Jim Dye

That's GREAT Peter! Good luck! That is so great! I was training for the Disney marathon in January (my first), but I had to pull out for a couple of reasons. I got up to 14 miles while training, but fell and turned an ankle. Perhaps it was a bit ambitious to go from doing practically nothing, to running a full marathon. My body was really fighting me. Now I am almost ready to start again, and am going to run a half here in Nashville in April, then hopefully do my first full in Chicago next October.

Got it. Thanks!

Jim, I have had issues with my main e-mail account. If you have not received one from me, let me know so I can contact you from a different account. Thanks, Jim

Arrrggh! The Wiggles! They are not so bad watching just one episode, but after a while all their songs sound exactly the same! And what is up with that Pirate character, anyways. Well, they still beat the heck out of Barney. I have a 16 month old son, and have another on the way in late March. Another boy! Just found out on Monday. That makes 7 grandsons for my wifes parents. Guess I don't have to buy any new clothes now. What a relief. I love being a dad. I remember life before, but much prefer life now!

Interesting! 1. Hinduism (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%) 3. Sikhism (90%) 4. Neo-Pagan (88%) 5. Unitarian Universalism (83%) 6. Jainism (80%) 7. Liberal Quakers (79%) 8. New Age (75%) 9. Theravada Buddhism (70%) 10. Bahá'í Faith (65%) 11. Reform Judaism (65%) 12. New Thought (63%) 13. Taoism (60%) 14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (56%)

As one whose shoulder was tapped, I like Dan's idea. I was in line to do BF 4 but had to politely decline due to a lack of extra time right now. I figured we were just going to let people named Jim participate for a while, but Dan's idea is much better. I hope to be able to compile a test sometime next year! I am still able to do some sending and burning if anyone wishes to use my services.

Just who "He" is, as always, is open for debate.

Awesome idea, guys. I'll give a third shout out for Mr. Kenyatta/How Soon Is Now. What a cool idea! I would also love to hear your take on "More Today Than Yesterday" ala Charles Earland AND An organ trio version of "Jeannine" similar to Cannons version on Them Dirty Blues. Can't wait! Oh yeah, Band of Gold is by Frieda Payne. B)

Happy Birthday, Weizy!

All the best on your birthday, Paul!

Wanna talk about overlooked, lets talk about the Titans. The Pats get press! East Coast media bias, baby! Maybe not as much as New York teams, but they get plenty of national press compared to the small market teams. (with the exception of Green Bay. Farve, Farve, Farve, Blah, Farve). Wait until this weekend. You'll see it everywhere. "Kill Bill vol. 2. Bellechick vs. Parcells" Plenty of press coming your way. I hope Tennessee gets to play New England in the AFC playoffs. They match up very well against each other. B)

I've been encoding all of the blindfold discs into mp3's. I figured that by the time we get up to BF 6 or 7, we will have enough material to fill a CD-R with Blindfold MP3's. Then, we could distribute, with a future test, one bonus disc that contains all the previous BF tests! B)

Me too! I nearly wet my pants laughing at that one.

Speaking of which, I didn't have the extra time last month to post in the thread, although I have listened to and enjoyed the disc very much. Sorry, Jim R! And I'd be happy to help out with the burning and shipping for number 4, Jim Sangrey. Please let me know!

I've been away for a bit and I come back to this? Holy couw! Those are great!!! I wish I had the time to play around and try a few. The Larry Young cracks me up the most, but the Milt is my favorite so far. They're all GREAT!

I dumped Comcast for DirectTV 2 months ago. I'm very happy with it. Many more channels for much less money. Great reception. No problems. I'm very happy with it.

Fred "Rerun" Berry Dead by Joal Ryan Oct 22, 2003, 3:25 PM PT Fred Berry was well into his 20s when he was cast as a high schooler on the 1970s sitcom What's Happening!! Well into middle age, he was still playing the role. Berry, who portrayed the beret-wearing, suspender-clad teen known as Rerun on the 1976-79 series and was rarely without his signature accessories during the nearly quarter-century since, was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment Tuesday, E! has learned. He was 52.

