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Stewart Allan Konigsberg(Woody Allen) Melvin Kaminsky(Mel Brooks) Andrew Clay Silverstein(Andrew Dice Clay)

Happy festivus one and all! I'm not going to do the wrestling(My son is 17 and he'll destroy me!) but I may do something with aluminum foil.

I stand guilty, 22 years and my psychic abilities are STILL lacking- tell me what you want and I'll scour NYC to find it! I

But did they have to make Zoe Saldana blue?! She's gorgeous as is!!!

Something very similar happened to a friend of the family. She was getting remarried and was dropping weight like crazy (to the point where she became unattractively thin) and then she had some blood sugar problem (leukocytes?) and went into cardiac arrest. She was about 36. If Britney Murphy was indeed anorexic, then catching any kind of illness could definitely push her over the edge. So sad. RIP Karen Carpenter also.

Born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn! He had a run of comedies with 'Blazing Saddles', "High Anxiety', "Silent Movie' and 'Young Frankenstein' that was unmatched.

I like a rare burger with BBQ sauce on top and then coleslaw on top of that on a soft kaiser roll. I had one yesterday for lunch- excellent!!!

I saw a photo today in the NY Daily News from 12/1 and she looked emaciated, albeit with a beautiful dress, nice makeup and a nice hair style. Dress it up all you want, she looked very sick. here's a link to the photo, but be forewarned, it's sickening: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/galleries/brittany_murphys_life_in_photos/brittany_murphys_life_in_photos.html

two Tiger/Santa jokes: Q) What's the difference betwen Tiger and Santa? A) Santa stopped at three hos!!! Tiger went to see Santa, Santa said "Ho!Ho!Ho!, Tiger said "Where where where"

Yes to all the above, that's what I always thought. I was also at one of the concerts and I remember it as absolutely mind-blowing!!! I was 17 and even though I had seen Mahavihnu the year before, this was even more special to me. Mahavihnu led me into all other kinds of jazz, as I searched out anything with McLaughlin and found 'Live/Evil', etc.

It's not a done deal yet, and there's a posibility that the M's may include Morrow as part of the deal. If it goes through I think it makes the Phillies better, but not by a lot. If they had kept Lee and traded for Halliday that's great 1-2 punch. Sad to see Matsui go, he can still hit and he always was a class act all the way.

Dirty Harry sells mobile homes!!!

I don't see a stove, only a microwave- I guess they don't cook much.

I'm not enthused about this deal at all. I thought Coke was it, and Jackson never got a chance to show what he can do on the major league level. Grandrson is not very impressive as a player: Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2009 28 DET AL 160 710 631 91 157 23 8 30 71 20 6 72 141 .249 .327 .453 .780 100 286 1 2 3 2 4 *8 AS For a guy with some pop his slugging % is not all that good, his OBP is lousy. I guess we can hope he gets better...

I enjoyed it, goofy and funny but not too goofy

Well, I made my December gig in a roundabout way- I went to see 'Fela' on Saturday and caught lots of Afropop done by a terriffic band(Antibalas)- to my ears it's a gig, but I may squeeze something in later in the month to boot. 'Fela' is most highly recommended, spectacular dancing, costumes, great music, charismatic lead, etc.

Speaking as a Yankee fan, I HATE it- that guy is a certified Yankee killer. Good pick up for the Bosox.

This set gets a mention in the latest issue of Time magazine(quite favorable).

If the Yanks offer arbitration to them and they accept and there are no free agent offers accepted by the players, then the Yanks are bound to a one year contract at either at what the Yanks offer or what the player requests. In such a case the Yanks would almost surely have to pay Matsui or Damon much more than they want to pay. With Pettite he's either playing for the Yanks or not at all.

Beck on 'Superstition' with Stevie Wonder was 'wonderful'! His solo tore the roof off!!!

Maria Schneider is at Jazz Standard, Renee Rosnes is at the Vanguard.

Why is he getting rid of it? It looks like the B3 is a chick magnet!

Thanks for posting that, great laugh!!!

I made my November gig on a lucky Friday the 13th- I caught Tab Benoit at Sullivan Hall in NYC. Opening was Mike Zito, a passable singer and pretty good guitarist playing blues/rock/Cajun stuff. Tab Benoit was another story, he's not only a very good singer, he's a cracklin' guitarist mining the same general territory as Mike Zito but with better results. Tab Benoit had the packed club screaming and dancing and he delivered in spades. Great gig, and now if I make a December gig I'll have the entire year with a gig a month! http://www.tabbenoit.com/