Dan Gould

No, for Central Florida this will be a very cold three day stretch ... supposed to be in the 80s though by next weekend! Actually Florida is an interesting state, really three areas of fairly distinct weather. North Florida, (Tallahassee) is about the furthest south where you get all four seasons. Thirty degrees in North Florida happens many times every winter. South Florida is where it's warm to hot way more, with relatively few cold fronts in the winter. Central Florida where I am, definitely a longer period of Fall - Winter - Spring. It's nice to be in the area where cold fronts will cool things down, cold fronts that die out and never make it to south Florida. Sounds like it could be worse Chuck. Hope that accumulation stays manageable.

I am guessing that Chuck is going to get it worst of all due to his location. Here in central Florida looking at one night under freezing and at least three nights total where it will be cold enough to necessitate blankets for the horses (which are really more accurately described as wind-breakers for horses). To clarify, Susan puts the blankets on them when below 40 F. My wife will crank the heat and I will compensate by staying in t-shirt and shorts while inside.

CJ has explained to me about Black excellence. Whether it is normally capitalized is another question, judging from Google.

Why is "Black Excellence" capitalized? No offense but you should consider another pass wearing your editor cap. Since I won't be purchasing, that's my 2c.

I wouldn't jump to conclusions, and not feeling them as "incompetent" unless the Mets physicals leak with a "issue? what issue?" story. For the money and length I'd want the management/ownership to be careful about the due diligence part of finalizing a deal. For all anyone knows the Mets could be the ones suffering with a player MIA or even worthless, if the Giant's red flags are true. And considering the pressure on them to make a big splash, letting him go was not likely unless they really got buyer's remorse over the money/length and not what their doctors said. Wouldn't mind seeing the Mets fall on their faces on this one. And its remarkable to witness their Steinbrennian-style money tossing. (Have I said that either NY franchise winning it all is a terrible result as far as I am concerned?)

Thank you Chuck and GA. Nothing concentrates the mind like finding out what a combo of high BP and high bad cholesterol does to your ten year risk of stroke/heart attack. Ready to start up some good meds.

Figure out why my BP is consistently north of 200. I have none of the other symptoms (chest pain, headache, blurred vision, confusion) to indicate impending doom, so I am not freaked out about it (and the second number isn't over 120, either). But I wonder if my new primary care doc will be as sanguine as I am. I see him tomorrow actually.

Can anyone chime in on the "best" releases? I expect an Amazon gift card for Christmas but it won't be large enough to cover all. So I am curious if anyone has an opinion on the "not to be missed" volumes?

Am I the only person who prefers Granz-produced LP sessions to JATP "battles"? I mean, excluding my friend Mr. Felser, who couldn't be troubled to consider either side of Granz' musical productions? 😉

I just saw this! Awesome! And thank you.

Curious if there's any mention of Percy other than a cursory "among others" kind of thing about his early playing/gigging.

There are many strong recordings in the Reservoir catalog, that is for sure. I hadn't realized that this gentleman had such responsibilities with Uptown before Reservoir. A life spent curing the sick and documenting underappreciated jazzmen. RIP.

I've not been impressed with the purpose or results of this thread but glad I saw this before it got replaced by a new one from the thread starter. 😃

It will stay in print for another 60 years?

Go to bed with the Red Sox having "Momentum" toward a deal with Boegarts, wake up to find out San Diego stepped in with a ridiculous 11 year deal thru his age 40 season, with no opt out and full no-trade. They can have him, even if losing him will suck for the next season or two, minimum.

That juiced ball thing is disconcerting for sure. And I find the whole DraftKings sponsorship repugnant. On to the news of the day for Sox fans (pending the apparent possibility that Boegarts will sign with them after all): Kenley Jansen as closer for the next two years? I understand the overall appeal of a way above-average reliever but this guy has: Declining stuff - check out average speeds in last few years; over age 30 long-standing heart issues Multiple post-season failures. The team could be better with Tanner Houk possibly as swingman for 2 innings at a time or in rotation, Jansen will probably firm up the back end rather well. But if he stays healthy he'll probably give me a heart attack in the post-season because I won't be expecting much given his history.

I assume the report is true and it will be interesting to see how much longer Judge is truly elite, not to mention whether the last two years or his first several are most indicative of his ability to stay on the field. When will this deal become a terrible one, because at 31, a 9 year deal is going to go south eventually? And of course the big question for Yankee fans: Will Judge become that mythical "true Yankee" and win a ring? For me I am pretty certain the Red Sox will watch Boegarts depart and that will be a disaster. Why John Henry had to become such a cheapskate I will not fathom. If he's going to go, I hope he signs with the Cubs, who had a strong second half and some exciting young talent. Maybe Bellinger is healthy and performs like an MVP again. The Cubs could be dangerous with some additions. And I hate to say it but I think the Mets are smarter with Verlander on a short deal than deGrom. They are no worse now than they were at the end of the season.

Realizing there is no respect for the artist's estate or legal interests by this company, and remembering that I had once interacted with Greg Silver about another Horace Silver boot, I've dug up that email and sent a new message to Greg.

The entire LP from 1964 should have been issued, IMO instead of a reissue of something that came out twice before and 1/2 of the LP. https://www.discogs.com/release/2679867-Horace-Silver-Live-1964

Thanks, Hutch, Chuck and GA. Now I plan to milk the injury as long as I can, to avoid offloading any hay bales until well into 2023. 😁

I was thinking that too, as I was posting earlier.

I'd consider it but I know the dumbass owners don't even have animal liability coverage so what's the point? They ain't got a dime between them.

Update, for those curious: Primary care doc (whose specialty is non-surgical orthopedics, among other things) felt that it does not need a cast and will heal in about six weeks. This was verified this morning with new imaging of forearm, wrist and elbow - only forearm was damaged by Penny's half-hearted kick. Fortunately. Improvement is such that I am once again typing with two hands so ... very thankful it wasn't way worse as it would have been if she hit my torso, and no cast is a great relief too.

how about you come here to talk about jazz? Otherwise you are nothing but a spammer.

how about you come here to talk about jazz? Otherwise you are nothing but a spammer.