Brad

Just pre-ordered it. Thanks for the tip.

I lived in Spain when I was a kid and saw a few but no gorings like that. It's not a sport but some kind of activity that's part of the culture, of what makes Spain a fascinating place. However, I think it's time for it to go.

Dan, You've got to be kidding me. Jetman and I might be a little pleased that our team is doing well (after a crappy year last year) and you go crazy. What is it with this attitude. Neither of us post that much so I don't think we could have done anything to take this tone. I thought we used to get along well. Guess not. Too bad.

And a good morning to you too. Geez, which side of the bed did you wake up on today . I've always said that I'd be happy if they had a winning record. The Phils are probably the best team in the NL (although outside of their top two starters, I don't think their starting pitching is that great). You have to enjoy those momentary successes and I don't see what's wrong with that. People who live in glass houses......

A little off topic but they're still staying put in Stamford. I just talked to someone and he said "it's literally around the corner."

From my viewpoint, it was delicious and couldn't have it enjoyed it more. Also don't forget that counting in the game the last game the Mets lost to the Phillies back in Philadelphia, Mets pitchers have shut out the Phillies 31 one innings in a row Also, they only gave up one run the first time they met.

Well, I don't have the prior versions anymore so I will pick this up in some version. The AMG review wasn't that bad; sounds like they were just wishing it had been true to the original premise.

The Latin Bit and Feeling the Spirit are similar in concept in that they're trying to set a certain mood. At any point, both great albums. There's very little of Grant that I don't love and these aren't them!

Why you would think that. Some bring high value in the aftermarket.

I have about 2,000 Cds and find that i've listened to some thongs only once so I've cut down and try to go back and listen to my collection more. There's just not enough time to listen to everything. Still buy occasionally.

So I guess that would be four winos

To be honest I'm not exactly sure what he's saying except that he seems to be mixing concepts: protecting IP and making that subject to lawsuit.

Great article. I don't care whether you're a musician or a company or whatever: intellectual property is your lifeblood and if you don't protect it, you're screwed.

Isn't the beauty of a Select that Mosaic doesn't have to make it complete?

I'm not sure Hardbopjazz's comment is that surprising. Watching a television is what you experience with the eyes and ears and the images and sound fill up your brain (not sure I'm making sense) whereas listening to music is auditory only and requires the mind to focus on what the artists are doing and, for lack of a better term, use their brain! It's harder work and in today's society people take the path of least resistance.

I keep receiving requests for them to link to other pages for things I said I liked, etc. Usually ignore them but today unchecked them all so the information isn't floating around or whatever.

I really haven't had any problems. Generally, if I don't recognize somebody who sends a friend request, I just block them and that's that. You do have to be concerned about privacy settings. I posted an article a few months ago that was in the New York Times about restricting access. If you do a search you should be able to find it. It also makes good sense to be careful what you say there as employers now check it when hiring people. I heard a story about someone going for a job interview and the interviewer sending the interviewee a friend request so that the company could check what the interviewee was saying. That's a little scary. However, if you don't want it, follow Bill's advice.

Another year? In that case I can hardly believe the numbering is sequential, with mixedupfiles' set being in the high 7400s and the total number being 7500. Hans, since you seem to be in touch with Scott on a regular basis, could you ask him about this? Up until recently, at least, the big boxes were definitely numbered in the sequence in which they were shipped--based on Mosaic's email to Brad, and also based on the numbers people have posted here for soon-to-be OOP sets that they just purchased. Perhaps this has changed? Or perhaps mixedupfiles' Mobley number is, well, mixed up? Given the recent outsourcing of shipping operations, who knows? I've e-mailed Scott about this. I'll be interested to hear the answer since it sounds like it may have changed.

My first Mosaic that I will never sell. Surprised me too that it is still available.

This may have been discussed elsewhere already but there is an announcement on the Lala site that they're shutting down at the end of this month. Bummer.

That site has been around a long time and he does a heck of job. My recollection is that the site used to be affiliated with the University of Maryland but then they parted ways.

This has probably been already answered but I have sold a lot on ebay and on another forum I belong ebay and paypal (owned by Ebay) gets discussed quite a bit. Bottom line is that buyers are favored and ebay invariably sides with the buyer, which is why sellers can't leave negative feedback. They cannot pull money out of your bank account so you will wind up with a negative balance, which means that if you do some more sales anything you receive in your paypal account will be netted against the negative amount.

I think this deal would be fine if it had kicked in immediately but not starting until 2012 and running through his age 36 season makes it pretty likely Howard will be grossly overpaid for prior performance, and those famously friendly and always well-behaved Philly fans will let him know it. Whew, that was a brutal analysis. If his one dimensionality erodes in future years, Philadelphia won't be a nice place to play for him.

Amazin'! Probably won't last too too long so have to enjoy it while you can!

Mets in first place!!