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Odd thing happened to me last night at 3 a.m., too. Son: (Mysteriously standing by my side of the bed in our room. Our kids don't get up at night and have never, ever come into our room while we're asleep.) "Hey, Dad!" Me: "Huh? Wha tha fu...? I mean, what's going on, buddy? Is everything OK?" S: "You don't love me." M: "Huh? Wha the fu...? I mean, WHAT?" S: "You think I'm a fussbudget." M: "A what?" (Still in the waking-up-trying-to-process phase here.) S: "A fussbudget! You do!" M: "Who even says that word? Are you even awake?" S: "I don't like the mean butterflies!" M: "Ohhhkay. Back to bed, buddy. And I do love you, more than anything." S: "Alright." (Goes back to bed.) Zero recollection of any of it this morning, of course. And, seriously, who uses the word "fussbudget"? I know for damn sure I never have.

You're both twats.

^^^ Want! Thomas Dolby -- Astronauts And Heretics

Signal Cable Video Reference? 14 AWG, 3 conductor, 100% foil shield, $49.

My wife and kids ditched me to go to the mall, so I'm forced to sit by the pool drinking beer and catching rays. They will pay for this indignity!

Welcome. Given the jiggling, I'm going to go with the cord-to-plug connection probably being the issue. But it's probably also worth trying a different pair of phones quickly to make sure it's not the jack on the Mac that's borken.

Welcome. Given the jiggling, I'm going to go with the cord-to-jack connection probably being the issue.

Au contraire. As in many other areas, they are alone among their fellow Europeans in scorning the Ghey-Ballsack method.

English proof is determined by weight, not volume.

Warren Zevon -- Warren Zevon 24/96 needledrop

moar bits moar better!

Which makes it all the sweeter that you get most of its core functionality included with your $1400 receiver/pre-pro.

The 997 is not made in the US. It is a modified, amp section-less Sherwood-Newcastle 972 and is built in Korea. Interestingly, the Trinnov Optimiser technology that will be built into these is rather reminiscent of the Smyth Virtualizer, but for speakers. It allows for not only time and phase correction, but also virtual speaker remapping, so you can -- for example -- "raise" the center channel you have under your TV so that the sonic image emanates from the center of the screen as it should. It's reportedly frickin' awesome. The following is from an online conversation with one of the S-N product guys.

Brian Eno -- Another Green World

E-MU 0404 M-Audio Transit

Bon Iver --Blood Bank

This might come in handy, once it stabilizes a bit.

Plymouth Navy Strength is worth a try. Do be judicious with the dosage, though.

Ultravox -- Vienna Apart from the title track, which is pretty much all anyone remembers, there is a ton of good stuff on here. A punk band going new wave with the help of Conny Plank's krautrock chops. Also sounds really great for a (very) early eighties production.

Good enough motivation for me!

I'll take two, please.

Morrissey -- Years Of Refusal

Under $1,000 -- Headamp GS-1.

It's a loop out. Pity they didn't go the extra mile and make it a pre.