MexicanDragon

If you want something that looks worse than what Reks would buy, check out Ecco (locally) to see if they have anything that fits. I'd call around to see if anyone had AE stuff that fit as well. **BRENT**

Those are atrocious. **BRENT**

Don't ask Zach. AE makes rubber soled shoes in many of their designs. If you see "Dainite" in the listing, it's a rubber sole. **BRENT**

HTC Vive on Sunday, switching to the Oculus Rift for the rest of the week. Can youbimagine this stuff when you were ten? In five years this is going to be so ridiculous. I can't wait! Xavier is playing Lucky's Tale right now. He's so incredibly happy with this. I'll post his impressions later tonight or tomorrow. I have Elite: Dangerous and Eve: Somethingorother ready to go when he goes to bed and I stay up til 4am playing. Going to try to get PCars working too; machine crashed hard with video card glitches for a few reboots when I tried PCars last night; hoping for a better outcome this time around. **BRENT**

http://shoebank.com/FactorySecondInventory.php CJ, you're a 10.5 3E (perhaps) in AE, right? That Fifth Avenue in Bourbon for 177$ is a shoe I <3 dearly. I have the Lexington in bourbon and it's great, and the same last as the Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue. I actually prefer the Fifth Avenue unless going black; I find it more versatile. Also, don't get black. Also, bring @cetoole in on this convo. **BRENT**

I love my 3E. I do 4E with NB. They fit well for me when I got them, but after dropping some weight (and breaking them in) they are now a bit loose. I have something built on the same last as these, not this exact shoe, but this is one that's been on my radar for a couple years. **BRENT**

Currently listening to this as well. **BRENT**

Al, you're probably seeing some anniversary tributes floating around, but yeah, that was a loss that meant a lot to a lot of people. **BRENT**

I didn't watch or hear anything about this before now, but congrat, T$! I don't follow basketball at all, but it seems losing it that way after such an amazing season would have been a (relative) travesty. **BRENT**

Wait for gen 2, but right now, Vive is definitely better. Isolating? Hmmm... fairly. I'm still an hour or two from Rift time, but looking forward to PCars, My time with the Vive wasn't great, b/c it was set up height wise for Xavier. **BRENT**

Xavier playing Project Cars with HTC Vive, G29, Openwheeler race cockpit on a custom right with i7-6700k with GTX 980ti. He had fun.. I have an Oculus Rift in the house for a week to compare (but sadly no Openwheeler.) I can't play tonight, but every other night this week, let's play. **BRENT**

Mom made me her fried chicken for a belated birthday dinner. Then had cake. **BRENT**

Haven't played since 10/24. Do they have a sniper yet? *"BRENT**

"That" meaning "a guy with a girlfriend?" **BRENT**

I thought the guy with the girlfriend won the Pico Power, not the dude who won the 3 out of 4/1200$ of prizes. @ selling the Pico Power. *goes back to listening to HPA-2c* **BRENT**

@nikongod @screaming oranges, I did not do the AriPower justice in the video, but I was not aware that that was going to happen until @Tyll Hertsens shoved a camera in my face. Next time, I'll do it right. Also, Tyll, why didn't you use the "Allstate Guy" setting on Autotune to change my voice? Some people. Going to find some time soon to watch the whole video, but it was a good time, and maybe I'll listen to some stuff next year beyond the stuff from Justin, Doug, and Purk. Also, next year I plan on winning more stuff. **BRENT**

Mmmm... gravy. **BRENT**

He told me everything about it, including all the secret sauce. I have no idea what he meant, but he said he could never repeat it. Sorry, T$. **BRENT**

I dug the grain of that wood and that silver DAC, but I'm a big koa fan. There's a pic of the silver amp somewhere, right? It's nice, but it's the wrong color. @Hopstretch may disagree, but he would be incorrect. **BRENT**

Thanks everyone! I started out the day with a sick kid (1am-3am) then a 4 hour nap, then frustrating day at work. Then I wound up going out for nachos and margaritas with 2 friends. They were on opposite ends of political and ideological spectrums, with quit an age gap. I just sat back in the chair and watched them debate for a long time. Had a blast, then my young fiend and I went out for a night cap. Now? Off to bed early to try to make up for that whole 4 hours of sleep thing earlier. thanks guys, <3. **BRENT**

I've been enjoying the DAC, but I agree with some other people about it not being ideal for IEMs. Sounds pretty good with HF2s, but I need to get the tape deck out to *really* stress it **BRENT**

Purk, you're finally embracing my philosophy on meets. Well played Oh, I left something out in my sleep deprived postings. Really had a blast finding a fellow yoyo enthusiast in the hobby. TomB had a couple throws I'd never tried and we got to throw together. I think we generated a little interest in yet another hobby of ours. *"BRENT**

I know this dude! I walked in and saw Tyll with John, the organizer of this event, and I get greeted with a big hug and a "guess what I had for breakfast today. Biscuits and gravy!" Totally looks better than the silver one. You guys are crazy re: silver enthusiasts. The mystical and magical Ingwe!!! (Also, my hair was wrecked after 2 hours of driving with a window down, and then headphones on and off all day; perhaps I should move to the Ingwean/Namaanian model of hairstyles.) Brazillian steakhouse for dinner? Don't mind if I do. With Justin, Purk, and Matt. These been ribs were just stupidly good. Chris was very happy when he found out I was eating about 3 pounds of protein. Server: "Lamb?" Me: "Of course." Sun In My Belly I met up with an old friend to go out for brunch after Justin and I parted ways this afternoon. It turns out he wound up at the same place, but ate outside. We found this out when I posted on FB, and he said he'd just left after Jasmin and I had gone off couch shopping. I love shopping. Kirkwood Breakfast Softly scrambled eggs with herbed boursin cheese, honey glazed bacon, buttermilk biscuit, house made strawberry jam. I didn't think it looked that great, but it was SO good. Jasmin recommended going "bacon egg biscuit" with it, and it was totally the right call. The cheesy eggs just killed it with the biscuit, and the bacon is actually folded over in the pic below, and was actually wide enough for a partial strip to cover most of the biscuit. Mmmm... mimosas that you have to build yourself. I wound up killing the OJ, as we just used a "splash" in each glass. , Also, there were some headphones, IIRC. BHSE killed it, per usual, on the stat side. I listened to the HE-1000 out of the GS-X Mk 2 finally. Probably the best Ortho I've heard. Easily worth 500$. I'm sure it's several multiples of that, but not sure it'd be what I'd turn to. On the dynamic side, ECP Audio made a combination that made me like HD800s (plural, not model name.) That's only happened once before, with a Denon TT out of Matt/NWT's MPX3. If I didn't hate how the HD800 looked, and had an unlimited budget, and already had a BHSE + Stax setup, I'd give Doug a bunch of cash, and a voucher for a nice steak dinner. I didn't listen to everything like some people did, but there was a ton of stuff there, and for the people still on the hunt for something new/different, I think it was a great event. Enjoyed seeing everyone and hope we get to do it again next year. **BRENT**

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Go take a nap, I'm going to be heading up in about half an hour. **BRENT**