John R. Bennett

I bought the Yamaha at Goodwill in 1996 and got more than 20 years out of it. Not having a local repair shop is the problem for me.

The local stereo repair shop, The Stereo Doctors, stopped treating patients several years ago, so when my beloved Yamaha C820 needed service, I had nowhere to turn. Luckily, my oldest friend called in a favor and got a Sansui 5000 for me. I hope I can keep it going.

The worst. Happened to me twice on a bike ride this summer.

I visited the Best Buy store for the first time in a long time and checked out the home audio department, where I found four receivers available for purchase. When I first shopped here in the '90s, there were dozens.

I think they took it to Hutchinson Island, possibly this location:

🚲 + ☕ + 🥯 = Friday

YouTube video by Light in the Attic Lee Hazlewood | "Ten Or 11 Towns Ago" | Light In The Attic Records

And this banger:

YouTube video by Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning (Official Music Video)

The idea of a Lee Greenwood Super Bowl performance is, of course, ridiculous. But hear me out: Holographic Lee Hazlewood Super Bowl performance.

It just occurred to me that @prudenincorporated.bsky.social has experience in the realm of channel marker/buoy handling and may have insight into where it is/will go.

Ha! Yes he should.

YouTube video by Fred Pool Portlandia Intro

I've never been to Portland, but I would like to visit someday. Fun fact: The guy who made the song that was used as the "Portlandia" theme, Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., is from Perry, Georgia, and is a UGA alumnus.

I suppose the WFMU analog for Rob's show, Proggy Notion, is @dmandl.bsky.social's It's Complicated. Not sure what mine is.

Tonight at @wruu.bsky.social, I compared @wfmu.bsky.social swag with Rob, who is on the air immediately after me. My tote bag and his shirt.

Agreed. I'm grateful I can buy Wild Georgia Shrimp™ right across the bridge from Savannah in Thunderbolt from a shrimpmonger I know by name (His name is Jay.).

For those following the epic journey of the channel marker that washed up on Tybee Island, a helicopter is now on the way to grab it. Thanks for the update, Mac! I wonder where they will take it. USCG Station Tybee, perhaps?

Massive ACA price hikes revealed as Georgia Access window shopping opens early Some premium prices are more than tripling as ACA pandemic-era subsidies expire nationwide. The issue prompted the congressional shutdown.

Georgians now have early access to the ACA plans with their new premiums.

One silver plan has a $10,000 deductible. In one case, the silver plans ranged from $2600 to $4800 per month.

Per. Month.

www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...

A photograph of a bike rack at the Habersham Village shopping center in Savannah, Georgia. One of two bollard near the rack has been knocked over by a car.

I asked some city officials to improve and expand bicycle parking at the neighborhood shopping center and they did! Victory! Unfortunately, this has already happened. I'm guessing a very powerful e-bike is to blame.

Via City of Tybee: "The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army will conduct a joint operation on Tybee Island to remove the channel marker from the beach around 4 p.m. on Oct. 9. For public safety, a 300-foot perimeter on each side of the marker will be established. The pier will remain open."

Here's another photo from TIOR, featuring humans for scale.

Full disclosure: I haven't seen it in person yet. Just reading information from Tybee Island Ocean Rescue. The channel marker is down near the pier, and since I'm a Second Street/East Gate boy, I'm wary of that area. What if there's a gang of beach bums down there who don't want me on their turf? 😜

A graphic from the National Weather Service in Charleston, S.C. on a gale warning from the South Santee River to Savannah and out 20 nautical miles.

Good thing I don't have a boat.

I start to cringe when a national news reporter is about to say the word “Valdosta.” They get it right about 30% of the time.

I was pleased to discover that after letting my Prime membership expire in July, I really haven't missed it at all.

With no internet to distract me on campus, I'm going to break out my fountain pen and write some overdue thank you notes.

The Loveless - Wikipedia

I have become a big fan of the Criterion 24/7 feature. It's like dropping out of warp into a movie without any idea of what you're getting into. I've wandered into several things I wouldn't have known about otherwise. Like this, which was filmed a couple of counties south of me:

Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane - Wikipedia

I am interested in watching the removal via helicopter, but Chinooks are a daily sight around here (I live a couple of miles from an Army airfield). I say, bring in this character:

A photograph of a red channel marker in the surf at Tybee Island, Georgia. The Tybee Island pier is visible in the background.

For those interested in the saga of the wayward channel marker that washed up on Tybee Island, info via Tybee Island Ocean Rescue:
• It drifted here from Port Royal, S.C.
• It weighs around 13,900 pounds.
• The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating removal, likely later this week, by Chinook helicopter.

Yes

An unusual visitor arrived on Tybee Island this morning. A channel marker has washed up on the beach.
📷: Tybee Island Ocean Rescue.

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