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Record Drop: PUP - Who Will Look After The Dogs? (/1000 Limited Pressing)

For the first time in a while, a record drop blog post! I’m hopeful now that I have my  laptop back in a reasonable state, these will be more frequent. That being said, life is chaotic and unpredictable, so we’ll see if that happens. But that’s not what this post is about… Artist: PUP Album: Who Will Look After The Dogs? Release Date:  May 2, 2025 Spotify Link:  https://open.spotify.com/album/5wTc5JHsIufcPGetKKnrlv?si=rkU5K9GkQ32B6vlz-fM5pA Track Listing: 1) No Hope 2) Olive Garden 3) Concrete 4) Get Dumber 5) Hunger For Death 6) Needed To Hear It 7) Paranoid 8) Falling Outta Love 9) Hallways 10) Cruel 11) Best Revenge 12) Shut Up Review/Comments: 6.75/10 Context: I’m probably what some would consider a relatively “new” PUP fan. I’ve been listening to them for about 4–5 years, and I  really  like their last album, “The Unravelling of PUPTHEBAND”. I’ve gone back and listened to everything, but the last album is where I started to lived through releases as a fan....

I'm a Linux Guy Now?

About 2 years ago, I threw in the towel on a fight I was continuously losing. That fight? Me simply wanting my 2012 MacBook Pro to get through a few basic functions. I wasn't asking for a lot... let me type up some blog posts, file my taxes, track some collections. Hell, if I was feeling really spicy, let me edit an image or stream a wrestling show. No sir, not happening. What was once my baby had become a useless paper weight. I fired it in the back of a nightstand, where it collected dust for 2+ years. Then I got relocated to a new team at work. A small team, each of us with our own strengths + personalities. I won't get into every personality, but within the team I became friends with someone who was pretty tech-savvy. They were able to see how my brain worked with technology, and get a grasp on what I was capable of doing. At some point in conversation, Linux came up. I'd mentioned my familiarity with it, but that it was nothing I'd ever used or set up. The conversa...