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Spaghetti with homemade sauce. I cleaned out the fridge and used tons of sweet peppers, mushroom, garlic, basil and anything else I could think to add. Simmered most of the afternoon. It was very tasty topped with freshly grated parmigiano reggiano. I always make way too much, so it looks like I will be eating this all week.

I'm offended that you didn't include a reference to Festivus. And if you're offended, then I'm offended that you're offended. So there. Ahh.... but Festivus is all about the airing of grievances, so actually Jim provided you with the opportunity to air a grievance which is actually like a little 'holiday present' to you. Full circle and all that....

Jerseys? I have jerseys.... don't need no more jerseys....( my Dale Davis jersey is ca. 1991. And he's a Piston now.. ) Love my Dale Davis but no way I'm wearin' a Pistons jersey.... Oh yeah.... and then there's my Artest jersey ... Maybe I'll put that one away and just hang with my Jermaine O'Neal jersey for a while; better "chemistry" with that one...

Marvin would throw him down too...

Just for you, SS1 How about Marvin getting into it with Ike Taylor

yeah I saw it.... he definitely needs to keep his day job... EDIT: oops... I didn't see the 'pump', I'm referring to when he picked up the end zone pylon and putted the football. I think it rolled about a foot....

Happy Birthday DTMX! You always make me laugh.

Still hearing "This is the Place" in Indy on WICR; heard "Play Nice" as I was driving to our satellite office in Greensburg about an hour ago.

Jar Jar Binks Rip Hamilton Reggie Miller

Happy Birthday, Paul!!

A perfect evening (except Chuck wasn't there )

Bakers-- what a great club! I *love* that place and the people. Everybody was bobbing their heads, even those who were getting serious with their food which was quite a sight. I heard quite a few " now that's what I'm talkin' about!" in response to the band. Paul, it was so nice to meet you and your great friends! I loved watching their reaction to the music. It was quite a "kismet" moment when we were seated at the only two seats left in the house which happened to be at your table. Howard and Gwenn were a hoot. She mentioned that she had seen quite a few greats in the day at Bakers as well as her mother before her ( Billy Holiday, just to name one...) At one point early in the evening she said, "I used to love [insert smooth jazz sax player of choice] a lot, but I found a new love --Organissimo!" She was thrilled that the band signed a CD for her. I bet she tells *all* of her friends about Organissimo. Randy, I wish I could have chatted with you a bit too, but you spoke volumes from the stage-- it was great. I loved how everybody rushed the stage after the first set to buy CDs. I figured that you guys would be pretty busy between sets; you had a roomful of very happy listeners. I would recommend everybody see the guys live, especially at Bakers, even if you have to drive a bit to do so.

Artest was <trying> to make a joke about boxing Ben for money. If anybody else in the NBA had said something like that, everybody would have gotten the joke. Too bad everybody outside of Indiana only gets to see one dimension of Artest. Not so sure it would be a 1st round knock out; Ron's father was Golden Gloves.

I've had the same Bosch for about 15 years and love it.

I never use it. ← Remind me to stand back. ←

Don't forget to hit Primanti Bros. for a light, after show snack.

It's a celebration!

it sounds like some kind of dangerously potent alcoholic beverage.

Just got back to the hotel from the show. CJ, yes they did Double Guatemala as the encore tonight, and it was the guitar synth with the straight tone and distortion. I know a lot of folks don't care for that particular tune, but I love how he sounded on the synth and how Christian totally cooked on the fretless. I've always liked this trio's version of Q&A much better than the Trio Live '00 version, and tonight's was no exception--it was 22 minutes of pure bliss.

I'm seeing them tonight and am considering Ann Arbor tomorrow night since I missed Purdue last night. They seem to be Midwest intensive this time around. Did they play "Double Guatemala" for the encore like they did in San Diego? Christian totally kicked ass...

I used to live in Delaware. (So naturally I went to the Delaware/MD *beaches* not the Jersey *shore*) but grew up on real cheesesteaks (w/o the whiz, thank you) and TastyKakes. There's just nothing like them! The Colts' Marvin Harrison has TastyKakes shipped to him because he can't stand not having them in Indiana.

You DO want us to play there, don't you? So THAT'S what Greg's been looking for--a little payola. ← If Joe doesn't want the Tastykakes, can I have 'em? Especially if they're peanut butter Kandy Kakes... and maybe throw in a jar of sweet peppers. They don't quite get it that they're not the same as banana peppers around here.

This will make the purists cringe, but I love my martinis 'dirty'. The saltier the better.

yeah... Chuck was definitely a 'hot younger guy' too... ← You have always been a friend Rachel. FYI I never used a "rug" or leather clothes ala Burt. ← I just call 'em like I see 'em.