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I believe that what Mr. Micropenis is telling us here is that if rock musicians just got in touch with their inner businessman, as he has done, the audience for rock would be none-the-wiser and the republican party would have a broader base.

So, uh, what's your recipe? Or is that some kind of trade secret?

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I won't play poker for much more than fun, but I'm good at backgammon, bridge, and hearts. Go is the most beautiful of games, and I have the board and pieces, but after about a dozen games played over the last 25 years I still stink.

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Bob Evans Founder Dead at 89 * E-Mail * Print * Save Article Tools Sponsored By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: June 21, 2007 Filed at 5:34 p.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Bob Evans, whose quest for quality sausage to serve the truckers who filled his 12-stool, 24-hour-a-day steakhouse in southeast Ohio led to the creation of a restaurant chain that bears his name, died Thursday, Bob Evans Farms Inc. announced. He was 89. Evans died at the Cleveland Clinic, Evans' family told the company. Bob Evans Farms Inc. said last week that he was being treated for pneumonia. Evans complained that he could not get good sausage for the restaurant he started after World War II in Gallipolis in southeast Ohio. Starting with $1,000, a couple of hogs, 40 pounds of black pepper, 50 pounds of sage and other secret ingredients, he opted to make his own, relying on the hog's best parts as opposed to the scraps commonly used in sausage. He began selling it at the restaurant and mom-and-pop stores, and peddled tubs of it out of the back of his pickup truck. It marked the beginning of what is now a restaurant chain with sales of $1.6 billion in the fiscal year ended April 28 with 590 restaurants in 18 states. The company also operates 108 Mimi's Cafe casual restaurants in 19 states, mostly in the West. Its sausage and other products are sold in grocery stores. ''You might say the truck drivers did my research for me,'' he said. ''They would tell me that this was the best sausage they ever had, and then buy 10-pound tubs to take home.'' Evans formed Bob Evans Farms in 1953 with five friends and relatives. The chain emphasizes farm-fresh food, cleanliness and service in a homey atmosphere. ''People like to deal with farmers. They like to buy stuff from the farm. They think it's fresher,'' Evans said in a 2003 interview. ''In their mind, it's better and they're willing to pay more for it.''

The Secretary of the Navy has ordered Storyville closed.

Did Gary Larson do art work for other album covers?

Exactly! I have nothing against Scott Hamilton, but for all his talent, his was a comfortable solo, and the pleasure one gets is the pleasure of relaxing with pipe and slippers as the family dog brings the newspaper in his mouth. Wayne's solo, even if he can do this stuff reflexively by now, is more about rearranging the furniture and training the dog to do weird shit. I take issue with the notion that Hamilton doesn't have his own style. He is as much a of sax stylist within the swing idiom as Shorter is within the post-bop idiom.

I've heard that Roy Eldridge, back in the mid-70s, encouraged Scott to leave New England for New York City.

I like this one, which I cribbed from the "Ugliest" thread.

That is a seriously GREAASSYY sleeve. Wo is it? MG That's old Head Rag Tatum, Art's older brother.

This one is both inappropriate and ugly.

I like his daughter, Charlotte.

The cover painting here is by Pee Wee.

From the splotchy red-black blobs (meant, I imagine, to suggest abstract expressionist art) to the entirely non-seductive woman stiffly occupying the floor, this album cover is a total turn-off. Music might be better--I don't know.

Remember--in order to average-out Candy's incredible run of luck, thirty-seven spoiled pet kittens must be eaten alive by a hungry rottweiler.

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The kid with the paintball gun brought that thing down? Right. PhotoShop. It was a doctored photo. http://66.226.75.96/pig/

Sullivanesque? Here ya go-

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Thanks Chris. It's such a luxury to have you around to comment.

Cottrell's Trio was recorded by Riverside Records in 1961 as part of the "New Orleans: The Living Legends" series. This title is, imo, the class of the series. Accompanied by only bass and guitar or banjo, and playing a program that is mostly free of NO warhorses, Cottrell's clarinet sails over the chords like a warm breeze. I picked this up new on Amazon for 3.99 plus shipping from Newbury Comics. They have at least one more.