Dusty Chalk

Finished those four books within a week of each other. Also finished reading: Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong -- I wept openly. Packs a wallop of a punch towards the end. Couldn't put it down for the last 1/4 of the book or so.

I lollered.

I think you also have to embrace the punnage -- I liked it.

I can't think of a reason to make me stand out. I was thinking, "I have two cats, so we could see how cat-proof that is", but I suspect even that wouldn't work out so well. So yes, put me in the jealous camp.

I actually have an amp for that -- if I can find the power supply, we can try it out tomorrow. And I have an adapter, but it's at work, but if you remind me to bring it home (along with the Koss Pro 4AAAAAAAAAAAFonziAAAAAAAAA), you're welcome to look at both/either.

Yeah, the Vaio isn't a gaming machine by any stretch of the imagination -- it's sort of like a crossover (and by that, I mean bicycle or car) -- it's at that awkward point between a full on SUV/mountain bike and a regular car/regular bicycle that make a lot of people wonder who the target market for that is, but I am that target market (ironically, I have both a crossover bike and a ... alright, my car isn't even a crossover, it's a crossover between a car and a crossover).

Missing Elf Double Bock -- meh, not bad.

Not all coolers in pre-built computers are shitty -- the one in my Vaio is pretty outstanding.

Titles are earned, not bought.

The lume on that one looks just outrageous. I never got my other Ocean7 before I stopped buying watches. Yes, I am more-or-less cured of said disease.

By 'radiation', I presume you mean RF radiation? Because I don't see anything in there that merits nuclear radiation symbols, nor do I think the screening would help in that case. Are you going to the point of microwaves and photo-electric effect? Because if so, I want pitchers. You'll have to figure out a way to do that too without destroying the camera. Yes, I said that while resisting the temptation to include the words "arcy" and "sparky" in there.

Katie Melua, The House "The One I Love is Gone" is particularly good.

OMG, he's the greatest. I have a new hero. The Pez candy dispenser analogy was ...just sublime.

Do you know all the bureaucratic bullshit that leads up to something like that being passed? Hell, there was probably a committee. And a rough draft (of the proposal). And a final draft. And someone needed to review it, before it even got to the non-flunky level, because the flunky is supposed to weed out the crap. So yes, @ you.

The Bruery Autumn Maple -- damn, this is sweet. And a little bit sour. But I can handle a little bit. Sent from mah Droid

That's weird, I thought that was one of them stereograms, so I tried to diverge my eyes, and I got the two moving creatures to superimpose on each other.

I am netflixing that movie as soon as it becomes available.

I have to admit, driving in to work today was a breeze. I could even slalom lanes, hypermiling-style*, without worry of impeding anyone else. Taking the shortest path on s-curves, so the closest thing one can get to a straight line, while remaining on the road. Effectively changing lanes to the innermost lane every time the road curves in the other direction. I don't really expect to save gas, I just do it because it keeps my mind on the road, and I don't do it if there's anyone else about.

I don't drink conservative beer, and I am ex-military in the same way that people are ex-primordial soup.

I'm not ordering one, but only because I don't has the money.

^ Sympathies, Nate -- I'd probably pass out.

Really? ...Just...really?

You drank it. That's okay, I'm not exactly Mr. Moneybags, myself.

Actually, I don't mind a little bit of coffee flavor in my beer, but I'm actually getting worse with coffee -- I used to enjoy the smell of it, now even that's making me squeamish. I got a whiff of stinkbug, and my housemate's coffee grinds in the trash, and I actually prefered the stinkbug smell. Maybe prefered isn't the right word.

Well, if you can't get it, Whole Foods (in Virginia only, fucking Maryland liquor laws) has 'em for $12.99. I didn't know they had a coffee stout, but I would have avoided it anyway. The 2009 was a BarelyWine, I've had it, it's good, but I've had better.