Ennui (Pronounced on-we?) on an Off to the Beach Monday

We are off to the beach this afternoon. 

Of course, we woke up with gout. We will be proceeding normally. Sitting around and waiting for gout to subside does nothing. Nothing.

Wish us luck. 

I dunno. We don't got much this morning. 

We talked to one of our Moscow contacts yesterday. Let's call him Valery. Valery is downright pessimistic about things. But that could merely be his inherent Russianness. The Russian is never an optimist. Anyone who knows anything about Russian history knows the Russian is a natural pessimist, and with good reason. 

We have interior formatting and cover design to work on this week. 

We'll be reading some end of the Soviet Union history. 

For Monday (not) Metal, let's get our mid- 90s on. This is a most mid-90s of mid-90s song from a mid-90s defining film. Stroock's Books gives you The Crow, Medicine, Time Baby II, whatever that means, which is also soooo mid-90s:

𝅘𝅥'No, no they don't have to take you away...'𝅘𝅥 You can actually feel this song.