Jim Alfredson

Sorry to hear about your troubles, Paul. But congrats on the little one! That's awesome! Here's hoping things start to look up for you and the family.

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Well, I know that I personally know so much more about what to actually look for, inside and outside, than I did when we bought our current home, which is our first. That show is hilarious because these people get totally in under their heads and then just throw money at the problem. Where they get this money, I have no idea.

You have to know what you're doing. If you've never owned a house before, then I don't recommend it.

There's a lot of difference between slowing down from 50mph (5 over) to 45 mph (the speed limit) and 50 and 42 (under the speed limit). I'm sure the middle finger helped the situation a lot, as well. The first cure to aggressive drivers is admitting that you are one. I had to do that for myself. I drive "aggressively", in big cities (meaning making quick decisions about lane changes, but not tailgaiting unless traffic is heavy... perhaps "defensively" is a better term), but the I rarely ever shoot people the bird or purposely slow down a lot to piss them off. It just doesn't do any good.

No, I believe it started with his aggressive driving and escaladed when you decided to be a smart-ass and slow down below the speed limit to "watch while he stewed behind me." Basically, you were both being dicks. Why mess with someone who is obviously extremely aggressive like that? It's kind of like poking a rabid dog in the eye with a stick and getting pissed when the thing bites your hand off.

And a good one before I retire for the night: Peggy Lee - Baubles, Bangles & Beads

Buck Owens and Ray Charles on Hee-Haw

Oh that Larry Goldings. What a nutty guy! Funny stuff!

Tonight on WKAR radio, I'll be on the air on Doug Collar's Saturday Night Jazz program along with Rodney Whittaker, Freddie Cunningham (from Root Doctor) and others remembering Robert. We'll be playing some live stuff from the Creole. Tune in if you can. I believe they stream as well.

Try the link below, if it doesn't work, I can burn you a copy (free of charge, of course). http://www.jazzrecordmart.com/cgi-bin/miva...Code=2521869002 Please don't offer burns here.

I couldn't watch the game because I've been sick all day, but I'm surprised the Pistons lost, if only by 3. Did 'Sheed play?

I sincerely doubt it.

That's messed up, Clunky.

No, I'm talking about that one. You know. "People... people who need people..." Yuck.

Up, because I added some performance shots I just received from the festival director! http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=956yd7...=0&y=x0oyba

So I've been listening to this comp that Joe made me of Monday. The music is cool, I like it. I just cannot get with her voice. I'm sorry. I'll keep trying, but something about it really bugs me.

Of this I have no doubt. Urban sprawl, overbuilding, congestion, longer commutes, and inadequate roads have a hell of a lot more to do with tailgating than just about anything else, including NASCAR. Yep. We've let ourselves build the very infrastructure of our society around the automobile, so this is what we get. I would add to that list the general self-centeredness of people these days. Everybody is stuck in their own little world and do not think of others first. Case in point: Just this morning I had to go to Home Depot to get a new water filter for my refridgerator. The weather in Lansing this morning is a mixture of rain, sleet, and snow. Not only did I had people tailgating me the entire way there because I was actually driving the speed limit due to the bad conditions, but upon arriving at Home Depot I got out of my car and started walking to the entrance at the same time that a man in a HUGE Ford truck started driving towards the exit. Instead of slowing down and letting me walk safely across the drive into the store, since afterall I'm walking in the freezing sleet that's pummeling everything outside, he speeds up and then gets mad at me because I'm in the process of crossing the drive. Pedestrians. What a pain in that ass, eh? Especially when I'm in my comfortable truck, sheltered from the weather and they make me lose 1/10th of a second. Thanks, buddy!

My wife attended the vigil last night. There were hundreds of people there. I wish I could've gone, but one of us had to be with Zora (she's still getting over a cold and shouldn't be outside for too long). I have faith, Joe, that Robert's vision and work will continue. My wife said Rick Preuss, owner of Preuss Animal House, made a beautiful statement that the only thing that will be missing from Old Town is Robert's body. His spirit, his ideas, his vision will live on. I sincerely hope that will be the case.

They found the truck. http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A.../702280374/1312

I think he's making a point about how stupid it would be for people to shoot at other people on the road.

It prevents the following: A] you slow down, they hit you from behind because while they think they're the greatest drivers in the world, they really aren't. B] You slow down, they go around you, and then jump back into your lane and slam on the brakes, just "to do the same thing to you". I nearly died on the Cross-Bronx Expressway once when that happened to me. I would say these are the exceptions rather than the rule. Usually if you just put your signal on and slow down or slightly speed up to get into the right lane (because most tailgaters are in the fast lane), then the person will just drive by in the fast lane and give you the finger. Big whoop.

Okay, it should work now. Sorry everyone! Thanks Joe for uploading the pics!

Oops... still gotta make the album public Joe. I can't see them without logging in.

No you didn't. You messed up the one I fixed and it didn't work! I fixed it again.