Dusty Chalk

When they say, "make sure you have protection", I don't think MP's in riot gear is what they have in mind.

(drums fingers) Although activity and percentage of the population that engage are obviously the two largest factors, I would say that there are enough other factors that I wouldn't trust any anecdote-based rationalization for one side of the argument or the other, and only the results. So yes, please, sex survey. Besides, you may get sex out of it. I'm sure there's a whole website devoted to that premise. "Sex surveyor has sex." or something like that. I mean, there's a site called "Can He Score?" -- you know what? He always scores. What a stupid name for a website, and yet people still keep going back, week after week... While we're waiting... I've heard nothing but good things about Markertek (and specifically their custom cable service). I.E., "seconded".

Were you just put in the mood, or are you saying this is potentially a superior master?

Citation needed.

I wouldn't mind confirmation, but I don't see how a regular old mono plug is supposed to work. I'm presuming he provides some sort of breakout cable? It's a tip-ring-ring-sleeve, where the tip is the digital, the two rings are analog, and the sleeve is ground. You could just home-brew something so that the two sleeves weren't connected to anything, but I wouldn't use a regular mono plug (?), I would use that exact same connector.

Yeah, that's pretty much a show-stopper for me. Have they done other disks? We Sold Our Souls, perhaps? Nevermind, I'll go look, myself...

Is there something particularly good about that version/pressing/whatever? Black Sabbath is a favorite of mine. Shocking, innit?

1536p iPad porn.

Malbec, of the Sottano variety -- meh. Sent from mah Droid

Want. No, really.

Want. to believe

^Winning. Me: DFH Zeno Saison -- eez gut. Sent from mah Droid

They put the 'FU..C' in dysfunctional. Me: finally started Arrested Development -- holyfuckshit, why did I wait so long? Haven't even finished the first episode, and I'm already in .

Casillero del Diablo malbec -- meh. Not bad, but not outstanding. Label could be blacker, too.

Deadline (Mira Grant, Newsflesh Trilogy, Volume II) -- holy shit, she doesn't waste any time. I guess it makes sense -- in a post-zombie-apocalypse world, people die, but ...Jesus. I'm going to amend my earlier statement, although...not really. She does two things really well -- love, and grief. (Grief only works if you had love.) One of the things that she did really well in the first book -- and she appears to be keeping up the pace -- is that you felt every death. I mean, really felt it. You mourned characters you barely met...because you hadn't gotten the chance to get to know them, but you knew from what little you did get to know that you did. not. want. them. to die. Fuck. Also, she has an entirely tangential character named, "The Monkey". I shit you not.

More correctly, that would be [/Leo] or [/Cobb]

No, he puts it in a 'helping hand' type thingy.

Pendragon, Concerto Maximo -- holy shit, they've been around for 30 years?!?!?

Much less three (different) ones! And oh yeah: ditto on everyone else.

Touche'.

Did he ever say anything on the order of, "...may God strike me down if..."

I think you mean, 'tick'. (shudders)

Backwoods Bastard -- fucking yum. Far better than Dirty Bastard.

Gemm -- being a bit of a flea-market -- is a mixed bag. Yes, there are some very good sellers there, but there are also some absolute criminals...well, alright, technically, they're not criminals, because they're not forcing you to buy their wares, but the prices strike me as...well, a bit much. My point: know what you're doing when you go in there. And yes: vinyl is a good alternative, if you don't have access to a time machine, or infinite resources.