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"faces felony charges after her girlfriend’s mother notified police of the relationship as soon as she turned 18." http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/23/florida-lesbian-teen-expelled-from-school-and-charged-over-same-sex-relationship/

IMO it's about fucking time! Now the push to allow gay men to be Scout leaders. My viewpoint is no surprise, I'm sure. How do you feel about this? I will keep an open mind, I promise.

Have a great day!

Happy birthday Jin!

Bass player in the Spiders From Mars and long time member of Uriah Heep, dead at 62 of pancreatic cancer. Another person critical to my musical upbringing, Ziggy Stardust was one of the first albums I ever bought.

Have a great and tune-filled birthday, Rob! Cheers!

Ray Manzarek, keyboard player of the Doors died today in Germany. Very sad news. Rest in peace.

Serious tornadoes in the midwest! Stay safe Naaman and others!

Apparently he decided to cash in the chips today. Sad. The guy had the best name ever, and will be missed. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/sport/motorsport/north-carolina-trickle-obit/?hpt=hp_t2

We got you a cake but they screwed up the name! Dammit! I hope you have a great birthday anyway Chris! Cheers!

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/send-money-to-friends-with-gmail-and.html Interesting that Google has made it so easy to send money. I do have to wonder just how many folks are actually aware of Google Wallet to begin with? Paypal has such a stranglehold on the market...

Hi all --- Our magazine is actually doing a story on Bitcoin. I have read 3 stories so far, trying to comprehend them. Thought I did understand it as a "token-like" currency, but was then told they are not tokens. You get more of them by "mining them" .... ? Who runs the "mine" so to speak ? I figured you cutting edge types that transact with China may actually have used these. Could you explain to muggles what it really is, if its is not a token-type "currency" that you buy ? baffled. I read the Bloomberg, the Economist and Wired recent stories on it. Thxxx

Sorry we missed it Justin, but hope you had a great one. Cheers!

Happy Birthday! :prettyprincess:

Happy birthday and happy shooting to brother in Nikon, Ari! May the world deliver you the opportunity for an amazing shot tonight!

You were wishing you had some whisky choices matching your advanced age, so here are some to dream about [and may find in Mikey's garage the next time you are out this way]. One from your birth year, and one that was matured as long as you have been Nom Nom Nom. Have a great one and go find some old whisky! Cheers!

http://t.co/PkdS3GQzqU VFX and stop motion pioneer. RIP Ray.

Have a great one Purk! Cheers!

Remember when the first car that drove by would stop to help, if you were broke down? On my way home from work yesterday, I saw an elderly woman standing by her car on the side of the road. I almost drove right past, but something said stop. Upon asking, it seemed she had a flat tire. She didn't exactly seem thrilled that I had stopped, not at first anyway. But once I offered to change the tire for her, she seemed to warm. Turns out her spare was also flat. So I suggested we take both to a near by tire shop. Once there the fix was easy, inexpensive and quick. On the way back she admitted to me that at first she wondered if I was up to no good, and had been wary of my …

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/28/179666890/janos-starker-a-master-of-the-cello-dies-at-88?ft=1&f=10003 His many renditions of the Bach Cello Suites have always been among my favorites.

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to thank this community. Head-case has been an incredible wealth of knowledge for me, having guided my foray into high fidelity audio. I joined Head-case in 2008, soon after discovering that head-fi was overwhelming and nearly impossible to garner useful information from. I then spent the next couple of years lurking and reading, eventually leading to several (blind, but somewhat informed) purchases. I've been enjoying music through the same set-up for the past 4 years or so. I haven't been here in a while, but I decided that it was about time to offer my gratitude to the community that built my headphone system - quite literally, as my hea…

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Interesting piece of history - how they transported the A-12 to Area 51. (the A-12 aircraft was the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird) http://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12.html