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Taking Stock Of A Life Of Collecting

Most men -- at one time or another, especially as they move into their senior years -- engage in a little exercise known as 'taking stock of a life of collecting.' It's not that men are packrats more than that they are purely unable to let go of something to which a memory is attached. This is probably an endearing trait, most times, in men. Women may disagree, but men sure wouldn't.

Consider the motorcycle or bike that the typical guy once owned a which has long ago receded into memory as it was either sold off or traded in for a new car or a jet ski or something. Certainly, the black helmet that came new with the bike stayed behind, for some reason. Most likely, because rubbing that helmet like a crystal ball brings back a lot of memories to the guy who owns it.

This is certainly something that men all over the world share. In fact, it's a rare male -- even one living in the farthest snowbound reaches of the Arctic Circle -- that doesn't share this trait with every other male on the planet. Probably, there's some aborigine somewhere in Australia who has a favorite item that nobody else thinks amounts to much but which he is going to carry his whole life.

Another good example of how men exhibit this behavior on occasion is in the matter of wristwatches and the fact that men usually end up with dozens of them, none of which run, at one point or another in their lives. Men, for example, can go through something like a digital sport watch every other year. They could have the battery changed when it runs out, but it's easier to just buy a new one.

There's a high probability, when a man sits down to start going over all these watches, that he won't even remember why he kept most of them. They're sitting there, in a box, on his lap and none of them work, but it still seems like a good idea to keep them -- even if no memories attach -- 'just in case.' Just what 'just in case' means to a guy is a mystery, but it's there nonetheless.

Now, it's the case that not every men's sport watch will end up becoming a cigar box or dresser drawer museum piece, but it still is the case quite a bit more often than it isn't the case. Women get this almost instinctively, and are willing to put up with it for a number of reasons, maybe because whenever a man exhibits the hoarding trait he becomes a little cuter or maybe because he's just too much trouble to get rid of. Who knows?

In the end, men and boys alike are inveterate and incorrigible collectors. This includes, even, bellybutton lint which somehow means something to a guy, no matter his age, but absolutely nothing that isn't short of gross to most women. And that's why taking stock of a life of collecting is so much fun for most any guy, especially as he prepares to head off into the sunset. The memories remain, for sure.

How is this for an average gaming build? What would be a good way to upgrade while keeping in budget?

I would like to stay within about $1,200 to build an average gaming computer. Please tell if there are any problems with these specs and what can be done to make it better. Also, any advice on building a computer would be appreciated.
-Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

I was unsure if $1200 was your target, or the most you wanted to spend, and $800 was your target. Well anyway, for $800 that's pretty good, though I might reccomend getting a 5600+ for like $80 more, or a 6000+ for about $110 more. The graphics card can be upgraded to a 8800GTS 320MB (HIGHLY reccomended) for about $40. And I'd instead get 2X1GB instead of 2X.5GB on the RAM. It's not very expensive, and is very helpful to go from 1GB to 2GB.

Set List: Bryan Ferry, the Alpha Male of Highfalutin Sleaze (New Yorker)

_Photograph by Nikola Tamindzic._

Loving Bryan Ferry--or Roxy Music--has never felt much like an act of faith.
Most fans (I'm one) show up for weird style and the spritz of execution;
variables like wisdom and depth of emotion are beside the point. So it is hard
to understand why a dapper sixty-five-year-old British man couldn't pull off a
reasonable live facsimile of the hustle he's been running for years. But
Ferry's performance at the Beacon last Thursday was a disappointment wrapped
in bafflement. Ferry looks healthy and is in strong voice--which made the fact
that he was hidden inside his own show all the more strange. How did the alpha
male of highfalutin sleaze become the captain of a cruise ship? Why was it
headed for a hedge-fund retreat in Croatia? Why couldn't we see him half the
time? What was with all the goddamned guitar solos?

Roxy Music came out of the fertile and permissive English art-school scene of
the late sixties (a moment documented in Michael Bracewell's excellent 2007
book, "Re-Make/Re-Model"). This clip from a DVD collection of Old Grey Whistle
Test episodes shows the band performing "Do the Strand" in 1972. Presenter
Richard ...

New Yorker

Rachel Tucker & Lee Mead - As Long As You're Mine - Michael Ball Show