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Happy birthday youngster! I guess it is a good sign that I never assumed you were so young. Have a safe and sane and age appropriate birthday celebration. In other words, I hope you can find a fake ID or get an RA to buy you some booze! Cheers

Posting from the Apple Store on my new 11" i7 MBA. Hawtness indeed. The 13" seemed big and with the larger hard drive the processor difference was only $150 so I went with i7. I had intended to get the loaded 13" i5, but I am stoked with this little beast.

That's what I am thinking. The size difference doesn't seem to be enough to fret about.

Congrat Jeff. What config?

I haven't tried, but they sent an email suggesting that it was a bad idea to use Lion: Amarra & Lion OS 10.7 Like a lot of Mac users, everyone here on the Amarra team is excited about the release of Mac OS 10.7 “Lion". Apple just released OSX Lion today and you may be wondering how Lion will affect you as an Amarra user. Should I upgrade? At this time, we recommend that you DO NOT upgrade your current operating system to Lion. While this new version of OSX will offer most Mac users some interesting new functionality, it will also come with many more background functions turned on or enabled (i.e Security, Auto Save, iOS look/feel, etc.). While this may be good for general users, it is not good from a Music Server perspective. We want your Amarra Computer Music Player and your Mac focusing on playing back your music, not a few hundred other things going on... NOTE: Amarra, MINI and Junior have been tested on developer versions of Lion and found to perform as expected. That said, it is always best to wait awhile before upgrading to a brand new operating system as there may be issues in the official release with devices such as DACs and in other areas of the OS. Generally, unknown issues with a new OS get discovered and addressed quickly. If you do upgrade your current Mac OS to Lion, a few undesirable things could happen: 1) Any OS optimizations you have perfomed will be overwritten/undone. 2) Your Amarra product may sound worse. 3) If you change your OS and need Amarra technical support for Lion, we may have to charge you for a support session. So what should you do? Just keep using Amarra, MINI or Junior with your current Mac OS X version. This will help ensure your music playback continues working without disruption or degradation. The last thing we want is for your Amarra Computer Music Player not to work properly when you need it to. If you must upgrade to Lion, you can set up a separate Snow Leopard partition on your Mac to continue running Amarra. You can learn more about setting up a partition at this article by Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722 We really appreciate your business. Check www.amarraaudio.com for more information and updates about Amarra Computer Music Player and Lion OS compatibility.

I have been watching although I missed a couple of stages last week and then caught up from the DVR. Today is going to be intense so turn off the live reports and watch it tonight! Yell for Cadel! Or a Schleck or anyone else other than Cuntador.

Negroni due.

Sorry Salty, but you are doing good work and outbursts seem to be inevitable in your field. My niece and her fiance both do similar work and have various scars and stories. Heal well and straight.

Negroni.

I was going to go back to the office today (until I take my dad to the Giants game) but man I want to go straight to the Apple Store. I will have to build to order, probably, but what the heck I want to see these things.

George Dickel Old Fashioned Tennessee Whiskey Cocktail.

Kurt Vile -- Smoke Ring for My Halo

Great idea Ric! Go vinyl or go home! I have a nice phono stage you can use too. Let's chat.

I picked up some George Dickel Barrel Select Tennessee Whiskey to toast my Memphis-born mom today. Also found some vintage silver-chased cocktail glasses with roosters on them because my mom liked roosters. I polished the first one and it came out pretty good. Then I made a 2:1 Manhattan to complete the plan. To Catherine Corrinne Reid Bedecarre, and a life well lived.

Negro Modelo x2 with a late lunch.

Isn't he mawied to Incontinentia Buttocks?

Indeed. I'm quite certain that I would have called out WarriorCunt with a lot more profanity by that point.

A. T. C.

@Shelly: Agreed to cover all of your agreeds. That last attempt at a clearing kick right back into the center was unbelievably lame. They were so solid otherwise, and other than the penalty kicks.

Congrat on the house Chris, that will be great for you and your expanding family. Enjoy. Nice addition Grahame!

Fantastic result Andy! The knob is awesome. Congrat!

Casino Cocktail 2oz gin 4 dashes each lemon and orange juice (.5oz) 4 dashes maraschino (scant .5oz) Shake and strain.

Thanks Rob, Tom, Steve and Brent. Very touched that you picked up Manhattan materials to toast my mom, Brent, thanks for that too. I may not be a poofter, Steve, but I have shed lots of tears these last few days, including when I read your post. I hadn't planned to speak at her rosary on Friday night but felt I should when the time came. I broke down in tears a couple of times during my remarks but my mom would never let that stop her, so I persevered. Another couple of times I started weeping today were when I looked at my iPhone pics. A couple of times during my mother's last day we felt compelled to take some photos when she was doing better because we were certain that we were going to lose her soon. At the risk of being morbid I am going to share a couple of those pics and the stories that go with them. I take my online persona from the defender of the universe, but my mother was known in the family as the Boss of the World because she was pretty sure she had something to say about everything going on around her. It was always said lovingly and it was never meant to suggest she was domineering, but it was a good nickname. Anyway, my poor father kept asking her for a smile even when she was doing very poorly. She often obliged, but she also tossed in a roll of her eyes a few times just to show she disapproved a bit. Here is one pic from quite late in the night and about 12 hours into the 25 hours of her final hospital visit. Even later, when all six siblings were present after my sister arrived from Minnesota (by a little miracle she was already on her way that day) and my brother made an emergency trip up from LA, somebody decided that we needed to take a family picture. We've done this innumerable times over my lifetime but this one seemed incredibly weird. I had just walked back into the room and violated infection control protocol by not putting on the gown and gloves instantly but everyone else looked like Smurfs, which only added to the oddity. The amazing thing was that as we lined up beside her hospital bed and my nephew started to take a picture, my mom started clawing at the oxygen mask she needed to wear the entire time day. We all freaked out that she was in crisis but as soon as somebody helped her get it off she struck a pose and flashed a big smile for the camera. Yes, the Boss of the World was dissatisfied with her appearance for her last ever family photo. I will never, ever forget those last moments and hours, good and bad.

That's a good bet! Team ATC rules!

Nice meet Team Rio!