GA Russell

Chuck, I read an article about Warner just the other day. It said that their stock had remained essentially flat, while two of its competitors had fallen 20%. I was surprised to see that, because I have no faith in Edgar Bronfman, Jr. By the way, the article said that Warner was also putting itself up for sale. Was that story linked to in another thread here? I don't remember.

Warner has been interested in acquiring EMI. Maybe now the price will come down.

The first commenter had it right. Citibank was bailed out bigtime by the taxpayers. If there was going to be a bailout, I'd be better off if EMI got the money!

The Riders today hired Richie Hall to be their defensive coordinator. Over the past fifteen years, the two defensive coordinators considered the best in the league have been Hall and Greg Marshall. Now Marshall is the team's new head coach. I have to wonder if this will be a case of too many cooks spoiling the pot. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=351902

Some years ago, I noticed that his most highly praised work was his soundtrack to The Knack, FWIW, so I bought it. I enjoy it, but I don't see why it is considered better than others. My favorite is the soundtrack to The Living Daylights. Maybe it is because I enjoyed the movie so much.

Hallelujah, the problem's gone! Because I am using a Beta, there is a link to contact Mozilla about problems encountered, so I let them know. So thanks Mozilla, or thanks Jim!

RIP. He was a part of my youth.

Sonny Rollins - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $13.09 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Sonny-Rollins/dp/B000UO7IMY/ref=sr_1_38?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296451234&sr=1-38 ***** These are the second great quintet: Miles Davis - Original Album Classics (3 CDs) - $12.08 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Miles-Davis/dp/B003SS5NIA/ref=sr_1_60?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296451394&sr=1-60 ***** Charles Mingus - Original Album Classics (3 CDs) - $12.10 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Charles-Mingus/dp/B003SS5NKI/ref=sr_1_61?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296451550&sr=1-61 ***** Glenn Gould - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $25.04 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Glenn-Gould/dp/B002K8BJKA/ref=sr_1_83?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296451685&sr=1-83 ***** Otis Redding - Original Album Series (5 CDs) - $20.93 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Dictionary-Heart-Ballads/dp/B003097A9W/ref=sr_1_88?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296451824&sr=1-88 ***** Duke Ellington - Original Album Series (5CDs) - $20.55 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Sessions-Ellington-Poppins/dp/B003097AHY/ref=sr_1_168?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296452241&sr=1-168 ***** Dave Brubeck - Time Out (50th Anniversary) (2 CDs + 1 DVD) - $12.75 http://www.amazon.com/Time-Out--50th-Anniversary-Legacy/dp/B001S6Y0AQ/ref=sr_1_207?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296452450&sr=1-207 ***** There are four LPs' music here: Dave Brubeck - Classic Album Collection (3 CDs) - $9.59 http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Album-Collection-Dave-Brubeck/dp/B001AT5848/ref=sr_1_209?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296452607&sr=1-209 ***** Aretha Franklin - Original Album Series (5 CDs) - $12.97 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Aretha-Fillmore-Spirit/dp/B003097AAG/ref=sr_1_226?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296452777&sr=1-226

Thelonious Monk - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $8.85 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UO7IM4/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=163J26P7RVT9VBZXP2CX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 ***** Miles Davis - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $9.02 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UZD4D0/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1169A7AA4DE91KGRAKQ7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 ***** Mahavishnu Orchestra - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $8.64 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VWOV3O/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1169A7AA4DE91KGRAKQ7&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 ***** John McLaughlin - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $8.56 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-John-Mclaughlin/dp/B000UH8BT0/ref=pd_bxgy_m_img_b

As you can see, another problem is that although my post looks fine in the reply area, it comes out as one paragraph. I had the same problem yesterday with the bargain box thread.

I have my Firefox set on automatic upgrade. Apparently I upgraded to Firefox 3.6 yesterday. A while back, when Firefox upgraded I could not read my hotmail email. That is also true today. Both hotmail and organissimo work fine with my IE. So my guess is that Firefox 3.6 is not ready for prime time. And as I say, the organissimo problem exists with Firefox 4 Beta 10 as well.

Weather Report - Original Album Classics (5 CDs) - $10.48 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-Weather-Report/dp/B000UH8BTK/ref=pd_ys_home_shvl_4

Ken, of the 700, how many would you estimate were on major labels?

I've just downloaded Firefox 4 Beta 10, and I still have the same problem with it. I suppose that it is a nuisance that it has dropped down. But the problem is that there is apparently no way for it to go away. For example, when an ad appears on a website, you can make it go away by clicking the X on the upper right corner. But there is nowhere that I can see to click to make the drop down box go away.

OK,let's try this again. I'm not sure if these have been mentioned. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (2 CDs) - $3.29 http://www.amazon.com/Complete-1957-Riverside-Recordings-CD/dp/B000FBHCQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296356189&sr=1-1 ***** Hampton Hawes - All Night Session! 1-3 (2 CDs) - $11.56 http://www.amazon.com/Night-Session-Hampton-Quartet-Hawes/dp/B000M2E8S6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296356270&sr=1-3 ***** These appear to be the same music: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Original Album Classics (Time) (5 CDs) - $18.99 http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Classics-TIME-CD/dp/B003924NZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1296356353&sr=1-1 Dave Brubeck Quartet - For All Time (5 CDs) - $28.28 http://www.amazon.com/All-Time-Dave-Brubeck/dp/B0001FGB9I/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1296356436&sr=1-1

It looks like my Firefox is the problem. I just had a problem posting on the bargain box thread. So now I have switched to IE, and so far, so good.

FWIW, I use Firefox.

Today whenever I log in, the drop down menu below my name in the upper right of the screen has dropped down, and it won't go away, even when I visit my messages. As a result, it covers up the link for "new posts since last visit". Any ideas?

For racing fans...I'm listening to the stream of the Rolex 24 GrandAm race. The season has begun! http://www.grand-am.com/

The editorial cartoon of this morning's paper had Jack Lalanne in heaven having the angels do pushups!

I don't normally mention when a player re-ups with his team. I don't think it's normally news. But today Anthony Calvillo announced that he has signed a new two-year contract, despite the recent removal of his thyroid gland and Ben Cahoon's retirement. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=351449 ***** The Lions have released Sherko Haji-Rasouli. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=351477

RIP. I remember seeing him once on Ed Sullivan, and he had Igor the hunchback singing "Straighten Up and Fly Right"!

This week I read The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey. Very light reading with a lot of laughs. I had never heard of it before two months ago, but The Mystery Guild and its sister clubs are offering an anthology of two of the novels, and I figured that they were probably pretty good for them to do that. So I took a flyer, and I'm glad I did. Tonight I start a similar Mystery Guild anthology I was unfamiliar with, Double Negative by David Carkeet.

Ben Cahoon made it official today. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=351078

In the photo of The Singers Unlimited that Jim has posted, second from the left is Len. I read in his obituary that he was the bass who sang "Ho, Ho, Ho" in the Jolly Green Giant jingle. Unfortunately, he was only paid once for that!