Big Al

Y'know, I hear what clem is saying, and he's saying it articulately. What it boils down to is preference: do you like Tommy Flanagan? If so, why? What do you hear that I'm not hearing? That's all clem is saying. Me personally, he's too dry for my tastes. I can think of very few CDs I have that feature Flanagan. But that's my taste. You like him? Good for you, I'm glad you enjoy him!

Amid all the free-agent signings go on this year, and do the Rangers land? Milton Bradley. Milton fucking Bradley. I swear, I may not even post on next year's baseball thread. It'll get boring typing "Well, Rangers lost again" every damn day.

I think they could be the stumbling block for a lot of playoff teams this year, including the Cowboys if they don't address those defensive lapses pronto. Folks around here know what it's like to have a team win a franchise record number of games, only to lose it all in the first round because obvious deficiencies were never addressed/corrected. Coughmaverickscough. Aggie, you OK? Sounds like you're choking on something....

Agg=dick! Belichick=dick! Jerry Jones=dick! On that we can certainly agree! Cheers! He can be a real horse's ass, but every now and then he exhibits some true class. When sportscaster Dale Hansen's father died last year, Jones sent Hansen a letter that was kind, generous, and written like Jones actually knew Hansen's father (actually, I think he did; IIRC, Jones was in contact with Hansen's father and Hansen himself, checking on Hansen's dad when he was dying). Hansen was so moved he read the letter on the air. Thing to know is that Hansen rarely has a kind word to say about Jones the Cowboys owner and GM. But, apparently, Jones the man is someone completely different. However, it's still hard for me to forgive the man for bulldozing a whole bunch of old homes and kicking the residents out (many of whom had lived there for over fifty years) just so he can use my money to build a stadium that I will never be able to afford to set foot in (which doesn't matter cuz I refuse to go in there anyway).

I think they could be the stumbling block for a lot of playoff teams this year, including the Cowboys if they don't address those defensive lapses pronto. Folks around here know what it's like to have a team win a franchise record number of games, only to lose it all in the first round because obvious deficiencies were never addressed/corrected.

Sitting here next to me to help bring in the cold weather in Texas..... yes, he answered my Christmas invite and he is currently slogging back the Shiner Bock with me.... none other than THE RED MENACE!!! See, I thought Christmas had come early when I saw this gentleman in a red suit calling "HO HO HO," but when I realized that this Santa had a Russian accent, I knew that a REAL figment of my imagination had arrived and I invited him in. Here, I'm turning over the keyboard to him so he can say a few words to the great Ghost: Comrade, you were right. I didn't believe you when you said it, so I had to check out for myself. "Red state" does NOT mean wonderful Communist society. I went to local supermarket (what is it with these capitalists and their need to stock their shelves with mass quatities of things you should be able to grow/kill yourselves and hoard it all from the people and CHARGE them for it?) and was alarmed to find people shopping with ease and comfort! How do these people live? Mr. Al, despite his obnoxious capitalist tendencies, has been most gracious host, and this Shiner Bock stuff isn't.... oh wait, must try new language Mr. Al taught me, something called "Texan".... this stuff ain't half bad, y'all! So, Comrade David, keep fighting good fight! After a weekend here, I can tell you we have long fight ahead of us! But God unwilling, we will succeed! Now, must go retrieve more Shiner for me and Mr. Al, as he is still trying to explain to me how a cow with long horns is a football team and their arch-rivals are these Aggies(sp?) who must be real bad (ultra-conservative, dressed in black) and another bunch of raiders who wear red (now he confuse me: if "red state" is NOT Communist paradise, then why are we against these "red" raiders? Maybe Mr. Al is afraid these raiders are truly the liberators we hope for, ya?) Hey David, it's Al again. Man, it is such a treat to finally meet a legend like the Menace! I hope our red-state ways don't keep him from coming back. From what I understand, he has yet to meet Lon, Sangrey, Aggie, and all the other fine Texans on this board. Which reminds me: YOU OUGHTA COME DOWN HERE SOMETIME AS WELL!!!!! I mean, if a figment of my imagination can show up and drink with me, why can't a real person? Happy birthday, David! You are truly one of the great ones!

