Now we start the actual "Music Sigawesome Likes" proper.

This is probably the "crown jewels" of my music collection; my #1, all time favourite band which I have purchased every CD they produced. Volbeat has a unique, distinctive sound that (to my inexperienced ears) sounds like 3 parts hard rock, mixed with two parts rockabilly with a little heavy metal mixed in for flavour; think old school Metallica and Elvis with a sprinkling of Johnny Cash.

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Something new, apropos of nothing: some blog posts wherein I act my age and slap a bunch of self-indulgent stuff various musical bits and bobs I enjoy listening to up on a public blog post.

At the very least, I figure who reads this may (possibly) discover something new and exciting, or (more likely) have something to laugh at and poke with sticks.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New year fellow reader! I certainly hope your holidays were restful and relaxing!

Significant Other and I spent the week with his family. We had quite an exciting time.

It was also quite... sobering.

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Was on break with Significant Other on one of the loading docks at work when I heard someone play a cute little song on their phone:

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I have always been a fan of mailmare Derpy from fannon and the IDW comics. We both work in a similar field, and I always joke that if Significant Other and I were ever HiE, we would end up working alongside Derpy at the Post.

Doing what exactly?

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Ugh.

Just spent the last week in the hospital.

Again.

I can definitely say there are much better ways to spend your birthday.

When you have been diagnosed from day one with ailments the doctors describe using terms like "multiple", "acute", and "chronic", hospital stays are depressingly common. During my latest stay and convalescence (Hi Dr. Jensen! Hi Dr. Grant!) I realised that, lousy present circumstances aside, I have quite a lot to be thankful for:

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Hello and greetings random reader!

I have an issue I need your (yes, your!) help with. Never fear! It is not anything critical, or life-changing, or soul-searching. It is simply thus: Significant Other has given me an early Christmas present and gifted me with a Pandora subscription and I have absolutely no bloody idea what to add to my "stations"! (First world problems, eh?)

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I have a question for the dozen or so people that may stumble across this post:

How would you as a <INSERT RELIGIOUS/NON-RELIGIOUS BELIEF SYSTEM HERE> comfort a friend who has lost someone close to them?

Nothing like a light, fluffy blog post to skim over, eh?

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CatDog? - PartTimeBrony

Had some down time between production runs at $WORK, so my co-workers and I started playing Youtube videos in the break room...

Stayin' Alive In The Wall
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

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Cake!

Princess Celestia with Cake - Ric-M

Cake is good! Home made cake is better! Home made cake with cranberries is even betterer!
Recipe provided below for those adventurous enough to try it.
(Approximate conversions provided for our wayward cousins across the Pond...)

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