Dave James

Newly released James Brown bio by R.J. Smith:

This comment on YouTube cracked me up: When my dad came in the room, I switched to gay porn, its easier to explain...

Just abandoned The River once and for all. It started out marginally promising, but turned into Lost lite. Still enjoying Alcatraz. No great shakes, but good enough to keep me watching. Looking forward to the return of The Killing.

He looked like he was 35 when he was 19. I'm not much of a Blazer fan and less one of the NBA, but I have to admit when the team stumbled into the #1 pick in 2007 and took Oden, it sure seemed like things were looking up. Together with Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge, it made it seem that all the "Jail Blazer" years everyone suffered through would be a thing of the past and that a second championship was not out of the question. That was then and this is now. In the course of one day, Portland has blown up as much of this as they could and I'm sure if it had worked out, they would have detonated a couple of more charges by the names of Felton and Crawford. The biggest problem we have here is that Paul Allen thinks he knows basketball. He and his clandestine cronies at Vulcan Enterprises in Seattle manipulate everything. Two years ago, he ditched a very promising young GM in Kevin Pritchard and then, last year, tossed his replacement, Rich Cho, under the bus because they couldn't see eye to eye on basketball related matters. Since then, we've been the only team in professional sports operating without a general manager. It's a complete mess that, unfortunately, isn't going to be cleaned up in the foreseeable future. It's too bad because the Blazers have some of the most rabid fans in the league. They deserve better. BTW, if you're interested, the Blazers paid Greg Oden approximately $71,000 per basket while he was with the team.

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It's all relative. Remember, this is baseball. No salary cap and owners who can't get out of their own way. More importantly, it's the Yankees. At the end of the day, Brian Cashman probably scrapes that much money off the bottom of his shoes.

According to reports I'm hearing, the Yankees have signed Andy Pettitte to a minor league contract. Pettitte apparently got the bug when he joined the team as a guest instructor at the Yank's spring training facility in Ft. Lauderdale. He's 39 years old, but keeps himself in great shape and has the kind of easy delivery that hasn't worn him out. Who knows? Could wind up being a smart move...or not. It's only costing them a couple of million to find out.

You'll be hearing from Mr. Coltrane's legal team shortly.

Bagpipes are off limits for me. It's one of the truly annoying sounds the planet has ever produced. I'd rather be locked in a room for a whole day listening to Myron Floren play "Lady of Spain" on a tape loop than have to deal with anything of any duration played on bagpipes.

I didn't have the wherewithal to stay with this for over eight minutes to get to the Gale Belle track, but I was able to locate the version of "A Taste of Honey" that's included on the album. Let's just say Herb Alpert can rest easy... and I mean real easy... and leave it at that.

Never had Britannica when we were kids. A set of 1958 World Books in white leather binding held down that fort all the way through high school. Frankly, I'm surprised that the decision to stop printing bound, hardcover encyclopedias has taken this long. With all of the real time information that's long been available on the internet, they went the way of the dinosaur at least 10 years ago. Still, for those of us old enough to remember using reference books like this, you can't help but feel a mild sense of melancholia associated with their passing. Much the same as when you realized vinyl records were disappearing. Only difference (and you heard it here first) is that the encyclopedia will not be making a comeback.

Keep in mind they were playing a team that's only masquerading as an NBA franchise.

I just cut and pasted the this. Didn't notice the extra "of". With respect to the quote, as nearly as I can determine, neither it nor its more famous cousin, "If you build it, he will come." is from the book. Terrence Mann is the movie equivalent of J.D. Salinger, who was in Kinsella's original novel. As to the attribution, I appreciate the thought, but I'm more interested in the message itself than I am in who wrote it.

If that's Irene Ryan, I'm gonna roll over with my paws in the air.

Less than two weeks until Mad Men returns. I am stoked. Still toggling between this and The Sopranos as my all-time favorite. Just curious, has anyone else's significant other blown off MM in deference to how it portrays women?

This should serve to limit the "moves" a male opponent might be considering to those on the chess board.

Obviously, this is a marketing ploy designed to get the nimrods who would buy something like this all roostered up. By stopping with the letter "F", it becomes clear that there may be - hold it - ADDITIONAL VOLUMES IN THE OFFING. Until their release, folks will have to contain themselves by revisiting "John Tesh's Greatest Hits" or something from Yanni.

What I can't believe is how many hot girls there are in my neighborhood. Not only that, but they all seem to know who I am. Why else would they be interested in meeting me? What should I do?

Snooki without the makeup? Yup, one in the same, the now pregnant Snooki who is, apparently, engaged to her boyfriend (and I assume the father) Jianni LeValle. Just to be sure, she should run a DNA test to confirm that The Situation isn't involved. What a revoltin' development that would be.

For me, Spring begins when I first notice that the local Little League fields are being prepped for play.

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I guess I'm willing to put up with all the chaff on YouTube since there's so much wheat. All I would like the experts to explain to me is why the knuckleheads continue to post concert cell phone grabs with jumpy video and unlistenable audio. A complete waste of time. On the other hand, where else would you ever find something like this? Dig the purple fingernails.

I'll tell you who I'd like to be right now and that's the Rams. Talk about filing some holes. The biggest question they have is if Freshman Sam or Sophomore Sam (as in Bradford) is what they're going to see from here on out. For their sake, it better be the former.

Daniel Snyder is the perfect example of a billionaire owner who has no idea what to do with his money.

NEWMAN!