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Pooky, get rid of these newcomers, they're just up to no good.

In all seriosity though... it's been a fun ride with all the blog posting madness lately. Top notch material from all colors and creeds. I hope we can find a happy equilibrium between the hectic no-time-for-stupid-online-journal lifestyle of Snacks (despite his brief and triumphant return) and the 5-posts-a-day trend the rest of us suddenly seem capable of (perhaps indicative of the free time we so often have but claim to lack). Anyways*, new guys: make your icons if you wanna be like the cool kids: 150x150 pixels capturing who you are as far as Team Pooky is concerned. AND MAKE IT FUNNY OR YOU'RE OUT. =|

* Anyways is a variation of "anyway", meaning "in any case", much like the slang dismissal "laters", or the always-stupid-sounding "late". The English language didn't make a lot of sense to begin with ANYWAYS. Those of us with red marking utensils securely and permanently locked into place by alcohol-induced-fukdup-thumbs are cursed to forever be aware and aggravated by this fact. To the rest of you fully-fallible normal people, I don't suggest following me down this path. Because I'll be farting from time to time.

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looks like a decent computer setup Brendan, so go for it if you really feel you can and should afford it. All of a sudden I'll feel like playing Hot Shots Golf all night. You'll fall asleep. BOOM I've got myself a 23" widescreen and you've got a monitor that oddly resembles the door from a microwave. Everybody wins. Just especially Bangs.

While we're bringing up tempting and expensive but not entirely ridiculous purchases... today I was checking out headphones and came across such an offering. First let me say that this is dangerous ground for one such as me. I love music and listen to it almost constantly. So naturally I want high quality sound. Every time I look at headphones I'm tempted to buy a new set. So although I'm very tempted by what I found, I know I'm not necessarily thinking straight. So there's this company called Etymotic Research. This company makes high quality earphones, and apparently used their research on ears and sound to produce some of the best audiophile headphones in the world, one of which being the ER-4P. They are designed to go in the ear canal, which blocks out ambient sound and leaves you alone with just about the most pure audio listening experience possible. In fact, I'm a little concerned just how much sound they keep out, since that could prove hazardous in public situations (i.e. not hearing a car coming whilst on an mp3-enhanced stroll). Sure, they're expensive at $330 retail ($269 at headphone.com)... but reviews say they can only be compared to electrostatic sets that cost $1000 and up. Reading all this stuff, the end result is: I have to at least try them out. Anyways, I figure I'll want some good portables if I get an mp3 player... and it seems you cannot do better than these. And then there's every day at work... hell, anything to block out the other cubicles and their incessant tippy-tippy-tappy-click-clack typing. I'M TRYING TO SLEEP, YOU DAMN CHIMPS!