Dusty Chalk

Happy Birthday!

Dude, just sell them, then you won't have to listen to their fucking bitching.

Zero SACD? So you don't have the SACD of Tubular Bells with the quad mix?!?!?

gifts for the ex

Yeah, I flip off my gear, too. I went to Leesburg outlet mall (it's like a flea market, only upscale) and bought hardly anything.

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Did you want to mention that it looked different? Or did you conclude that they just ran out of black?

I watched Justin mod my headphones. I mean, I learned about modding headphones from Justin. Still not as good as the T50's. But this was the first pass; there will be others.

HP Firebird? HDMI and Dual-Link DVI video outputs.

That's awesome, except that's good jazz, you need to torture them. Play them some Zorn or something. There are some great stories on the web of what to say to telemarketers -- yes, far beyond, 'can I call you back at your dinner time'. Things like: "oh thank god you called, I was about to kill myself" "I'm kind of busy right now, can I call you back...hey, you might know, do you think I clip the red wire or the blue wire?" "whatever you're selling -- can I pay for it in food stamps? If so, I might be interested" "do you have to get up in the middle of the night to pee? Frequently?"

The most bizarre food I've ever eaten is sushi. I know, I'm boring; do you know what? Fuck you. I'm not eating a fucking bug.

AudioCubes link So it's kind of like an IV of bass.

So you can get paid to do nothing? Without the frustration factor that causes your basement to fill? What's not to love?

WEGman's English Breakfast, and at Wegman's. Is very good, need to go make some nao.

LP's -- 'Wowsers' is right. SACD's -- Wowsers again, I don't think even I have that many. Are there really that many different ones, or are there some duplicates in your collection?

That Lamy Safari looks very nice. Even the nib is black, huh? I might have to give that a try. I have a couple of friends who are into fountain pens, and've never understood the attraction, but have been curious enough to give it a try. I might just have to follow suit.

No, not really (I am agreeing with the rest of your post here) -- there is only one kind of neutral, anything else is ...well, not neutral. I know what you meant, -- that there is this thing which people incorrectly hear as neutral, but...it's just not neutral. 'Suck' (as in certain frequency range suckouts) is probably a better word for what you're trying to describe, but after all the K701 talk (I remember liking them, but I also remember finding them not doing anything that any of my other headphones did), I'm not going to specifically ascribe those to the K701, since I obviously remember them differently.

Wouldn't that sink your boat? And what is your boat doing in Oklahoma? I have over 5,000 CD's (probably thousands more), and over 2,000 records.

Thanks for pointing me at this, Brent, probably wouldn't'a known it existed if you hadn't.

Actually, yes.

It's Weggy Ebby, just for the record.

Oh yeah, it's completely old school.

Yeah, I'll be curious whether or not you like them -- I definitely did not play it safe. But they're two of my favorite albums from the last 10 years, and they're within your sphere of listenability, so thought it worth the chance. Jin's -- yours was less of a chance. Hope you like the tin. Yeah, I really like that wrapping paper -- black, plus it has a vague paganistic flavor to it, though I think it's just supposed to be a reindeer, I thought it pleasantly dark. Got it at Borders two or three years back, went around to as many as I could, I am now set to wrap presents until the end times.