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Impreza brake calipers, suspension, money

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It is perhaps deferred maintenance, but I had to put $2000 into my car (2013 Subaru Impreza). At this point that may just be around the value of the car itself. Brakes, suspension, and oil change. I’ve been wanting to get a new car, but that amount of money is going to make me want to keep this for at least another year to make it worth it. But I was somewhat forced into it by loss of most braking power.

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Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was good, good food and lots of people at Cousin Paul’s. I made pecan tassies this time for ease of timing. They turned out a little weird and crumbly, and I did get a request for the cheesecake I made last year. The most interesting thing about this Thanksgiving, though, was the snow.

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Dunc got skunked

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My brother’s dog, Duncan, got skunked recently while I was walking him. They were very close quarters between, in a ditch / drainage pipe, so I don’t think I got any on me. It was dark, and around a bush from me, so I didn’t even see the critter, and didn’t know it was a skunk until after I had pulled him away and noticed the smell. But it was quite some work to get him cleaned up.

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Yesterday evening I went to Blossom to see the Cleveland Orchestra perform Carmina Burana (Orff) and En Saga (Sibelius). The former is one of my favorite classical works and I think this was my third time seeing them perform it. As usual, it was done quite well, and powerfully.

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I have read the last novel in the Expanse series, Leviathan Falls. It was good, and so was the series. Perhaps it’s recency bias, but I’d say it’s my favorite book series.

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Candle incident

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Yesterday evening, I lit a candle while watching an episode of Columbo. It’s one of those fat kinds that develops a wall of wax around the outside. Previously, a hole had formed in the wall and some wax had dripped out. I had fixed the hole, but there were still some hunks of this wax left. So I put one in the candle wall yesterday, leaned up against it, hoping it would slowly melt away.

This morning, I woke up and thought to myself that I didn’t remember putting out the candle.

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