Dusty Chalk

I got nothing, but do please report on your results, I would most definitely follow suit.

I thought so too, and I'm me.

(nods, seeing the wisdom in this)

Well, technically, if it was a safe, most people could have figured that out. Yes, I know, not helping. Sorry.

Really? Is that a question? I think it's just a matter of whether or not the maybes turn into yesses or noeses. I, unfortunately, am heading in the 'no' direction. I blame Within Temptation.

I already did that, you freak, I was asking your opinion of it over other aerators, since I notice you didn't mention it in my aerator thread. And as much as I give you a hard time, I do value your opinion over just random googling strangers on the internet.

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Hey wow, how did you know that?

Props for having the prescience to know that I was going to want it.

Um...sure, why not?

Well, no, the next one might be an actual nice person. Always do the right thing. I know, you didn't mean it when you said what you said, but I just thought I'd say it out loud. Good on you for having already done so. That's a lesson I learned from Spike Lee.

You can actually see him resisting the urge to drop and roll. Or at least, that's what I'm seeing in my head.

(last night, actually, before Dan's post)

I stand corrected. Justin -- you bought a mud grass horse...with a bowtie?

Atteca Old Vines 2008 -- meh

You bought an alpaca?

Yeah, because the other way, there would be a comma after Mikey. Mikey -- indeed -- doesn't fuck around.

Within Temptation, Enter Oh. So...apparently there is an album earlier than Mother Earth. And it's not "just demos".

Right, but that requires familiarity with both vintages. If someone were to pipe up with familiarity with both vintages, that would overrule my advice. My advice is merely of the "in lieu of actual knowledge" variety. It's like those test questions: 10. a. b. c. d. The answer (at the time I was told) is b., because b. is the most common answer in a multiple choice type test. If there was an actual question, with actual answers, and you knew the answer, that would of course over-ride the b. rule.

Yes please. Aargh. Srsly -- my tastes are not so refined that I think I'd even be able to tell the difference. So I'd say go older if it's a special occasion, go younger if you just want to drink one, buy one of each if the question is a "which should I buy" question.

She looks hot. No, wait a minute, that came out right.

It's not trickery so much as conditioning -- do you remember the Bene Gesserit from Dune, how they could appear to read one's mind by studying one's body language sufficiently? It's kind of like that. The ability to retain knowledge is superhumanly augmented, maybe some of the sensory input, but the psychology of obtaining the information, how to use it later -- none of that is supernatural, it's just training.

(makes a note to wear a large fake moustache when covering "Why Must the Show Go On?/In Transit/Goodbye Bad Times/Brand New Love (Take a Chance)/Valerie")

Is that the name of the new album? I have to say, it's an improvement on When the Pawn.... New EP from Birthday Massacre in August.

When they sell for the $500-$600 range, they get snapped up fairly quickly.