Dusty Chalk

HP Firebird? HDMI and Dual-Link DVI video outputs.

That's awesome, except that's good jazz, you need to torture them. Play them some Zorn or something. There are some great stories on the web of what to say to telemarketers -- yes, far beyond, 'can I call you back at your dinner time'. Things like: "oh thank god you called, I was about to kill myself" "I'm kind of busy right now, can I call you back...hey, you might know, do you think I clip the red wire or the blue wire?" "whatever you're selling -- can I pay for it in food stamps? If so, I might be interested" "do you have to get up in the middle of the night to pee? Frequently?"

The most bizarre food I've ever eaten is sushi. I know, I'm boring; do you know what? Fuck you. I'm not eating a fucking bug.

AudioCubes link So it's kind of like an IV of bass.

So you can get paid to do nothing? Without the frustration factor that causes your basement to fill? What's not to love?

WEGman's English Breakfast, and at Wegman's. Is very good, need to go make some nao.

LP's -- 'Wowsers' is right. SACD's -- Wowsers again, I don't think even I have that many. Are there really that many different ones, or are there some duplicates in your collection?

That Lamy Safari looks very nice. Even the nib is black, huh? I might have to give that a try. I have a couple of friends who are into fountain pens, and've never understood the attraction, but have been curious enough to give it a try. I might just have to follow suit.

No, not really (I am agreeing with the rest of your post here) -- there is only one kind of neutral, anything else is ...well, not neutral. I know what you meant, -- that there is this thing which people incorrectly hear as neutral, but...it's just not neutral. 'Suck' (as in certain frequency range suckouts) is probably a better word for what you're trying to describe, but after all the K701 talk (I remember liking them, but I also remember finding them not doing anything that any of my other headphones did), I'm not going to specifically ascribe those to the K701, since I obviously remember them differently.

Wouldn't that sink your boat? And what is your boat doing in Oklahoma? I have over 5,000 CD's (probably thousands more), and over 2,000 records.

Thanks for pointing me at this, Brent, probably wouldn't'a known it existed if you hadn't.

Actually, yes.

It's Weggy Ebby, just for the record.

Oh yeah, it's completely old school.

Yeah, I'll be curious whether or not you like them -- I definitely did not play it safe. But they're two of my favorite albums from the last 10 years, and they're within your sphere of listenability, so thought it worth the chance. Jin's -- yours was less of a chance. Hope you like the tin. Yeah, I really like that wrapping paper -- black, plus it has a vague paganistic flavor to it, though I think it's just supposed to be a reindeer, I thought it pleasantly dark. Got it at Borders two or three years back, went around to as many as I could, I am now set to wrap presents until the end times.

You can delete them after you put them on the iPod (as long as you're not using the sync option) -- they're certainly recreatable.

That's a little too much information.

Frosted Mini Wheats, Cinnamon Streusel flavor. Probably nothing like spritzer's streusel, but it's sporting.

Dew et. But as a link, not as an embedded image.

A unicorn!

Other than the complete lack of organization issue, of course. I don't envy anyone's. I do envy people who know what they like and get it -- people like Aardvark, Deepak, postjack, even Colin. And grawk of the multiple copies of one album fame. I admire their focus. But on the other hand, having so much music that you're constantly discovering new stuff within one's own collection is rewarding in an entirely different way. I've been accused of liking music that is less than best -- and it's true. But I think I had adopted Hirsch's rule of 'if you don't make some missteps/fall flat on your face, you're not trying hard enough to stretch your boundaries', subconsciously, before it was even formulated as a thought, much less stated out loud. I'm not saying everyone has to stretch their boundaries. But I do. I enjoy being surprised by something completely out of (my) left field. I also enjoy tried and true, of course, too.

Yeah, but does it come in leather?

Yeah, it must be pretty depressing having EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ELSE HATE YOU. Oh, and: You know, I haven't been to Florida in recent memory, if I had, I could probably add it to my favorite places list, since I like ultra-temperate climates (Hawaii, San Diego, etc.).

Well, then I'm glad I responded with more detail. It's just that people who know me and know my tastes in gear know that I like neutrality (that is, if they take the time to remember, which I myself am not so good at always), so I was kind of taken off guard that you understood it pretty much exactly opposite.