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I've never played any showtunes, but there are a few scores that are incredible. Any of you remember the music to Schindler's List? The score is fantastic. Many years ago I played the Main Theme, Stolen Memories, and Give Me Your Names at a small concert, and many were actually crying. It was...

Out of that list I'd probably say Barenboim or Horowitz. I have a wonderful DVD performance with Barenboim and Yo-Yo Ma. Brendel is a personal inspiration for a few reasons: His work on Beethoven's Piano Sonatas (yes, I am a Beethoven fanatic :)), and for his being largely self-taught...

Yes, playing fast in itself is sometimes a lot of fun. I have a lot of pieces that I play to warm-up: Mozart's Ronda Alla Turca, Bach's Inventions, and other similar pieces. If only I could play Bach's Inventions as well and as fast as Glenn Gould. Well, if I could do that, then I could do...

I very much enjoy playing ostensibly simple pieces with an emotional capacity that is difficult to convey. It's these pieces that touch me deeply when listening or playing, and I find it requires an entirely different facet of my mind. Some examples that immediately come to mind are...

They look like nice, happy, and intelligent people. Nice pictures!

That would be correct. I'm not one for photographs, so my friend capitalized on the opportunity. The hand was my futile protest after I realized a picture was being taken. :biggrin:

That's very flattering coming from you two. Thanks very much! :redface:

Sorry Evo. I'll attach a smaller version this time, thanks!

I've been something of an enigma lately (when it comes to online communications mediums at least), but I submit to you proof that I do indeed exist. I'm not one for taking pictures, so this picture represents a capitalized voyeuristic opportunity by my friend. And yes, I do shave, but...

Thanks very much to the both of you!

So, is it then most appropriate to say that it's the pressure from the increased CO2 density that forces it out through the airlock and not so much the increased kinetic energy of the CO2 from the exothermic process?

That's a bit of anti-intellectualism on my part for not realizing that. I think I was too busy concentrating on the argument. At any rate, I thank you for your reply!

I'm going to attempt to articulate my question with appropriate lucidity, but please let me know if I fail to do so. I am a vintner (a wine maker), so achieving a palatable batch of wine necessarily elicits some required understanding of chemistry and physics. I understand that the wine...

Will those notes actually serve you well referring to them later? I also write very small, but my handwriting suffers as a result; however, I can type ~150wpm on a good day and recapitulate lectures verbatim if I have my laptop with me. I then have all the usual tools available to refer to the...

Greene is able to achieve a wonderful state of equilibrium in his books, in my opinion; it's not excessively layman in that it leaves those familiar with the material without reverance, and it's casual enough that you can almost read it like many would a novel. It doesn't read like Feynman, but...