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In amongst the shipment of things that came up from Los Angeles, is our entire CD collection.  There’s about 500 CDs in it.

But we don’t listen to CDs anymore, and in the past 18 months, we haven’t missed them a bit.  We don’t listen to CDs in the car, not on the home stereo, nowhere.  Our whole collection is digitized, and at 192 kbps or better, and I’ve made backups of the whole thing.  So I don’t think we’ll need to re-rip anything ever, either.

At this point, I’m considering what to do with the collection.  I’ve come up with the following five possibilities:

1) Sell everything to a used CD store.  Pros: money.  Cons: Boring

2) Donate the CDs for a tax writeoff.  Pros: money (more than 1? Hmmm.) Cons: What do starving single-mom cancer patients need with CDs? Also, boring*boring.

3) Have a big party, give away the CDs to everyone who attends.  Pro: See friends! Have fun!  Cons: Do we want people to know how much Depeche Mode we purchased?

4) Keep some CDs in the car at all times. Every time I drive somewhere, hand CDs out to pedestrians who get close to the car. Pros: Make someone’s day. Cons: Is this really the best use of my time/money? If I hand someone a Wham! CD, will they be offended?

5) Keep all the CDs in my garage so that I can legally continue to have the MP3 files on my hard drive for when the RIAA comes kicking down my door.  (Yes, I know the CRIA should be the ones to kick down my door, but they’re a little more level-headed, whereas I can totally imagine the RIAA coming across the border to get me.) Pros: Can’t be used against me by political opponents like the previous 4 options. Cons: Boring^boring.

So, what do you think?  What should we do with our CD collection?

Overheard

“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”

...who said it?

“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”

...who said it?

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

...who said it?

“I play with variables constantly.”

...who said it?

“Only the person who has learned Continual Love coming from a heart of Gratitude/Worship can effectively deal with the problem of loneliness.”

...who said it?

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