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Gee, I haven't read Time for decades. I live in upstate NY, probably 50-100 mi (roughly) west of the author, and have seen several similar articles, albeit in local and regional publications. So maybe the Time feature reflects some (admittedly small) trend... Far from the weirdest thing I've seen, though rather precious/pretentious.

Hey, I knew that! If nothing else, your sig would have been a tip-off... I'm really curious about what wacko Al Davis will do tomorrow. Russell seems obvious, but I'd never venture to predict AD's actions.

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Anaheim's my favorite to win the Cup, and I expect them to handle Vancouver. Det-SJ is unclear to me; hope the Sharks win, but logic gives Wings chances. In the East, I expect Buffalo to easily beat the Rangers, and the Sens to beat NJ in six or less. NJ's chances require Brodeur heroism, Emery shakiness, or both.

Onterrio Smith Byron "Whizzer" White Swen Nater

Chris Difford Clark Clifford Charlie Sifford

Caught up on a couple of Prestige/OJC CDs from my want list: When Farmer Met Gryce Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce

Reijo Ruotsalainen Reiko Aylesworth Keiko Matsui

David Bowie Iman Don Imus

Michel Bergeron Folies Bergere Steve Hamilton

Drew (Bundini) Brown McGeorge Bundy David Halberstam

Barry McGuigan Barry McGuire Jacques Derrida

Baba Ram Dass Baba O'Riley Terry Riley

Yeah, I started road cycling in 2001. Used to be a distance runner, but the knees and joints were getting too sore. Prefer road (don't own a MTB), because mtn seems too technical and trails tend to be too humid for my liking. Usually start riding in late March or early April, hang it up in late Nov or early Dec, run/walk/snowshoe over the winter. I've done a fall "century" each of the past two years, to take the place of marathons I used to run. Centuries are a lot easier, but still give a feeling of accomplishment and require some training. I wear the goofy clothes because it's more effective (jerseys have pockets, tight shorts w. pads are most comfortable if you go distances). I usually ride by myself, am slow but have stamina and do OK on hills (western/central Catskills have a lot of big ones). Group rides (clubs, bike shops) require some pack-riding skills and can get competitive. Usually do 20-75 miles at a time, favorite long weekend rides in the 60-75 mi range. I most often ride in the general vicinity of the Pepacton Reservoir. From Kingston, you should be able to find some good routes toward the Ashokan Reservoir and Rondout Valley.

Dick "Hoops" Weiss The Grand Pooh-Bah Mott the Hoople

Omar Khayyam Chaim Potok Jeff "The Chosen One" Jarrett

Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci Curt Schilling Ezra Pound

Dutch Schultz Clutch Cargo Butch Warren

Chick Corea Chic Young Deborah Harry

Hunter S. Thompson Peter Benchley Lockjaw Davis

I'm pretty sure that as long as you pay 100% of last year's tax, even if you have a very good year the next (which has happened to me for at least the past 2) you won't get hit with penalites. For my state taxes I have to fill out 1/2 of their underpayment form (the easy parts), before hitting the magic line that says I owe no penalities or interest. Why I have to do this in a dozen lines when 1 saying "did you pay 100% of last year's owed" would do the trick is beyond me, but that's tax authors for ya! I then up the estimated for this year's to 100% of last. Only in bad years do I get a refund. Yeah, I had decent capital gains last year, so had to go through all the rigmarole. The state (NY) "underpayment of estimated tax" was a mild pain, because I didn't pay 4 equal installments (increased them slightly, figuring that I had some gains. This is, economically speaking, irrational, but I feared the spectre of a massive 4/16 payment. ). If you paid 4 equal installments, totaling at least last year's tax, it's an automatic and quick out. Otherwise you have to go through a worksheet. I wound up avoiding penalty, because each estimated payment was at least 1/4 of the required amount (last year's tax bill), but it was an annoyance. And I had to up my estimated payments a lot for this year. But capital gains means that I at least made some money, so I shouldn't complain too much... And I had to do all my stuff early, in order to mail on Saturday, because we had a massive nor'easter which was expected to (and indeed did) shut everything down on Sun and Mon.

Sloop John B Bijan Naguib Mahfouz

Preacher Roe Bobby Vee Dwyane Wade

John Travolta Carrot Top Ron Popiel