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Orpheum next week, Nate. Dew eet!

You and me both.

There should be biscuit eating pictures in this thread by now. Dinny is letting us all down. I just remembered that I really like bread and butter pickle chips and want some bad after reading Telly's post. Making due with chocolate chip cookies the flight attendant just brought by.

I wished again that I could have bought one the other night but the damn flagship store in NYC didn't even have any. The case I bought last week is waiting for me in my office but I don't own the iPad to go in it yet.

That sucks, Mike. I hope he bounces back and stays healthy but you're a mensch for offering to help. Stephen, I am proud of you, man. I thought you might crack having a baby daughter and now you have a house too! You are really growing up. I wish you and your family many happy and healthy years in your home. I am finally flying back to Cali after a hell of a week in the Big Apple. I averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night between work and jet lag, and had a cough that interrupted what little sleep I was getting. Glad to be going home but know that my wife's ever-shrinking teaching job will be a focus of the evening. I feel so bad that she is getting caught in the screwed up California budget drama. As of today, she only has 2 classes for next Fall out of a normal load of 4-5. One of those is something she hasn't taught so it involves a whole new prep (lots of work). The drama and politics are sill shifting and unresolved so who knows. BTW, we are having a lot of heavy turbulence right now, so if Virgin American flt 25 goes down, JP, Mike or Gene need to tell Claire I was thinking about her...

Had a marathon deposition in NY from 9:30am to 8:00, but then met VPI, The Monkey and cetoole for dinner at Virgil's. Good times and I was only half am hour late. Now finishing off the mini bar.

I like the look of the thief bag. A lot. Details, Dinny, details.

Milt Jackson & John Coltrane -- Bags & Trane

Have a great one Chris! Cheers!

Extending another night is certainly a worthy endeavor. I am going to stay sunday night but I am leaving early on Monday. Somebody can get you to the train station.

Indeed!

Why can't you arrive Friday night and return Sunday night? Not as ideal, but come on, it's a once in a lifetime drinking/smoking/listening/drinking/baking and drinking opportunity! 48 hours is all we ask. And I have been working much and Head-Casing little, but thrice and NightWoundsTime both have to reassess as well. Disturbing trend here, people, disturbing trend.

Agreed. The sisters' vocals sound so much like Joanna Newsome it is a little scary. Interesting and fun and mysteriously appealing.

Not that I own and iPad, but I think I would use this more as a case than a bag. i.e. no strap. That said, it can't be that heavy so I don't think the strap would be uncomfortable. I made the snap decision to go with the canvas one. Maybe I should change to leather. Maybe I should buy an iPad first.

But which is better?

CocoRosie -- Grey Oceans

Same, and same. Me too. Quite liked it even though I was working and distracted much of the time. Note that I wasn't stalking Stretch [this time] but had checked these out today independently.

Happy birthday Ari. Cheers!

I don't think JP was hoping for 30 minutes of listening for the whole weekend, let alone one amp.

Mike is a copycat and got the Alpha after I did. I actually like the inside organization/pockets of my previous Tumi but the Alpha is pretty good. Those Red Oxx things look pretty damn good and the price looks very nice. I like the gray/black Tom Bihn bags, and would probably go for the Empire Builder for the bigger capacity.

30 minutes? What are you, Ingwe?

You're sure being a dick today, aren't you.

I don't like their naming convention either, but I am guessing Nate's reaction has something to do with the fact that Todd and Pete are Awesome Cool dudes who make fantastic products but cannot seem to catch a break. Many people, myself included, think that the TTVJ 307A is one of THE BEST sounding dynamic amps but they sold a handful while people moaned about the looks generally or really important shit like the multi-colored type on the selector switches. Neither Nate nor I would try to tell you to like it or only say nice things about it, but this is a huge product announcement for people I like and if Nate is anything like me I wouldn't mind if there was a little bit of honeymoon glow allowed. EDIT: oops, didn't mean to speak for you or step on your lines either, Nate, but we seem to be on the same [fanboy] page.