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The announcer is now saying that the kickoff is set for 6:40 pm eastern.

Here are the latest odds for the game. The Stampeders are a 1.5 point favorite. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?id=81592

Dan Ralph is picking the Argos! http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/11/25/cfl-pick-look-for-ricky-ray-to-calmly-lead-argos-to-victory/

aloc, Noj already has Calgary and 80. Do you want to make it the next highest available? aloc, if I don't hear from you before the deadline, I will assign you Calgary and 85, OK? The bar across the street doesn't open until 7:00 pm tomorrow. Who ever heard of such a thing? They said they would let me watch the game on the NBC Sports channel, so I guess I will listen to the radio broadcast on the internet, and then go over during halftime to watch the second half.

Larry Hagman http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/24/dallas-legend-larry-hagman-dead-at-81/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews ***** Bonnie the Mouseketeer http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bonnie-lynn-fields-20121120,0,156446.story ***** Deborah Raffin http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-deborah-raffin-20121122,0,249524.story ***** Jeff Kaye - voice for NFL Films http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jeff-kaye-20121123,0,420810.story ***** Cleve Duncan http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-cleve-duncan-20121117,0,2158175.story ***** Lucille Bliss - voice of Crusader Rabbit, Elroy Jetson http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lucille-bliss-20121115,0,3130903.story

This thread has been pretty slow of late. I sure hope Amazon and their competitors come up with some ideas for Christmas!

I forgot to say that two weeks ago I heard the title track Wisteria on Sirius about 10:15 am. It's not often you hear an ECM on Sirius, but this didn't seem out of place.

At his State of the League speech today, Marc Cohon said that only two teams lost money this year. Presumably Hamilton is one of them. Normally I would expect that Toronto would be the other, and he did say that the southern Ontario market is a work in progress, but maybe the Argos broke even due to the fact that they are hosting the Grey Cup this year. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410113

Hardbopjazz, unless you say otherwise, I will assign you Calgary and 20 points.

Happy Birthday 2012 RJ!

The CFL Awards were given out tonight. The winners were: Owens Sherritt Cornish Williams Matthews Olafioye http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4545213

Calgary fans today re-enacted 1948 by riding a horse through the lobby of the Royal York Hotel! http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=410061

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope that everyone's day is peaceful and a good time for reflection.

Amazon currently has Coltrane's 6 CD Fearless Leader box for $27.98, which is the lowest they've had it since late 2009. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H30CBM/ref=ox_ya_os_product

Happy Birthday 2012 Doug!

Happy Birthday 2012 Don!

aloc, Noj already has Calgary and 80. Do you want to make it the next highest available?

My notes say that the following are available: Calgary - everything under 25 and over 75. Toronto - everything under 30 and over 70.

Got this in the mail today: The Milton Suggs Quartet @ Smalls Jazz Club The Milton Suggs Quartet will be making its debut New York performance at Smalls Jazz Club on Wednesday November 28, 2012 with two sets of music from 9:00pm to 12am. If you won't be in the New York area, the show is available for live viewing at SmallsLive.com for $3.00. Featuring: Milton Suggs - Vocals Willerm Delisfort - Piano Jonathan Michel - Bass Kenneth Salters - Drums Download News Release Stay up to date on performances of all of our artists at SkiptoneMusic.com!!

John, no doubt the Argos are playing their best ball of the year at the right time. But as I pointed out Oct. 23 in post #1344, Ted Michaels agreed with me in his power rankings that the Argos were (less than a month ago!) the third worst team in the league. ***** Greg Xenakes Grey Cup pick http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4544960 ***** Here's a good sportsnetwork.com preview of the game. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4544951

The Ticats announced today that they will play next year at U of Guelph (17 minutes from Hamilton) while their new stadium is being built. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=409896 ***** This will be the third time the Argos have faced the Stampeders in the Grey Cup. Here's an article about the previous two games. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=409847 TSN had a show which called the '71 Argos the greatest team to never win the Grey Cup (because the Stamps beat them). If the Argos win on Sunday, they should call this team the worst team to ever win it!

Amazon now has the Dave Brubeck Original Album Classics 5 CD box with the unusual time signatures for $10.99. http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-TIME-CD/dp/B003924NZ4?SubscriptionId=AKIAJ7T5BOVUVRD2EFYQ&tag=camels-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B003924NZ4

This looks great! I hope I will be sent a copy. For Immediate Release Please Jam # 1 McCoy Tyner Jam # 2 Eddie Palmieri Jam # 3 Roy Haynes Jam # 4 Jack DeJohnette FOURS ON HALF NOTE AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE NOW! NEW YORK, November 19, 2012 - Universally regarded as the best tap dancer on Earth (though only 39 years old, at this writing), Tony Award-winner SAVION GLOVER showcases his musical side by jamming with jazz royalty. Over the course of an hour-long DVD featuring interview footage and 4 separate jams - one each with McCOY TYNER, EDDIE PALMIERI, ROY HAYNES AND JACK DEJOHNETTE - Savion spars tirelessly, treating viewers to a clinic on rhythmic improvisation. It is a remarkably athletic performance in which he shifts from soloist to accompanist and back, challenging and reacting to his mentors with a searching, spiritual demeanor emblematic of jazz's greatest instrumentalists. The DVD is an eyeful. He illuminates the sheer joy of dance while reaffirming his own quest for creative sublimity. Savion invited four Mt. Rushmore figures to an evening jam; he proves himself one of them. CAPTURED LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE PATIENCE HIGGINS - SAXOPHONE MARCUS STRICKLAND - SAXOPHONE KURT FAUSSETTE - PIANO ANDY McCLOUD - BASS BRIAN GRICE - DRUMS

Ed, I heard Brown Eyed Girl emanating from a bar near my home Saturday night, and it occurred to me then that it might be the most played song on 60s oldies stations. It was a hit when I was in high school, but nothing like what a youngster today would think.

I suppose I should have provided the link for the contest!