Can't find a girlfriend in LA? Well this might be the reason.

lovetosmellwomenfeet · 1 day

Go East, young man!

gojo345 · 5 days

The parents of kids in Escalades can probably afford a good lawyer.

bennysc · 6 days

You're right, it is terrible. Maybe working in fundraising has detuned my moral compass. Anyway, no one is actually doing what I'm suggesting, but many people DO steal signs and bumper stickers, thinking they're hurting the other side. It's all silly behaviour, and I don't condone it.

yuribotcake · 6 days

My band, Rage Area, will be playing a rooftop show in Santa Barbara if you want a great view and some sweet music.

Here's more info: http://www.facebook.com/events/352814751450059/

bennysc · 6 days

I work in fundraising for politics, and I've heard multiple stories of signs being stolen from people's yards. The ironic thing is, when the supporter re-orders the signs, the money supports the campaign. For Obama's campaign, that's $15. If you think about it, there's no better way to get people to donate.

If you're smart, steal the signs you agree with. You can re-plant them somewhere else, but now you've likely gotten someone else to donate to your favorite candidate.

EwingMcGregor · 6 days

You should learn your major (and minor) scales in all keys if you haven't yet. Then, when you can play or sing a correct scale over the music and all the notes sound harmonious, you've identified the key. The key you're in is the root of the major or minor scale.

In major keys, the root is "do" in do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" *or "C" in C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C

In minor keys, the root sounds like "la" in "la-ti-do-re-mi-fa-so-la" *or "A" in A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A

The problem with trying to identify a key without using a scale is that to the untrained ear, intervals like 5th or 4th can be mistaken for the root. Also, you'll miss important information, like whether the song is minor or major.

Most popular music is in a few common keys. You can cheat and find those out, but I won't help you. Good luck!

CoolJazzGuy · 9 days

So, it's been 12 days. How's it coming?

itsmii · 10 days

I have the SX90r alto and the Shadow tenor. I can't say I have a single complaint about these horns, after 4 years of music school and many professional gigs. The sound is big, so you have to control it with your embouchure (Selmers and Yamahas feel like your tone is on training wheels compared to this... you feel a bit exposed, but it's worth mastering). I had a little trouble getting that even classical tone, as the horn just likes to wail, so jazz and rock are ideal.

I have large hands, so the extendible palm keys are a great feature. Also, the G# never sticks thanks to the extra lifter mechanism. Middle and low D are sharp like most horns, but otherwise intonation is stellar. You have to work out your altissimo -- it's different than selmer and yamaha, but works fine and is in tune once you find the right fingerings.

BTW, I'm playing an opened up Otto Link (7* or 8) for maximum volume and a thick, dark tone. For classical I've used Selmer C*s, but I highly recommend trying Vandoren AL3 to balance the openness of the sound.

Oh, and they're just sexy looking instruments... let's face it, you're probably not going to tell the difference in sound between an SX-90r and a Shadow, but when you polish those silver keys, your audience will notice.

jpark28 · 11 days

Yeah, I had to look it up, so I saved other readers the time.

jpark28 · 11 days

Opposite Lock

professor_mcnutty · 19 days

I saw this happen in LA a couple months ago.

Geyser on Sunset.

optionsanarchist · 26 days

I was on Digg in 07-08, and I remember an onslaught of anti-Paul rhetoric, very similar to today's. Rather than argue against his policies, they just complain about his popularity on the front page, as if other more serious issues or candidates deserve our attention. They act as though Paul's policies and ideas have been long discredited without offering evidence or argument against them.

Given time, it makes sense that somebody could figure out how to manipulate people on the internet. It would certainly be a valuable skill these days, but would necessarily have to be kept secret.

In Ender's Game the two older siblings manipulate world opinion by creating believable personae in popular message boards. Though anonymous, they become prominent figures in the on-line community and are able to influence world opinion. It's amazing that in 1985 Orson Scott Card predicted tablet computers, the internet, on-line communities like Reddit, and the obvious next step: people who would try to deceive such communities for personal gain.

airmandan · 26 days

I tried to make a joke by misspellng "mispell." See Muphry's Law. By law, every Grammar Nazi comment has to contain errors. Anyway, I think there's something fishy in every comment in this thread so far.

keved · 27 days

Yeah, and it would solve overpopulation.

airmandan · 27 days

Way to mispell "mislead."

strik3r2k8 · 1 month

Yeah, today is the second time this has made me late for work. Is there a service that will alert you when stuff like this is happening along your daily route? It would be nice to get a warning a few hours before you have to leave for work, or even the previous day.

Zumaru · 1 month

I always try to think outside the tank.

NeedsEvidence · 2 months

Here's a video of the speech

He talks about obamacare at 15:38. His comments about Romney are clearly in reference to that issue.

FluffidyPuff147 · 2 months

Looking forward to seeing this on Sunday!

nowtayneicangetinto · 2 months

Clearly the kid wasn't born yesterday. Maybe his father...

LurkingModerator · 2 months

I've always been amazed at how effective the drums are on the "and I get" break, despite playing in a completely different time.

s3rvant · 2 months

Just leave the driver's door open for a few seconds while lowering the passenger window. Honestly, I'm not convinced that fanning with the door helps much. Hot air has a tendency to buoy out of the car if you give it a nice, fat escape route and an entrance for cooler air.

ab26 · 2 months

Try about 2 minutes of large, full breaths, then switch to a more natural, relaxed breath. After 4 or 5 full inhalations and exhalations (while consciously letting go of tension in the belly, chest, and throat), you've gotten rid of a great deal of physical resistance -- and you can get focused on something, whether it's you're natural breathing, a sound in the room, or the silence between your thoughts.

catfishanger · 2 months

I think the secret service is really calling the all the shots in the executive branch, and the president is ordered to keep mum or they'll shoot him. Since they "protect" the president for the rest of his life, he can never reveal what he knows.

dominikK · 2 months

I know so little about this, but it would seem that if the computer acted as though all the cards were one disk, and you used it for long enough, the system would be super fragmented and you could never remove/replace cards without disturbing lots of files.

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