Meteor

This streak of upper atmosphere light represents a metor:
https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/1075615141947858944

Photo taken as I left Sacramento, near the Yolo causeway.

Car Sticker

I smiled: the sticker read, "Inflammatory white words on a red background", and it was as described.

Willow and Sage Magazine

Saw this in my optometrist's office; it's like Make magazine, but for home health products:
https://stampington.com/willow-and-sage?page=2

Kevin Voted (By Mail) Today

Statewide Contests

Governor: Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty T. Yee
Treasurer: No vote
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara

Federal Contests

United States Representative: Jimmy Panetta
United States Senator: Kevin De Leon

State Ballot Measures

1. Y: Issues $4 billion in bonds for housing programs and veterans' home loans
2. Y: Authorizes state to use revenue from millionaire's tax for $2 billion in bonds for homelessness prevention housing
3. N: Issues $8.877 billion in bonds for water-related infrastructure and environmental projects
4. Y: Issues $1.5 billion in bonds for children's hospitals
5. N: Revises process for homebuyers who are age 55 or older or severely disabled to transfer their tax assessments
6. N: Repeals 2017's fuel tax and vehicle fee increases and requires public vote on future increases
7. Y: Authorizes legislature to provide for permanent daylight saving time if federal government allows
8. Y: Requires dialysis clinics to issue refunds for revenue above a certain amount
9. -
10. Y: Allows local governments to regulate rent on any type of housing
11. N: Allow ambulance providers to require workers to remain on call during breaks paid
12. Y: Bans sale of meat from animals confined in spaces below specific sizes

District Contests
Member, State Board of Equalization, 2nd District: Malia Cohen
Member of the State Assembly, 29th District: Mark Stone
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony K. Thurmond

Judicial
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Carol A. Corrigan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court: Leondra R. Kruger

Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Mary J. Greenwood

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Allison Marston Danner

Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 6th District: Nathan D. Mihara

County
Y: Measure G
Y: Measure H

Santa Cruz City School District
Governing Board Member, Area 1 (Inside City): Deb Tracy-Proulx
Governing Board Member, Area 3 (At Large): Cindy Ranii

City
Member of City Council:

1. Justin Cummings
2. Cynthia Hawthorne
3. Drew Glover

Y: Measure M

RESOURCES

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/10/lyft-drops-100k-against-sf-tax-to-fund-housing-for-homeless/
https://brokeassstuart.com/2018/10/09/the-november-2018-bas-voter-guide/
City on a Hill Press
Good Times newspaper

California Vacation 2018 - Day 6

TIMELINE

• 8:30 a.m. Wake up
• 10:00 a.m. Breakfast at Starbucks #25941
• 10:15 a.m. Depart for La Quinta hotel
• 11:00 a.m. Arrive at correct La Quinta LAX hotel
• Noon Depart for Santa Cruz
• 2:00 p.m. Snack at Petro #327, Grapevine (Lebec)
• 6:30 p.m. Arrive Santa Cruz, get cats
• 6:45 p.m. Home

NOTES

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California Vacation 2018 - Day 5

TIMELINE

• 8:00 a.m. Wake up
• 9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Starbucks #25941
• 10:30 a.m. Depart for Santa Monica Pier
• 4:00 p.m. Arrive Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 7:30 p.m. Dinner at the Sizzler
• 10:00 p.m. Arrive La Quinta hotel
• Midnight Back at our hotel

NOTES

• Pallisades
• Route 66 terminus sign
• Lost iPhone
• Playing on the beach, building with wet sand
• Shaved ice (rainbow)
• Movies: It's a Mad Mad World, Rio Bravo (Brad's favorite)
• Buck Owens and the Bakersfield sound
• Playdoh
• Bunny (Ruby)
• Saying hello to Violet and Jenny via video chat
• Modern (Georgia) vs. Traditional (Brad) Australian: Mate, stubbie (beer), 
• Beer:
• Regional where Brad lives: Pint, Middy, pony, shot
• Other: Pint, half-pint, 
• Stubbie vs. long neck
• MYass (McDonalds logo + town of Yass)
• Homing pigeons nearby pooping all over their solar panels, etc.

