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An auspicious day. Drove to Knoxville to get oil in New Beetle changed and 2 new tires. The desk dude fixed the roll pin in my switchblade key so it now folds smoothly (it's been bad since I got the car).
I had a fairly productive day at work; got some stuff moving.
This afternoon evening drove most of the way to office-away-from-home. Sirius Satellite radio had a town-hall Q&A with band (surviving members of) Nirvana, hosted and MCed by John Stewart. It's the 20th anniversary of the release of their album Nevermind. There was apparently a contest and the winners got to go to Sirius/XM studios in New York and be there to ask their questions.
It was a 2-hour session, and it was interesting hear them talk about their experiences. They played a few songs too. One was they played the demo tape the'd made recorded on a boom box of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". It's interesting to hear it in that unproduced format.
I was planning to grab a hotel room for the night anyway, but I thought it was auspicious that the session was ending as I was approaching the exit, and the full version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" started to play, and I got to crank it up and listen as I drove to the hotel and parked. I don't know that I'm a huge fan of the band, but I certainly have a lot of nostalgia for that song. (it came out my Freshman year of college).
And I got room 137 in the hotel, which is a nice bit of physics nerd numerology.