Dusty Chalk

Pfff. (wields bludgeon)

Well yes and no. When you said "math aspect", that made me think technical metal, that's all. But if you do end up liking it, then yes, you should probably look up other technical metal such as some of Death's albums. Oh, and another one worth trying: Painter's Palette, from Ephel Duath. Listen to the entire album before you give up on it. It stars off kind of screamo, but since the drummer comes from a jazz background, he gives them an interesting push in that direction. (And no other album, at least, not until you've branched out in other areas -- their first album is more black metal, and the ones after it go in other directions -- they're kind of like Sentenced or Ulver, in that no two albums of theirs are alike.)

Well, if you want to check out technical metal, the blueprint was forged by Cynic, Focus. That is required listening, if for no other reason than to hear the one record that influenced pretty much everyone that heard it. Seminal. You may want a change of underwear handy. Something made out of canvas, perhaps, something that can handle clay. And, for some reason, I always associate Nile with Meshuggah. I could be out there, though. Oh, and you should definitely check out Canvas Solaris. Go in blind on them, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Shirt.woot

Win.

You need to post that on things-that-look-like-faces.com (or whatever it's called).

Awesome. Also: she's listing.

I can imagine! (Although I probably wouldn't be calling Mother Nature a bitch if she was providing the psychedelic light show -- she's also one of my favorite artists.)

Today will be a Castle day.

My housemate couldn't even get the front door open this morning.

Chris -- total win on that. Take that, Mother Nature! Bitch!

They must have re-opened one, because I am sure I heard that they had all runways closed at one point. Which was, admittedly, earlier in the day (which also was, admittedly, shortly after Nate's "waiting" post).

Brian! Welcome to head-case, sorry about your thin skin and the back of your skull (standard greetings).

DC got completely closed down (at least Dulles, didn't hear about the other two, but I'm thinking probably), you must have ended up either getting one of the last crews out, or they gave you an entirely different crew. Congrats on that! I haven't done a lick of shoveling, and our driveway is clear. Okay, my opinion of my housemate just went up a notch (she hired several guys).

Bahamas? Nice!

I had that happen to me at a Pan Sonic concert, once. Also: (waits for 'like butter' joke)

So why don't you figure it out for him? Carpe snowblower!

They're about to go subscription, because the ads aren't paying enough for them.

That sounds dirty.

I'll be getting that Keith Jarrett online because it's available in higher res than CD.

I think he's confusing reality with his dreams again.

Considering we all have fingers, no-one should have patents/trademarks/whatnot on multi-touch, only on the technology behind implementing it. But multi-touch in and of itself shouldn't be patentable. Unless someone down in legal fucked up.

You know, I didn't even think of it that way. I had meant the lower-case w defenestrate. Awesome.

Baconnaise is on gold box right now.

...or defenestrate it. It'll go fast, then faster, then stop.