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Dusty, aren't those the color of Oregon beach sand?

Sweet: cassettes! That's awesome. I had a cassette on just last weekend. LOL. I wandered out to the Seattle-based Silver Platters to see what I could come up with. It was crazy. Nobody was perusing their vast CD racks, but 20 of us were digging through the vinyl. Small corner of the store, not really fun. Left with a few titles in mind, but nothing in hand. On the way out to dinner I heard Steve Miller's Fly Like an Eagle and remembered I had that on vinyl. Checked it when I got home and realized I had the 1999 RTI 180gm pressing which showed up at a collector site for $75.

Gah. The only decent local retailer has a measly 10% off and does not appear on this list. WTF. Why is this a problem? Because I received a gift certificate for them at Christmas. Oh well, free (for me) is free.

"...of glory..."

should help.

Had some Shieldaig this evening with my father. Read some decent reviews, some good, some bad. Shieldaig is a bottler, not a distiller, so they apparently buy lots of scotch and sell it under their own label. This was the 18 year Speyside. It has a spicy start, with a slight woodsy flavor. Quite smooth with a fruity finish. Not sweet fruity, but some flavor I can't pin down. I wasn't sure if I liked the finish or not, but it's smooth enough that I believe the aging value. Next time around I'll add a few drops of water and see where it goes from there. Not what I was expecting, but definitely interesting.

Have a great day, Left Coast buddy! Enjoy some liquid treats!

That's what I thought I saw. In spite of all the iFi mention of Android. Meh. I will continue to look.

Looks nice. Price is silly low. I need to find an Android player.......

I don't know which is worse: The fact that news anchors for CNN will have their own "news magazine" (and eventually, so will Oprah) or that, "...The deal could be valued as high as $60 million over time." Monetize every click. Yawn.

I wimped out on my glasses. I could have had bifocal but went single vision, then sneakily found frames that are narrow so I can look under them when I need to. I find, however, that I do take these off to see more than I expected. sigh.

Happy pre-celebration for an event that happened in your past which is occurring today.

Nirvana is definitely not from Rhode Island, AND RUSH IS FROM TORONTO, EH! Dusty Chalk, on 26 Feb 2014 - 9:54 PM, said:

This is now on my wall at work.

Too much Olympics. Got the Galaxy notepad for schedules and backgrounding, plus two cable channels. Olympic Overdose. Yay!

?????? 'splain it.

What a blowout! And as one of the fans who watched the Seahawks in the Kingdome, yesterday was a great win.

I bought it on a recommendation, so I suppose I should have searched for the samples first. Thanks for the tip! Jury is still out on it. It's good, I'm just not sure if the sherry finish is what I was expecting. The Hibiki and Hakushu look interesting. I'll have to hunt those down.

Balvenie 12yr Double Wood. Highland-style. Mellow with a slightly spicy finish. The Double Wood name comes from the process: part way through they move it from traditional oak casks to first-fill European Oak sherry casks.

Original pressing (1977) on vinyl. Condition good, music still sounds great. I'll have to invest in one of the newer (vinyl) remasters and compare.

He knows when you want Cheetos, and he knows when you want cake!

Cool. Thanks for the great feedback!

Thanks, all!

Jacob, I always forget we have the same birthday. Happy day, man!

Hey, thanks a bunch, guys and gals! Much appreciated! For the record, today is birthday 50. A little weird, since I really don't feel like I'm 50 just yet. Although I occasionally groan when getting up from the floor. Hm. Al - to note - Lisa got me tickets to see Teatro Zinzanni here in Seattle for the evening. I don't see that the show in in SFO any longer. Hope you got a chance to see it while it was there. Should be a raucous, crazy night!