I just learned who Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is, thanks for the education.

Yea...

I, a Canadian ex-pat living in Europe, Geneva Switzerland to be precise. I shall now rant in a haughty tone about corn syrup sweetened inferior blah blah blah and the fine selection of REAL chocolate and confectionary available here blah blah blah.

Cocoa butter only belongs with cacao powder as Mother Nature (bless her) intended. Lesser people may add milk if they can't handle the raw power.

THANK YOU! Been annoying me ever since it was rolled out.

What he said!

Good luck, don't rent any apartment in a building with green foilage on top.

I know quite a few French people who speak prefect English.

Nothing similar for us Firefox users?

Let me second that. Certainly a dumbass but a terrorist?

Oh well I'll never know what it was about now even after reading all the comments. [/sarcasm]

Some on the list are ok, but Shreddies with maple syrup beats all.

ahem too bad we couldn't travel back in time (not that far really) and get George Lucas to do the same thing as the BBC did. Really cool of them.

Yes it does, thanks.

Very helpful article. Only thing I wonder is for someone with very varied musical tastes like myself I suppose this set up is more appropriate for rock and hip hop and the like? Bass is important in classical and jazz music as well just not as strong? Are there any guidelines here?

Well side, I agree with that remark. I wonder if one should bring up the "pretty blond murder victim" (forget the exact name) syndrome the US press is particularly prone to.

Wow, memories of 1994, when I was doing my MA in history at Carleton University in Ottawa and I got my hands on a copy of Doom, the full version. Spent many a late night between (or instead of) writing papers killing monsters and annoying my neighbours *ohoh* *roooarrrr* *arrghh* *bang* *splat* etc. I actually found…

Murica!! *Pumps fist in air

I used to love Fighting Steel but that game dates from 1999 and I can't play it anymore.

IEM (in-ear monitors) my preferred brand, Etymotic HF-3. Bach, Blue Oyster Cult or (shudder) Beiber, perhaps Angry Birds or even no music whatever. Problem solved.