Dan Gould

Lake Worth? Jim, maybe this time we can hang a little longer, and you won't blow chunks of your dinner after the set.

The point was that, Larry aside, Flo probably doesn't fall under the cateogry of "HOT Ad Girls" and that's discrimatory to the universe of not-quite-beautiful people. And what about Hot Ad Boys? Its sexist too. I'll stop now.

I really like this one: Prove you're not a terrorist - get your money! But with the explicit threat of prosecution, too! The random adherence to capitalization norms is a nice touch, too.

Seems useful for checking out fresh talent; not so sure I'd be motivated to go looking for specific people since commercials are my trigger to channel-surf. But its an appalling beauty-ist concept. Why only "hot ad girls"? What if I really want to know who Flo is from the Progressive ads? Not exactly a hot ad girl but ...

I'm referring to the fact that its all about him. When spring training and then the season starts, he'll be running his mouth to the press. Its all about him - that's my number one problem. Number two is, as he did in NY, he has no problem calling out players in the press instead of doing it man-to-man. Tito knew how to treat players like men and never engaged in that shit. I seriously doubt that in Boston, Valentine's M.O. will be in any way helpful.

So very true. Funny thing is that the loss of Papelbon doesn't bother me in the least. Melancon and Bailey should be fine and when Bard and Ace go back to the bullpen, they'd actually have a really strong bullpen. But no team does anything with only three starters and no shortstop. And as asshat manager can't change that, he can only annoy me. Too bad its going to take Theo some time with the Cubs. I should just take the year off from the game. And I probably will.

February 24th: the start of my vacation from Red Sox baseball. I had my reasons at the end of last year but now they are only more compelling not to give a shit about them. In addition to Bobby F-ing Valentine as the media-hogging manager, you've got: Aceves and his nine lifetime major league starts in the fifth spot and Daniel Bard and his zero lifetime major league starts in the fourth spot. A host of nothings waiting in the wings for the inevitable failure of those two as starters: Aaron F-ing Cook? Vicente Padilla and his head-hunting ways? Jed Lowrie AND Marco Scutaro traded away, leaving two lifetime scrubs to share a key position like SS (Mike Aviles and Nick Punto, if you need actual names). This team will be hard pressed to hold off Toronto and if the Orioles hadn't traded away Guthrie, maybe the Orioles too, and I for one will not waste a minute on them.

If you can get their attention. The problem is "Help Me Howard" type reporters get so many calls they get their choice of situations they want to publicize.

Thanks for the link Tom.

Because of the outcome? Because of the slow inevitability of the Giants' comeback? Because I knew it was going to happen? For a brief moment I thought the Pats would score, and keep scoring. When they didn't, and it became a matter of stopping the Giants when it counted, I knew it was a lost cause. And it was. That's why the fourth quarter was f-ing infuriating.

He appears to use them at every meal, too. Dude could stand to skip a couple every once in a while. Off the charts infuriating for the fourth.

Wow - you apparently know enough about the Harry Potter films to almost recognize the actor who portrayed the title character, and to also somehow conclude that multiple 800 page volumes of a story told in written form don't actually constitute books. Make no doubt about it - I wish people read better books than the Harry Potter series. But I'm equally certain that they are, in fact, books and therefore those who read them are reading ... books.

And now I realize it - the last two tracks were tacked on to the Les McCann Ltd In New York CD reissue. Looks like the only rare - though not exactly "unreleased" tracks - are from the 45 he Jordi scared up a copy of.

From the track listing: Clearly he does not as these are not "extra tracks from the sessions" but other released material he's tacked on. I'm still trying to figure out if the two Curtis Amy/Booby tracks were released on CD elsewhere.

Been transferring some LPs I picked up in CT last month: Houston Person, Very Person-al (Muse, never issued on CD) New Original Score from The Connection (Charlie Parker Records) - In glorious NM Mono - now I have all three Connection soundtracks, I was interested in this one when I discovered Kenny Drew composed half of the tunes. Would have probably liked it more if Kenny had played as well. Valerie Wellington with Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Million Dollar Secret (Rooster) - maybe the best of the lot. I'd never heard of Miss Wellington but the price was right - $4 and I figured I'd dig the backing. What a voice that gal had! So sad to find out now that she died about ten years after her debut recording, of a brain anuerysm.

I gave up a few years ago. Would rather be pleasantly surprised if it turns out a link I see one place or another is actually worth watching.

Ha ha! You give me too much credit. My oldest does not take rejection/disappointment well at all. My youngest is much better at it. Truth be told, I'm still working on them, even when they're 22 & 19. I hope I put them out into the world in decent shape. The important thing Kevin is that you see the foolishness and are doing what you can to prepare your daughters for the real world. Its the parents who reinforce the stupidity whose kids won't have a clue. To borrow a phrase, Lowe is becoming unhinged.

I have no idea how many young adults (and those following them) are royally fucked up by the self-esteem movement but I seriously suspect that Kevin's daughters are very much the exception.

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Finally Wolfgang's has reached back into the vaults instead of all of these 70s performances in non-Newport settings. From 1965: Johnny Coles and George Coleman with Toshiko, Joe Chambers and Gene Taylor! Does this mean we'll get more from 1965 sometime soon? Some pretty interesting possibilities here. How about the Bartz/Gilmore/Morgan edition of the Messengers?

You're proving your ignorance, Tim. Not in the least being your statement that Bonds' bat was somehow "illegal". OPS = On-Base Plus Slugging OPS+ = OPS normalized for era. That is to say, that Ruth's OPS+ includes an adjustment for the fact that his career started in the dead-ball era. And it adjusts for the prevalence of run-scoring in his era. It allows for a comparison for players who played in different parts of the last 110 years or so. All-Time Career OPS+ Rankings Ruth: 206 Williams: 190 Bonds: 181

In the land of obla-di.

Michael Cochrane is a Talent Deserving Wider Recognition who has recorded a number of albums, piano trio and in a quartet, for the label. Gesture of Faith and his Shorter tribute discs are particular favorites.

I wonder what the Sweets Edison release will go for ... there was a time after it went OOP that some dealers had some pretty wild prices on it.