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Agreed, it's pretty intense, and I mean that in a good way.

Because it's the best thing that has ever happened to me since ... well, since the last best thing that has ever happened to me. I mean, really, Greatest Meme Evar. Also, not entirely honest -- I have yet to get through an entire album paulstretched -- I only got through "God Bird Change" and most of the title track of Electric Rendez-Vous, and "Slow" and "Chocolate" from Kylie, but I could tell the entire album would have worked in both cases. It's interesting what doesn't work: "Blue Monday" really didn't work -- the fast drum beats just turned into this long noise, and I think anything with too much obvious simple repetition doesn't work. "Autobahn" didn't work. Killing Joke's "Change" didn't work. On the other hand, Nitzer Ebb, "Fun to be Had" and "Getting Closer" both worked surprisingly well. NP: Alison Moyet, "All Cried Out", paulstretched Also, I haven't gotten laid in way too long, so not so much "bored" as "restless".

I think the only two I've seen are Cellar Door (which doesn't seem like a good "starter" and the Stateside Saison. I really want to try Existent or A Saison Darkly or one of those. Will keep looking. Last night: Washington Hills gewurtztraminer and Graffigna malbec

The only Stillwaters I've seen are the farmhouse ales. :\

"You'll have to excuse me, I've got something stuck in my teeth. I think it's ...I don't know what it's called (I'm a dog!), but it's that flap of skin between the thumb and forefinger."

paulstretched Electric Rendez-vous, Al Di Meola. Up next: Kylie Minogue's Body Language, might stop and listen to "Blue Monday". NP: "Stairway to Heaven", LZ, paulstretched.

(squints)

No, because that would be necromancy.

You ever heard Cypher 7? They have a track called "Dead Drop" which is just outstanding. "Ladder of Lights" is pretty great, too. "Dead Drop" takes over 2 minutes to "get started", your comment is what made me think of them. Dead Drop would be over a hundred and forty-one minutes in paulstretch time... Oh, and yes, I listen to that sort of thing all the time at work.

Space Boogie didn't work so well. Neither did Shriekback's "This Big Hush". Now on: "Kagirohi Ha Yomi Ni Mata Muto" (the 10-minute finale of Ghost in the Shell: Innocence with heavy drumming) -- all 71 minutes of it.

Al Di Meola, "Race with Devil on Spanish Highway", slowitupped -- fucking creepy as hell. Up next, "Space Boogie", Jeff Beck. Any other suggestions for ridiculously extremely fast songs would be appreciated.

You misspelled "dumbasses".

He does sound overly civilized for a stray. I would keep an eye out for postings in the neighborhood. If he's that young, he might be from a litter, in which case he may not be missed, and I wouldn't worry too much about keeping him. Is that you in the background? As Justine, of course.

Dude, that's the definition of stray. No, srsly, cats don't need much training, and if it's really young, it's probably naturally overly trusting of humans. And quit feeding it milk, it's probably lactose intolerant, and all the mewling means, "I have a tummy ache!" And congrats! Kittens are cute. If only they'd stay that way... And if anyone should name their cat, "buyer's remorse" (aka Babu), you should. (In honor of the most recent episode of Archer on Hulu.)

Alas, I did not. :\

Want.

Beer & Wine: New Holland Dragon's Milk Left Hand TNT La Posta Cocina Blend a couple other things

Joy Formidable, "Whirring" through Paulstretch, x8.04 -- all 39 minutes of it. I tried putting Shape of Despair through it, but it sounded the same. I am from this moment forward playing all my tracks through paulstretch. Sure, it might take me 6 hours to listen to a 45 minute album, but it's better than 'ludes, man. Guaranteed to have a lower heart-rate by the time it's done. And lower blood pressure.

Last night -- tried Alma Negra -- mostly black bottle, 70% malbec, so I had to try it. Not bad, but there are still other malbecs I prefer. Will try to let it breathe more.

Long Distance Calling -- instrumental prog/post-rock, very cool. Might be a little bit too "jam band" for proper proggers. But I like it -- it's nicely organic, a la Timeout Drawer.

I want to see the same scene a couple seconds later when everyone's high-fiving each other, and doing the potato and whatnot.

I meant on the iPad -- agreeing with Sherwood, essentially. But I think you're right -- at least, they should start with the higher-end models like the Airs and the MBP's. But it's almost like the iPads and the iTouches are a completely different market. Instant-on is a game-changer. Ah. I actually knew that, but hadn't thought things through. The science behind just fonts, for example, is pretty well thought out, and targeted specifically at pixels and pixel characteristics, so I know you're right (at least, in your underlying point, that resolution needs to be taken into account).

How about just moar resolution, without necessarily going all the way to "retina-ish" display.

Nice engraving, Jim! Vary cool. Did you order it online? I.E. is that what it will look like if I order something with the head-case logo? Oh, and me: Gorm (7-shelf) wine rack

Miley Cyrus EDIT: 33 minutes of awsum sauce. Ya, rly. EDIT #2: It's a whole meme -- cf. slowitup. EDIT #2b: It's open-source software (see comments). EDIT #3: The downside is that listening to these tracks takes 8x as long, so it's 8x the time waster that just taking the occasional break is. Ah well, back to work.