... that the gentleman's name is Peter Schmuck. It's just not possible. Clearly, some sort of elaborate joke or performance art piece is at play.

I tried to buy the discbox, and the store repeatedly emptied my basket halfway through, and occasionally just timed out (after I entered my credit card info!). At this point, I'm going t owait out the traffic the site is getting hit by.

FWIW, I'm already familiar with most of the songs. Bootlegs of their concerts w/ new songs played can be found without a terrible amount of effort (I recommend Greek Theater 6-23/24-2006).

Anytime I have a file that I want easy access to (from home or work, for example), I email it to my gmail account and archive the email. Since they're mostly documents or pics that don't take a lot of space, I'm still only at about 10% of my gmail capacity, and the docs are always easy to find with the mail-searcher. It's been incredibly convenient, and there have been a few times where I've restored documents by grabbing the gmail copy. The only downside is when I lose internet connectivity, but, honestly, if that becomes a sustained issue, I think there will be bigger problems than just losing documents.

Of course, the thought of google closing its doors, as unlikely as that seems right now, does keep me awake from time to time.

From the article:

Eight Belles died because horses are oddly designed creatures. They have no muscles below the knee, and their hooves are essentially nails... Thoroughbreds are especially fragile, carrying enormous bodies on legs as spindly as a Kenyan marathoner's. Compare the stocky legs and platter-size feet of a Percheron or a Clydesdale, and you'll see why racehorses are so easily broken.

Gosh, it almost sounds like these creatures aren't meant to be raced around a track! Imagine that! How much cognitive dissonance does it take to be involved in horse racing?

In a few years, you'll be considered a "power user" because you'll want a fully functioning computer in your hands. Everyone else will be using razor-thin "dumb terminal"-style laptops or iPhones for everything.

For the pundits and Limbaugh-followers, an Obama victory means four (hopefully eight) years of railing against them demmycrats, whipping up enough anger in the red states to fuel more booksales and higher ratings. They were clearly at a loss during the Bush presidency, with no one to complain about (it was amazing how much the Clintons would come up years into the Bush presidency), and seeing all their cherished ideas about how gov't should work crash and burn.

But for the Fox news network itself, I'm very curious. How does a propaganda network function without its head? I always assumed that part of its draw was in telling people "yes, the people in charge are wise and good, and everything they do is what's best for you." Given the current Democratic dominance, can they function as a news outlet of nearly pure negativity? Will people watch hours and hours of that stuff every day? I can't see how they survive without serious changes.