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I am an Easy Waker, although I choose classical music rather than ambient noises. I don't like being jolted awake, so I need an alarm that fades in.

Concrete form. It even says it in a caption.
Cement does not equal concrete.

The jet boil and the headlamps are also KEY when you are snowed in for days at a time with no power. The coffee attachment for the jetboil basically kept me sane last October when we lost power for 6 days. The headlamps are also great for reading in the car at night, I wish they had been around when I was a kid, reading in the backseat by the headlights of the cars behind us.

AHEM: These are CONCRETE planters. Remember, cement is to concrete what flour is to fruitcake. A cement planter would be messy.

I especially agree with "Speak Up". I had a massage one time where she used a lot of pressure on my shoulders and back, and at the time, I thought, "oh well, I'm sure it will feel better afterward,"... but I ended up bruised and pretty sore for days, and have not gone again. After reading this, maybe I'll give it another go.

Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern, read by Jim Dale
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, read by Sissy Spacek
Mists of Avalon series, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, read by Davina Porter
Fall of Giants, by Ken Follett, read by John Lee
Galore, by Michael Crummey, read by John Lee

John Lee is just amazing, astounding, incredible.

The fourth one is referencing the Unix system Lex navigates to turn the security system back on. Or JP's interpretation of a Unix system.

When we moved into the new house, we went out on a limb and picked Stuart Gold for the living/dining room... and haven't regretted it at all. In some light it can look a bit icky (I'm looking at you, overly white CFL's), but overall, it's been a joy.

On the other hand, please do not be passive aggressive and bang on your ceiling when you think the people above you are walking too heavily, especially if you've never bothered to introduce yourself, let alone voice your concerns face-to-face. This happened to me with new downstairs neighbors, and I seriously developed a complex about it, to the point where our house search went from "when the time is right" to "right now".

Hmm, bedroom 3 appears to have no doors, and there's no door from bedrooms 2 and 4 into the main hallway? Is anyone else seeing this?

The other thing I would crave from this house is the immense attic. Kid me always wondered why that wasn't someone's room.