> > This is very cool but sort of scary too, as the *one and only* time I've ever played the harp in front of an audience was when Sam, Leen and Dave were lying around on an air mattress on my spare room floor and I was messing around trying to remember some pieces in between talking and throwing wadded-up airline socks at each other. So I do not think this counted as a formal occasion.
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> What in heaven's name is an airline sock?

"Among the items passed out during the flight was a pair of complimentary socks -- truly the strangest item I have ever seen dispensed by a transportation service. Even more bizarre than that, the socks were only just long enough to extend above the heel and not quite above the ankle."