Dusty Chalk

Thanks for keeping us filled in, Blutarsky. Continued hopes and well wishes for the best possible outcome. Maybe he can do a Subaru commercial after all of this.

Okay, so it had nothing to do with the wood being inappropriate for a guitar build.

Jeff -- I missed something -- I thought you said in this thread that the Paulownia did not work out. You're saying it didn't work out for you? So what happened to it, did it go back to the shop? Did they sell it to someone else?

No, we just need more of a "work smarter, not harder" mentality.

The progressively less often Linn 24 Bits of Xmas bump. Also, Kscope is offering a free sampler of this year's releases: kscopemusic.bandcamp.com (For some reason, I can neither copy-and-paste URLs into head-case within IE, nor can I click on the stupid link button.)

Curry chicken from Tony Cheng's -- excellent earlier: Kung Pao chicken from Tony Cheng's -- meh

Yeah, more wishes in your and her general direction.

Thinking "deft and steady fingers" thoughts your way!

What is that thing in the top photograph in the middle?[/snark]

Wow. Yeezh. I have no words. What everyone else has said -- wishing positive thoughts in your general direction, glad it wasn't worse/fatal.

I have lots of corks.

Yeah, I cut cable a couple months ago, and had a cable device for months before that that I never plugged in. Can't get BBC America (for Doctor Who) without buying one of the super deluxe packages (really? just for one channel? I think not), but then I realized it was cheaper just to get the one or two shows I want via Amazon Prime (that's how I watched Doctor Who this season, it's probably how I'll watch Game of Thrones when it comes back). I think ESPN is talking about a subscription service, you should look into how far off that is in the future. HBO is, too, but I'm only interested in one show there...

So the ball of cheese is already made, but you're doing what to it? Marinating it or something? I am not knowing this. I want to try doing this, if it's pretty easy.

Lollers @ Windows apologists

It's fine. Every write (erase counts as a write) takes a little bit of life off the SSD, but you've only added one or two writes to it, out of thousands.

Your not-so-daily Linn's 24 Bits of Xmas bump...

I think we can handle a little Doppler shift.

Who is doing the shipping, Jack? If it's UPS, if it's a residence, they don't even try until after 5 or 6. Car not big enough -- that's why I drive a hatchback there's no such thing as "not big enough", short of preassembled shelving and mattresses.

You grill at work? I bet your vegetarian coworkers hate you.

^^ Great, thanks, now the thought, "I wonder if there's a female cosplay krampus" has crossed my mind, and of course there is, and I'm trying to resist the urge to look it up.

I'm in love with this new site called progstreaming -- lots of great stuff, about 50% are "yes", 25% are "maybe", and only about 25% are "pass". And that last is largely because of specific things, like too audible a hippie influence or whatever.

Let's wait 'til the end then sort it out.

Bump. (Yes, I missed several days. Sorry. Hopefully they'll do like last year and give you a second chance on the last day.)

Yeah, that's why I asked first. No worries.