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Nice and scary...in reverse order. Glad you got it sorted. That could ha' been a nightmare. Jacob -- that was an emotional roller coaster.

Yeah, but I usually listen to them on Sunday for some reason.

Yeah, I like it, it's a different flavour than the buffalo sauces, which I usually dislike. Earthier, perhaps. Worth trying.

The last couple you can listen to online, that's what I've been doing. Makes for great lazy working Sunday listening.

Re: Johnson's chili recipe -- tangential anecdote: I was doctoring some Newman's Own Beef & Broccoli Skillet for Two, and I didn't realize the hot sauce I had was wide open. I ended up dumping a half bottle of Wizard's Organic Hot Sauce in there. It was actually really good, but I realize I got lucky, you can't do that with just any hot sauce, you have to imagine it in the recipe.

"They'll love me! I'm so marbled!"

Unholy carp, Jacob, and double-plus-yeezh. Is it possible to get a charlie horse on the sphincter muscle? I think I just did.

Back when I made chili (I really need to get back to that, I was really happy with it 99% of the time), my first from-scratch recipe was looking at the box, and pulling out all the ingredients, and guessing at the amounts of each. I never made it the same after that, sometimes adding ingredients, sometimes leaving one or the other out (white pepper was a favourite). But yeah, for the most part, it was in the region of Terlingua Red, usually a little muddier (I had a heavy hand).

Mike Vraney, founder of Something Weird video, keeper of the ...well, let's call it what it is...weird movie flame, passed away. Having formerly been a card-carrying member of Video Vault in Alexandria, VA, I have seen quite a bit of his work.

Happy birthday, Dan! http://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/192972/party-favor-noise-1784-by-audiosocket (Yeah, I know, I'm lazy.)

Pfff -- Why do we have to make it a competition? Can't we just appreciate each doctor for what they are, for what they bring to the table? Ditto companions. I mean, it's not like it's a draft pick or whatever they're called. Personally, I think the real stars are the writers. Doctor Who's Whedon is Moffat.

I love me some chili -- Dan, what's your style preference? In Hard Times terms, I like the Terlingua Red.

Wow, that's a new one I hadn't heard yet, "...for lack of a better term, 'triple'..." Yeah, my penis is for lack of a better term, "triple" the performance... The T-rex's arms are, for lack of a better term, "triple" the performance... I'm going to start using that in front of everything. This music is, for lack of a better term, awesome. This movie is, for lack of a better term, the best. What you're really doing is undermining your own vocabulary.

Vastra Feel free to turn this into a Doctor Who discussion thread. "The Day of the Doctor" > "The Time of the Doctor"

That looks interesting. I've been listening to a lot of Antimatter. I love Antimatter. Very heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, they even write one song in the meter of Pigs (Three Different Ones). And to accomplish that atmosphere with such sparse and simple instrumentation...sublime.

I don't get it. (Probably because I haven't been avidly following all the minute changes.) EDIT: Oh, it's a whole second campaign. Never mind.

Yeezh, Jacob. It's bitterly cold here, too. I don't think I'm leaving the apartment.

Don't mind me, just being silly. If you don't get it, don't worry about it, it's disposable use-once humor.

I think it's making a statement.

No, dude, he gigs with it.

Microphone cables are actually better, because they're designed for weak signals over long runs.

It was posted on Facebook with the tag, "#catswithlips".

I'm telling you, the Rivera Clubster. This is not coming from me, this is coming from an experienced, gigging guitarist. But of course, it falls to the same criticism that grawk said about PRS guitars -- it introduces practically zero of its own character, so if you're looking for a quirky eccentric sound, look elsewhere.