Three years ago, I got rid of my 2009 Chevy Cobalt and got a 2003 Chrysler Town and Country that had been modified with a ramp and tie-downs for wheelchairs. My wife uses a powered wheelchair to get around most of the time, and it helped a lot in getting her to her job every day. For her purposes it was a godsend, though I didn't care too much for it. For starters, while I'm not concerned with having a flashy vehicle, I do want it to look okay, and while the body of the van was okay, the hood had been given a half-ass repainting that couldn't hide a huge shadow from something that once sat on it, specifically an image of a pair of dice with the words Casino Bound written beneath them. This vehicle had clearly been used by a company for the purpose of bringing people to (and presumably from) gambling establishments at one time or another.  The other thing that bothered me about the van was the sound system, a serious downgrade from my Cobalt. I've never been one to spen

So I took most of a month off, and if you were waiting for another post, my apologies. Life gets hectic, and I intended to post something last week, but it just didn't happen. It's a reminder of how much life has changed since when I was running a somewhat popular blog in the late 00s. I was devoted to writing something every day or so, and my life was a bit simpler back then. Now I have a job that doesn't afford me all the free time I could want between work, and while a lot of us have had more free time than we've expected to since around March, the last few weeks have been a mess for me. They're still kind of a mess, but a very big hurdle has been leapt which makes things a bit easier. I was going to wait until tomorrow to work on a post, but fuck it screw it, here we go. This one is a bit of a tribute to my early days on Soulseek . If you haven't followed what I've said about it previously or looked into it yourself, give it a go if you're feeling a