The Off Topic Topic

[MadImmortalMan]

And her finger is not on the trigger.

Exactly. 

[Zoupa]

Isoflorene during the procedure, and sometime fentinal after if they've had extractions. Neither of those two are spelt correct, FYI

Fentanyl. That's the one you want. At least, that's what I hear through the grapevine. 

[Octavian]

Isn't the Charlie Daniels Band getting on in years though?

I saw Tony Bennett on stage here a month or so ago.  He was PHENOMENAL.

Good to know he's still going strong

[CountDeMoney]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

[Slargos]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

Are you going to bring your boyfriend?

[The Larch]

Not a single Spanish bottle? For shame, Minsky, for shame...

The cellar list doesn't include anything that I purchase for drinking within 90 days.  Including those would increase the Germany/Alsace count, as well as Spanish and Italian white, Loire, Argentine malbec, red Zin, some New Zealand and South Africa.  As you know Rias Baixas makes regular appearances at my table, but I tend to drink shortly after buying, not cellar.

Spanish reds can be very good but IMO they are suffering from Napa syndrome - the hype has driven prices too far ahead.

Heh, I know, it still baffles me to think that I managed to find a bottle of Lagar de Fornelos (a winery belonging to the Rias Baixas DO that is less than a mile away from my family's country house) in a liquor store in Ithaca, NY. 

As for Spanish reds, apparently there have been some new and more sophisticated winerys opening up in regions which traditionally were low brow-ish but are now producing some good stuff without the burden of the costlier price tags associated with the more old school DOs.

For instance, even if my region has been overwhelmingly associated with white wine, there are some reds that are worth a check or two. My brother swears for the Gargalo winery (http://www.bodegasgargalo.com/), belonging to the Monterrei DO, and apparently other DOs like Ribeira Sacra and the Castilian Toro and Bierzo are also producing worthwile reds nowadays which are most likely to be more affordable than Rioja or Ribera del Duero wines.

[Josephus]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

Would have been so much better if it was 1988, though.

[Tamas]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

Would have been so much better if it was 1988, though.

in his mind it still is

[Josquius]

Man, I've such an amazingly awesome idea for a web site....
But I lack the skills to carry it out.

[Neil]

Man, I've such an amazingly awesome idea for a web site....
But I lack the skills to carry it out.

I doubt that a website devoted to talking about how great mining coal is will catch on that.

That said, you could always contract a jerkish computer programmer to do it for you.  He'll inevitably rip you off, but you'll still get an eight-figure payout from the lawsuit.  That would buy a lot of coal.

[Ed Anger]

ihatemargretthatcher.com

[Josquius]

Not quite.
Though coal mining via a round about way did influence the initial idea.

[Eddie Teach]

coal mining->lump of coal->naughty or nice->naughty bits->porn->gay fetish site showing nude photos of coal miners

[Admiral Yi]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

1.  Lose billions of dollars on Broadway fiasco.

2.  Rev up the oldies tour.

3.  Break even!

[CountDeMoney]

Woot, just scored a ticket to U2 on the 22nd.

Would have been so much better if it was 1988, though.

in his mind it still is

Well, in all fairness, they're on my "Bands To See At Least Once, Just To Say I Did It" list.   Since 1988, yes.  But still.