Well, Happy New Year 2023!  Apparently and this is according to the stats, (so we're all fully on board with their likely veracity, aren't we?), I am now followed by a dozen regular listeners.  Fair dinkum.  I didn't get into this podcast game for popularity: I was only ever motivated by narcissism.  However, we push on because of reasons.  I don't like to quit halfway through a project - and that includes life - and I know that will disappoint many Canadian 'liberals' out there. Dracula is an interesting tale of gathering darkness and has some resonances today. If you haven't observed this phenomenon you probably work for the government or sell and distribute weapons of mass destruction (a wide variety is available). Chapter 7 recounts the slightly dramatic arrival of the Demeter at Whitby Harbour and the successful keto diet undertaken by the crew.  There's a big dog too. This travesty was recorded using a Rode USB Mini microphone in the middle of a room.  Then some declick and Thomas Mundt Loudness.