Dan Gould

Wasn't there a news item in '92 about how Hilary Clinton donated used underwear to charity and claimed a value of $4 each?* *The aforementioned is not meant to introduce politics to this thread but rather is offered as yet another example of how "Fair Market Value" can be established. Aren't you the guy who went bananas because someone posted Frank Rich's column about a movie outside the politics thread? If so you're a hypocrite . How? The Rich column was all politics, a very clear provocation by Chris; where is the politics in Dan's comment? Thank you, Greg, for pointing out what ought to be obvious to anyone with a brain. Not surprising that someone who's worked in the film industry for so long has waved bye-bye to so many brain cells that he posts foolishness like this.

Wasn't there a news item in '92 about how Hilary Clinton donated used underwear to charity and claimed a value of $4 each?* *The aforementioned is not meant to introduce politics to this thread but rather is offered as yet another example of how "Fair Market Value" can be established. Time for this thread to be move to the pollytix forum. I'm insulted. What is that you don't get Danny? If I wanted to read about that kind of shit I would read the pollytix forum. And please stop dragging your knuckes on the floor. The sound makes my skin crawl. You're about as amusing as Hillary's idea of charitable giving.

Great news on the Damon Watch: Dodgers Sign Lofton And then there were two. Of course, the problem remains that once Boras comes off the seven year fantasy, I am sure the Yanks will make an offer and then things will get interesting. My guess now is that the team that goes five years guaranteed will get him, and that team will be the Sox. BTW, now that Damon has declined arbitration, the Sox have until January 8th to negotiate with him or else they can't negotiate til May 1. Speaking of which, that's the same deadline the Yanks now face with Bernie Williams. Is that deal going to get done or what?

Wasn't there a news item in '92 about how Hilary Clinton donated used underwear to charity and claimed a value of $4 each?* *The aforementioned is not meant to introduce politics to this thread but rather is offered as yet another example of how "Fair Market Value" can be established.

That is a new one. Thanks for the heads up.

so what is "fair market value" for used CDs? What would the local store pay you. AND DATS DA TRUFE! I disagree. Seems to me FMV in this case should be what the local store would charge for the used CD, as that is the value that you are donating to the library - the cost that it would otherwise have to pay to get the item.

And obviously you didn't turn him on to the big O.

No, but I completely agree with you about Chris McBride and "Gettin To It".

Bonus tracks are from a different session, the one that was paired with the LP issue of The Procrastinator/I] in the seventies.

I have to admit, I never thought of it as a missed opportunity to hear Lee "Fatheaded", I was excitited at the thought of Fathead in a hard bop vein. Definitely gets from me.

Still waiting. Guess I picked the wrong Amazon seller. But I've still got til Thursday morning before I get on the plane, so there's still hope I'll have it in hand when I get to the folks' house. Can't wait for Mom to say, "What are you reading?"

And perhaps I was wrong about Nomar. Looks like he's headed to La-La land. I forgot how much Nomar hated the Boston media, not like there'd be a big improvement dealing with the New York media. Heck, after the seventh inning, he won't even have to deal with fans in L.A. - they're all gone to beat the traffic. Jeez though - if Nomar signs, and maybe the Dodgers get serious about Damon, all the Dodgers need to do is sign Millar as a right handed bat off the bench and it would be Cowboy Up all over again: Mueller, Nomar, Damon and Millar, led by the idiot savant, Grady Little.

I just saw that. And it appears that the Sox are serious about dealing Arroyo for Reed. If those two deals go down Seattle might have a good little ballclub on their hands next year. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/252470_mari17.html Looks like Seattle has a bit of wishful thinking about trading for Arroyo or Clement. Boston media is in agreement that Coco Crisp is the immediate target, not Reed.

In the interests of keeping this thread on topic, I'll ignore this blather.

I never watched The West Wing but I stuck with LA Law through the end and he certainly made that show a lot more watchable when he was on it, easily the best actor they had. RIP.

Johnny, are you ready for WS in Seattle now that Carl Everett has signed on? Seriously, he should help, and as .Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said Everett "would break up any monotony or boredom." I don't care what he says or does as long as he knocks in 100+ RBI, hit 25+ HRs, and has an AVG over .280. he hasn't done all three of those things in the same year since 2000. He's accomplished only one of those goals since 2000, when he hit .301 for Texas but only played 73 games. Tell you what: If Everett reaches all three of those goals and plays at least 125 games, I'll vote for Hillary in 2008. You have my word as a gentleman and a jazz fan.

Clement is more expensive, Arroyo is better, IMO. Hopefully it doesn't come to that anyway.

According to Boston media, particularly the Globe, rumors of Dodger interest are highly overblown. Time will tell.

There's no doubt anymore that Cashman will finally open Steinbrenner's checkbook once Boras comes off the 7 year fantasy. At which point, the bidding war starts, Boras creams his pants, and we'll all find out just how serious Damon was about loving Boston. On the positive side, its quite likely that by the time that bidding war starts, Theo will be back, and while I don't think it makes a difference in the actual negotiation, it should make Damon more comfortable re-signing insofar as he likes dealing with Theo and was as surprised as everyone else was when he walked away. So long as Cashman and Steinbrenner keep their commitment to not break the bank, I think he comes back to Boston, if only because the Sox are more likely to offer the most, when push comes to shove.

I may be wrong, but with Nomar supposedly set to make a decision, I have a strong feeling that he's gonna be a Yankee. It looks like the other teams that are interested want him for the outfield, while the Yanks have him as a first baseman/back-up to Jeter & A-Rod. Why go somewhere you have to learn an entirely new position when he can stay in the infield with the Yanks? Damn. Now I'll actually have to root for him to get injured. Just kidding. Sort of.

I recommend Another Kind of Blue. I also picked up the Ben E. King Shades of Blue which shows him to be very much at ease in the genre, definitely recommended. I think I liked the Mayfield a bit more than Lon did.

I still kinda like Gene Harris Fanatic.

A wrist damaged by a thrown ball; an achilles tendon damaged by a batted ball, a torn groin suffered on a wet field. These are steroid-related?

Then I guess that makes what David Ortiz has accomplished all the more impressive.

Bitterly cold overnight, I actually needed a blanket.