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So what you're saying is that he had vintage style? :D

I may need to see a doctor due to strain of the eyeball-rolling muscle.

I'm pretty sure my great-grandfather never went to a conservatory to learn the fiddle!

I suppose waiting until Christmas Eve to put up the tree and decorations would be considered "old fashioned".

As a geologist, I must say the article didn't start out well

What's typical turnaround time for these orders? I'm going to be moving soon and I don't want to get something delivered to the wrong address.

The singer-songwriter revolution was complete years ago. Popular music just doesn't follow the composer/performer divide any more.

So Tim Burton is taking over?

Would like if they had turtlenecks. It's so hard to find a big, heavy, Hemingway-style fisherman's turtleneck.

Slow and unreliable internet connection, mostly.

It is a pretty established American tradition. Take a look at 50s car advertisements. "You've made it in life - you deserve the biggest car you can get!"

Woland is certainly living up to his screen name.

Not to divert this thread into one about diners, but St. Louis also has the fabulous Eat-Rite Diner, situated downtown on what used to be Route 66 and serving blue collar workers on every shift since ~1940.

It is an art and a skill to be able to mix vodka, gin, tequila, and rum in the right proportions so that the tastes blend smoothly. You not only have to consider those spirits in general terms, but be familiar with the particular brand of each, knowing where each has to be balanced in...