California Vacation 2018 - Day 4

TIMELINE

• 7:30 a.m. Wake up
• 8:15 a.m. Breakfast at Friendship Motor Inn
• 10:30 a.m. Small Mang keychain plush at Line Friends Popup, Hollywood
• 10:45 a.m. Gift at Ghirardelli on Hollywood Boulevard
• 1:15 p.m. Lunch at Bibigo, Westfield Culver City mall
• 2:00 p.m. Check-in to Crystal Inn & Suites
• 5:30 p.m. Edward Vincent Jr Park
• 6:45 p.m. Dinner at Sizzler
• 9:15 p.m. Back at hotel

NOTES

• Hollywood stars:
• Dr Suess
• Mister Rogers
• Spike Jones
• Weird Al Yankovic
• Toshiro Mifune
• Groucho Marx
• Learned about Line Friends
• Had lunch and dinner with Dawn's friend Jill and her family: Brad, Georgia, and Ruby

California Vacation 2018 - Day 3

TIMELINE

• 9:00 a.m. Wake up
• 9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Friendship Motor Inn
• 10:15 a.m. Arrive La Brea Tar Pits / Page Museum
• 11:00 a.m. "Titans of the Ice Age 3D"
• 1:00 p.m. Excavators Tour (Page Museum)
• 3:45 p.m. Arrive Griffith Observatory
• 4:00 p.m. Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater film: "The Once and Future Griffith Observatory"
• 4:30 p.m. Lunch at Cafe at the End of the Universe
• 5:15 p.m. Planetarium show: "Light of the Valkyries - Our 75th anniversary show reveals the wonders of the northern lights."
• 6:45 p.m. Leave for hotel

NOTES

• Thunder and lightning started on way home
• Listened to classical music on radio KUSC FM 91.5
• La Brea Tar Pits / Page Museum
• Tar pull interactive exhibit clearly demonstrates how less than 6 inches of sticky asphalt would doom nearly anything
• Learned difference between asphalt (natufal) and tar (result of human processing)
• Asphalt bubbling to the surface on the grounds and marked with green traffic cones
• We briefly walked around the outside of the LACMA--very nice and worth a future visit
• Some animatronics 
• Griffith Observatory
• Tesla coil
• Food very good but very expensive
• Beautiful sunset and view
• As we exited, listened to warm up at the Greek Theater ("5 Seconds of Summer with The Aces")
• Learned about radiocarbon dating--it's a dating web site for radioactive C14 looking for the right Oxygen partner to make radioactive CO2

California Vacation 2018 - Day 2

TIMELINE

• 6:00 a.m. Awake
• 7:15 a.m. Breakfast
• 8:00 a.m. Checkout
• 10:45 a.m. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #130 in Santa Barbara, for coffee
• 11:55 a.m. Missy's Cupcake Creations in Oxnard
• 2:00 p.m. Early check-in at Friendship Inn
• 5:30 p.m. Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
• 5:45 p.m. Back at hotel

NOTES

• Gus's:
• Dawn: 2 Piece White, Mac 'n Cheese and beans, Firestone 805 beer
• Kevin: 1/2 chicken, Mac 'n Cheese and beans, greens, unsweetened ice tea
• Dessert: Chocolate chess pie with ice cream
• Missy's:
• Chocolate Chocolate Thunder
• German Chocolate
• Watched Teen Titans and NASA X review of the Soyuz failure

California Vacation 2018 - Day 1

TIMELINE

• 6:00 a.m. Awake
• 7:15 a.m. Drop off cats at VCA Pet Hospital
• 7:45 a.m. Peet's Coffee downtown for coffee and snacks
• 8:15 a.m. Home to retrieve forgotten Anker PowerCore charger
• 9:47 a.m. Rest break at Big Sur River Inn: coffee, snacks
• 12:30 p.m. Arrive Hearst Castle
• 4:30 p.m. Depart Hearst Castle
• 5:30 p.m. Arrive hotel
• 6:15 p.m. Dinner at Rosa's Italian Restaurant: split sjde of broccoli and Pasta California - $16.95 artichoke hearts, shitake mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes in a light cream sauce, penne pasta
• 7:15 p.m. Hot Topic at Pismo Beach Premium Outlets (13th Doctor accessories for Dawn)
• 8:15 p.m. Back at hotel

NOTES

• Landslide at Mud Creek mostly repaired; minor delay
• Weather partly sunny with spots of light mist
• First time for both of us south of Big Sur on Highway 1
• Cambria Scarecrows
• Hearst Castle Neptune Pool filled just four weeks earlier, after repairs lasting for some time

Flannel

The Company Store

• Winter Animal bedding
• 5 oz. Solid Flannel Bedding (Portuguese flannel)
• Currant
• Teal

Garnet Hill

• Paintbrush Flannel Bedding (German flannel)
• Turquoise
• Topiary Green
• Celestial blue
• Flowerpot Orange
• Garnet

Mix and match sheets:

• Summer: 
• Linen duvet cover and/or sheet
• Percale pillow cases and fitted sheet
• Spring/Fall: Sateen
• Winter
• Flannel duvet cover and/or sheet
• Sateen pillow cases and fitted sheet

Cello

Looking at cellos again.

