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30.9 F or -0.6 C (26F or -3C with wind chill) at 2:20 a.m. in sarasota.

happy birthday 7/4

We had a case here recently (and I was actually in the jury pool for this one) where a young mother of two small children was kidnapped, raped and murdered. There were two 911 calls made during the kidnapping and the 911 people screwed up terribly. One call by the victim that lasted for several minutes, and one by a witness. Here's what happened: Don't have to hear the specifics of the 911 calls to know that they screwed up, but having the calls available as a public record forced some obviously needed changes in the 911 system. Tapes of the calls were played during the trial (a public process) to help demonstrate the killing was premeditated. He got the death sentence. Lawsuits pending over mishandling of the 911 calls. Bottom line: It's a public service we pay for, so we ought to have access to it unless there's damn good reason not to.

Happy birthday!

The poor guy on the bungie cord is Exibit A why you never bungie jump. Just hope the guy survived.

Best Fails of 2009

Thanks for that thorough rundown Bill. Already investigating some of your picks. cheers

It's damn cold here as well at North Latitude 27.336. Low of 34F tonight (around 1 degree celsius). British snow looks lovely. Enjoy it.

High-growth municipality?

Very nice to see that NPR piece.

A dumb question in the dumb question thread, but you don't by chance have a laptop, do you? If so, some headphones and problem solved.

Happy to see the Big 10 do well this bowl season after taking some abuse the past few years. Real solid win for Iowa tonight. I like that team a lot. And with Ohio State looking like they'll be coming back really strong next year, plus Penn State, now Iowa, throw in Wisconsin and the rest, they could very easily rival or surpass the SEC and Big 12 next season.

That's what caught my eye. Is there a recording without Miles where Coltrane performs this tune? I'm sure Montgomery would have been able to hang with the band, but it would be fascinating to listen to.

according to Wiki: Lititz (pronounced /lɪ.tɪts/}) .. which I guess is lie-tights?

Oh yeah. Thanks. Now I remember.

Cecil Taylor, Roswell Rudd -- "Mixed" Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd -- "Early and Late"

I came here for some specific purpose just now, but damn if I can remember what it was. ...

I don't like it either, but is there a citation or link for this rule? A quick perusal of Wiki turns up nothing on this.

Nice win for Texas Tech. Conference bowl records. Looks like the Mountain West is the powerhouse! Big East did well, with my USF Bulls winning up in Toronto today. The ACC, SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 are all going to end up basically around .500, give or take a game. Big disappointment was Pac 10, which went 5-0 last year (I think) -- 2-5 this year.

The whole bundle arrived today. Listening to "Our Man In Jazz" now. I haven't a whole lot by Rollins as reference (VV trio stuff, Freedom Suite, with Monk, Sonny Rollins Volume 2 and Plus Four is about it) but it's wonderful to listen to him in this free-wheeling setting. It'll take a little bit to digest all these, but I'm liking what I'm hearing.

Condolences. Hope that being with your family eases the pain a bit.

... and I've never seen a field in worse shape than that mess in Orlando.

I don't know if I can remember a game more micro-managed by the refs than this Auburn-Northwestern game.

Was not familiar, but thanks for the link Bev. Very nice obituary.