Dusty Chalk

Goddamn, now I'm regretting having something other than a College Park Gyro for dinner earlier tonight. Which, if I had thought about it, I could have had. (Just about every gyro in the College Park area is at least half decent, including Pizza Boli's, who don't usually make gyros.)

Bob Mould with Halou opening. Halou were excellent, in fine form, and Rebecca is gorgeous, charming, has a winning smile, and I can't think of a single sour note she hit. I also think she's a bit of a gearwhore, as she was playing with a Kaoss Pad and sung in at least 3 different mics, one of which is the infamous green bullet: She also did a thing where she had two mics, and sang into both of them, at the same time executing an effect. I've seen Laurie Anderson do that, but didn't want to accuse her of being too heavily influenced by any one particular person (I got to talk to her extensively after the show). What was wonderful about it was how smooth she did it. She wasn't doing it to show off, as I doubt anyone but me would have noticed, I suspect she was doing it just to maintain her own interest in what she was doing. I also especially enjoyed the song where two of them were playing ebows at the same time. That's the kind of band they are. There was also a tune where two of them were playing bass, and it wasn't "Big Bottom". My only complaint is that they played foreshortened versions of at least two or three of the songs, one of them being my favourite. It has this part where they cut down to really quiet, and then start building up again, well, they cut down to really quiet. I mean, really quiet. And just stopped. Ah, well, I've been a fan of theirs for years (since the Bedazzled days), and this was my first time seeing them live, so I'm happy. Bob Mould is quite good. He's still got it, in terms of charisma, rawkin' ability, and songwriting. Too bad he only has one guitar tone -- don't get me wrong, it's great, I just would like to hear a little bit of variety. At least, for the part of the set that I stuck around for. I got hit on earlier in the evening, so was a little tense (since I was alone), so opted to cut the evening short. On the bright side, I could've gotten laid tonight, if I was into, you know, drunks. Who smoked. And had a penis. I think I stuck around for most of set, since he was doing an early night of it, and was going to start his gay discotheque thingy ("Blowoff", LOL) at 11.

I'm already proficient in C, C++, C#, and Java, so thought I'd branch out.

Tapers don't actually listen to that crap, do they? I thought they just stood around and chatted with each other.

I doubt it, there are actual music lovers on this forum.

Hey now! Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Hey, now, don't get me started. Duran Duran bring it. I got the special edition of Red Carpet Massacre.

Some more shoes (one pair was $11.99 on clearance!), a couple XLT shirts that I'm going to use as sleepers.

I've heard Juan's SA5000, and have to say was quite impressed with them.

Isn't oak just slightly heavier? I mean, I know cherry ain't no balsa, but oak is just a plain hernia-inducing gut-buster.

Go into a Staples or an Office Max or an Office Depot, and start sitting down in a couple of them. Some of them are just plain more comfortable than others, and it was something I noticed right away. I would tell you what I decided on, but I don't remember. A couple things you should look at: adjustable height (I actually prefer the ones that aren't hydraulic, because I tend to sit at the same height all the time); make sure there isn't a slight rise right at mid-thigh (cuts off your circulation); also, make sure it doesn't press on other pressure points; good lumbar support (everyone has their own, so adjustable is good, but if you find one you like that isn't adjustable, that's fine, too. Go towards the end of the day, when you're already tired.

Yup, I had a couple pair back then, velcro fly and all. I got over it. I may still have them, but only to laugh at.

Yeah, I don't understand that, either. Never did.

Okay, one more: I'm crying here.

OMG OMG OMG And you DIY'ers should enjoy this one:

I love physics/science/engineering jokes, to wit: I'm definitely going to have to investigate this further.

Did you see the Van Der Graaf Generator competition?

I fixed it -- ER -- you had us going through fark which was requiring a login.

At first, I misread the paragraph about the crowbar. I thought it said that they needed it to get her ass off the toilet.

Oh, okay. I thought he was just talking about his time "walking on the wild side". And the coloured girls go, 'doot do-doot, doot, doot do-do doot doot do-doot...' Not that there's anything wrong with that.

It's not that one is better than the other, headphone listening is just different from speaker listening. If I had that kind of money, I'd definitely be spending it on the best headphone amp (probably commission another Dragon) I could.

It depends on the guy, actually. Some guys have wiry, painful facial hair, some (like me) have soft, fine hair. Unfortunately, the painful hair is usually the one that looks better, my "soft fine" hair looks like pubic hair. Plus, I have this weird tri-color thing going on -- blond moustache, turning gray under the chin, dark brown pretty much every where else. Even after all of that, it still looks better than clean-shaven.

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