James Marsters does a fantastic job of narration for the Dresden books and totally measures up to those listed.

You know that there’s still Midwest west of the Mississippi, right? Plus, one of the biggest manufacturer of center pivots is in Lindsey, Nebraska. I grew up in Nebraska and lived in Iowa for 15 years. Rainfall totals are VASTLY different between the two states.

And your snarky comment invalidates your objection to the…

What I’m really looking forward to is a machine that can absolutely, positively guarantee that I don’t have to screw with Genuine Advantage crap.

Or you could just rip some CDs and store them locally and not be tied to the whims of questionably reliable data carriers. Hell, disk is cheap as hell nowadays. You can get a 64GB microSD card for 25 bucks, and that’s probably on the high side.

You could probably get away with recording LPs with a high quality microphone nowadays and sell the resultant mp3s as “hobbyist grade”.

Considering the relentless tool Prince has been to his fans over the last couple of years, there’s probably not a small number of people that would hit TBP or somewhere similar to download his albums out of spite.

It doesn’t help that police departments have actively turned away people that have been found to be too intelligent. Can you imagine that at an interview? “Sorry, Mr. Zeigler, our tests show that you’re too smart for this job. Have a nice day.”

Okay, so basically you’re saying if you’re going to use this app, buy some transparent tape first? Let them have fun with their obscured, blurry non-photo.

Not all digital is horrible. Between FLAC and OGG, the quality can be found.

Stable until you misplace those buckyballs right by your tape case.

Hell, most of them don’t know what the hell a cassette even is, let alone what a player might look like.

Mostly because the audio quality on cassette seriously sucks, and it degrades every time you play it.

I approve. That’s a pretty solid collection. I couldn’t help but smile at “Refined Sugarcubes”. Did you find some way to make Bjork even weirder?

“Well, perhaps it was wrong for us bloggers to freak out about the whole thing without first investigating the policies.”

PHRASING!

Who gives a shit what people think about the phone you use? If they want you to have a better phone, tell them they can go ahead and buy you one. I used a Samsung B2100 unlocked phone from 2012-2014. It wasn’t fancy, but it was functional. And if you’re anything like me now, you can T9 text like your fingers are on…

Great article. I lived in Iowa City for six years and Cedar Rapids for nine and now live in Kalamazoo. It’s interesting to see similar experiences through different eyes.

When the children cry, shine white lasers in their eye?

I live about ten miles from Bell’s. Oberon is great, but a little oversold here. Bell’s has some really great stuff, especially at the brewery. Their mead is to die for, although a little punchy at 10% abv.

This is why I got a solar powered usb charger. I can abstract electricity all day long from the sun. There’s enough to go around.