Free For All

HBGS!

Oh, I thought those were the Braxton liner notes.

There's a local weather guy here named "Casanova Nurse".

Happy Birthday!

Have a ball Agg! I'm extremely jealous!

My favorite version of this is on:

Sad news on an otherwise very happy day! I've read many of his books- I enjoyed "Timeline", one of his lesser-known ones. Great escapism. RIP

Happy Birthday and many more GA! A great day for a birthday, the return of hope! :party: Type here!

Mice-icles?

Scott Robinson recently released a recording of Thad Jones tunes, and he plays the whole range of saxophones, including the contrabass. Very well, too. If you get a chance to check out samples, listen to the last cut "Greetings and Salutations". He's also done some other recordings using the big horns.

"Harlan, get your hand off my ass!"

We won't EVEN go there......

"Green-tinged gold. Wonderfully pure and bright nose features pungent, mineral-laced apple, pear and nectarine accented by crushed stone, jasmine and pungent herbs. Racy, focused orchard and citrus flavors show excellent spine and thrust. Persistent finishing flavors of pungent herbs, minerals and lemon zest." I don't think I'll ever understand these wine descriptions. "crushed stone"? "excellent spine and thrust"? WTF? Chuck?

A lot of universities hire high-profile artists for their faculty, often as an artist-in-residence kind of position. It will be interesting to see how much time he actually spends on campus- I don't know what kind of touring/performance schedule Mr. Chambers maintains, but he may be around on a limited basis. The addition of a big name certainly adds prestige to a program, but I've also seen situations where the artist is on campus on a limited basis with less regular contact with students. That said, I met him when Bobby Watson brought him to UMKC several years ago and he was impressive as a teacher and very approachable, so the potential for a very positive experience certainly exists. If he does have limited time on campus, his schedule might be packed. Certainly worth a try, though- often these artists will conduct master classes for the students en masse, and often these are open to the public. Frankly I doubt they're going to saddle him with a lot of administrative busywork- I expect the paperwork he was referring to was mostly involving the application process. Good luck!

Man, Texas sure didn't look motivated at all, very flat. Tech was very well prepared and came ready to play. Looks like another crazy season for the BCS! Florida State lost too, after fumbling on what would have been a go-ahead TD with under a minute left. Sheesh.

I'm sDure Conn hIad a lovely tCime playinKg chess.

Nice hang tonight. Lots of familiar "faces" and some new ones. Live chat can be a good hang. Conn, you were missed and conspicuously absent. WTF?

Yeah, what a drag for you. Going out for a birthday dinner with your lady when you could be sitting on yer ass at the computer typing to a bunch of losers.

Chat tonight! Around 10 EST. Costumes optional. Alcohol recommended. :rsmile:

Shouldn't that be in the pony/porn thread?

"Black Booty" "National Vulva" "My Friend F*cka" "Mr. Head" What can I say, it's Friday.

Were you looking for the Stockholm thread?

But you did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night..........

Just start one for Free. He's always got birthdays going! I'm aging in dog years.