Jostber ressurected this old thread.
And it's 2012 and I've been blessed with a miracle (involving some one who believes in jinxes, so I won't "chance it" by saying any more.)
Manual transmissions in cars (boo)
Probably conventional automatics too
Bicycle wheels with serviceable spokes
Malaria, typhoid, small pox, polio. As long as I'm dreaming here, I'll throw in AIDS and cancer.
Norwood "Pony" Poindexter
John Handy
Phineas Newborn
Cootie Williams
I'm thankful no one has mentioned (that I noticed anyway), the pianist last-named "Hyman"
This is the e-mail "blast" from CNN.
<Actor Andy Griffith has died at his home on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, the local sheriff says. >
Something about the fact that the news comes from a sheriff in North Carolina just seems "right".
Congratulations. Really remarkable, when you think about the amount (and level/quality) of competition in this category.
One from Mosaic and three from Mr. Nessa.
There was a somewhet interesting article in last Sunday's Sacramento (California) Bee about record stores branching out into books to maintain their financial viability.
Dimple Records: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/17/4565791/dimple-records-to-open-first-stand.html