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Ace, the ferocious kitty! #ace #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #catlove #tabby #tabbycatworlddomination #kitty #kittylovers

Within Temptation, live in Baltimore on February 26, 2019. Spectacular! I've been wanting to see them for years! We drove 12 hours to go see them. And while we weren't directly in front of the stage, we were pretty close, sitting at a table a little off to the side. They sounded great, a really tight band, and Sharon can still hit those killer high notes. In fact she sounded really good! Obviously a lot stuff from the new album, but some crowd favorites too. Unfortunately not most of my old favorites like "Jane Doe," "Candles," "Jillian," or even "Our Solemn Hour" (which shocked me). I might include the set list in another post. Anyway, so happy I went & finally got to see them. Guess I can cross that off my bucket list now... #withintemptation #withintemptationfan #withintemptationfans #symphonicmetalfans #withintemptationlive #resist #withintemptationresist #sharondenadel #sharondenadelfan #sharondenadelfans #withintempationbaltimore #music #concerts #livemusic

The new Within Temptation album came out last week! "Resist." Really a concept album, which is different for them. Also, as they had promised, a different sound. They've always been my favorite symphonic metal band & they've completely abandoned that with this album. I suspect some older fans won't be too happy. This seems like a continuation of where they were headed with their last album, "Hydra." This album isn't even metal! I guess you might call it hard rock. I do like lt, but in my mind, i have to separate it from "Ice Queen," "Jillian," "Stand My Ground" & so many other great classics. But as long as Sharon is singing & Ruud is jamming, I'll be happy. #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #happy #vinyl #vinylrecords #withintemptation #withintemptationfan #withintemptationfans #resist #symphonicmetal #hardrock #sharondenadel #sharondenadelfan #sharondenadelfans #ruud #sharonandrobert #concert #baltimore

Lacuna Coil. Italy's finest. Awesome metal. EVERYTHING ... and numbered! #music #cds #cdrevival #lacunacoil #lacunacoilfan #lacunacoilfans #christinascabbia #metal #gothmetal #gothrock #italy #heavenisalie #swamped #karmacode #delerium

A fascinating book. #book #books #reading #dawkins #richarddawkins #science #evolution #greatestshow

Leave's Eyes. Excellent Norwegian symphonic metal from one of the "mothers" of the genre. I had every Theatre of Tragedy CD from the 1990s! Badass. Hey, sorry i haven't been on for awhile. I've got a lot of stuff going on these days & I've been suffering from horrible bad health for about 10 months & it's impacted me far more than I anticipated & I've had to make a LOT of life adjustments that are hard for me, rough on my ego, rough on my wife, & has left me very weak, fatigued, in indescribable pain 24x7x365, unable to do things most of us take for granted, & has left me with a VERY narrow window of time daily to do stuff & get things done, & I have a lot of responsibilities, so this has really pushed me to being months behind now, which is very frustrating. In fact I'm so behind on my email alone that i worry ill never be able to respond to all of it, let alone much of it. And I get deluged with hundreds of messages & email daily! I'm lucky if I can get to 20% of it. A lot of my time has also been taken up with medical appointments, tests, surgeries & I'm even being sent out of town/state. I have to back up even further. Close to a decade ago, i came down with a horrible, rare life changing illness that impacted me in every conceivable way. Over the next few years i learned to live with it though I continued to get new diseases, disorders, etc. But i still was able to usually function. Then about 4 years ago, things got much, much worse. The next 3 years were hell as my brain-related neuropathic illnesses got new friends in numerous brutal back problems & stomach problems so severe that the specialists here sent me out of state to top 10 gastric hospitals. I had hundreds of tests, dozens of surgeries, dozens of doctors, hundreds of medications, etc. I lost over 150 lbs because I couldn't eat. I'd go a week without eating cause of the pain, while i had numerous back surgeries. My wife kept me alive with baby food. But 2018 began better, so we hoped. We were wrong. 2018 was the worst year of our lives. And so now I do what I can. And I miss all of you. But I'll try to get on here when I can. Thanks, Scott

An interesting book I've been reading... #reading #book #nuclear #politics #nuclearpolitics #foreignaffairs #deterrence #defencestrategy #npt #coldwar #multipolar #military #mad #limitednuclearwar #tactical #nonproliferation

The Pet Shop Boys, when we saw them in Nashville. Awesome freaking show. Spectacular! #music #concert #concerts #livemusic #petshopboys #thepetshopboys #neiltennant #electronica #electronicmusic #dance #westendgirls #super #itsasin #dominodancing #lovecomesquickly #chrislowe #greatshow @pethead_eugane @petshopboys @petshopboysfanpage @petshopboys_fans @chrislowe983 @chrislowemusic @pet_shop_boys_tennant_lowe @southernhon

My custom made "steampunk" watch. Very cool. #watch #watches #watchesofinstagram #watchformen #custommade #steampunk #steampunkfashion #watchporn #watcheslover

An ANCIENT picture of me with one of my dearest friends of all time, @tomatochild. I look very different now, certainly much older. This was shortly after I had moved from Los Angeles to Knoxville, and she flew out to visit me. Good times... #selfie #friends #bestfriends #friendsforlife #travel #oldnow #knoxvilletennessee #bald #facialhair #writers

Me, with our "child" Ace, just hanging out a few days ago. #selfie #Ace #cat #catsofinstagram #catlove #tabby #tabbycat #tabbycatworlddomination #feline #kitty #catstagram @southernhon
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It’s Not Just Huawei and ZTE…

Posted by Scott Holstad on April 4, 2019

I published an article on my LinkedIn page today. This is the gist.

There are other technology-based companies in China, some much bigger & wealthier than Huawei, that *could* be capable of things some accuse the more famous companies of while hiding beneath the surface. Here is the link to it if you’re interested: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-just-huawei-zte-scott-holstad.

Thanks!

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