Jim Alfredson

Will MSU please fire John L. Smith? PLEASE!?!

Substitute "hockey and basketball" for "football" and this describes me to a "t". I guess Jim A. and old Conn. aren't up yet, or they'd be all over option 2. Vote cast!! Although it was funny to witness all the Tiger hysteria around here and then have them completely BLOW IT. Ah, the Tigers. Good thing I care nothing about baseball or I might actually be disappointed.

Thanks for the info, Conrad. No, they are not going to fuse anything. It's an out-patient procedure where they cut a "nickle-length" slice, go in with a tube and a camera, and just trim off the part of the disc that is pressing on the nerve. The doctor says I will be in and out of the hospital that day and the only thing I need to worry about is absolutely no lifting of anything over 10lbs. for six weeks. Geez, I think I glossed over a few key posts there... Good luck Jim! Thank you! Honestly, physical therapy helped a lot but my insurance only covers it for a month and after that I'm on my own. It's too expensive to do without insurance. All the stretches and exercises are easy enough to do on my own, but the thing that really helped was the traction machine. Man, that thing felt SO good! That's basically what they're going to do. I plan on letting it heal, and then doing exercises to strengthen my back muscles and keep everything in shape.

If someone wants to do the work (I do not have the time to do the research), I will host it. Seems to me that's the best solution since the alternatives are not satisfactory. But it's a lot of work. Which is probably why Alan isn't doing it anymore.

So after dealing with this for a year and a half, I've finally elected to have surgery. It's supposedly a pretty simply out-patient procedure with very minimal risk (something like .5%). It is scheduled for Nov. 8th. The crappy part is they took me off my ibuprofen because of the anaesthesia (no muscle relaxers). They put me on Vicadin instead and I hate this stuff. It makes me cloudy, makes me nauseous, and it doesn't work as well as the ibuprofen for the pain. It's also not very good stuff to be taking while staying home with my daughter. But I won't be on it very long hopefully. My back has gotten really bad: without medication, I'm only able to sleep a few hours at a time before I have to get up for awhile. I'm looking forward to not being in pain anymore!

I just ordered a 100-disc spindle from Uline. http://www.uline.com/Browse_Listing_5158.a...=cd%20printable Good prices all the time and extremely fast shipping. I ordered CDs and some shipping materials at 7pm on Wednesday and they were here by the next day (Thursday) before noon!

Well, I liked Bob Scheifer. I haven't watched since that first week because all the new features really turned me off. She's done okay, but the program has inched one step closer to Entertainment Tonight. NPR and PBS for me, I guess.

No, I got it. I was referencing the lyric from "Supper's Ready", which is the tune that Gabriel used the flower mask for. Wandering in the chaos the battle has left, We climb up the mountain of human flesh, To a plateau of green grass, and green trees full of life. A young figure sits still by a pool, He's been stamped "Human Bacon" by some butchery tool. (He is you) Social Security took care of this lad. We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower. A flower? If you go down to Willow Farm, to look for butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies Open your eyes, it's full of surprise, everyone lies, like the fox on the rocks, and the musical box. Yes, there's Mum & Dad, and good and bad, and everyone's happy to be here. etc. etc.

A flower?

Yeah, but I don't blame PG. The guy has always looked forward, not back. It's just not his style.

DUDE, IF I WAS IN THAT AREA I WOULD DEFINITELY GO! THEY ARE SWEET!

Dude, I've got lots of cords from my dad's old home security business. DUDE, that would make an AWESOME name to maybe start thinking about putting on a list of band names. Home Security Business!

Dude, I don't know. I think we should talk about the idea of talking about starting to talk about starting a band first. I mean, this is all so, like, sudden and shit.

DV: Luke, remember when I told you I was your father? Well... I'm also gay. LS: Uh... no shit....

DON'T LOOK INTO HIS EYES! HE'LL HYPNOTIZE YOU!!!

Yes, Korla Pandit. He used to play a lot on the Ed Sullivan Show, I think. Here's a bio: http://www.korlapandit.com/biography.htm Sidenote: I hate websites that use white text on black backgrounds. It completely messes with my eyes.

This is a good disc, but it features Leroy Vinnegar on bass! Jimmy ain't kickin' the pedals. It's still good, though. Very bluesy (hence the title) and Mournin' Wes is a nice tribute.

Or better yet, the Japanese King Crimson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDv3pyvr2IA I can't believe that crazy son-of-a-bitch actually has a Mellotron up there!!!

I think these guys should open for them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9xCWP-ZNzA

I think the Pistons look very good in the pre-season. I think we're all in shock that we have a center that can actually score! As much as I love Big Ben, it's kinda nice to have a real low-post presence.

BTW, I'm recording this and not from the streaming, online audio... from the actual broadcast here in town. I'll be selling copies for $5. PM me.

Uh-oh. What about metal?

He's my #1 for organ and that big, soulful sound, for sure. For other stuff, there's other people. But if I had to pick just one record with saxophone on it on a desert island, it would be Stanley.

Nah, they sound great! Cool stuff.