The Electric Cello Buying Guide -- 7 Key Shopping Considerations (published 2016-01-11):

• Entry level for quality solid body electric cellos starts at about $900 and run to $1500+
• Pro-level cellos are available for between $2,000 - $3,500
• Custom built or hi-spec models cost more than $4,000

Previously

Stern Grove Festival - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Returned to the Stern Grove Festival to hear the SF Symphony Orchestra. We arrived after the intermission, snagging better-than-decent seats with clear views of the orchestra. They played Jean Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43. We had binoculars so had a good view. The male performers wore a mix of consistent cream-colored suits (we thought maybe these represented the official roster) and white suits (we thought maybe these represented the stand-in). The female performers wore varied tops in white. We noticed the monitors which had grills and looked like space heaters. The brass section looked really bored when they weren't playing, as did a few of the strings. The performers seemed to scan the audience when not playing. Dawn seemed to know one of the principle bass players, from university, but did not see him performing. Arriving late, we walked in on the west meadow. We donated $10 and got two stickers and heard the barker talk about his 38 years of attending and supporting the Festival and some backstory of the volunteers, how a food guy quit, and stoners sitting up in the hillside.

After the show, we drove across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito. We parked up on the hill for free and walked down to the Sausalito Ferry Company and bought matching bobble head lucky cats for our cars, as well as a tee for my mom.

We drove back to SF and briefly waited in line on Lombard Street but decided to skip due to the loooong line of cars, ending up parked on Hyde on a steep hill along the cable car line. We had a dessert supper at Ghirardelli (Lands End Sea Salt Caramel Brownie Sundae). We walked around the shops and bought a Squishables Puppycat plush.

Drove back along the cable car lines and home along 101 to 85 to 280, listening to KFOG.

Running Journal, Thursday, 2018-07-14

Black-tailed deer, east fork of Jordan Gulch 

Resting heart rate: 81 bpm around 1:45 minutes after running and a cup of coffee
Body Mass Index (BMI): 24.4
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR):
Weather: sunny
Temp: 21.1 C (70 F) 9 mph WSW
Time: 1:30-2:15 p.m. (45 minutes)
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Sunblock used. Listened to an audiobook, which helped pass the time. Ran same route to the Village, but instead of going up the stairs to OPERS, I ran along the bottom of Jordan Gulch. Saw two groups of deer. One group fled partially up the hill, the other, a young buck, stood his ground and watched me. Unbeknownst to me, three forks of Jordan Gulch exist, and I took the east fork, emerging near the bookstore. Just before this, I found a small redwood grove enclosed with makeshift stick fencing, with a few chairs inside. Disappointingly, it had no small amount of trash. I then followed the path north, taking a large culvert tunnel under what turned out to be McLaughlin Drive. I then followed that road to Graduate Student Housing and from there back through Kresge/Porter to FSH. Calf muscles feel exercised and I felt a bit winded afterward. Started a bit later than I wished but had to swap the headlamp bulbs in our car while still relatively cool. If I do the Jordan Gulch bottom trail again, I'll try to take a different fork, perhaps one leading to McHenry Library.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.1 miles
Weight (after run): n/a (185?)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left shoulder muscle group feels sore, but been an issue for a few days
Foods eaten today: Through mid-afternoon--PB&J, two cups of coffee, Caesar salad with chicken, banana

Prius 2006 Headlamp Bulb Replacement

Old bulb (top) with detached low-beam coil; new bulb (bottom) in box with both coils

Successfully replaced both headlamp bulbs, this time on a 2006 Prius with the standard halogen 9003 bulbs (the 2005 Prius had HID bulbs).

Still a PITA. However, it seemed a bit easier than the 2005 Prius. The 2006 model seems to have different clips (just one clasp?) and cover assembly, which makes it a bit easier.

Both existing bulbs failed within a few days of the other. The first the day of, or the day after, getting my oil changed at Oil Can Henry's in Soquel. The second failed within the next few days.

