I may be a little vexed with YouTube Music (YTM) lack of playlist sort, something that has been with Spotify for a decade. I'm guessing they have a greater focus on albums over user playlists. At any rate, I was amused by this Reddit comment:

Kinda hilarious that a product team within a company owned by an entity called Alphabet Inc. doesn't have an alphabetical option.

Well said.

That said, while YTM just doesn't have a robust user community (likely because of the above) and instead relies on YouTube playlists instead of songs off of albums, it is possible to create one! I'm pulling together a massive country music playlist of stuff primarily from the 90s, what my radio used to play. And frankly, I forget how much of my brain space has been reserved to sing-a-long to all of those songs. Can't I free that up for something valuable?

1. I'm running out of reasons to run...
2. ...She's got her daddy's money, her momma's good looks...
3. ...I'd be better off in a pinebox on a slow train back to Georgia...
4. ...I like, I love it, I want some more of it...
5. ...Jesus and Mama always loved me, even when the Devil took control...
6. ...on a winding road her memory flows. She'll face the fact, she wants to go back. She opens her heart to an old memory; she closes her eyes and she smiles. Just ask her if she ever still thinks about me...
7. ...and how did we end up where we are, somewhere in the vicinity of the heart, I feel something hit me awful hard...
8. ...Feed Jake, he's been a good dog, my best friend right through it all. If I die before I wake, feed Jake...
9. ...Let's all go down to Dumas Walker, we'll get us all burger fries and a bottle of skeet (? I never said I could accurately remember them)...
10. ...She couldn't keep from crying when she told me goodbye. I knew, lord, it was breaking her heart, 'cause she was breaking mine...
11. ...That ain't my truck in her drive, man, this ain't my day tonight. Looks like she's in love and I'm out of luck.

Wheelin' and Dealin' Just Ain't My Thing

Last night, we submitted our revised offer to the seller for the Kathleen Kelly that places $30k in an escrow for repairs or we'll "touched down in the land of the Delta Blues." Experientially, I'm at a unique place. I'll be happy when I get the place; I'll be happy when I walk. In the end, "All I do is win, win, win, no matter what."

Do I think the deal will actually happen? Not likely. I get the sense that many of the houses that have remained on the market for 100 days have a seller who thinks the 2021-2022 housing windfall will hit them and they can swim in their new gold like Scrooge McDuck. The thing is, prices are dropping—and that's BEFORE the Reckoning that's a'comin'.

And on the flip side, we can quickly pivot: if we put an offer in on a new place, we could close a week later than this current closing date.

Sketchup

Some years ago, I resisted moving to Sketchup's online app. I'd just run down the 2017 desktop version and install it on my platform. Plus, there's a temptation just to sketch something down on paper and wing it. Well, in my return to creating things, I really do like the online space. Knowing the keyboard shortcuts is helpful. I created a mockup of the workbench I've created and will create just so that I could re-acquaint myself. I didn't break it down to the dowel/rabbet level, but just a general sense. I hate that it shows feet, but I didn't default it to inches until after I created the file (apparently it cannot be switched mid-drawing).

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And, no, I didn't create that guy other than scaling him 5'9—And I'd never wear a dinosaur shirt! However, my holding a ukulele/mandolin...

Oh, who am I kidding: I'd totally wear a shirt with a Hasselhoff riding a dinoaur at the end of this True Survivor music video.

"She could be a real dog, man."

It is becoming increasingly doubtful I'll reach that closing date that's a couple of weeks away. Who knows what lies ahead today, but I've got my walking sandals strapped up. Clearly, there's a pile of cash shoved over into the poker pot so far, enough to swing by Harbor Freight to pick up a...

1. 12 ½ in wood planer
2. 10-in, rack-and-pinion, jobsite tablesaw
3. 3 ½ cu ft cement mixer
4. 7 ¼ in circular saw
5. 2300 PSI pressure washer
6. 17-ft ladder
7. 3-ton floor jack
8. 70-gallon dust collector

So, I could of had all of THAT, stuff in the I Want box for 2023, but instead...rationally, I understand that's the value of knowledge. And unless the "not forthcoming" seller forks over $30k in repairs...well, there's an old Nancy Sinatra song about this.

And geez, my contractor looks NOTHING like Jonathan Scott!

Am I back in the house hunt? Am I back in the cowpie-laden field of all of the redneck lotteries out there? I suppose I never left.