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TIL scientists at Oxford have been trying to figure out why some music inspires awe in listeners. They could have saved a lot of time and money by listening to The Sentinel. Or pretty much any Priest track. Dumbasses.

"Walt... You're the smartest guy I ever met. But you're too stupid to see he made his mind up 10 minutes ago." - Hank Schrader, "Breakng Bad"

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6647f853-a1ee-436f-a48a-1ef0bd409223

Full disclosure: I was never a big fan of the period spanning Presto, Roll the Bones, Counterparts, and Test For Echo.

Time has passed. I'm listening again, and WTF was I thinking? Some of Neil's best writing lives there. Alex consolidated the best of his pre-Presto "front and center" with the period where, as he said, he was a "background guitarist". Geddy, as always, anchored the band*. His heart and expressiveness singing "Nobody's Hero" is a career standout.

*Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Geddy is the strongest pillar in Rush's foundation.

TIL that our local homeless shelter no longer accepts donations of used clothing. New Only. Why?

Because assholes people were dumping torn up, filthy clothes - even pajamas with bedbugs! I am not making this up. I'm angry and sad at the same time.

I have a lot more stories from my own personal experience, but I'll stop there.