AndrewHill

On DVD over the weekend so far: Slumdog Millionaire, which I really really liked. Goodfellas because my niece and her boyfriend never saw it. Austin Powers and The Spy that Shagged Me because another friend never saw them, and now Rain Man for the same reason.

God, you must be dying there! Today, huge thunderstorm with temps in the 80's but it got really humid instead of cooling down.

Miles: Rudd:

Hmmmm, I always thought the dude in the pink was Paul Desmond, no?

Spaghetti with zucchini, green peppers, tomatoes, ground beef all mixed into a meat sauce.

Oh and yes, I second that playlist too, great stuff!

Fan of James Blood Ulmer too. Really like Revealing with George Adams and Tales of Captain Black with Ornette. I still haven't warmed up to Odyssey, but I give it a shot every now and then. Welcome BTW!

Had the same problem wth my DVD player. Thought it was the disk but a dfferent player proved otherwse.

Can you watch DVD's on your computer/laptop?

Yeah, especially when he used the term "asshat" in one of his posts, which turned into a phenomenon all on its own.

Hint of rain tonight. Go figure.

Happy Birdissimo!

Oh yeah, right. I meant Jimmy.

Oh I see. Ok, fair enough. In fact that epic US Open match comes to mind when McEnroe was on the "rise" again. Now that WAS the match of the early 90's!

Jaeger. Not straight or anything.

Where did McEnroe lose focus? IDK. Jimmy Connors was his rival at the time. I'd say whether focused or not, he'd stand where he stands today, and that's not to say that McEnroe isn't a great. He is. Period. Connors was his "Nadal" at the time and Connors was great on grass and the hard court and McEnroe never won easy on these surfaces if he had to face him. I don't think either won on clay so that's where their rivalry was. And it is what it is. I just don't know what you mean by losing focus, I guess. Just a quick note that Lendl and Bjorg were his other "headaches" too along with Connors.

Yeah, I felt his pain. You saw it when he dropped his racket, you saw it in his eyes, you saw it after competing as long as he did to watch it all slip through his fingers. It was hard to watch, but one thing for certian is that my respect for Roddick's game has skyrocketed. What a great competitor he has become! I don't think I have ever felt as sorry for anyone in any sport as I did for Roddick today. The guy must be going through hell, how can you play over 4 hours of tennis against Federer, have your serve broken just once and still lose. Has that ever happened before??? I think it was harder losing the way he did than if he had been just hammered in straight sets, I mean he was playing probably a perfect game and still lost. He also fought tooth and nail just to get to the final as well, while Federer just had some practise games. I have massive respect for the guy, both of them really, they don't play to the crowd either, they just get on with it, what a match. Exactly. Roddick doesn't have the clout or the titles, but Jesus does he have the soul. I felt that all the way through the end of the fifth set. He brought his A game today and put Federer on the fence and he got broken, like you said "once", and that cost him the match. But like I said to a friend yesterday, Roddick was going to be out in straights, and man, was I glad to be proven wrong! Roddick's the man! He gave Roger everything he had today and he has nothing to be ashamed about! Andy should be just as proud today of his performance as Roger!

It didn't rain today!!

Sounds like it. ... Sounds plausible.

Yeah, I felt his pain. You saw it when he dropped his racket, you saw it in his eyes, you saw it after competing as long as he did to watch it all slip through his fingers. It was hard to watch, but one thing for certian is that my respect for Roddick's game has skyrocketed. What a great competitor he has become!