Jim Alfredson

Stephen A Smith is a doofus. He expects them to make the East finals because of KG and "...especially being coached by Doc Rivers..." Doc Rivers is a great coach all of a sudden?

Funny satire! Love this line: "I promise you, there was never a single, defining moment when I realized there was a huge market of people out there who only own four records, and convinced myself that, dammit, mine could be one of those four."

I would think it's some type of a crime once you start to dig. Well yes, I don't think it is legal to dig up dead bodies, but since they didn't actually commit necrophilia, but just had the intention, however short-lived, then I don't see why they should be charged with it.

I need to integrate the search bar back into the current skin, but frankly I've been remiss to do so because we've been making barely any money from it. For the time it takes to do it, it's not really worth it. But I will get it up there eventually.

Is it a crime if they didn't actually go through with it, though? Any way you cut it, it's stupid and NASTY!

I prefer the "Chamber Jazz" channel, where modern musicians play exacting re-creations of classic albums.

Let's just say that it would take a lot of corrupt refs to change the outcome of that one. Guy Maybe he's talking about the '88 Pistons/Lakers.

I bet while they watched you pick up trash they were complaining about being underpaid and how they're not going to make it when they retire at 50 with full pension. I have some contracts with a few different parks departments and it's the same shit. For the work we do (which includes cleaning the parks) we are under strict time commitments and standards, but for their end it takes a committee of 12 to figure out how they are going to assign a crew of 20 to patch a 3'X3' section of asphalt. The thing that I absolutely do not understand is why there are only two trash cans in the entire park, which like I mentioned, spans four city blocks. They have one trash can near the public pool (which is on the east side of the park) and one over by the other playground / jungle gym area, which is on the west side of the park, way on the opposite side. That's it. And the one on the west side is just a 50 gallon barrel that they take away during the winter (so in the winter, the trash is even worse). The one on the east side is a permanent installation. Just another example of classism in America. You go over to Francis Park, which is in the rich section of town (just a few blocks from my house, down the river a bit, across Martin Luther King Blvd (insert Chris Rock joke here)), and the place looks like a Victorian garden! Rose bushes, beautiful manicured hedges, the grass is mowed, trash bins everywhere, etc. etc.

The park across the street from my house is one of the oldest in Lansing and goes right up to the Grand River. My daughter and I go over there every day to play, walk, find shells, etc. Last Monday we went out and the entire playground portion was littered with junk. Shoes, towels (there is a free public pool in the park, too), bags, bottles, etc. It was just littered everywhere. The park service truck was parked at the pool and two guys were just sitting there, smoking cigarettes. Yapping away. Nice work if you can get it. After about a half hour of Zora playing on the swings and slide and the park service guys doing absolutely NOTHING, I finally got fed up, found a plastic grocery bag (there were plenty on the ground) and started picking things up. I collected three grocery bags worth of trash in about 20 minutes and it made a huge difference in the look. The park guys were still sitting there smoking when I walked up to the ONLY trash can in that entire half of the park (the park takes up four city blocks and yet there are only two trash cans in the whole thing... so I can't blame people really for the mess), which happened to be by those park guys (still smoking) and threw it all away. "Thanks!" they said. Yeah... thank you for wasting my tax money. Zora and I pick up trash once a week there.

Yep, I got my wife off Diet Coke and she definitely went through withdrawl. She can't even stand the taste of it now. I'm very happy she's no longer drinking 3-4 cans of the stuff per day.

I'm sure you'll let me hear it when you get a chance to digest it, Joe!

I try to avoid caffeine, too unless I'm driving home from a gig late a night and need something to help keep me awake. I don't drink coffee. I know too many people who can't even get going in the morning without a cup or two of coffee. Not for me.

The idea of diet pop is really dumb. If you're really on a diet, don't drink pop, drink WATER! I barely drink pop myself. Maybe three or four times a month. I drink water constantly. I also love me lemonade and grape juice! I don't really drink alcohol either.

Jazz channel? So they are combining all the channels that play various types of jazz into just one?

Why does it take a merger to have ala carte channel selections?

If they were constructive, I wouldn't have a problem. Besides, I think most people here would back us up. If they were just mindless rants, then I'd probably delete them CUZ IM GOD OF TEH FORUMS! LOLZ PWND!

As easy as it is to make fun of Tammy Faye, nobody deserves to die like that. She looked horrible in her last few days. Cancer is a terrible disease.

O'Connor is a seriously bad dude. Love Ricky Skaggs, too. My wife and I (and Joe for that matter) are big Alison Krauss fans.

Whoever invented the leaf/yard blower should be forced to listen to a chorus of them 24 hours a day. Whoever uses one should be hit with a sock full of pennies until he repents and picks up a damn rake!

Not with organissimo, but I've done it with other bands.

I don't think kids should be allowed to drive until they are 21. Teens, especially males, are far too stupid and immature.

That's what I'm talking about. If it is Crawford, it explains that ridiculous tech on Duncan during that series, where he was sitting on the bench laughing.

$20 says it Joey Crawford.

Please God, no.