My eBayed Shure SM7B showed up today. Looks legit still factory sealed but just has been sitting on a shelf for a while. Did comparative recordings between it and the Shure MV7+ and it wasn’t close. The SM7B sounded SO GOOD. Returning the MV7+ for sure.

It’s been a long time since I was in the market for some IEMs. I have a set of Shure SE215s for 8 years that I use every day at work. Wanted a set for home and tried Moondrop CHU IIs for < $25. Amazing clarity. Not as bass-heavy as the Shures, but impressive at the price.

Spent 10 minutes trying to figure out if a software update had completely hosed up my TCL RokuTV. Turns out the remote control batteries were just dying and causing the remote to malfunction spectacularly.

2025 Reads: The Trees: A Novel by Percival Everett 📚

I’ve spent a lifetime as an evangelical church musician, but this discussion of church music and musicians on the Jesuitical podcast is the most sensitive, nuanced, insightful conversation I’ve run across on the topic.

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Planned to work remotely today but the VPN doesn’t want to let me login. This remote work might be short-lived.

2025 Reads: The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey 📚

This morning at church for All Saints we wrote names of departed beloved we wanted to remember.

I wrote:

  • Dad
  • Bob
  • Lloyd & Marge
  • GFM
  • RHE
  • Father Thomas
  • Rich

Just a few of the great cloud of witnesses. We who remain press on.

Was really pulling for the Blue Jays but they just couldn’t get a hit when they needed one. Congrats to the Dodgers for hanging in there.

2025 Reads: Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth 📚

Oh man, a lot of thoughts. Really disappointed by the second half of the book. Blog post will have to wait until tomorrow.