Dusty Chalk

He sounds like the Magyver of amp-building.

Hurray!

I swear by the First Church of Defenestration.

Have you heard any of the early stuff?

A hardcore moocher (e.g. a cat) would not only take the bed, but kick you out as well.

...and spiders.

Awesome. I love you guys.

I really don't understand how having a king-size bed counteracts room-mooching. Decrees, on the other hand...

Is it something that a little notch filter could take care of?

That was AWESOME!

Oh, shit, didn't even think of that. (wanders off to order 3)

Wat?

What's it for, any USB-powered device?

Awesome -- I love your jump-right-back-into-the-fray attitude. Whom did you go to see the most (me: would've been Lacuna Coil -- they are AWESOME live).

OMG, chastened somewhat? HIS BLOG

Yeah, no doubt she's being a prick -- "I understand it's a difficult language" -- obviously being sarcastic. But he's arguing that the law be more lenient to Chinese people -- sorry for taking the minority stance -- but he's wrong. She's asking him to go off and come up with a solution, but I don't think that's the right one. I think the right one is that if one has more than one name, there needs to be a way for the system to handle it. I realize that's more work for everyone involved (both the bureaucrats and the people with multiple names), but it's the right one. Of course, I live and work in a world where I have to explain in triplicate every time I fill out a form that I don't have a middle name. In my world, there's a place on most forms that says, "other names or aliases you have gone by". And no, I don't work for the penal system, though sometimes it feels like it.

We'll see -- I remain skeptical. I would think that they would have singled it out if it was in the plan.

When? If. Grawk -- on the iPhone? Not so much at all, ackshully.

No money from Christians, but from Nerd collector/fanboi types, I'm in the Money!

So back to my question: confirmation? Source? I've been following, I've seen nothing.

In her defense, if what she meant was, they should pick one name and stick with it, it would make the bureaucracy run more smoothly. If you read the article, the context of the statement was: I mean, I realize it's a cultural thing, but in the US, we're used to having one name. EDIT: If you watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9hdVUzMeDw ...she explicitly says, "I'm not talking about changing your names". (3:45 mark)

(inspects) ... (turns over, tries different angles) ... (inspects some more) Nope. Looks like a snowball, pretty much.

Is there a horse in it?

I want a bluetooth keyboard!

I just found a huge fucking Nerd in my box of Nerds. I'm going to sell it on eBay -- I'll be rich!