I had to mail stuff back to myself after going to Powell’s. So awesome. Dangerously awesome.

I had that same situation with one of the teeth cracking during the process. I remember the dentist having to almost leverage his weight to yank out one of the pieces. My situation sounds similar to yours. It was no walk in the park but not as bad as it sounds. I went off the prescription pain meds after a day (they…

Etymotic is solid. It’s the only earbud that fits me comfortably. Do the make a wireless model?

This is awesome. And I say that even though I hate baroque music. Ugh, fugues. Part of it is my brain not loving that hyper-regimented structure. But I just remember their being a lot of organ and harpsichord business going on and thumbs down on that. I do wish I had retained more of this kind of music appreciation. I…

I totally agree. It’s definitely a good way to introduce basic techniques that’ll help recognize it in more traditional classical pieces.

I’ve never warmed to opera, but for some reason Carmina Burana broke through the armor. I think it was just a perfect auditory storm of stuff I liked. Bombast, long instrumental stretches, and drama.

Yes! Feeling the vibrations from the instruments and how the sound echoes in a particular space is a different and special kind of experience. That’s true for any kind of live music for me.

I think how you mentally relate to music depends on your POV, I love to deconstruct any piece of music, probably because I played an instrument. Even vocals I view as part of composition and it’s why lyrics are a secondary to me. I do see the value in just sitting back and relaxing with music when that’s what your…

I feel about the Cowboys how people feel about that distant relative that no one likes.

It was like an Apology for Being Unapologetically Racist Random Word Generator (TM to you).

An actual thing we said was where is Cheeky and who’s keeping track of who comments first.

I went to Target a few weeks ago when I was thinking of switching up my product and O.M.G. They had seriously stepped up their game. Like an entire aisle full of product (including, about 40 bottles of Kinky Curly Knot Today that was clearly only half of what they’d initially put out).

VSB came up with a friend a few weeks ago and we had total “’memba that!” moment thinking about the early days and what’s going on with everyone now. It’s like suddenly realizing that the cousin we’ve known since they were little is grown. Then we chuckle that they’re now wearing a suit and not the era-appropriate fad…

So jealous! I had a root canal soon after and it was the absolute worst pain I have ever experienced. My speculation is that the dentist putzed around too long trying to mutitask and my anesthesia started to wear off. I almost punched him when he told me to stop squirming.

I had a similar experience—post-surgery. It was crazy how I’d totally internalized that low-grade pain. I felt so much better afterward.

Shrug. Justice Sotomayor has been using “undocumented” since she got on the Court. I don’ think this is a definitive argument.

This subject came up a few months ago and I suggested the movie Toys (the weird movie with Robin Williams) and then later Cool World (the weird animated movie with Brad Pitt). My friend actually took me up on that challenge and it’s now her favorite thing.

I agree, although fortunately the vegans I know are less about their values on diet and more about their values on the environment and animal cruelty. That’s at least a broad argument and not just about meat as a food source.

And the process can be expensive and fraught as noted in this sad article.

Yeah, it was pretty egregious. Between that and North Carolina’s redistricting, some folks really showed out and got slapped down by the court.