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    US wins first medal in Nordic combined (AP)

    btw -- I was watching yesterday, and realized to my great excitement -- I SKIED part of that trail!!! Well, I pretty much ass-skied the part I recognized -- but many years back when I was trying to learn cross-country skiing with a lovely pair of Norwegian racing skiis I had no business...
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    Is NBC it for the Vancouver Olympics?

    OK, it's not acceptable. The USA networks and NBC alt networks have even less coverage than NBC -- hockey games start to finish, but none of the interesting competitions. How can I access Canadian or international coverage online? I've heard there are restrictions to getting Canadian TV?
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    What Bands Have You Been Listening To Lately?

    I know there's not much interest in Classical here -- but I have come across a chamber ensemble, Cafe Zimmermann, that is incredible. Very muscular, energetic yet terrifically clean and precise playing. The album that turned me on to them is the Charles Avison Concerti after Scarlatti -- what...
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    Is NBC it for the Vancouver Olympics?

    I actually don't mind Costas although the useless interviews are a pita -- it's the Nothing But Commercials, the replayed snippets of high-drama competitors vs. live unfolding action, and of course the dearth of curling and cross-country. Thanks, guys -- I went to the DTV 'Sportsmix' channel...
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    Is NBC it for the Vancouver Olympics?

    Is network NBC really the only way to watch these games? I'm not seeing alternate channel listings on DirecTV so far, and that will be a serious problem for me.
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    The Winter Games Opening Ceremony

    Poor opening ceremonies -- slow, polite..... Canadian. But I really love the Winter Games, much more than the Summer ones.
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    Is there a problem with VBookie?

    Well, uhhh... speaking of inflation... is my windfall 95 Billion a$fn worth the imaginary paper it's virtually printed on? Or is that some Keebali teller's clerical error?
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    Phasing out Contributors??

    I had this problem last year, and I forget how it was resolved -- it was a paypal glitch, as I recall, and it took a couple weeks for all parties to track down the problem.
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    Interesting -- between 8:30 and 9, I'd estimate, it was extremely windy, and I suddenly got the most incredible head/earache - felt like someone was high-force sucking my brain out my left ear; it faded out over about 3-4 minutes and was gone. My place is pretty close to you, 82 -- wonder if...
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    NexRad on Wunderground has one storm measured at 109 knots. I believe that's around 120-125 mph. They've had a couple running at 70-80 knots, and a bunch at 40-60 knots. I make no assertions about their accuracy. This much rain and these kinds of gusts will likely knock down a bunch of...
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    It's now reached 3.5 inches total this week, and getting some real gusty wind. I see there are a couple tornado vortex signatures in the East valley.
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    Official Arizona Weather Thread

    inch and a half the other day, another full inch since last night, and more on the way, it looks like. Cool. Garden is ecstatic!
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    Bread help -Ciabatta

    Baking is a whole different thing than cooking, true. Well, mostly bread flour makes the loaf hold its shape too much, but otherwise, it was a little better overall.
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    Bread help -Ciabatta

    I'm going to be semi-systematic about it. This time I'm using more bread flour, being real careful about limiting olive-oil in the proofing bowl, and I am going to cheat and sprinkle just a few grains of sugar in when I form the loaves to super-feed a few pockets of yeast. I read in a...
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    Byrnes Gone!!!

    Wow -- dare we feel hope for the front office?
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    Bread help -Ciabatta

    Over the holidays, I got into two food projects -- Spanish marzipan and Ciabatta. These permitted me to retool some old or absent kitchen gear, and I had fun. The marzipan -- much lighter and more delicate than northern European, german style -- was superb, almost ethereal at one point, and my...
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    Your last meal?

    The other night I was watching an old Criminal Minds -- the (Florida) inmate was told her last meal couldn't cost over $20!! Cheap-O. They actually usually terminate people at night, I believe. Or at least in the movies. So with no expense spared: Glass of Yarden Odem Chardonnay (2004 or...
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    Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)

    Daniel Day-Lewis would sure as heck get my ass in the theater. Ralph Fiennes, possibly, too. I love Neeson, but he's too much of a teddy-bear.
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    James Cameron's Avatar

    Nevertheless, almost everyone I know who has seen it intends to see it again, and those who've seen it twice are planning on a third round, and we're late-middle-aged people who NEVER do stuff like that anymore. btw, I have a friend who is a botany/biology specialist, and he said the tiny...
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    2010 D'Backs Offseason

    Heck, I imagine Webb and a number of our other guys would give almost any other team a 'getmeoutahere' discount.
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    Up in the Air

    I liked it too -- it was well written, wry humor, but basically a pretty dark film.
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    vBookie is down for the time

    Servers are US, we've been told. Keebali is 9-10 hours ahead. Too bad that doesn't give you guys an edge with your betting...
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    Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)

    Oh, I didn't dislike it -- I was just disappointed because I thought this could be the ultimate Sherlock, not quite so asthenic and fussy -- I just never felt RDJ inhabited the role -- the way Jude Law was, for me, the best Watson yet. I admit I have also been tainted by The Beekeeper's...
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    vBookie is down for the time

    Welcome to reality. And you all thought this was a fantasy economy.
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    Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)

    Hate to say it, but just 'eh!' 3.5 stars, maybe. Felt long, wasn't all that impressed with writing or directing. Much as I like RDJ, he just wasn't Sherlock -- he was Ironman circa the 1800s. Silly plot, too. I liked Jude Law as Watson.

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