Bulbs used:
Philips 9003B1 Standard Halogen Replacement Headlight Bulb

Tools used:

• Flat-head screwdriver (remove cowl)
• Philips-head screwdriver (remove cowl screw)
• Mechanics gloves
• Overalls
• Flashlight (mobile device)
• Nitrile gloves (to handle bulbs)

Found a shady spot near Rachel Carson college parking lot. Figured neighbors didn't want to hear me cursing.

Two contractors working on a roofing job came down to the lot and hopped into a white truck. I overheard one say, "I don't do drugs ... regularly." I wondered at the need to qualify the statement with an adverb.

Previously, previously

Wilder Ranch State Park - Sand Plant Beach Hike

Hiked from the Wilder Ranch State Park parking lot to Sand Plant Beach:

Wilder Ranch State Park - Map of hike to Sand Plant Beach and back

Weather was 81F and humid, windy near the cliffs (~10mph). Flat trail, low exertion. 

Dozens of harbor seals (video by Alessandra Zermini) sunned on an exposed rock near Fern Grotto Beach. Spotted a handful of nesting Brandt’s cormorants close by (video by Alessandra Zermini, on 06/30/2018).

Ate snacks above Sand Plant Beach then walked to the farm buildings and visited with the horses Christian (Chrissy) and ???.

Patio Umbrella

OSH 9 Foot Aluminum Umbrella Frame, with crank tilt

OSH 9 Foot Sunbrella Umbrella Canopy - Astoria Sunset Stripe

OSH Orchard Umbrella Cover Up To 11 Feet

IKEA Lökö base, 88 lb

Pier One LED butterfly lights with timer
Pier One chair cushions - Calliope Spice

Got the frame and canopy 50% off during 4th of July sale. Got the butterfly lights on clearance for 40% off. We already had the patio chairs and side table.

TODO: lookup how to pronounce Lökö. It's like "ur". Sort of. So, "Lur-kur"

Running Journal, Thursday, 2018-07-05

Patio furniture overlooking Monterey Bay, from fire trail along UCSC Great Meadow

Resting heart rate: 69 bpm around 6 hours after running
Body Mass Index (BMI): 24.4
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR):
Weather: sunny
Temp: pleasant
Time: 11:45-12:30 p.m.
Terrain: Hilly
Comments: Lots of stairs and hills. Listened to audiobook while I ran which helped. Found metal patio furniture along the trail--three chairs and a table. Visited the Jordan Gulch quarry and walked among "The Village" buildings for the first time. Noted a trail leading from the quarry base along the ravine, for next time. Campus was largely empty of students. When I felt winded (e.g., after climbing stairs) I walked until I wasn't red-lining anymore. Forgot sunblock. A successful run. Felt good afterward.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.0 miles
Weight (after run): n/a (185?)
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left toes feeling a bit sore, but that's been an ongoing issue for a few weeks
Foods eaten today: oatmeal with raspberries and bananas, Caesar salad, hummus and guacamole with naan bread, applesauce, a few ounces of chicken cutlets, grape leafs stuffed with rice, four cups coffee, Trader Joe's Japanese Fried Rice

4th of July

Attended the San Jose Wind Symphony's "Fantastic Fourth!" concert at Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos.

Ate waffle cones with spicy chocolate and pistachio gelato from Lolli and Pops, in Los Gatos.

Watched "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" at the Nickelodeon in Santa Cruz.

Drove home along West Cliff Drive.

Watched Washington DC fireworks via "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS. 

Kevin Voted Today

Statewide Contests
Governor: Delaine Eastin
Lieutenant Governor: Gayle McLaughlin
Secretary of State: Alex Padilla
Controller: Betty T. Yee
Treasurer: Fiona Ma
Attorney General: Xavier Becerra
Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony K. Thurmond
United States Senator: Kevin De Leon

State Ballot Measures
Y: 68 Natural Resources Bond
Y: 69 Transportation Revenue: Restrictions and Limits
N: 70 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Reserve Fund
Y: 71 Ballot Measures: Effective Date
Y: 72 Property Tax: New Construction: Rain-Capture

District Contests
Board of Equalization, District 2: Malia Cohen
United States Representative, 20th District: Jimmy Panetta
Member of the State Assembly, 29th District: Mark Stone

Judicial
Superior Court Judge: Syda K. Cogliati

County 
Superintendent of Schools: Faris Sabbah
Supervisor, 3rd District: Ryan Coonerty
Assessor-Recorder: Sean Saldavia
Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector: Edith Driscoll
Clerk: Gail L. Pellerin
District Attorney-Public Administrator: Jeff Rosell
Sheriff-Coroner: Jim Hart

City
Y: Measure S Santa Cruz Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Measure
Y: Measure T Santa Cruz Repeal of Marijuana Law Enforcement Ordinance
Y: Measure U Santa Cruz Measure to Oppose University of California Development Plan Approved

LINKS
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/05/voter-guide/
https://brokeassstuart.com/blog/2018/05/08/the-june-2018-bas-voter-guide/

Weird Al Concert - May 17, Monterey, California

We attended Weird Al's May 17 Monterey, California performance,  at the Golden State Theatre.

