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A bit more exciting than that new video.

AM - Blue Eyed Soul BT - (Was I) In Your Dreams (harder for this LP than I anticipated) MA1 - Hesitating Beauty (just considering the Tweedy-sung songs here) ST - My Darling MA2 - Joe DiMaggio Done it Again (Bragg has a few clunkers on here, but not Tweedy) YHF - ITMWLY (probably only for its ubiquity in their live sets, I think Mountain Bed ruined this for me) AGIB - Less Than You Think (even w/o the drone, it's a good song but the weakest on the LP) SBS - What Light W(TA) - Everlasting Everything (worst in the catalog) TWL - Standing O

Cheap beer. I have no favorite, just whichever I crave at the time. We've grilled a TON of Italian sausage links recently. I could eat those every day during the summer.

Can't believe there were 4 posts w/o Everlasting Everything.

Oh, and I didn't respond to Beltmann's comment about the restroom. I don't think people in other professions quite understand how bad this can be. You're supervising kids 45-60 minutes at a pop (maybe more on "block scheduling"). During passing time, you need to set up for your next class and/or answer questions from students. I've had more than one person who's left the profession tell me how nice it is to have the freedom to go whenever the need arises.

FWIW, this site is blocked at my school. There are much more profane places (The Onion is one fairly timid example) that aren't.

Yeah, I turn of my phone too. I think I'm a rarity in my building. That's a great point. Unfortunately, there are a number of colleagues (those under 30 predominately, though not exclusively) check their phones openly during class while students are forbidden from bringing theirs. And while I sometimes waste time during lunch or (quite rarely, but sometimes) planning time, I know I'll pay for it later.

I am a teacher. I work very hard at my job. I know some who work harder (especially if the take on other duties like coaching and truly give their all to teaching and their extra assignment), some don't work nearly as hard. From what I can tell of my friends, family, and acquaintances in other fields, it's about the same. My brother, an attorney, works insane hours. I have friends who are doctors and dentists. Some seem to work harder than me, others not so much. My dentist doesn't work that hard at all, but he's happy with his smaller practice. So yeah, basically agreeing with Hixter

AM - I Must Be High BT - Monday (The Lonely 1 is a very close runner up) MA1 - California Stars ST - Can't Stand It MA2 - Secret of the Sea YHF - IATTBYH (This LP is so hard) AGIB - Theologians (Spiders is another close runner up) SBS - Either Way W(TA) - One Wing TWL - One Sunday Morning

Oh, I misread the question. I assumed the question was a just a tour w/o John, not w/o other backing musicians. That would be an interesting idea. And given the state of Roger's vocal cords, might be for the best.

I thought they had at least twice. Didn't they finish the tour after John died? Then at least once more after that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_who#After_Entwistle_and_Endless_Wire

It's the sleep mask.

So good to hear stories of effective moderation.

I got it, but not in a bad way. More in a professional way. With all the changes Wilco has been through, better to not be too emotionally invested.

I think in the long view of history employers have never truly respected the workforce. There was a time in post WWII America when workers had leverage over employers for a lot of reasons (strong unions, booming economy gave added value to workers, harder to export jobs than it is now). Unfortunately, that time was an aberration, not the norm. I don't see any easy fixes to this.

Holy crap this game!

Glad you shared that.

I listened to The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) a couple of times this weekend. A good album that really gets Aimee Mann rockin' like I haven't heard in a while.

Today this placed bummed me out. Seriously bummed met out.

I couldn't agree more with Chinese Apple and bleedorange, but questioning the decisions of the moderators is out of bounds. It's too bad because I think the specific incident that led to Jules' banning (if it is what I think it is) could be open to multiple interpretations. I think it also breeds an us against them mentality which actually fuels as much flaming, trolling, etc. and it is designed to curtail.

I'll be shocked if it's still here at noon CDT.

I will go on the record as missing them both. It was Jules' posts probably more than anyone else's that made me really interested in this place 6 years ago.

Buy the governor a cake.