Dusty Chalk

I have this track stuck in my head for some reason. I love the way it starts out all serene and chant-y, and slowly evolves into this noise freak-out. Laurie Anderson sample doesn't hurt.

Goddamnit, I forgot to buy something with that Crestron coupon.

Community -- Competitive Wine Tasting -- I love this show. "Hey, look, you can take a class in how to tell a joke." Annie: "No, don't take that, I dropped it after 'Setups'. The professor was so old..." (long pause, followed by nothing)

I'll give it a try then.

Ah.

Video editing or OpenCL or Cuda programming would be the only other reasons. Just curious -- what's wrong with it? I've actually found getting into computers easier (and more fun) with time, they seem to be more conducive to actually getting into, rather than trying to keep users out.

That's a keeper.

Yeah, except I typically get home around 12:30 (actually, later most of the time, and much earlier every once in a while). So by the time I pour myself a glass, feed the kitties, do litter box, and any other meneal chores, it's only like 1 in the morning. I will want to: have drunk the wine, allow it to go through my system, and then take my meds before I go to bed. So I definitely do not have hours. Hence the interest in aerators. I mean, the best I can do is pour a glass before I go to work, put it up on the shelf (out of reach of the kitties), but then it will have breathed for 8+ hours (more likely 12-ish). Isn't that overdoing it? Or should I actually give that a try? Wish I had thought of that today.

This one (Gorm)? Holds 8 per shelf? Also looking at this 180-bottle one, this 60-bottle one, and this one that looks like it holds less than a bottle (I am just looking at that last one). I intend to put my beer in there, too -- wine racks will hold bombers, won't they? I'm still tempted by the J.K. Adams. They had me at "tinker toys". EDIT: And this one, just because it's less than US$1/bottle.

Yeah, I also stumbled across the Nuance, may give that a try. Or maybe just an individual decanter. But I'm impatient, too.

Found two threads, one on the other on interestingly enough. Why should I go one way or the other? I understand the value of a decanter -- lets the wine breathe, albeit in a controlled fashion, while cat hair and asbestos doesn't settle into it. I seem to remember someone (tyrion?) getting something and having a positive opinion of it, but it's not coming up while searching for "aerator'. Something like a hand-held or bottletop device like this one. So...any new opinions on this? I don't have room for that whole let it drip thing, but I could probably find room for a proper decanter/carafe thingy. But I'll probably go with the decanting pourer if no-one pipes up with something that doesn't involve scorpions or shovels or headless women.

Finished Steel Remains -- greatly enjoyed the resolution. The sex scene(s?), not so much. Started Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire -- yeah, I'm smitten. My favorite recent-discovery author. Has a dark streak, great sense of humor, and a nice mind's eye for fantastical things. Some of the things that happen can be a little too deus ex machina (or rather, dei ex machina), but you know, who cares? That's my superpower: the ability to shrug during fiction. But do you know what she does best? Love. Love of brother, love of sister, love of comrade, love of commander, love of subordinate*...all of its forms, she does well. Even dysfunctional love. Even unrecognized love (e.g. love of the main subject, from the main subject's point of view, without the main subject even realizing it). I think that's what I like best about her. Really going to has a sad when I finish this one, because I will have read everything she's written until the next one comes out. * Try not to read that in Ronald Reagan voice.

Once a Thief (1991 version w/Chow Yun-Fat)

Or running your own cloud? I, actually, am, albeit at work. So I am seriously considering hex core for my next machine, so I can do similarly at home.

Congrats, keep up the good work!

Yeah, 2 or 3 years old should be alright. You may want to double-check, that's just my off-hand guess. Me, I'd go with the rebuild option, bullet two. That is, if I were you, I.E. not lazy.

Alright, I'll do that. I did know to let it breathe...but I didn't know for how long, so I appreciate the info. I only let it breathe for not quite an hour.

2008 Ojai Syrah -- my first syrah, so I withhold judgment. I do like that back-of-the-throat burn.

FTFY. And answeed your question: resounding yes. Still need to drink beer, though.

That works, I like Ikea.

Get rid of Windows, or get rid of the Emu? Yeah, I know, I'm not helping. Me: broke two bottles of wine, cleaned them up. No, not any of the syrahs, and fortunately, not any of the more expensive malbecs, I don't think. Still pisses me off. Good thing we don't care about that floor (it's asbestos -- it needed to have been replaced decades ago anyway). One was broken in the process of cleaning up the other, because I had bottles everywhere, and was trying not to step on them or in the puddle from the first one. @self. I need a wine rack. Anyone have any suggestions on the cheapest value winerack? I'm thinking the assemble-it-yourself one they sell at Total Wine, like this one:

QFA. Quoated fr teh awsum.

Oh wow, congrats on surviving so far!

Yeah, well, I grew up in the 70's. inasmuch as I did grow up.