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Welcome to Head-Case, Hal. Take a few minutes and read your welcome PM linked in my signature and others'. You will hear this from people far more knowledgeable than me, but you are making a huge mistake by choosing a complex, high voltage amplifier as your first DIY project. Listen to them. Heck, it looks like it took you two tries just to make an account here.

We had our kids watch the news and Obama's announcement with us last night. Sophie was in first grade and remembers the announcements and special procedures they followed, but Alden was only 3 years old at the time. By coincidence, Claire is teaching something related to Muslim political issues today, so this event quickly became the new focus.

I don't totally understand the German brother part, but that car is hawt. Are you shipping it back?

The SEAL team apparently offered to take him alive but he refused. They obviously kept collateral damage to the minimum, but any person in that compound was complicit and I will not grieve the loss of the human shield woman. To my mind, killing him and ending it was preferable for the reasons Reks mentioned and to put a swift end to that part of this story. They apparently buried him within 24 hours to meet the Muslim law, but did it at sea to avoid creating a grave that would be a shrine for his psycho followers. On 9/11/01, I was at home getting ready for work when my secretary called me because she knows we never have the TV on in the morning. She was in a panic and could only blurt out "turn on the TV, it's terrible!" before hanging up. I turned it on to see the first tower on fire and was watching live when the second plane hit soon thereafter. I simply could not believe my eyes. My office was across the street from the Pacific Stock Exchange (still operating at that time) and a couple blocks from the Transamerica Pyramid. We didn't know whether SF might be next so we told people to stay home and I never went in that day. My firm had opened its first NY office on 9/1/01, but fortunately we were in mid-town and actually ended up housing some lawyers from a big firm displaced from the WTC.

Damn straight!

It's weird, I had the urge to save my urine in jars last night...

Have a great birthday Manuel but try to stay awake while working! Cheers!

Paper Plane with Parker's 27 to celebrate the death of Bin Laden. Huzzah for the US armed forces and intelligence services.

I just love that a US team attacked and killed him. He knew it was coming and he was aware he was going down. Samich said it well. Burn in hell motherfucker.

Obama got Osama. Bush just had another Busch.

Hell yes. Finally.

Yeah, we may watch that tonight too.

Fuck him and fuck you. You don't need to defend his misapprehension and you are the douche, so fuck off back to Huddler-fi.

I thought of going Nonino on that one too, but the Averna was right up front. Will pick up the gauntlet again with one of these for Game of Thrones tonight.

Tall drinks are in order this warm weekend in Mayberry. Now up: Gin Buck 2+ oz gin (Old Raj) 3-4 oz ginger ale (Fentimens) Wedge of lemon

Go Sharks! Up 2 is not how I imagined this series to start.

What he said. Sorry Haj.

Oh my god, Mike. Gail goes with you to this jamming shit?!

Next up Dubuisson Scaldis for Belgian Month. 12% beer is not fucking around for Sunday afternoon. Just sayin'

A little scary, there, Ric. Bourbon Flip? At Toronado for a couple beers and a sausage from next door. Watching Giants and following Sharks. Starting with Bombay by Boat on hand pump.

Look for Dinny on the next episode of Monkeys Gone Wild! Here in Mayberry, I'm having an Aperol Spritz in the front yard preparing for tonight's SF Jazz show with Lavay Smith singing Patsy Cline. Should be fun.

At what age do you become a full-grown nerd? Have a great one while you're still young. Cheers

Damn that's a lot of beer people!

It's almost like being there! Have fun guys and gal!

Challenge accepted!