Dan Gould

You know, I might be concerned about this possibility if it wasn't 8 pm Eastern time on the deadline for post-season rosters, and there isn't a whiff, not a hint of this possibility on ESPN.com.

As compared to spending billions invaiding a country that had nothing to do with slamming airplanes into US buildings? Thus saving bin laden-- a sworn enemy of Saddam-- the trouble of toppling him. ← Thanks for setting that Bush-level rationale straight, medjuck. ← Please go play in another forum. ← Word.

Dave, we've argued the points of "personality" vs shot-making before so I won't go there, but I have to point out that if you are looking for personality, Agassi lost his a while back. Now when was that? Let's see ... oh yes: it was right about the time he became a Grand Slam champion.

All these rumors about martial law being declared: According to the Times, a couple of Parishes requested it, but it is not authorized by the State Constitution.

Thanks for that clarification, now my comment doesn't make me look a wee bit confused.

Yeah, and maybe crop out the pee stain. Then you don't have to change the tee-shirt to Benevolent Bed Wetter.

Well, with no lights, a/c and overflowing toilets, I think its necessary. In fact, they're talking about evacuating all shelters. ← I'm sure they need to--but how, given that there are anywhere from 10-20,000 people inside the Superdome? This from a diary on Kos, saying that martial law's been declared in New Orleans: ← I certainly don't question how extreme the conditions faced in New Orleans are, but the picture painted by MSNBC is certainly quite different from the one this diarist claims:

Chris, I've sent an email to the nyc.rr.com address regarding the potential availability of a 10 1/2 inch reel machine.

Well, with no lights, a/c and overflowing toilets, I think its necessary. In fact, they're talking about evacuating all shelters.

I'm confused ... is this one of those really small type of reels, or one of the larger ones or what? I transferred a lot of live recordings for Marty using his reel-to-reel, I can check whether his could handle those or not.

Can't help but notice the sudden plethora of gig announcements in some major cities and quite a bit aways from Organissimo's home base, and I can't help but wonder, is this traced directly to the new CD or are these things coming up as a result of earlier efforts by Greg and Jim? If its all coming from the strength of the CD, well, woo hoo, and keep on keepin' on!

Oh yeah - any other old concerts you can think of lying around in the closet? Or are those three the cream of the crop?

Very cool. How's the sound quality, Chris? I have some experience dealing with 40 year old reels. In fact, I can handle making those transfers if Danny gets too busy.

Well, I am near to quaking in my boots, but its not over Bellhorn joining the evil empire. Its the state of the bullpen, the fact that Foulke does not look much improved, and now Craig Hansen, the super-draftee, has been shut down with a 'tired arm'. Hopefully this is a short-term thing, like a pitcher's "dead arm" in Spring Training (remember, he wasn't throwing from the end of St. John's season til he signed) but a lot of Red Sox Nation was expecting him to be in a Sox uniform on September 1 and that's not going to happen. I'm hearing rumors about Trachsel being traded by the Mets and that sounds like a great pickup. Put Trachsel in the rotation and Arroyo in the pen. But can a deal be struck with so little time remaining for playoff rosters? But back to Bellhorn. Are they really that down on Cano because of his slump? Bellhorn hit .117 on his rehab, that's a lot worse than Cano has been recently! The only thing I can think of is the possibility that that Bellhorn becomes the late-inning defensive replacement for Cano. And how ironic is that? For those 8 magical games, Bellhorn had a defensive replacement himself, Pokey Reese!

Forgive me, Chuck, but I hadn't developed an appreciation for strings at the time. At least I corrected my oversight eventually!

I shied away from this for a time due to the instrumentation but once I tried it I loved it.

Congratulations, and do tell us all about it afterwards.

So some angry yahoo says fuck during a 10 second interview and that's supposed to make Smith look bad? ← Sure. Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. (Not to mention that Smith or his producer is technically responsible for an FCC rules violation. If it were a different network Smith might have gotten suspended or even fired over this.) ← What a crock of shit that is. First of all, "why are you still out here?" is a perfectly reasonable question to ask a moron who is ignoring an evacuation order. Secondly, show me ANYONE who has gotten fired for something like this, let alone a case where a network's "star" anchor gets fired. And lastly, the FCC has authority over THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES, not cable. Fox is a CABLE network and thus not under the authority of the FCC and thus NOT in violation of any "rule". Randy has it exactly right. The yahoo looks stupid. Smith unwittingly broadcast an obscenity. Big fucking deal. And I can't STAND Smith or Fox News. Now what may be interesting is if networks start using a seven second delay on "man in the street" interviews to avoid having this happen in the future. Had it happened on a network that the FCC has authority over and might have instituted a fine, then you probably would see that start to happen. But since there will be no fine, I imagine there won't be any long-term effect.

Blame the Weather Channel my friend! BTW, that Jim Cantore dude has got some cojones and even he kept his ass out of NO! ← Now, we can only hope Anderson Cooper gets blown away. ← Can we get a package deal and have Shepherd Smith of Fox News get the Dorothy treatment?

BTW, for those of you who can access, the Times has some pretty impressive pictures in a slide show pop up on the home page.

Blame the Weather Channel my friend! BTW, that Jim Cantore dude has got some cojones and even he kept his ass out of NO!

I tend to agree with you that the media wants a major disaster. There's lots of reporting to do when that happens. I was really objecting to the suggestion that it was the "experts" who are to blame for overhyping things. They did and continue to do, the best they can with the information they get, and the reality is that as horrible as the destruction will still be, we should thank our lucky stars (and Mother Nature) for keeping the eyewall to the east, and the weakening of the storm that did occur.

Not only is this unfair, but its not accurate either. The Weather channel is reporting, in an article with a timeline just after 10 AM, And And as Berigan points out, storm tracking was quite accurate. As I mentioned yesterday at 9 AM, And the lede of the Weather Channel's current Tropical report:

For some of us, the more fortunate ones, the better question might be: Which BN have you not heard that you really want to hear? That would allow me to continue to ignore all of the post Lion-Wolf stuff which, to paraphrase from a line in the movie ]I]The Big Chill, "I COULD have listened to them, I CHOSE not to. I'm not hung up on this completion thing." Except for that Inner Glow thing. Still wanna hear that someday.

This is ridiculous. The New Orleans office issued their warnings based on a DIRECT HIT on New Orleans. Fortunately, that didn't happen (barely). Ever hear of "To err on the side of caution"?