GregK

I can't get the webshop to load for me for some reason. What's the sale? I haven't bought a Collector's Club disc in probably 4 years.

not a word, but I learned the phrase, "off the crane", an updated version of "off the charts", describing something that is very good. These kids today never stop inventing things.

I'd add Straightaways to that Son Volt recommendation. And Jacksonville City Nights to the Ryan Adams.

We got a Shepherd/Lab/Retriever mix puppy 2 weeks ago. He is about 12 weeks old and could pass for a shark or alligator as he seems to be all teeth. Do these things ever stop biting? Kids love him though. They named him Tuna, because he came here from a shelter in Louisiana so we picked the best sounding name from a list of Cajun dog names.

They're Canadian, and tend toward the poppish side of country, but Blue Rodeo are good, and I've heard some good things about The Sadies too.

You think front row seats are only $90?? EDIT: Wait, I read the article now. Never mind.

Wow, it took a whole 3 posts in for someone to whine about the usual noises, etc. Don't we ever get tired of this? Yeah, he makes noises. So what?

It's great. Get it. One of the better new releases of last year.

I got the email. Have you ordered from them recently? Checked your spam folder?

it's all good. especially the recent stuff. Young gets better with age.

It plowed into a figure skater and that was that. Anyway, the event's a shell of what it once was. So NBC buried their skeleton coverage. That's the skinny on that one. there really WAS someone with that suit??!! I thought it was a joke when I heard about it! I hope they gave him a medal for the costume.

I completely missed skeleton. When was it even on?

With all due respect to the Canadian men's hockey team, I don't think you can discuss what happened tonight in the context of the history that exists between these two teams. The Russian club used to be made up the very best players from all over the Soviet Union whereas now, it's divided into four different teams; one from Belarus, Slovakia, Latvia and what's known as the Russian Federation, the Alexander Ovechkin led team that Canada beat tonight. This would be like Canada having one team from Quebec, one from Ottawa, one from Manitoba etc. etc. Now if you could wave a magic wand and create an all-star team from the remnants of the old Soviet Union and Canada beat them like they did tonight, then it might rise to the level of some of the near mythical confrontations involving these two hockey teams. Not exactly. Not all of the Russian players are Russian. Some are Ukranian, Kazakh, and others. They are "incentivized" to play for Russia rather than their own country, according to someone who used to live in the Soviet Union and now follows former Soviet athletes from America.

I spent a week in Whistler during a conference in 1998. I don't remember much as I was in grad school so I took full advantage of the corporate sponsored parties in the evenings (beer on tap, usually ran out within an hour), but I do remember the awesome scenery. The mountains make you sort of turn your head and look up at them whenever you're walking outside.

iTunes is a piece of crap. I seem to get a new problem with every time I open it. I lose my album artwork or have them mismatched for a handful of random albums after each sync. I have no idea why.

What a misleading thread title. The support is only ending for IE6!

they can be called dye #-whatever, natural color (if it's in a food), a chemical name which no one but an actual food chemist would understand. And the FDA doesn't regulate these things (at least when it's not a food item) unless a claim is made by the manufacturer that the product actually does something (i.e., is an active pharmaceutical).

My daughter was recently diagnosed with an allergy to a dye used to make things look reddish or purple. It's called carmine, comes from a protein found in the skin of an insect, and does not have to be clearly labeled on food packaging until 2011 as such. Right now it shows up on labels as either carmine if we're lucky or "natural color", so if something is red/purple or even blue and does not come from non-animal sources (like Pop-Tarts), we avoid it. She can go into anaphylactic shock from this dye. You absolutely have to take any unknown reactions very seriously as they can be the first signs of something extremely dangerous.

am I the only one who has not read that book?

for me the Tonight Show ended when Carson quit. the only late night that remotely interests me is Letterman's monologue or the Daily Show (before Stewart starts kissing his guest's ass). Conan has never been funny; I just don't get his appeal at all.

A Cold Dark Matter, on your b-day, from FZ! (that's what I'm currently listening to.)

seriously, though, why do we need to hear these calls? I've never understood it either.

I had to re-read the passage about circular breathing in the discussion of Composition 247 at least three times to make sure he meant that Kenny G.

wow. What an amazing thread. Welcome back.

my wife always wants some smelly perfumy or shampoo, soap thing that I can never find. I tried asking my 6 year old daughter this weekend which one it was that mommy wanted but she couldn't remember. As soon my daughter is old enough, my wife will finally get the gifts that she has been wanting all these years.