Scott Dolan

Fun at the drive-in usually had nothing to do with the movie...

I'm still holding out hope that it's a bad April Fools joke.

That's an excellent point. As I said earlier, CDs are dinosaurs, so your logic makes perfect sense. It's almost exclusively dinosaurs that are still buying them.

Some people do not like ordering things online. I was just having a discussion about that with a nice lady who doesn't like ordering things online. And some folks just don't like or "get" the process.

Aha! I never went down to the basement, so now it makes sense.

I haven't been in that store in many years (probably 6 to 7), but I didn't even recall it having a music section! So it must have been small.

Down 8dB! That's really significant. Thanks for the breakdown, though. Like I said, I was under the impression there was a 42 minute limit on LPs (though I can't recall where I got the information), so it's nice to know the truth now.

This sums up the one we have here in Sleepy Hollow, just a couple of hours from Kansas City. And the department is usually empty. My next door neighbor is a manager there and told me a year or so back that they rarely ever staff the register there anymore. CDs are a dinosaur.

Their main shopping centers are right up around your area, aren't they? Jazz is still a somewhat relevant scene in that small corner of the country, isn't it? Supply and demand.

The CD market is dwindling at an alarming rate. Many new cars don't even come with CD players anymore. I don't know why B&N would bother with heavy marketing for any music.

Since brick and mortar stores don't do much in CD sales anymore, my guess would be that they have either cut back on regional warehouses, or severely limit what they keep in them (downsized). That makes far more sense than any sidling and whispering about nefarious racial reasons.

Well, it's rather obvious to Jim that it's all about racism in a backwards cow town. *sigh*

I find the Kansas City remark in Jim's post a pretty sad attempt at dark humor. Especially considering K.C. is home to both the Jazz Hall Of Fame, and the Negro League Baseball Hall Of Fame.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

I thought LPs could only go 42 minutes? Was I misinformed?

April 1st? AHA!!!! This whole thing is just an elaborate April Fools Day hoax!

Yes, it's time to see a specialist. Whether you like your doctor or not, she is out of her depth and out of ideas. It's a disservice to both of you to continue to do the same thing expecting different results. Get a referral from her and move on to the next step before this insomnia becomes a health threat.

Howdy, Page! While I don't claim to be an expert, I think the term "cat nap" came from the fact that cats can (and usually do) lay down and take quick naps throughout the day. And they are usually very short.

Time to see a doctor, Joel.

I envy those who can take cat naps. I have never had the ability.

This is now traveling down Cosbyian roads...

I have to admit that my experience with Melatonin has been a mixed bag. There have been times where it worked with aplomb, but others where it was completely useless, as Joel has experienced. And Tom, my very first time using it, it knocked me out so bad that it took me until three hours into my work day before I woke up. It's really bizarre how differently things work for people. That said, I do echo your point about not giving up on it. This is a fucking war. You don't give up just because you lost a battle or two...

Tim, everything about baseball is a relative unknown. If it weren't, they wouldn't bother playing the games. But just like in football where you want your QB throwing the ball, your RB running the ball, your O-lineman blocking for the aforementioned players, etc... You want to use your hitters to hit, and your pitchers to pitch. That's why you acquired them in the first place. It's their respective jobs. Either way, keep the rules as they are. Then when you play on our fields you can play using our rules. And when we come to your fields, we'll be forced to play by yours.

No. And once more, don't worry about AVG, just worry about OBP. Our 7-9 guys last year: .287, .280, and .311. Not great OBPs, but still FAR better than all but one (.283) of the top 50 pitchers in ABs last year. Conversely, 35 of the top 50 had OBPs under .200. Or, as you eloquently put it: No, no argument at all.

AVG is nearly inconsequential. OBP is of the utmost importance. If you don't get on base, you don't have a chance to score. Here is the OBP os the top ten pitchers in plate appearances last year: .163 .275 .162 .116 .239 .145 .232 .179 .108 .169 Sorry, that is beyond abysmal. No matter what other numbers you want to look at, SAC, SF, Runs, RBI, they are all just horrendous. Let the pitchers hit?! No, thanks.