Playlist:

1. Why Does This Always Happen to Me?
2. When I Was Your Age
3. Don't Download This Song
4. Buy Me a Condo
5. The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
6. Craigslist
7. Dare to Be Stupid (Grateful Dead version)
8. I'll Sue Ya
9. One More Minute
10. Velvet Elvis
11. Let Me Be Your Hog
12. Midnight Star
13. Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me
14. Mr. Popeil
15. Nature Trail to Hell
16. Jackson Park Express
17. Eat It / I Lost on Jeopardy / Amish Paradise / Smells Like Nirvana / White & Nerdy / I Love Rocky Road / Like a Surgeon
18. Encore #1: The Elements (Tom Lehrer cover)
19. Encore #2: The Saga Begins

The Golden State Theatre venue has lovely detail work and an upper balcony, where we sat in row double-O, dead center. Seats in that section chafed on my knees (I'm over six feet) but otherwise comfortable.

Before entering, we got tickets from will-call. While there, the CID Entertainment guy with the purple sequin jacket came in, making multiple requests of theatre staff to put out tabling materials for the VIP experience. He claimed the VIPs might ask for a refund if they didn't have tabling out, but the theatre staff just kept deflecting his concerns, eventually telling him they would show him that nearly everyone had already received their packets, to which he meekly said, "OK" and accepted his fate. I guess they'd heard it all before and didn't want to do it for the act du jour.

Once inside, we purchased a tee shirt for Dawn, two popcorns, and an Angry Orchard hard cider (apple?). We looked around the ground floor and then went up to our seats. 

Emo Philips opened and did very well. One heckler kept acting obnoxiously but he shut him down.

• They don't make theatres like this anymore, not since they abolished child slavery laws

The person to my left seemed bored; he had his elbows on his knees and head in his hands for a good portion. We thought maybe he was a younger fan and wanted more recent stuff (?)

After the show, we looked for Dawn's friend, Lydia, almost giving up before running into her and her boyfriend Mark outside the theatre. While walking around the block, we passed Steve Jay walking in the opposite direction on a smoke break. Lydia asked for and got a hug, while Mark invited him to join us and he politely declined. Dawn mentioned later she extended her hand but he declined to shake it...maybe he's a germophobe (?) 

Outside the theatre rear entrance, we paused by the tour buses where a number of fans had gathered. We settled-in at a booth in restaurant Turn 12 Bar and Grill, which faced the tour buses, so Lydia and Mark could eat (pizza) and keep an eye on when Al appeared. Mark and Lydia had two complaints: 1) The tour priced out the hardcore fans; and 2) Play something other than The Saga Begins. Lydia enlisted another fan waiting outside our window to alert her with his signature animal noise, to which he politely declined to share but agreed to tap on the window instead. Lydia eventually went outside the window and pressed her face against the glass and made a silly face (beaver?), leaving the rest of us to eat. Mark went outside to find Lydia and returned to tell us she had found her way into the theatre via the back entrance and was in line to meet Al. Mark invited us along and we slipped into the theatre, dodging roadies moving wheeled equipment boxes down the ramp. After only a few moments, a tour staff member busted us and we left. Mark seemed to feel guilty, apologizing to us and two other people the tour staff member had also dismissed for lack of a VIP pass. We hung around outside in the cool air. Lydia recognized one of the roadies (Gonzo?) and walked over to say hello. We saw the tour staff member walk over to the bus, dump her backpack, and return to us. I think Mark and Lydia had considered going back inside but Lydia declined saying the tour staff member would be back, and her intuition was correct. The tour staff member firmly said she didn't have to do anything for us, she wasn't a nice person, but she was going to punch our event tickets to let us get one item signed by Al, when he got to the bus. Lydia mentioned her first concern, about pricing, and the tour staff member said the promoters set the prices, so she can't change it. By the time Al came out, he said "hi", and the tension had left the air. The two other people who had gotten kicked out for a lack of pass also were allowed to get one item signed. The guy from CID entertainment who we had seen at will call had appeared, sans purple jacket, and also was in a good mood. We had all tried to determine what to get signed. Dawn got her ticket signed. Lydia got him to sign her gold sneakers (while wearing them, after a bit of back and forth reassuring the tour staff she could lift them safely for Al to sign). Mark got the inside of his phone cover signed. I got the inside of my wallet signed (they teasingly threatened to steal it, by shutting the bus door). After that, we said our goodbyes and drove back to Santa Cruz. 