The one mispronunciation that gets under my skin the most is Art Blakley.

Once, after spinning a Monk track, I announced the alto saxophone player as Enry Hernie.

Just talked to my brother, who lives in Wrigleyville. The city is absolutely devastated. He said that a lot of people will be dressing up like Steve Bartman for halloween, though.

I'm sure this is only the beginning. If this guy is smart, he'll cash in on his 15 minutes. He's been named by the Sun-Times Man in stands described as diehard fan October 15, 2003 BY ANNIE SWEENEY, FRANK MAIN AND CHRIS FUSCO The man some fans blame for Tuesday night's Cubs loss because he reached out and touched a foul ball that Moises Alou was trying to catch is a diehard Cubs fan who coaches youth baseball in the north suburbs. Steve Bartman, 26, works at Hewitt Associates, an international consulting firm in Lincolnshire. "He is an associate at Hewitt, and he is not coming to work today because of the incident," Suzanne Zagata-Meraz, a spokeswoman for Hewitt, said this morning. "That was a decision that Steve and [Human Resources] made together. We have been in contact with Steve." A man who answered the door at the Northbrook home where friends and a neighbor said Bartman grew up defended him, saying he only did what came naturally when a foul ball came his way. "He's a huge Cubs fan," said the man, who responded to "Mr. Bartman." "I'm sure I taught him well. I taught him to catch foul balls when they come near him." He declined to say any more and would not confirm what relation he is to Steve Bartman. A neighbor, Ron Cohen, said he has known the Bartman family for 20 years. He and others said Bartman was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame who played for and is now a coach for the Renegades, an elite youth baseball club in Niles. Cohen said he saw Bartman on Sunday and that Bartman told him then that he had tickets to Tuesday's game. "He felt great he got tickets to the game," said Cohen, 63. Cohen was watching the game on TV with his son, who grew up with "Stevie," when they recognized the man in the Renegades shirt. "I really was just surprised," said Cohen, who called Bartman's mother. "I think it's just a natural tendency. Everybody reaches. I'm not trying to defend him, but I think it's just a natural tendency. He may not have seen Alou coming." He described Bartman as a baseball fanatic. "He's a good kid, a wonderful son, never in any trouble," Cohen told a Sun-Times reporter. "I don't think he should be blamed at all. People reach for balls. This just happened to be a little more critical. If Florida didn't score all the runs, you wouldn't be standing here." A parent whose son played baseball for the Renegades last year echoed Cohen's description of Bartman. "He was a fine guy. He was a good baseball coach to my son," said Roger Shimanovsky, 41. "Believe me, I'm sure nobody feels worse about this than him." Bartman is listed as a coach of the Renegades' 13-year-old team this year, according to the organization's Web site. He also was a player on a 1992 Renegades team that finished with 47 wins and 10 losses. The team was the Palatine League champion and the Pekin Fourth of July tournament champion. The home where Bartman grew up backs up to a baseball field where his dad would hit pop-ups for him and his friends to catch, said Ron Cohen's son, Gary Cohen, 34. He said Bartman's favorite player growing up was Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg. Copyright © The Sun-Times Company All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

If you want to read some really funny stuff, check out the forums at nyyfans.com. Thread titles like: Pedro: Complete Pussy and The "Mike Tyson" of baseball: Pedro Martinez

Fair? Zimmer has a plate in his head from a beaning 50 years ago. Pedro nearly takes Garcia's head off, threatens to do it to someone else again. How would you react? Crazy!

I'm going to have to spin some sides today and think this one over. Great thread, Rooster! I have to say that "Land Of Nod" would be one of my choices from Black Fire. It's quirky (what Andrew Hill tune isn't!) yet very memorable and acessible to these ears! Also, I agree that "Catta" and "Siete Ocho" are shoe-ins.