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i still keep a couple of baseballs in the trunk, and an left hand baseball glove, just in case i get young again. no one wants to play catch and hit flies with me anymore. then, we could choose up sides and make up rules for any number of players, including spunky girls. we didn't need crappy overbearing parents and umpires. when no one is around, i go out to a regulation, perch high on the rubber, and try to bust a few pitches over the plate. it's all i can do now to get the pitch to home plate. a throw from 3rd to 1st, one routine, is but a dream, and the outfield is in another county. there is no sweeter sound to me than cracking a long fly ball with the wind on a day like today or make a catcher's mitt pop. i'll watch an overorchestrated sterile little league game or two and smile faintly at a nice play or two. baseball is so discriminatory. you can't be a left hander catcher, 3rd baseman, 2nd basman, or shortstop. they should maybe change the rules. all a lefty can do is pitch, play 1st, or outfield. on the fence at the little league park are about 700 rules. i would never ever play in this setting. the athletic skills of everyday major league baseball players are more than incredible. don't take their great skills for granted. only about 7% of baseball players are black,and a lower percentage are fans. 26 baseball players, coaches, and managers have college degrees. as joe nuxhall said, ending each cincy reds broadcast, "this is the old lefthander, headed for home." forgotten dreams

My link Robin Gibb's family have been keeping vigil at his bedside at a hospital in Chelsea Bee Gees star Robin Gibb remains in a coma in hospital as fans of the cancer-stricken singer left hundreds of messages of hope for his recovery. Wife Dwina smiled and son Robin-John waved to photographers as they entered a central London hospital on Sunday. Emily Harrison, from Nova Scotia, Canada, wrote on Gibb's Facebook page: "Get well, Robin, we don't want to lose another Bee Gee!! All your fans are thinking positive thoughts. May God bless you & all your families." Robin-John, 29, had been due to premier a collaborative classical work, The Titanic Requiem, with his father earlier this month, but the event went ahead without Gibb due to his poor health. Other family members, including brother Barry, 65, daughter Melissa, 37, and son Spencer, 39, had also reported to have visited Mr Gibb, who is suffering from colon and liver cancer and pneumonia. Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/fans-rally-round-ailing-bee-gee-16145328.html#ixzz1sBHLwEbp

Changing the inherent racism in drug sentencing laws would also reduce the prison population. Consider the following: 1) Two-thirds of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color. 2) According to a Fed study in 2002, there were approximately 14 million white Americans who had used drugs in the previous month, compared to about 2.6 million African Americans who had done so. In other words, there were five times as many whites using drugs as African Americans. 3) Despite this disparity, African Americans were admitted to prison for drug offenses at nearly 10 times the rate of whites. thx for your superb explanation.

what we should very seriously discuss someday is why this country has more people imprisoned than any other nation, including china and russia. not a subject for a saturday night........ many of us have some ideas.

Let's Put The Seniors In Jail And The Criminals In A Nursing Home Senior Humor By Dana Anspach, About.com Guide The more I read this the more it makes perfectly good sense. Let's put the seniors in jail, and the criminals in a nursing home. This way the seniors would have access to showers, hobbies, and walks, they'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc. and they'd receive money instead of paying it out. They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes, and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counseling, pool, and education. Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, P.J.'s and legal aid would be free, on request. Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each senior could have a PC, a TV, radio, and daily phone calls. There would be a board of directors, to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to. The "criminals" would get cold food, be left all alone, and unsupervised -lights off at 8pm, showers once a week, live in a tiny room, pay $5000.00 per month and have no hope of ever getting out. Justice for all. Contributed by Linda Thompson, President, Life Path Solutions, Inc.

thx. that may well be the problem. i will do that . i own nice guys and will check out urban bushman.

richardson, a football running back from national champion alabama, will be one of the 1st 6 or 7 players picked in the upcoming nfl draft.

i triple gasped when i saw an ecm recording release( NICE GUYS) by art ensemble of chicago 30+ years ago. ecm and aec artistically and aesthetically just didn't add up..... should certain artists refuse to record for certain labels on artistic grounds????

"unparaskevidekatriaphobic" ella and prez could swing it................

My link article continues with link On the surface, 17-year-old Courtney Alvis looks like your everyday teenager. She's two days shy of her senior prom and testing a new do at the salon. But getting to this point hasn't been easy. "I have heard of leukemia but I wanted to make sure that was cancer. So I was like, "Are you telling me I have cancer?' and he was like, "It could be cancer,'" she said. And it was. At just 16-years-old and a junior at Hueytown High School, Courtney's life drastically changed. "I couldn't drive. I couldn't go to school or even go to the mall or out to eat because of germs," she said. And her junior prom? Her doctor said she could go but with a few more accessories than the norm. "I would have to wear a mask and rubber gloves and not touch anybody and that wasn't for me."

Hispanic nations, the bad day is Tuesday the 13th (as "martes" was based on Mars, and he is the god not to argue with) Spanish and Latin equivalent that word came from Lunes = Moon(Luna) = lúnae Martes = Mars = martis Miercoles = mercury = mercurii Jueves = Jupiter = iovis or jovis Viernes = Venus = veneris Sabado = Saturn = sabatta which is "day of Saturn" Domingo = sun = dominica which is "day of Sun" in English, Monday = moon, Sunday = sun Saturday = saturn correspond to the latin origin but the other names were derived from the Teutonic gods equivalent to the Roman gods Mars= god of war = Tiu = Tuesday Mercury = swift god = Woden = Wednesday Jupiter = main god = Thor = Thursday Venus = goddess of love = Frigg = Friday

deep in my lp archives, i have that. thx for reminding me. I haven't It's one I used to have but never got around to replacing. Dunno why... MG i was referring to the connor recording.

deep in my lp archives, i have that. thx for reminding me.

Word of the day: Paraskevidekatriaphobia (n): a fear of Friday the 13th. are any of us unparaskevidekatriaphobic?

after a few evening drinks, downtown at dusk can cast a spell where one sees that not noticed before, things that aren't really there, or may only last the blink of a shutter, sort of like your and my lives. the giant reflections of the sunset on the north walls of the library annex are striking, and seem so real. enjoy. lilac wine

i completely agree, claude. the first kraftwerk, autobahn, was a knockout. after that, they went pop and never fulfilled their potential.

My link If you’ve never been to the Allen Room for Jazz at Lincoln Center, the first thing that strikes you is the 50 x 90-foot, floor-to-ceiling glass wall behind the stage/bandstand that offers a breathtaking view of Columbus Circle, the southwest entrance to Central Park, and the Manhattan skyline. At night, the atmosphere possesses an ethereal-like quality so perhaps on the evening of March 31, the spirit of Luis Russell was proudly gazing through the glass at his daughter Catherine, who was honoring his memory by singing the jazz and blues numbers he and Louis Armstrong transformed into American standards. Read more: http://cabaret.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Reviews-Catherine-Russell-Mezmorizes-Lincoln-Centers-Allen-Room-With-Swinging-Tribute-to-Her-Dad-and-Satchmo-20120411#ixzz1rp4xjHHi

a german reader remarks "Some German regions had more snow for Easter than they had for Christmas last year." :crazy:

...such depressing april weather.... ..........makes me want to stay inside and keep warm. the wasteland t.s. eliot APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tubers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqK5zQlCDQ

his masterful spontaneity......

joachim, yes, yes. what a wealth of masters we can give proper homage. thank you.

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"But probably 75% of my listening is to jazz/classical/world music, and I have virtually no one to discuss this with in my real life (as opposed to the Big O)" no one in my area speaks my musical language, shares my tastes, or performs my music. big O reassures me that i'm not a total outlier.