My favorite song: Dare to Be Stupid, in the style of The Grateful Dead. Dawn's favorites: One More Minute and The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. It was awesome to hear the Elements Song by Tom Lehrer, which seemed fitting because Tom taught at UC-Santa Cruz and has a home there. 

Lydia and Mark were heading on to Turlock the next night for the May 19 show, and hoped to hear Yoda (a wish fulfilled!) instead of The Saga Begins. 

Cindy Mori - Artist

40" x 72" , 30 layers of painting: Bali *heart* Love

Cindy Mori

Saw this painting at Vital Body Therapy massage, in July 2017.

Films to watch

Blade of The Immortal
Get Out

IKEA shopping list

Stopped by IKEA and found a few things:
Play tunnel for cat
Feather duster

Was looking for a chair:
Henriksdal: best; nice wide seat, but more like a dining chair
Fanbyn: ok
Norraker: ok

Proust audiobook copyright

Wanting to listen to the Naxos production of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past audiobook, volumes 5-7, but it seems copyright issue exists (?)

https://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/captive-the-unabridged/

UPDATE:

From Naxos; current US law requires a waiting period of 95 years:

The 1998 Sonny Bono bill means that the final two volumes will, unfortunately, not be available in the USA until 2020 (The Fugitive, Vol.6) and 2022 (Time Regained, Vol.7).

The Captive (Vol.5) has just been made available in the USA once again: https://www.naxosaudiobooks.com/captive-the-unabridged/

Doctor Who Run

Dawn and I have started watching Doctor Who, following the Mathew Olson's recommendation (last accessed 2018-01-03):

1. Christopher Eccleston, 9th Doctor, 2005 
2. David Tennant, 10th Doctor, 2006-2010 
3. Matt Smith, 11th Doctor, 2011-2013 
4. Peter Capaldi, 12th Doctor, 2014-2017 
5. Jodie Whittaker, 13th Doctor, 2018— 
6. Tom Baker, 4th Doctor, 1974-1981 
7. Paul McGann, 8th Doctor, 1996 (The TV Movie) 
8. William Hartnell, 1st Doctor, 1963-19661 
9. Patrick Troughton, 2nd Doctor, 1966-1969 
10. Jon Pertwee, 3rd Doctor, 1970-1974 
11. Peter Davison, 5th Doctor, 1981-1984 
12. Colin Baker, 6th Doctor, 1984-1986 
13. Sylvester McCoy, 7th Doctor, 1987-1989 
14. Various (Books, Audio Dramas, Spin-offs2, Comics) 1963— 

Dawn watched series one relatively recently, so we started with series two. Dawn's a fan, I'm interested but have watched a minimal bit.

Off we go! (most recently viewed series first)

Series Thirteen (In Progress)

2021-10-31: "Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse"

2021-11-07: "Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans"

2021-11-21: "Once, Upon Time"

2021-11-21: "Village of the Angels"

2021-11-28: "Survivors of the Flux"

2021-12-05: "The Vanquishers"

Specials (2021) (Complete)

2021-01-01: "Revolution of the Daleks"

Series Twelve (Complete)
2020-01-01: "Spyfall, Part 1"
2020-01-05: "Spyfall, Part 2"
2020-01-12: "Orphan 55"
2020-01-19: "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror"
2020-01-26: "Fugitive of the Judoon"
2020-02-02: "Praxeus"
2020-02-09: "Can You Hear Me?"
2020-02-16: "The Haunting of Villa Diodati"
2020-02-23: "Ascension of the Cyberman"
2020-03-01: "The Timeless Children"


Specials (2019) (Complete)

2019-01-01: "Resolution"

Series Eleven (Complete)

2018-10-07: "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"
2018-10-15: "The Ghost Monument"
2018-10-21: "Rosa"
2018-10-27: "Arachnids in the UK"
2018-11-04: "The Tsuranga Conundrum"
2018-11-11: "Demons of the Punjab"
2018-11-18: "Kerblam!"
2018-11-25: "The Witchfinders"
2018-12-02: "It Takes You Away"
2018-12-09: "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"