I'll be the voice of dissension here. This album did absolutely nothing for me. Not even the presence of Elvin Jones on session #2 could bring this to life for me. Kenny Dorham sounds bored outta his skull on the first session. Just my two cents.

To me, this was a game that had meaning. I'm hearing locals mentioning in in the same breath as the Buffalo game, but there's no comparison in my book. That game was a lackluster, goofy, even, effort against a team that could/should have easily been beaten. This game was different - Detroit came to play and brought their A+ game. Detroit is not an untalented team, and today, the buzzsaw effect was in full force. Without some top-notch Dalls redzone defense forcing FGs, the Cowboys might well have been trounced beyond recognition. As it was, it was definitely shaping up to be one of those classic "On Any Given Sunday..." games. Instead, they got some help from a missed FG, were able to overcome Witten's shoke fumble, and come back, cooly and calmly, and get it done at the very lest second. It didn't have to go that way, it maybe shouldn't have gone that way, but it did go that way. I've maintained from jump that this was a very good team in the process of possibly becoming great, taht there would be hurdles and tests along the way. This was definitely one of them, I think, and I was impressed at how they got over it. What I'm waiting to see now is next week against the Eagles, a team that's been playing like a wounded dog all season. If Dallas rides in too high from this week's in my mind significant step forward, they might get knocked back down and chewed up quicker than they can do anything about it. Like the man said, that's why they play the games... That's what defines a championship team: the ability to overcome everything--bad plays, mental mistakes, obvious weaknesses--to find a way to win. Few teams could consistently give up as many points as the Cowboys do and STILL come out on top. AFAIC, Romo is the QB of the year. Witten sure atoned for his error earlier in the game with those catches on the winning drive. And on a semi-related note, I'm with FFA: those Pats look completely unstoppable. If the Cows do make it to the Super Bowl for a rematch against their only loss of the season, this could shape up to be the Super Bowl of the century.

Santana MOONFLOWER. Don't know what the CD sounds like, but this record sounds sweeeeet!

Aaand everything arrived this past Wednesday! Just diggin' the Faheys right now, will dig into the other stuff a little bit at a time.

Nice story, Guy!

If I didn't flirt, my wife would start to get suspicious!

I'm gonna have to give that one some more listens. On first listen, it was quite a snoozer. But if you like it, and I trust your judgement, then there's gotta be something I'll eventually hear!

Could not agree more about the Whitney, what a beauty. Oh HELL Yeah!!!!! "New World A-Coming" is worth the price of admission alone!

Easily my favorite as well. They were firing on all cylinders that night!

Since we banded together and succeeded in helping Jim keep it up, one might say that, collectively, we are a form of Viagra--Viagraissimos! Viagraissimo..... putting the Organ in Organissimo!

Archive!!!! Anything can happen (server failures, etc)!

Zora (to her daddy): Daddy, they say that when you hear Bird play the alto, an angel gets his wings and Mr. Big Al gets a little smarter. Daddy b3-er (to Zora): That's right, dear; that's right! (Daddy b3-er looks to the sky and winks as the bells continue to ring and Mr. Big Al still tries to figure out what all the fuss is about Bird)

See? I told you if I offered to leave, people would donate! The people have spoken: when I hit 5,000 posts, I will leave! And promptly come back the next day! Seriously, I'm happy you realize not only how much we love this place, but how much we love YOU, man! And no, I don't want to be a moderator. I have neither the time, the energy, nor the desire. Plus, if y'all think I'm anal now, just put me in charge of something like this. I'll make more enemies in an hour than my usual pace (two hours).

Thank you, thank you. I'm here all month!

BTW, I was visited by a 900-foot-tall AllenLowe last night and he sayeth, and I quoteth, "Raise for me $50,000 to keep thee Organissimo Board going, or I shall take thee home." And I said, "Heaven?" and AllenLowe said, "No, you fool, Chicago." So, y'all better do what the man says, dig?

I have nothing to donate in terms of "donation swag," so I will offer to stay away from the Board if y'all raise the necessary monthly fees! (That oughta get the bread flowing in pretty!)

That's silly!

Shhhhhhhhh!!!! You'll ruin everything!

You and me both. It's like crack! Be strong, Al! :rsmile: I'm always here for you, my friend! No, really, I'm always here!