Jeff Hobbs, Advance Digital

Sad times for Hampshire alumni. Not that I, uh, know any of those.

"Check Your Head" was (and remains!) one of the most amazing albums ever. Such a game-changer. He will be missed.

And very nice to meet you as well!

When I graduated from Hampshire, we got Michael Moore to speak. Let me tell you, he was not great! At least Al has a cool iPad app.

I drove right by this and fumbled to try and catch this on video. Very glad no one was hurt, sorry about the car, it looked like a good car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zneQ5PTN8M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dollah twenty-five please!

All kidding aside, wow, those are some pretty high numbers.

I'll upgrade. It'll be $30, why not? The new "Messages" app is nifty, too.

@dogboy443: I was once a physical media enthusiast myself, but then I got a big home Network Attached Storage unit, put all our movies on that, got a Boxee unit to hook to the TV as the front end, and never looked back. Apple hasn't quite figured out how to bring this kind of geeky scheme to the masses, but with iCloud and AppleTV, I bet they will.

It wouldn't be a halftime show if there wasn't something for everyone to get fake offended by.

"Nice retirement fund, it sure would be a shame if something... happened to it."

I love this show, and the season premiere was as good as ever. I loved when they emerged from the taxi into the sun ("My lily-white skin!").

These are some very good questions! It would be interesting if the Lt. Gov. would publish the raw data of that black box.

Good luck tilting at that windmill, Ralph.

Great choices, as evidenced by: It's hard to pick just eight! I predict this competition will get fierce.

Newt Gingrich: Whatta guy.

http://www.salon.com/2011/03/08/gingrich_divorce_hospital_cancer/

The Republicans really, really need a better set of candidates. Or are they just clearing out all the obvious losers in preparation for 2016?

I would want to see a log of the bear's previous text messages before I aquitted him of all guilt.

I love Sabbath -- particularly the first 4-5 albums (everything up to most of "Sabotage") -- but how can this be anything other than completely awful?

Paul Ita is possibly the smartest and funniest person in Western Massachusetts. If you're not reading his blog, http://happyvalleynews.wordpress.com/ , you're missing out.

CommanderKor, I realize I cannot ask for kindness nor receive mercy -- as Klingon warriors are incapable of both -- I only hope that when the time comes for you to disintegrate myself and my entire family, you do so quickly and with honor

This is a great store. I found a 4-pack of Dark Truth Stout there that I have not seen anywhere else. I'll be back!

Great pick, this is one of my favorite hikes in Massachusetts. Well worth the climb!

Best of luck for those crazy kids!

Ding ding ding. We have a winner: "slumlord" has been called.

For the amount of money that must be moving into this place, it should be at baseline a decent place to live. It is clearly not. This is not the Democrats' fault. This is not the Republicans' fault. This is pure, simple, human greed.