Dusty Chalk

Yes. "bad acting" "bad writing" -- he's like the opposite of those things (well, technically he's not the opposite of bad acting, but you get my meaning). I mean, I realize it's all just opinion, but there's a general consensus of what bad acting is. I mean, even fucking Sara Michelle Gellar -- of whom I'm not the hugest fan -- played at least three different parts in the show (Buffy, Buffy-bot, and, in the final season, The First). At no point does anyone wonder which part she is playing when she appears. And you're making it sound like the entire second half of Dollhouse was badly written, which I know for a fact that you did not feel that way at the time. (Yes, that episode -- the one you said was the best written -- was second season.) And don't even get me started on Firefly/Serenity. Who are you, and what have you done with Dan?

Sweet! Congrats!

Okay, now you're just being cranky.

What?!?!? Name one instance of bad writing.

Oh my.

Grawk be trollin'.

I love the 7 minute version of Ain't No Sunshine by The Temptations from Solid Rock, this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raezCQT0fII I would also recommend listening to the entire Dap Tones record label (yes, really, though you should probably start out with the various artists compilation [surely compilations by now?]), as that would definitely be up your alley.

Bad Salad, Uncivilized -- rawk! Prog metal. Quite possibly album of the year for me. Clean singing (mostly). Long instrumental sections (not all of which are guitar solos). Medigs.

Aw, sweet, you mean I can carry around the 24 inch 2560x1440 monitor? Sweet... EDIT: Well fuck, that is more expensive than the monitor.

The older generation Shure earbuds I had definitely had "inoffensive treble".

Yes, yes they do. I would even go so far as to say, "...in all areas." I have an FM modulator (a wired one, which is better than a wireless one), and it's still not as good as a cassette adapter. I largely suggested Crutchfield to find out whether or not your car has a multi-/changer adapter on the back of its head unit. If you do, then it's the best choice, whether you hook a CD changer to it, or an iPod adapter.

Yes to the latter, or something similar. You essentially have three choices -- cassette adapter for the iPod (which really isn't that bad a choice), FM modulator for the iPod (I'm about to replace my head unit, so I probably won't need the iSimple unit I just got and had installed -- you're welcome to it for a discount), or see if your head unit will take a CD changer (my Thunderbird had one). Go to Crutchfield.com and find out what your car can take.

No, I swear I've seen a picture of a Santa with exactly that color hair. I want to say, Rockwell, or some Russian painter or something... (wanders off to perform an image search for "blonde Santa Claus"...HELLO!...turns safe search back on...uh...that's a little better...) I give up, maybe it was Ted Turner colorizing Santa or something...

Actually, it looks kinda alright with the beard bleached, too. Like a young Santa Claus, before he went white.

Right. Which I have already purchased, in anticipation of getting it. Cool, thanks.

I'm looking for something in the 900p to 1080p range that I can carry with me in a hard clam shell or something. Anyone know of anything? This is perfect, except ( a ) DisplayPort, and ( b ) 21 inches. I can probably find a way to carry 21 inches, and I can probably get a DisplayPort converter, but I thought I'd ask, first. Is there anything like what I want? I realize there are a bunch of smaller 768p, and they're even USB-powered, but that's usually just a tad too small. I'm currently using a 17", 1280x1024 desktop monitor, and that's perfectly fine. Cheap laptop with a similar size and resolution screen screen? Cost prohibitive, but if I can utilize the extra horsepower, I may do that anyway, and use my current laptop as the second monitor (I'm doing everything with VM's, so that's doable). iPad? Don't know how that would work, but I'm sure there's something. I don't need anything to run on it other than the graphics. Get used to using a Windows window manager? Other thoughts?

There are other non-gamer-oriented tiny linux boxes.

RIP, porn star dude, you will be mi...oh, who am I kidding? You won't be missed. They may not even remember to trawl for the body. Snarky comment #2: If this boat is rockin', don't come knockin'...your head!

How long have you had the Prius?

One last time. "I Can See Four Miles" is a very nice finale. EDIT: And now, because I can, and I because I love this track, live version of "Black Light District".

^ Must have cats. My Bobby could otherwise easily topple that speaker.

It's not so great a distance, no, it's the occasional flight of stairs in the parking lot. I've actually taken to going the long way around (the way cars go), just so I don't have to lift it up and carry it. And no, I really mean tea. I drink about 10 bottles daily, and I make it myself, so have to bring it in on a daily basis. I'm actually eyeing my Red Oxx Gator for that, but that means everything I carry in my Red Oxx Gator needs to go in the knapsack. Or something. Oh, and get this, I'm actually considering getting a portable second monitor, because I do so much work on VM's, a second monitor will really come in handy. Something like this one, except I didn't realize that one was DisplayPort, and probably something smaller than a 21".

Yeezh.

I follow them on Facebook.

The Gathering, Meltdown (new album), streaming here now, for the next 20 some odd hours only.