Aggie87

Happy Birthday!!

How about an Edgar Allan Poe bobblehead?

Thanks again for all the well wishes! Here are a couple of pictures from the Saturday night Hooks/Roughriders game. My son got to stand next to the center fielder during the National Anthem, so he was a little nervous, but proud: And here's a picture of him and some of his teammates watching the game later. I like the "Americana" vibe of this picture: All in all a great day!

The NFL Draft is coming up this weekend, so for an entertaining mock draft from everybody's favorite terrible analyst, here's Emmitt's.

Happy Birthday Mark! Thanks for all of your contributions here, and for being an all around great guy!

I'm a homer, but that was a great win for the Spurs yesterday in double-OT. They need to come out and play hard in Game 2 though, and if they can pull out a win, I think they take the series in maybe 5. If the Suns win, I think it goes to 7. Finley had a great 3 pointer to send the game into OT, and then Duncan made his first 3 pointer of the season to send it to 2OT. Then Popovich made a great decision. The Suns were out of timeouts at the end, and after making the tying free throws, Popovich didn't call timeout. This meant the Suns couldn't bring Shaq back into the game to defend the basket, and Ginobili took the ball to the hoop for the game winning shot.

Congratulations -especially to big sister Zora! When my son was born, we got my daughter a t-shirt that said (proudly) "I'm the BIG sister", and made sure to include her during all the chaos and busy-ness of the new baby. Best wishes to all of you on a wonderful new part of your journey!

Thanks gents! My son had a baseball game this morning (he's in coach-pitch this year), and then we're going to a friends for a pool party this afternoon (not for me, but it'll still be fun!). Then this evening I'm taking my kids to the local AA baseball team's game (the Corpus Christi Hooks, AA affiliate for the Astros, and they're playing the Frisco Roughriders). So it's an outdoor sports kind of day, and I'm spending it with my kids. Doesn't get much better than that! Thanks again for putting up with me and my sometimes cantankerous ways here - I've learned more than I could ever have thought here, and more than I could ever contribute. I lub u guys and girls! PS - thanks for that great artwork, Chris! That's not your normal everyday soccer mom there! PPS - Corpus Christi recently enacted an ordinance banning all mention of LONGHORNS in town here, Al!! Keep that in mind for the summer!

As Vizzini would say, "Inconceivable!!"

Happy Birthday Flurin! Zum Wohl!

Miguel Tejada "confessed" to the Astros today that he's actually 33 years old, instead of the 31 he's previously claimed to be. Not sure if that will affect anything, except maybe his next contract (whoever that's with), since he's suddenly getting up in age.

Sounds like another: I'd go see the group if they come down here, but I dunno about the recording. Hope it turns out well!

I'm interested in Steven Bernstein's "Diaspora Suite" that came out a few months ago. I've enjoyed the previous releases in his Diaspora series (and Sam Rivers is on "Diaspora Blues" if anyone didn't already know that). I also want to pick up the new Zorn "The Dreamers" set, which is a sequel of sorts to "The Gift". Man with the Golden Arm has a copy for sale(sans packaging) for a good price right now on this board, if anyone's interested.

Prefabricated disco-pop group from Germany, by the same producer that foisted Milli Vanilli on the world.

I haven't been watching the show (I usually only watch the first few episodes each time, when the strange people are shown - that's funnier and more worthwhile than watching the "serious" later episodes, which are dragged out and boring, IMO). But I just discovered the guy with dreadlocks is an Aggie, so I'd have to root for him, regardless whether he has any talent or not. I haven't seen him sing, so I have no idea.

Disc received today, in fine shape! Thanks, Vint!

It would help to know what the basis is for measuring their relative intelligence. The list just came from the "CBS Early Show", so there's no way to know how they ranked the breeds.

Not to disparage the worthy sentiment at all, but shouldn't that read 114th anniversary of her birth?

Eliane Elias - Something For You - Eliane Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans ....anybody have this one? Is it worth sticking in the queue? jeez, BMG/yourmusic is slow of late....again. Also, I'm getting a number of warnings about items in my queue that aren't going to be around much longer. If you've got something in your queue that you want, you might want to check.

My apology was because I took a stand about something, and then realized I needed to be consistent about what I was defending. But feel free to make fun of it anyway. And as was expressed to me in a private message this evening, a joke here and there, or an occasional comment is probably not that big a deal in the bigger picture, and is probably normal. Most people probably understand that. But threads that objectify women don't really help promote healthy discussion. If only one female is bothered by them (and it's clear that at least one has been), then it's an uncomfortable environment. And I'm not accusing you (Jim) of being sexist, personally. But we do have board members that have caused *other* boards to be shut down due to offensive sexist comments (BNBB anyone?). So not everyone is as evolved as you.

In the spirit of being honest with myself, I have posted trombone-babe pics elsewhere on this board, so I'm as guilty as anyone else who's posted this sort of thing. The posts were meant as sort of inside jokes to specific other board members, but reflecting back after this thread, I can see how it might come across to others, so I want to apologize for contributing to some of the "boys club" mentality here myself.

I won't profess to speak for seeline or anyone else, but creating an environment where it's ok to post sexy female pictures or videos can be intimidating or at the very least uncomfortable for many females, I would think.

I'm in for some of that!!! I still think topics like sexy videos and sexy pictures aren't appropriate, if we wish to respect all board members. I know there are some female board members that don't care one way or the other, and that's fine too. However, it's not really about your intent, it's how it comes across to those females who it DOES offend, or at the very least bother. My company just gave us our annual (or bi-annual, I forget) sexual harrassment training, and there were many scenarios we were shown. Some seemed clearly to be harrassment, others didn't. Some of my female co-workers saw harrassment, or hostile environments, where I (and some male co workers) saw none. Again, it's how it's perceived by others, not by what you intend. PS - Kudos to Jim for bringing his kids up with good values that will get them far in the world. Not everybody gets those same values though.