Dusty Chalk

That sounds like a 'yes'.

Kang Pao chicken from Far East restaurant -- needed some comfort food

Stolen Babies, There Be Squabbles Ahead

New 'Walking Dead' already given life for season 2 Love that headline

There's a local Crutchfield store? (makes a mental note to look it up) Yeah, I agree with the distribution system theory -- weak link in most stores. Did you try going into the Magnolia section of a Best Buy? Also, Belmont TV. The one in Laurel is better than any of the others, but they might be a little more accommodating if you went to the closest one to you.

That doesn't sound right. Were they older models? Here's the only two things I can think of: The screen itself does not flicker, it's an interaction pattern with overhead fluorescent lights (although I thought that was more LCD's than plasmas); Upscaling problem -- this shouldn't be a problem with the 600Hz sets, do you remember the refresh rates of the sets you were looking at?

I have a heating blanket from the 90's that gets pretty hot, so I don't think you have to go that far back.

The only possible consideration not to get a plasma is if you are going to regularly try to watch it during conditions in which you can't get the room dark enough (e.g. you don't have room-darkening shades and you regularly plan on watching during the daylight or you have a bright neon sign or streetlight immediately outside the window). Well, alright, there's also the whole black levels thing.

Changed a flat. Tomorrow's post now:

Can't you just close your eyes and pretend?

New Order was inconsistent -- sometimes they sucked, sometimes they were great.

Sorry to hear about your foot, but this was my first thought as well:

Yeah, I read somewhere once that John does love himself some female vocals, so everything (cartridges and headphones) is voiced with that in mind.

Ricky's Rice Bowl's bulgogi chicken -- so nom-nom good.

Still, 2TB for $80 isn't bad neither, is it?

Mmm...grouper flesh. Me: Maple almond date granola

Stingray == good! FTFY. I just plain want it. And: (makes homer drool sound) Me: magazines, beer (Gordon Biersch Doppelbock), a couple cheap paperbacks, and some toys for Bobby. He seems to be playing a lot of kitteh-soccer-solo, so I thought I'd buy him some balls.

I'm the other way around, but I don't think the two are really comparable -- the PS-1 was targeted at a very specific and different target market than the hf-2. (The fact that I think the PS-1 is the best thing that John's done only means that I am part of that target market, and you're part of the other one.)

There are other alternatives.

Thanks! It will eventually, as long as you keep having yourself associated with things even more shocking (bald Dusty was probably a good start). Try joining the Peace Corps or Greenpeace.

Continuing this -- the second disk (in the deluxe edition) rocks even more than the first one.

Why, thank you. Reminds me of a joke: Some people think that sex is the answer to everything. Sex is not the answer -- sex is the question. 'Yes' is the answer.

That's what I would do/did. But then I'm more conservative than the average computer geek.

^ Smallest costume ever: get red contacts, and call yourself "a photograph". ^ ^ I kinda wish I watched the one without distortion first. I'm going to send it to my buddy that way. Begging for a remix. "Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-douchebagdouchebag..." George Takei is awesome.

Dew et. And mod the drink holders with Blu-Tac.