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willb

  1. Kind of starting to wonder what concentration of coffee grounds is sufficient to render the whole compost bin completely toxic.
  2. I'm currently listening to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau performing BWV 82. What a gift that his whole career was within the recording era.
  3. @GregHJones Awesome.
  4. @MZHemingway @esgetology I wonder about the outliers: “Oh, of all Americans? I thought you said ‘what percentage of Hüsker Dü?’”
  5. @Jose_Galvan I've often wondered if anything could be more rebellious.
  6. Just heard all of Guns & Roses's “Patience” on the Sirius “indie rock” station, and I've got to say: I liked that one before it was cool.
  7. “Would you like a small bag?” “Well, I'm wearing road cycling kit and buying Pull-Ups — there's really no way to sugarcoat it, is there?”
  8. @kernelslacker Thanks for the link; I liked it.
  9. @crbassett Congratulations and best wishes for many more.
  10. Most East Asian gangsters should have seen enough movies to know the quiet loner they're picking on is almost certainly ex-special forces.
  11. @kernelslacker Not quite “unplugged,” but I liked it: disquiet.com/2012/05/03/aut… (I realize that you may have meant “absence of Autechre.”)
  12. @summitbeer Thanks!
  13. @bdunbar Thanks. (I only rarely read HN, but am not surprised to find the sentiment you're replying to there.)
  14. @bdunbar Can you send a link? (And good luck....)
  15. @summitbeer Do you know of any retailers that stock Dunkel Weizen (or Hefeweizen) in Madison? I've not been able to find either here.
  16. @ayjay (I didn't see your initial tumblr post until after I saw the tweet that I replied to; sorry to contribute to the chaff.)
  17. @ayjay Indeed!
  18. @ayjay Yeah, it's one thing to say "this monograph by associate prof X is bogus" and yet another to slam ABDs for bogus proposed topics.