For reference, the wines we had were:

Evolution Lucky 7 (Semillion)
Les Clos du Pauilles Banyuls Late Harvest Bordeaux
3 Saints Pinot Noir
Lazaret Chateau Neuf du Pape

Yum. Nom nom nom nOM NOM!

Quote of the evening: "That's colder than the dead, rotting skin of a zombie stripper..."

How much of your life have you spent listening to music? Watching TV? Movies? Reading fiction? Do you believe this is time well spent?

The scene: I sit down at my computer with a wee bit of the Glenlivet Nadurra, angels dancing on my tongue, and I think, "Other folks on the f-list must love single malts as much as we. I should use 'the power of teh Internets (tm ( Read more... )

Your result for Howard Gardner's Eight Types of Intelligence Test...
Interpersonal


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http://rifters.com/real/2008/10/understanding-sarah-palin-or-god-is-in.html

Death Cab for Cutie at BU's Agganis Arena - fucking amazing. Wall of sound without the ringing ears afterward. They played the good songs off the new album, a bunch of stuff from the rest of their catalog - and closed with "Tiny Vessels" into "Transatlanticism".

Two thumbs *way* up.

huruma posted this article over on Facebook. Is a great read. In particular, I'm wondering if dirkcjelli has read it - or what he might think?http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092602836.html?

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Coming back from the car, after shopping:

N: It's chilly and muggy at the same time.
D: Unpleasant. I've told you before, I hate it when it's wet *and* cold.
N: How does it do that?! At this temperature, the moisture shouldn't be in the air anymore. Fuck you, New England! Fuck you!