I have enough CDs that every time I think of ripping them to the computer, I lie down until the impulse passes. The main thing I miss about LPs is liner notes. I regret the demise of the album because some albums are so perfect as a whole.
Zoe: Uh huh. River, honey? He's putting the hair away now. River: It'll still be there... waiting.
'Jaynestown'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 09, 2011 10:38:24 am PST #27263 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Daisy Jane - Mar 09, 2011 10:41:13 am PST #27264 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Also, hipster Disney princesses [link]
Tom Scola - Mar 09, 2011 10:42:21 am PST #27265 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Atropa - Mar 09, 2011 10:46:06 am PST #27266 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have never gotten around to rating songs in iTunes, because I listen to my playlists, everything by a particular artist (but set to Shuffle), or specific albums. Or, sometimes, one particular song over and over and over. (Until Pete snaps and says "There are other songs besides "Last of the Famous International Playboys", you know".)
aurelia - Mar 09, 2011 10:50:11 am PST #27267 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The most useful smart playlist I have plays anything with 3 stars or more and omits anything I've labeled with "language" for work situations.
hippocampus - Mar 09, 2011 10:53:27 am PST #27268 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
huh. How many degrees is James Franco getting simultaneously? Because The Poetry Foundation seems to be implying that he's getting an MFA from Warren Wilson (get offa my lawn, Franco)... and I swore I read something about him doing a film masters' while he's studying at Yale. Is there more than one James Franco? And more importantly, does he have Joe's teleporter?
Amy - Mar 09, 2011 10:55:39 am PST #27269 of 30001
Because books.
Franco's at NYU, I'm pretty sure.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 10:55:50 am PST #27270 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My entire exposure to Angry Birds is watching Noah play it, so it's basically Greek to me (although he did his wee darndest to explain it to us slow big people). This article explaining its allure is even more incomprehensible. The birds are angry, I guess, but there are pigs? Who knew?
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2011 10:57:58 am PST #27271 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
there are pigs? Who knew?
It's explained in the opening animation. Which I guess you haven't seen. But the pigs are green. How could you miss that? Plus they laugh when you fail a level. Little green bastard egg-stealing pigs.
I think that's Angry Birds' appeal. You have to keep playing to get even after the pigs laugh.
meara - Mar 09, 2011 10:59:01 am PST #27272 of 30001
Duh there are pigs, ita! The pigs stole the birds' eggs, that's why they're building protections, and why the birds are launching themselves at the pigs! ;)