Dusty Chalk

Heat Wave by Rick Castle (kindle book, my first)

I thought you, in particular, would enjoy that.

Your use of juxtaposition/apparent non-squiturs rivals all.

Rarum Vol. 2 - Jan Garbarek cover is typical ECM letters on construction paper look, not going to bother finding a picture.

You certainly can do better, but I'd still recommend this. I've been eyeballing Onkyo

Rawk on. Me: Fuji apple. I think I prefer Pink Ladies, but still good.

Actually, Fitz knows that I have at least one Oppo.

Sims - latenight players as superheros >> Sims - Tiger Woods. Love the folding chair. But who the hell was that supposed to be flinging poo, Kimmel?

Must. Have. Nao.

I really need to win the lottery.

Cracklin' Oat Bran -- looks like dog food, but tastes really good.

Castle -- felt like last episode of season, and yet not. Really particularly good episode.

"Cat o' nine tails" except it's 8.

Oh, you fucker, where did you find Within Temptation? I need to get me a copy of that. (I know, it's not that hard to find.)

Yes.

Wait, what? Why? Are there that many remasters/reboxings?

:rimshot:

Touche'!

That's fucked up. I bet there are people who would be willing to swap (wanted doubles the entire time, got a king, and vice versa).

These. I believe the term is "golden parachute". Don't get me wrong, I still feel a little bit bad for him for not getting the chance to succeed, but yeah, US$40M buys a lot of watches happy material acquisitions.

I choose to interpret what they're saying as something other than this. I don't think they're saying it makes the world go round, I'm hearing that the hunger for more money/material acquisitions (aka greed) is what made them do things to feed that hunger -- aka, acquire or make more money/material goods. That's not necessarily the same thing as making the world go round, although it's a large part of it. I've always said that I enjoy being frustrated, because frustration is what makes the world go round. Frustration with the status quo -- politically, financially, socially, whateverally -- be it yours or someone else's, depending on how self-interested you are, but it's frustration. Yeah, sometimes the desire to make money ends up badly (as it did with her case), but sometimes it causes investors to invest in good things (as with -- hopefully -- at least some of Wayne's clients). [/soapbox]

cf. New Year's Resolution. Favorite piece of chamber music, one of my favorite pieces ever, played by guaranteed good musicians? What's not to love? Yeah, I am seriously going to try to do this. How were you thinking of going up there, train? Driving? What time would we be leaving?

My favorite.

Diamonds. With a watch underneath. I'm thinking this one might be a little too flamboyant for me, so I'll probably flip it shortly, but (a) it was a Renato, and ( it was purple, which I don't see a lot of.