Dusty Chalk

I have this set, for which I paid substantially more, so you win. Also, I still don't 'get' Mahler. Time to revisit.

I think since it's Smeggy-approved, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that.

Muppetphiles.

That's what I'm saying -- to me, the best picture should go to the best picture, and there is no such thing as "best picture" on any kind of absolute scale, there is only "my favorite", and "most popularly voted for as 'my favourite' by everyone else". I think Hurt Locker got best picture because it was so fucking intense. And it really is a really great picture -- after watching it again when it came out on disk, I decided it did make my final "favorite movies of 2008" (was it really 2008?) list. And Up did not. Bolt did. No, wait, Up may have been right on the line. Now I don't remember.

Ah, so you're an art snob. I'm totally selfish in my gauging of movies -- my only criteria is whether or not I like it. Art, gratuitous explosions, or dramatic resonance, doesn't matter, it's what I like that matters.

No, it wasn't that. Believe it or not (and yes, this is coming from me), Up was a little too down. I mean, did you see Bolt? I actually liked that better. Completely under-rated movie. Not really comparable, in terms of stories (there's no fantastical set piece on a blimp), but just a really great movie. And can you imagine Terms of Endearment with explosions? Terms of Endearment 2: The Revenge -- now that's a movie I would probably see.

Yup, Up had a powerful opening. I'm not recalling Monsters, Inc., but that's just an excuse to see it again, so...win.

Well, if one got Smeggy to do it, then one didn't do it one's self...

Do the whut now?

He may mean it in the colloquial sense.

I don't recognize that cover -- which Bernstein/Mahler is that?

I know of no movie that cannot be improved with explosions.

That last one speaks to me.

So..."redundant pleonasm" would be a redundant pleonasm?

Didn't someone tell me there was an acoustic bandpass filter -- meaning changing the shape of it would change the filter? That cavity, at least, needs to be rigid. (If I understand that correctly.)

Was: Kelley Armstrong, Personal Demon Is: Kelley Armstrong, Living with the Dead

You did the entire team? Offense, defense, or both?

I'm thinking he says it smells like incense. (And, having been raised Orthodox, I know exactly which smell of which he speaks, and even though I currently disapprove of church, I by no means disapprove of olfactory nostalgia.)

I <3 my pinnas. Anyone want to see my pinnas?

Went to my sister's "opening" -- she has opened an artisan showcase, as well as an alpaca yarn farm thingy. Pretty cool stuff. Got to hang out with family all day in the open air on a beautiful day (it was clear and in the 60's today). Allergies are killing me now, but I enjoyed it for a time.

Was listening to a lot of Victory at Sea and Project Pitchfork today.

I don't know about UPS or checking it out ovar the intarwebs, but Brickwall does a decent job, AFAIK. (I've asked the question many times, of which commercial product would be adequate, and I don't think I evar got a straight answer.) Boycott Monster.

The whut now? (I mean, yeah, I know I can look it up, but what -- in your mind -- makes it special?)

Thinner air FTW.

Yeah, except Michael Jordan is better looking. The 401k one kills me.