Dusty Chalk

Touche'!

That's fucked up. I bet there are people who would be willing to swap (wanted doubles the entire time, got a king, and vice versa).

These. I believe the term is "golden parachute". Don't get me wrong, I still feel a little bit bad for him for not getting the chance to succeed, but yeah, US$40M buys a lot of watches happy material acquisitions.

I choose to interpret what they're saying as something other than this. I don't think they're saying it makes the world go round, I'm hearing that the hunger for more money/material acquisitions (aka greed) is what made them do things to feed that hunger -- aka, acquire or make more money/material goods. That's not necessarily the same thing as making the world go round, although it's a large part of it. I've always said that I enjoy being frustrated, because frustration is what makes the world go round. Frustration with the status quo -- politically, financially, socially, whateverally -- be it yours or someone else's, depending on how self-interested you are, but it's frustration. Yeah, sometimes the desire to make money ends up badly (as it did with her case), but sometimes it causes investors to invest in good things (as with -- hopefully -- at least some of Wayne's clients). [/soapbox]

cf. New Year's Resolution. Favorite piece of chamber music, one of my favorite pieces ever, played by guaranteed good musicians? What's not to love? Yeah, I am seriously going to try to do this. How were you thinking of going up there, train? Driving? What time would we be leaving?

My favorite.

Diamonds. With a watch underneath. I'm thinking this one might be a little too flamboyant for me, so I'll probably flip it shortly, but (a) it was a Renato, and ( it was purple, which I don't see a lot of.

Sibelius? But that's transcription software, I want it to generate MIDI data. Of course, if it can generate notes, it should be able to generate notes, so it shouldn't be that much of a stretch.

Potentially for Dinny: Amazon.com: Android Volcano Swiss Chronograph Chrono Men's Watch - Blue: Android: Watches

Well, also probably because they are probably two of his most famous pieces of chamber music. So how do you learn pieces with more than, e.g., just a sonata? Do you find a general midi file and then take out the violin part? Of course, if none exist, then you're in TRANSCRIPTION HELL... What really needs to be invented is an OCR for music.

That's funny, I associate Trout and Death & The Maiden, too.

Serious answer: the most likely answer is that mold-proof stuff they put on most new vinyl to protect it -- it probably hasn't been cleaned off yet. I forget what the name of it is. You need a good wet cleaner to get it off. (This is briefly alluded to in the post that 909 linked to, which is what made me remember the answer. I didn't think of it at all when I posted my joke answer.)

Also available at their outlet, and FYI it's because they just came out with the wireless touch, "Daily Edition" (vs. "Pocket Edition" and "Touch Edition").

It's an "other side of the pond" thing -- they call supper* there, "tea". *Well, actually, we have no equivalent, but it's that small meal between lunch and dinner.

Going through Rarum boxes -- on Keith Jarrett (Vol. I) right now.

Nuclear fallout?

The new Dynaudio is mammoth in a so-ugly-it's-beautiful kind of way: Dynaudio Consequence Ultimate Edition For some reason it's reminding me of the Spendor S100. Maybe because it's deep as well as tall.

That must be some pretty good salt.

From the article: "Playing guitar"? 215? Maybe she's dead!

I ended up canceling my order, not because they weren't bang-on the best/most fun Grado cans for the money -- because they are -- but because they couldn't do anything any of my higher-end cans couldn't do, and I couldn't justify them as beaters. It'd be like being a collector of Breitlings and Rolexes and etc., and then buying something lower end, but still limited. Limited == not a 'beater'.

"BSI"?

Nothing wrong with dolphins or wanting dolphins if that's what you were going for (or seeing someone else's pride tattoos, for that matter), but if he wanted sharks, then he should get sharks.

This, except everyone is here. For some reason I find the relaxed atmosphere of a holiday combined with the comradery of other people being here as optimal for getting work done.

I did read the article after -- that really sucks that he can't bring some of his intellectual capital with him -- however lowbrow some of it might be, it should be his, and they should give it to him as part of the deal, in exchange for not having given him enough time to develop -- but I think he's up to the challenge. A lot of those repeat bits I never understood the repetition factor (well, the Chuck Norris lever I understood, but since NBC was providing him those clips, that one I understand him having to leave), but Triumph was always fresh and entertaining. Here's to hoping that Smigel gets involved for a legal win. I'm sure Conan can come up with other bits that will be even more hilarious and more cutting-edge than he was before, and I agree that he should just let loose -- that would rock. I would love to see him completely uncensored.

That's a long way to go for a hard boiled egg. Me: BBQ Pork from Canton Cafe