He did a one-off follow up to Connections recently, but other than that I don't know of anything.

its exactly what it is. August is a month long vacation for large portions of Europe.

Its good time to visit Paris .. most of the French are gone.

Same here.

I just receive a Galaxy Nexus this week. Wasn't aware of the tape seal in the one corner, so at first I could get the box open!

then, once I cut the tape, I finally pulled the top off only to then have the phone tumble out of the box and fall to the ground.

Wasn't a great "first" experience.

Having the zip code does not mean you have the city and state.

While it does give you a good starting point to make an assumption, zip codes do not necessarily follow state and county lines.

The recent (the 2000's) Stern titles aren't that great. (Although the word is that some of their newer titles are actually pretty good)

The pinballs that could be considered the "golden age" seems to be the ones you are disparaging. Anything Bally/Williams from the 90's is now highly sought after by both the collectors and the players (which I guess could be the same)

Similar story.

Had some friends visit the states from Thailand recently. We live in a city heavily dependent upon cars and thus spent a lot of time driving around town. One of the comments they made after looking out the window at the traffic was "All the cars are new!"

Very interesting system you have in place. Thanks

Interestingly enough, my mother (a little old grandmother) has been spit on by muslim men.