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Amen! Not at all. Sometimes it seems that everything that was once great is sagging these days. I love to hear about the resurgence of vinyl, but I wish that the market for independent record stores was better overall. It's one of my favorite things in the world.

I miss Lori. This place is better off when she's part of it. I hope she comes back. Those who attacked TG don't represent what this site is really about. But it's an open forum and loudmouth idiots tend to over-represent themselves due to their loudmouth ways.

I just opened a bottle myself. Cheers everyone! In a way, we're all champions. In another (more important) way, there is only one true champion and that is me.

Wow, you're Waterloo Records? I've never been there, but I've heard it talked about, always with praise. Pretty legendary among record store geeks!

Fun read.

I adopted my dog Billie (see profile pic) when she was one, after having been abused as a puppy. She'll be 14 in a couple months. I'm proud to say we've given her a very happy life, but I still see signs of that old abuse in her personality. Giving her tons of love over the years has smoothed it out, but the skittishness never goes away completely. Just look into that dog's eyes and think about what kind of sick !@#$ could want to cause her pain. Ridiculous!

Hi, I'd like to win this thread now please. Thank you.

Nope.

I'm just happy with myself for finally starting an OFFICIAL thread about something.

The ol' streetwalkin' cheetah with a heart full of napalm ain't what he used to be.

You think this is all a big joke, don't you? You think because you're a comedian that somehow the law doesn't apply to you, that you're above the law? Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp, the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before: Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe that turns you on, RFeynman. Maybe that's how you get your kicks. You and your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time is over!

Well, I think some people are saying just that. But I agree that most people concern themselves specifically with the marriage issue. The argument in question is equally inept in either case.

I can't really help you understand that argument because it's ultimately nonsense. It's a completely specious argument. Not only is the premise dubious at best, but the logic is garbage too. Trying to build any argument by appeal to "Nature" is always problematic. The definition of the word nature is so broad that it can be made to include whatever the hell you want. I think if you boil it down, all you're left with is "I don't like it; therefore it's wrong." Stupid. I think that anyone trying to make a case to limit personal freedom has a very serious Burden Of Proof on their side. Before they start telling people what they can & can't do with their personal lives, they're gonna have to do a lot better than this.

With Trent's injury record, it's not so much a case of Starter and Back-up. It's more like Starter and Other Starter. Brohm, I hope you're prepared.

i win

Mathematically, theoretically, psychologically, philosophically and actually, me sitting in my chair looking at my shoes while the clock ticks from 12:42 to 12:43 could be considered time travel.

Maybe it's a little different in a christian band. Non-christian band members get the hot fan girls they hook up with to buy them meals.

Whatever. I'll tell you for the hundredth time: please refrain from addressing me with your cutesy little pet names. You're a good guy and all, but the truth is I just don't dig ya that way.

Don't worry. You have exactly the same amount of credibility here as you have ever had, or ever will.

Yeah, real good. Nice job. Apples. Remarkable. Keep up the good work.

Does anybody really know what time it is?

I have a solution to all these problems with travelling through space & time. If you want to visit alien civilizations, all you have to do is imagineer it!

We will not be able to have a conversation with anyone, but it's still possible that we could receive a transmission (millions of years old, sure) that would confirm intelligent life somewhere else. That is quite interesting, no?

I don't think the world is ready for impromptu ass toast performance art.

Did you check your left foot?