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Got this one out tonight for a spin. I'm putting together a playlist for tomorrow in the office. Had to edit a few of Al's wild selections out of the mix. George Shearing's version of "Snowfall" is my favorite on the disc.

Anyone speak German?

I've been to Mammoth three times already, last weekend being the latest. It dumped half of Saturday and all through the night so Sunday was an awesome powder day. I'm going back January 2nd through the 6th, I can't wait! After the two feet of snow fell last night, I imagine Colorado is the place to be.

How about Moncur & McLean "Love & Hate" done with voices and bells?

Cool! I've just watched a bunch of PappyStuckey's vids.

Carmelo is great at catch-and-shoot. Iverson should look for him often.

Iverson to the McNuggets for Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first rounders.

Boykins with 29 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists last night. The guy is amazing.

Is you boastin' man! I have something like 10-20% of this already! MG Well...I decided I didn't have enough of it to warrant not buying the set!

I ordered this set from Buy.com with Google checkout yesterday, no problem.

Holy smokes, I won. Someone bring me some smelling salts.

I like "The Gentle Rain" and "Somewhere In The East" on this one. I'm pretty sure there were some odd noises in the other tracks which kept them off the iPod.

I'm really going to enjoy watching my nieces and nephews open the gifts I chose for them. I'll also be on a cdr burning marathon to put a mix of tunes in each stocking. I feel downright jolly!

Maxiell is Barkley-esque, I'm hearing. Plays much taller than he actually is.

The Lakers' defense was pathetic, the Wizards were scoring at will. It was a miracle they forced OT.

To echo Sal, I also thought it was excellent. Depressing subject matter, but very well done.

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I think that article hits the nail on the head with Iverson. He's an incredibly gifted scorer, and when he's hitting it's fun to watch. It just isn't winning basketball. If he could play within an offensive system, limit his shots to the open ones, and create for others the rest of the time, he'd be playing winning basketball...but then he wouldn't be playing the style he's always played. This is why I'd rather have Baron Davis. I haven't looked at the stats, but I'd bet Baron doesn't take as many shots as AI. A Warriors fan on another board was just praising Baron's passiveness on offense. The closest the Sixers and AI came to a Championship was when the discrepancy between East and West was at its most extreme, with the West pretty much guaranteed to spank the East in the Finals. The East was so awful AI was able to get all the way to the Finals with his one-man show, with players like Aaron McKie and Eric Snow playing the best ball of their careers. He squeaked out an OT victory over the Lakers in the Finals, but the next four games weren't even close.

See post #12, Soul Stream. I may be wrong. Someone in my office seemed to believe burning an audio cd of the "Protected AAC" files then re-importing them as mp3s would allow you to disable the shareware built into them. I haven't tried this. I just know I found the hassle annoying. (*edit--might also be a Mac vs. PC thing). And, wouldn't you know it, someone just gave me an iTunes gift card.

No. You simply burn cds and do whatever you want with them, including transfer them to other computers. Also once they're on an iPod there's soft ware available to put them on another computer. In fact I haven't noticed any limitations-- though supposedly you can only burn a limited number of cds from the original download. However I believe that once you burn a cd and rip it to a computer you can do whatever you like. They can't be changed into mp3s. There is a limit on the number of times a playlist can be burned, but it can be sidestepped by simply making another playlist. When I tried to move them between two computers, I was asked for a password to be able to play them on the computer I didn't download them to.

I'd rather have Baron Davis.

I thought it was stupid enough that some people actually think sexual orientation is some sort of choice. Attributing it to diet plummets it to a new depth of idiocy.

An instrumental called "Sneakin' Out Of The Hospital" is on the same album as "Song For Junior." Not really an instrumental, but "Something's Got To Give" isn't a rap song--and is among their finest artistic achievements, imo.

What GOM said. RIP, SEK.