Dusty Chalk

Science Diet is good stuff, but I was happy with the price to performance ratio of Wellness & Wellness Core. The primary criteria I was taught was look at the first couple ingredients on the ingredients list. If the first ingredient is "chicken", that's a good thing. "Chicken meal" is a good second choice (in the wild, they'd probably eat the feathers and whatnot then spit them out, so chicken meal is probably more comparable to what they'd eat in the real world), and anything else -- especially filler materials -- would be inferior, of course. I think they're doing the right thing, so I'll stay with them for now (unlike Iams, which I didn't, because it took them so long to come out with product after their recall that I ended up switching, and ended up being too lazy to switch back). Wellness is going to replace my cans, but I still feel terribly "un-green" throwing the old ones out -- anyone know whether or not I should donate them to a local shelter? My reasoning is, shelters end up running out of food a lot, so it's better than starving, but if it's really bad for them, then I won't. I'll probably just take it to them, and let them make the decision.

Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot -- lot more hoppy than the description is letting on. But still, surprisingly good, considering I don't like pale ales/grand crus/whatever the fuck this is.

I find your ideas interesting and wish to subscribe to your newsfeed.

It's funny, Dr. Wood became a better name for him after he came out. Serendipity? Or do you think you just subconsciously already knew?

Voluntary recall on Wellness canned cat food A letter from the CEO Anyone know anything about this? Specifically, I've been deliberately feeding Bobby Wellness Core, a mix of the poultry varieties formula, and the fish varieties formula, because it seemed not to make him so "spastic", as the regular Wellness canned cat food. I attributed this to thinking there was something in the non-Core that he had a sensitivity to, and this was some sort of "reaction". In hindsight, it may well be thiamine malnutrition. I'm tempted to just keep feeding it to him. My question is, are there any long term bad side effects? I'm kind of hoping there aren't -- I mean, he still bounces off the walls, he just bounces off the walls less. But I'm not going to take any chances. If I don't hear a reasonable explanation why this isn't bad for him, I'll make sure to return the cans I got that are within the purview of the recall, and put him on the good stuff. Spasticness or no.

Can I say it? I'm a-gonna say it... Sorry about your wallet! ...and, of course, the regular kind of pain, too.

One of the US$20 Pelican cases I posted in the deals thread.

Nope, the actual enclosure front-to-back is bowtie. Or maybe sort of a cross between a bowtie and an elbow (macaroni). And that'd be one per driver. And then you'd have to arrange three of them in an omnidirectional polydirectional configuration so that...no, wait, then the backwave would be out-of-phase...I guess it's either sealed, or whatever it's called when you fill the transmission line with (more or less) completely absorbing materials.

I'm looking for euphony. Toobz. 10% distortion. \m/

You know, I never finished it either. I should go back and reread and finish this time.

Nuforce, Nuforce Extreme editions announced for BDP-93 and BDP-95 I saw the ad in Absolute Sound for the BDP-93 NE and NXE, but not for the BDP-95 NXE.

From 6pm to 11:59pm PST/9pm to 2:59am EST on Shell Shocker, Pelican 1200-000-110 Black Small (10.75"X9.75"X5") Hardware Case for US$19.99 -- I thought it might make a good headphone or camera case.

M-Audio has something, but I don't personally have any experience with it. If Toslink will do, there's the Transit I just bought from deepak, I have its predecessor, the Sonica, which I'm perfectly happy with. I also seem to remember that Audio-Technica had some things on audiocubes, but I'm not finding them any more. I'm sure there are others, I'm just not remembering them right now.

Is that the tiger equivalent of a black-and-tan? How is goat's blood, is it gamier than puppy?

woot-off. Thanks, woot, I didn't need to be productive anyway...

Actually, the design I have in my head is fairly bizarre, I haven't decided if it's going to be transmission line or sealed, but either way, they're going to be very unorthodoxedly shaped enclosures. No, Steve, "penis" is not the shape I will be going for; and no, "breast" is not the shape I will be going for, neither, that one has been done.

Mikey -- you're a bachelor, aren'tcha? Me, last night: Sam Adams Old Fezziwig. Pretty good. Will have again. Especially considering it was free*. * I look at the Sam Adams winter/seasonal box/whatever it's called as US$15 for two choco bocks, and the rest are just gravy.

Yeah, well-wishes to the North and Westerly directions.

So you're saying you're going to follow an extant design? I think that's a nice compromise. I mean, I agree with you about enclosure design. Do I really think I can do better than decades more experience by people who are just plain better than it than me? Not by a long shot. But I still want to go through it just because I want to go through it.

Are you going to DIY the whole thing yourself?

(squints) I don't think I've hit that point. Ever.

It's also a matter of personal preference. I personally think that Schubert's music "plays itself" and actually kind of hate the way Beaux Art Trio play, for example, Schubert's 2nd Piano Trio in E flat -- not so much in ornamentation, I'm not a studious enough listener to be able to tell you what they're doing in terms of notes, but they're way to romantic with the rhythm and cadence or whatever you want to call it. Someone of a more romantic bent might think just the opposite, and prefer their interpretation over any others'. But goddamn, that is some good advice. Oh, and me: Melotron, Folge mir ins Licht single (which does not seem to have anything to do with instant coffee).

Unholy carp, now that's dedication! It still doesn't explain why they had a working prototype at Canjam, unless it wasn't boarded -- was it going through a computer?

Such a great, great album. Didn't know you were a fan (perhaps...are you?)...and that is one of their best.

Choco Bock. Goddamn, this is good. They snuck this year's into one of their seasonal boxes. 2 out of 12 of the bottles, but not bombers, alas. Still, worth the price of admission alone. I'd rank it right up there with Life & Limb. Ya, rly.