Season 16 (1978–1979) (Not Started)
2019-01-26: The Ribos Operation (Parts 1-4)
2019-02-01: The Pirate Planet (Parts 1-4)
The Stones of Blood (Parts 1-4)
The Androids of Tara (Parts 1-4)
The Power of Kroll (Parts 1-4)
The Armageddon Factor (Parts 1-6)

Season 15 (1977–1978) (Complete)
2018-12-30: Horror of Fang Rock (Parts 1-4)
2018-12-30: The Invisible Enemy (Parts 1-4)
2019-01-05: Image of the Fendahl (Parts 1-4)
2019-01-05: The Sun Makers (Parts 1-4)
2019-01-12: Underworld (Parts 1-4)
2019-01-20: The Invasion of Time (Parts 1-6)

Season 14 (1976–1977) (Complete)
2018-11-10: The Masque of Mandragora (Parts 1-4)
2018-11-10: The Hand of Fear (Parts 1-4)
2018-11-16: The Deadly Assassin (Parts 1-4)
2018-11-16: The Face of Evil (Parts 1-4)
2018-12-22: The Robots of Death (Parts 1-4)
2018-12-25: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Parts 1-6)

Season 13 (1975–1976) (Complete)

2018-10-20: Terror of the Zygons (Parts 1-4)
2018-10-21: Planet of Evil (Parts 1-4)
2018-10-24: Pyramids of Mars (Parts 1-2 of 4)
2018-10-26: Pyramids of Mars (Parts 3-4 of 4)

2018-10-27: The Android Invasion (Parts 1-4)
2018-10-27: The Brain of Morbius (Parts 1-4)
2018-10-31: The Seeds of Doom (Parts 1–2 of 6)
2018-11-03: The Seeds of Doom (Parts 3-6 of 6)

Season 12 (1974–1975) (Complete)

2018-09-29: Robot (Parts 1-4)
2018-09-29: The Ark in Space (Parts 1-4)
2018-10-06: The Sontaran Experiment  (Parts 1-2)
2018-10-06: Genesis of the Daleks  (Parts 1-6)
2018-10-07: Revenge of the Cybermen (Parts 1-4)

Specials (2017) (Complete)
2018-09-23: "Twice Upon a Time"

Specials (2016) (Complete)
2018-09-23: "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"

Series Ten (Complete)

2018-09-12: "The Pilot"
2018-09-14: "Smile"
2018-09-14: "Thin Ice"
2018-09-14: "Knock Knock"
2018-09-15: "Oxygen"
2018-09-15: "Extremis"
2018-09-15: "The Pyramid at the End of the World"
2018-09-15: "The Lie of the Land"
2018-09-16: "Empress of Mars"
2018-09-19: "The Eaters of Light"
2018-09-22: "World Enough and Time"
2018-09-22: "The Doctor Falls"

Specials (2015) (Complete)

2018-09-09: "The Husbands of River Song"

Series Nine (Complete)

2018-09-03: "Last Christmas"
2018-09-03: "The Magician's Apprentice"
2018-09-03: "The Witch's Familiar"
2018-09-03: "Under the Lake"
2018-09-03: "Before the Flood"
2018-09-05: "The Girl Who Died"
2018-09-07: "The Woman Who Lived"
2018-09-07: "The Zygon Invasion"
2018-09-08: "The Zygon Inversion"
2018-09-08: "Sleep No More"
2018-09-08: "Face the Raven"
2018-09-08: "Heaven Sent"
2018-09-09: "Hell Bent"

Series Eight (Complete)

2018-08-31: "Deep Breath"
2018-08-31: "Into the Dalek"
2018-08-31: "Robot of Sherwood"
2018-08-31: "Listen"
2018-09-01: "Time Heist"
2018-09-01: "The Caretaker"
2018-09-01: "Kill the Moon"
2018-09-01: "Mummy on the Orient Express"
2018-09-01: "Flatline"
2018-09-02: "In the Forest of the Night"
2018-09-02: "Dark Water"
2018-09-02: "Death in Heaven"

Specials (2013) (Complete)

2018-08-26: "The Day of the Doctor"
2018-08-29: "The Time of the Doctor"

Series Seven (Complete)

