ITYM 'below the 20th'

Back away from the guitars for a moment, eh Trog?

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Originally posted by Splitcoil:

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Originally posted by Trogdor:
The guitar is the most easily played instrument ever devised, that is at the same time fully illogical and impossible to learn.

I personally love the guitar most, amongst all the things I hate with a murderous passion.

You are mad, sir. How can you compare the bone-simple logic of the fretboard to the labyrinthine, Quantum physical conundrum of the doodly-doodly woodwinds?

Bigger string, lower tone. Up the board, higher tone. Caveman music.

Exactly. Caveman music. Like beating a drum with a cat. Some days, everything I play is just so wrong. It's like fuck it. Stupid fucking guitars. Literally years of my life spent practicing and they mock me yet.

Ah, I feel better, now

And the wind instruments are a more direct approach to God. Perfection.

When Clapton heard Giant Steps he felt like hanging himself.

I've no idea why he didn't.

I learned that Yahoo Pipes can actually do funky things with the WGB.

More on that later.

no matter how carefully i place the bobby pins in my hair, two or three will end up stabbing into my scalp and causing pain later in the day.

I now know what "boids" are.

Birds in New Jersey?

Today I learnt that Celine Dion, alleged singer, is considered a worse Canadian than Clifford Olson, convicted child killer.

Yesterday, I learned Dr Struan Sutherland died in 2002.

I learned that some people have no shame!

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/10/the-buzz-rickso.html

steve

In that pic, that bag looks about three inches long.

A real man doesn't need more.

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Japanese bag company Porter is at the center of yet another powerful collaboration with Buzz Rickson (of Sugar Cane Denim fame) and William Gibson.

This is the first time I know of that a skiffy author has given birth to their own clothing line.

Did Robert E. Heinlein have a 'Marauder' line of gorilla suits? Did Philip K. Dick have 'Bladerunner' line of urban wear? Does J.K Rowling endorse Harry Potter cloaks?

I wonder how much The Great One recieved to add his name to this?

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Does J.K Rowling endorse Harry Potter cloaks?

Um. Yes?

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Originally posted by colin:

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Does J.K Rowling endorse Harry Potter cloaks?

Um. Yes?

But, would you wear one?

Oh man, my first meat.. and I still have a weeny tiny bit of that olive oil left!!!

Lester Zombie is doing define me 2.0 again!

All is right with the world :-)

(he even went for Middle English etymology again)

Today I learnt that day trading is the Devil.

Mike Davis ("City of Quartz") is now teaching creative writing at my old school,

The true meaning of Halloween in Germany.