Van Basten II

Gala Dali Dalida Ida Maria

Asked the lady at the store to put it with my pile of stuff to buy later, should pick it up next week near the holidays, guess it will be a Mclaughlin Christmas for yours truly.

Found one at the used cd store for 180 $. Deal or no deal ?

Received an email from some guy selling me a product called Fela, thought it was you.

Heck of a battle for second place though.

Buffalo Bill Bill Clinton Clint Eastwood

Billy Ocean Muddy Waters Sam Rivers

Julius Caesar Mark Antony Jennifer Lopez

Next , we'll be making the whole world our slaves thanks to our maple syrup.

Aaaah those evil Canadians

Just watched an episode of a fascinating documentary about WWII called Apocalypse. Narrated by director Mathieu Kassovitz in th French version, this series in 6 parts tells the story using new and original footage done in HD it also colorizes the images to give it a more real feeling, although at times the colors bastardizes the dramatic effects. Nonetheless a must, whether you're have an interest or not about this subject. I know the english version was shown on History Channel in the US, but can't find a proper workable link about the subject right now.

Carmen Electra Traci Bingham Kim Kardashian I'll let you gentlemen figure out the link

I made a search and after further review i noticed i have a few of the Steeplechase recordings he made, he worked with one one my favourites Harold Danko and another one with Vic Juris (Night tripper) but i gotta admit i never noticed or remembered his name from those recordings. My bad, i'm not yet 40 watch out for my posts in a few years. Anyway A small madness still remains a fine work worth discovering.

Picked up this one recently, greatly recommended Interesting duets, save for one piece, with little known, at least to me, Jeff Hirshfield.

Count me amount the beaten as well

Thanks for the tip.

I liked that one better, she reminds me a bit of the young energetic asian who made funny videos about what to do on a date.

Ain't livin on a prayer Since political innuendo is forbidden , gotta think of another subject and t hey were the first crappy thing that came up from my mind.

Agreed with your points Jim, generally a group is death usually implies that a well regarded team might not be able to qualfy, which i don't think is the case here, i do agree that the fight for what should be the second spot will be strongly contested in this group. Amusing thing playing around with the ratings. The tightest level of competition between the second seeded teams and the last one belongs to the group D GROUP D (21.00) Germany (6) Australia (21) Ghana (37) Serbia (20) Only 17 ranks are separating the second sseeded team of Serbia from the lowest ranked team of Ghana. I know, way too much in my hands

According to this blog page, the toughest group by average rankings is group H (it has three top-20 teams). Proof #563543 that Fifa rankings are shite, maybe they'll prove me wrong during the competition but ain't no way Chile and Switzerland belong yet in the 20 top teams in the world. Also the methodology is far from perfect even if we take to face value those rankings. The group H rates better mostly because of a strong 4th wheel. If you take the three top teams than it shifts in favour of the group G. All international ranking referees know the major insults in ten languages, it's chapter 2 of Fifa training. Not sure which is more fun learning the course or teaching it ?

I went and looked at the FIFA rankings and I have to agree: Group B looks tough. So you agree with yourself. That's good. It's not as easy as it seems

Sure seems great to be a sports fan in Spain nowadays

Chesnut has already one that is quite enjoyable. And believe me, Christmas music and enjoyable is something i say in the same sentence as often as Bon Jovi and great.

Had this problem, maybe we should make this thread a sticky or create a special thread that will give tips like these when the board is screwing up.

A pretty well balanced draw, no group really deserves the group of death label. For the sake of picking one would say the G group, the A group is competitive but has no powerhouses who could be eliminated from the first tour. If you had to pick 16 teams to go through the second tour before the draw just guessing on team level, except for maybe Mexico don't think any of the 3 other teams would have earned many votes. The G group has a favourite who has a few tricky challenges to qualify and three tough teams who will fight tooth and nail to stay alive and maybe upset Brazil. On the other of the spectrum, the Spanish seems to have an easy draw, my favourite enemy Porcy will be able to relax with an easy draw for la Squadra Azzura. The most intriguing group might be the B group, plenty of different playing styles plus up and down performances over the last few competitions might make for an exciting and unpredictable fight for the two spots.