2018-07-29: Christmas Special: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"
2018-08-12: "Asylum of the Daleks"
2018-08-12: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
2018-08-18: "A Town Called Mercy"
2018-08-18: "The Power of Three"
2018-08-18: "The Angels Take Manhattan"
2018-08-25: "The Snowmen"
2018-08-25: "The Bells of Saint John"
2018-08-25: "The Rings of Akhaten"
2018-08-25: "Cold War"
2018-08-26: "Hide"
2018-08-26: "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS"
2018-08-26: "The Crimson Horror"
2018-08-26: "Nightmare in Silver"
2018-08-26: "The Name of the Doctor"

Series Six (Complete)

2018-06-17: Christmas Special: "A Christmas Carol"
2018-06-09: "The Impossible Astronaut"
2018-06-09: "Day of the Moon"
2018-06-23: "The Curse of the Black Spot"
2018-06-23: "The Doctor's Wife"
2018-07-20: "The Rebel Flesh"
2018-07-20: "The Almost People"
2018-07-21: "A Good Man Goes to War"
2018-07-21: "Let's Kill Hitler"
2018-07-21: "Night Terrors"
2018-07-21: "The Girl Who Waited"
2018-07-28: "The God Complex"
2018-07-28: "Closing Time"
2018-07-28: "The Wedding of River Song"

Series Five (Complete)

2018-05-18: "The Eleventh Hour"
2018-05-18: "The Beast Below"
2018-05-18: "Victory of the Daleks"
2018-05-19: "The Time of Angels"
2018-05-19: "Flesh and Stone"
2018-05-19: "The Vampires of Venice"
2018-05-20: "Amy's Choice"
2018-05-26: "The Hungry Earth"
2018-05-26: "Cold Blood"
2018-05-26: "Vincent and the Doctor"
2018-06-08: "The Lodger"
2018-06-08: "The Pandorica Opens"
2018-06-08: "The Big Bang"

Series One (Complete)

2018-04-07: "Rose"
2018-04-14: "The End of the World"
2018-04-21: "The Unquiet Dead"
2018-04-28: "Aliens of London"
2018-04-28: "World War Three"
2018-05-05: "Dalek"
2018-05-06: "The Long Game"
2018-05-07: "Father's Day"
2018-05-12: "The Empty Child"
2018-05-12: "The Doctor Dances"
2018-05-13: "Boom Town"
2018-05-13: "Bad Wolf"
2018-05-13: "The Parting of the Ways"

Specials (2008–2010) (Complete)

2018-04-05: "The Next Doctor"
2018-04-06: "Planet of the Dead"
2018-04-06: "The Waters of Mars"
2018-04-06: "The End of Time"

Series Four (Complete)

2018-01-18: Christmas Special: "Voyage of the Damned"
2018-01-27: "Partners in Crime"
2018-02-03: "The Fires of Pompeii"
2018-02-10: "Planet of the Ood"
2018-02-16: "The Sontaran Stratagem"
2018-02-16: "The Poison Sky"
2018-02-18: "The Doctor's Daughter"
2018-02-24: "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
2018-02-24: "Silence in the Library"
2018-02-24: "Forest of the Dead"
2018-03-31: "Midnight"
2018-03-31: "Turn Left"
2018-03-31: "The Stolen Earth"
2018-03-31: "Journey's End"

Series Three (Complete)

2017-12-29: Christmas Special: "The Runaway Bride"
2017-12-29: "Smith and Jones"
2017-12-29: "The Shakespeare Code"
2017-12-29: "Gridlock"
2017-12-29: "Daleks in Manhattan"
2017-12-29: "Evolution of the Daleks"
2017-12-29: "The Lazarus Experiment"
2017-12-29: "42"
2017-12-29: "Human Nature"
2017-12-29: "The Family of Blood"
2017-12-29: "Blink"
2018-01-13: "Utopia"
2018-01-13: "The Sound of Drums"
2018-01-13: "Last of the Time Lords"

Series Two (Complete)

2017-12-23: Christmas Special: "The Christmas Invasion"
2017-12-23: "New Earth"
2017-12-23: "Tooth and Claw"
2017-12-23: "School Reunion"
2017-12-23: "The Girl in the Fireplace"
2017-12-23: "Rise of the Cybermen"
2017-12-23: "The Age of Steel"
2017-12-23: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2017-12-23: "The Impossible Planet"
2017-12-23: "The Satan Pit"
2017-12-23: "Love & Monsters"
2017-12-23: "Fear Her"
2017-12-23: "Army of Ghosts"
2017-12-23: "Doomsday"