Big Al

i am going to spin one of the above as a tribute to him. i think i will go with snurdy mcgurdy. Hey, that's a great idea! I've got Jacknife here with me at work; think I'll spin it now in SEK's honor! Cheers!

Here's a question I've always wanted to ask these zealots: which is worse: a gay couple who adopted two Guatemalen (sp?) girls and bring them to church and Sunday School every Sunday? Or a hetero couple who don't attend church except maybe Easter and Christmas? (The first situation is a reality, BTW. I'm sure the second one is as well; but the couple in the first situation and their kids are dear friends of mine)

I always found that the CD works just as well....

This is indeed sad. Just like losing a family member. Actually, I guess it is losing a family member. Do you realize it's been almost one year to the day since he last posted? And he only had 722 posts to his name. It says a lot about him that he was able to post so little and yet affect so many. Thanks for sharing the news, Chuck. RIP Steve.

Pity your birthday wasn't on a Monday.

But how does that explain "miso horny?"

Jeez, what a day. First Peter Boyle, now this. What a year for the losses.

Oh, I liked him enough, and was grateful for what he did for the Rangers; but at some point, I think he got a little overrated in terms of what he accomplished besides his milestones (which are monumental, don't get me wrong). As far as Pudge's musical tastes, I'll justify that by saying just because your kid has different tastes than you doesn't mean you abandon him; just hope that evetually he sees the light.

Al Oliver, the Big O! He's always at the top, but others have been: Jim Sundberg Jeff Burroughs Toby Harrah Mike Hargrove Buddy Bell Ivan Rodriguez (shoulda NEVER let him get away) Rusty Greer Plenty others, I'm sure, but those're the ones that immediately spring to mind!

Aha! Finally, a second reason to see that movie!

According to the Lost Sessions notes, this was the only track salvageable from an otherwise unsuccessful straight-ahead session.

Obit I always remember him as the Don in "Johnny Dangerously," talking about how he wanted his gang to be "da New York Yankees of crime!" As much as I hated "Everybody Loves Raymond," his character and the chemistry between him & Doris Roberts made for some extremely hilarious moments. RIP Frankenstein

Don't give 'em any ideas. Just the thought that one of the best closers we've ever had may be traded away makes my blood boil. You'd think that as a lifelong Ranger fan, I'd be used to this kind of stupidity.

Well, the Rangers signed him to a one-year contract, pending a physical. They also signed Kenny Lofton to a one-year deal as well. Meanwhile, there's talk of trading Aki Otsuka for either a pitcher or yet another outfielder. So let me get this straight: Rangers "management" (and I use that term VERY loosely) decides that we need yet another outfielder who's allegedly a good hitter. "Mgmt" also decides that we need to replace a closer who was 32 of 36 with another old guy who's barely pitched the last two years. HUH?????? So much for hoping that the new GM would turn things around. This is the same kind of stupidity that John Hart used to pull (and probably still is; for all I know, he's exercising that "consultant" role pretty heavily).

"Why did you DO that, Mr. Connery?" "Because I hate you, Trebek!" "I'll take I Have a Chardonnay for $400."

I believe so! Yeah, it was pretty nice alright, like wandering through someone's basement record collection!

Yes, that whole "we don't accept genres...it's all music" is just a drag when it comes to actually LOOKING for stuff. Unless you have time to go from A to Z in every genre of music in the world, from beginning of the store to the end, you're screwed. Of course, Waterloo mainly just sells local singer songwriter garbage out the ying yang along with the Los Lonely Boys collection . A-frickin'-MEN!!!! About ten years ago, I remember part of the reason I looked forward to going to Austin was for the record stores. With all the small record stores (Sound Exchange, and there was this other place right off Guadalupe that was in this reconstructed house) and Tower gone, going to Austin just for the music stores is a thing of the past. I'm coming down there this weekend. Has this situation changed? Or is the best/only place to find vinyl in Austin at the various Half Price Books stores?

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Last night's loss to the Jazz just about proves that. They've come out lately with what seems to be no sense of purpose. I hope they reverse that trend soon; it'd be a waste of coaching staff and players if they don't.

But back to topic: "This word 'cat' can be found in this section of the dictionary." "I believe you will find that in the 'R' section." "No, not in the R's" "Not in the R's? That's not what your mother said last night!!! BWAAA HA HHAA HAHAHAHA!!!" "I walked right into that one."

I saw that line (the rapist)written on a sign next to an office many years ago on Benny Hill!!!!(and bet it was old during vaudeville) BINGO!!!! Beri, I knew I had seen that before somewhere! Man, I grew up on Benny Hill. They had a marathon of his shows on BBCA a couple of months back. I hadn't seen most of them since I was a kid. I think I laughed even harder this time around. I saw the Complete Benny Hill DVD at Costco the other day. I'm tellin' ya, Scott: I get little enough done as it is without being in the Politics forum. If I was in there, I'd get ABSOLUTELY nothing done! Heck, I'm still trying to find time to answer your "free jazz" question from the "Where's Christiern" thread!

Oh, FWIW, I think Winona Ryder as Bjork is so dang CUTE!

Well yeah, but that's the point, right? Exactly what I was going to say! "It's a frickin' HAMMER!!!"

No, no, NO!!!

"I'll take Anal Bum Covers for $400." Actually, my favorite is just listening to Darrell Hammonds (as "Connery") laughing himself silly every time he insults "Trebek." How Will Ferrell kept a straight face through all of that, I'll never know.