones that are relaxation focused or the ones which seem to have the highest number of old people in them. Those ones will generally be a little slower paced and not as awful. Also, a lot of yoga classes, at least at my girlfriend’s studio, seem to be conducted with pretty dim lighting or just some candles up by the instructors. The low lighting helps to hide the shame.
Dan Carlin isn’t good history. It’s the talk show radio of history podcasts. His research is at best surface level and he often goes on long and ultimately irrelevant tangents. Tangents might work for other podcasts (looking at you Dudes Doing Business and Touching Base) but it’s often not doing a whole lot to advance the narrative. Don’t get me wrong, Dan Carlin is entertaining and might be a good way to get introduced to a specific historical area, but there’s definitely podcasters out there who get more into the details of history without losing the narrative thread. I’d suggest Jamie Jeffers’ “The British History Podcast”, Robert Pierson’s “The History of Byzantium”, and Mike Duncan’s “The History of Rome” and “Revolutions” podcasts. All of them are excellent, although the early episodes of The History of Rome are a bit short and the recording quality isn’t so great, but that quickly improves. The best part of these podcasts is that, unlike Carlin’s sporadic releases, they’re putting out high quality 30- 60 minute podcasts almost every week and have extensive libraries already so there’s plenty to binge through.
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I promise, I’m not some sort of shill for Klipsch, I’m just a fan of the quality and aesthetics of their products. Would highly recommend most anything they make. Plus this is a list with $60,000 watches on it. Shelling out $600 for a good turntable setup doesn’t seem so awful in comparison
I’d be leery of buying an all in 1 turntable set like that. It looks cool and all, but at that price tag you’re probably going to get something that breaks after a couple of years. Seeing as this is town and country, let me make an equally yuppie suggestion: Klipsch’s R-15PM Turntable Pack. It comes in at a cool $600, but you get 2 high quality bluetooth speakers and a decent turntable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke0nzpMIyNo
I imagine it looking pretty much like this
Awesome take Will. Going back to the 90’s cocktail party bit, I’ve been hankering to have a cocktail party as some sort of subconscious attempt to prove that I’m a real adult who is well established and confident. I just got an absolute steal of a Crate and Barrel sideboard the other day too (check if they have floor samples they’re selling, I got a $1000 piece of furniture for $300), so that might be enough to finally make me pull the trigger.
Not much going on really. Probably go sling a couple of microbrews on a patio with the girlfriend tonight since Ohio finally decided to give us warm weather. Probably take her out for a quiet birthday brunch tomorrow morning.
Glad to see another Columbus guy. Cazuelas is always a safe bet if you’re feeling like slamming margs and reasonably priced mexican food. Bit of a college throwback, but still good.
Knowing that there are people that bad at life out there makes me feel better about myself.
What will Duda review next: laundry detergent, dental floss? In all fairness I’m really enjoying his consumer product reviews. Being bad at romancing the ladies and the mild autism of most young adult interactions are things that can be found on a bunch of different sites. But well thought out and introspective takes on day to day products are Duda’s new niche. It’s a good one.
In college my girlfriend got a job at Anthropologie thinking she’d make money. Ended up spending way more on grossly overpriced dresses and handbags than she ever made. Color me fucking surprised.
$15 of taco bell and a couple of vice documentaries/ maybe watch the office.
At a certain point though, when one or the other person is spending 3+ nights a week sleeping over and more or less lives there on the weekends, moving in together starts to make a lot more sense. Thankfully I live in a city with lower enough rent that my personal safety net was to sign a lease for a 2 bedroom apartment and turn the extra room into my study/ man cave. Worst case scenario I move into that room if shit goes south.
Taking my girlfriend out for a nice dinner as an extremely belated Valentines celebration. Only problem is that our reservation is for 5:30 and happy hours ends at 6:00. There’s going to be a time table to work on here.
Water and stress
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This is a stupid article, even if it’s satirical. Sure steaks are great and getting blasted on the weekends is fun but you know what isn’t? Being fucking poor and miserable at 75 as you’re forced to work as a greeter at Walmart. By that point in life it’s just supposed to be endless cruises and leaving 15 cent tips at Bob Evans.
At a certain point with the yoga thing you just have to accept you’re going to be awful at it. My girlfriend is very into yoga (certified instructor, goes to classes probably 5 times a week) and she guilts me into going with her sometimes. When you start out, try and go to the ones that are relaxation focused or the ones which seem to have the highest number of old people in them. Those ones will generally be a little slower paced and not as awful. Also, a lot of yoga classes, at least at my girlfriend’s studio, seem to be conducted with pretty dim lighting or just some candles up by the instructors. The low lighting helps to hide the shame.
I didn’t know Bob Evan’s had Fajitas
I’m going to go buy $15 of taco bell and cram it in my face. I know I’ll feel awful tomorrow morning but I don’t care.
If there’s anything I know about these situations from the ‘hub, nobody is really interested in the pizza anyways
Dan Carlin isn’t good history. It’s the talk show radio of history podcasts. His research is at best surface level and he often goes on long and ultimately irrelevant tangents. Tangents might work for other podcasts (looking at you Dudes Doing Business and Touching Base) but it’s often not doing a whole lot to advance the narrative. Don’t get me wrong, Dan Carlin is entertaining and might be a good way to get introduced to a specific historical area, but there’s definitely podcasters out there who get more into the details of history without losing the narrative thread. I’d suggest Jamie Jeffers’ “The British History Podcast”, Robert Pierson’s “The History of Byzantium”, and Mike Duncan’s “The History of Rome” and “Revolutions” podcasts. All of them are excellent, although the early episodes of The History of Rome are a bit short and the recording quality isn’t so great, but that quickly improves. The best part of these podcasts is that, unlike Carlin’s sporadic releases, they’re putting out high quality 30- 60 minute podcasts almost every week and have extensive libraries already so there’s plenty to binge through.