Matthew

It really is a sticky situation in Kampala right now. When I was there last September, an Indian was involved in a traffic accident that either seriously injured or killed an Ugandan, and the crowd beat him to death. A lot of trouble between people from India and Ugandans. I've been to Uganda three times this year, and mainly deal with people from the Buganda tribe, who are very touchy over any perceived slight. The cities I frequent are Kyengeza (which is in the middle of the Buganda area) and Jinja (source of the Nile), sometimes Kampala, but I try to get out of there as fast as possible! It is the craziest place I've ever been to. You're right though, the people are great, and it's been an eye-opening experience to live with no electricity, no hot water, and every meal involves matoke. Now,the tribes from the north are a whole different story, kind of infamous as they make up the vast majority of the private security forces that everyone hires.

Sure wish Mosaic would do a 60s follow-up to that one with all the Verve sessions (and maybe the RCA ones with Davis thrown in). Lots of great music there on the Verves which has never been reissued on cd. greg mo I'd love, and pay, to hear all of that.

The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-61.

That was a very nice win for the Giants, and also the Mariners took two of three from the Angels (you're welcome Big Al). It looks like Seattle will be over .500 for the season, which is a great rebound from last year.

Ricky Rubio is staying in Spain until 2011 and not going to the Timberwolves. I don't think that's too bad of a set up for Minnesota, Rubio can work on his game for two years, get stronger and a better outside shot, then come and play in the NBA. T-Wolves not too bad off with Jonny Flynn at the point, he seems like a good draft pick.

Scrubs: Season eight. The season is actually very good, I just wished they would have ended the series with the final episode here, and not gone on to a season nine. I have a feeling that it will be a disaster.

Oscar Peterson: London House Sessions. This box set seems to fly under the radar, not too much comment on it, but it is a great one, and one that I dearly love.

Left over Sicilian Thin Crust Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen. Yum

I've been grooving to this version of for about two weeks now.

The most recent Anti-Penny rant that I've seen comes from Bruce Jenkins, who is usually right on about baseball things: One thing for sure: Penny is a pill. He doesn't give one damn about teammates or anything but himself. He left the Dodgers on acrimonious terms, and that's not easy on a team managed by Joe Torre. Manny Ramirez has fit in well in that clubhouse, at least so far. The Dodgers even took a chance on Vicente Padilla, who undoubtedly will act nice over the next five weeks with his career on the line. But Penny couldn't cut it there. "There were a few people I didn't get along with on the coaching staff that don't respect people," Penny said this week. "I mean, me and Joe got along fine. I just feel like nobody had my back there. You're in the clubhouse and you have players coming up to you saying coaches are saying this to them about you." Responded third-base coach Larry Bowa (a known hothead, especially in his playing days): "You mean the same guy who was never on time, out of shape and has one complete game? He has more stuff to worry about than me. He has to worry about getting people out. He was never on time, never helped the kids out. You go right down the line, everybody who was on the DL watched the games. But not him. He was out of there. Put that on the f---ing dot-com." Thrust upon the Giants' clubhouse, Penny would probably play it cool, not make waves. They'd be interested in getting him under contract by August 31, thus making him eligible for the postseason, and letting him go whenever their season ends. It's telling that Penny couldn't cut it in Boston, and everyone knows that his fastball has very little movement. He's a big-time risk, but I think Bay Area fans could understand the Giants giving him short-term consideration. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/threed...8#ixzz0Po1magPY

Supposedly Brad Penny is going to become a Giant. Not too sure if I'm on board with that, the Giants have good chemistry as a team (though that's overrated at times), and I always hear bad things about Penny as a team mate. I hate messing with the winning formula the Giants have right now.

RIP. sad news indeed. A lot of great music came from that O'Day, Christy, Conner group, that is for sure.

Very nice sweep by the Giants of the Rockies by winning today 9-5. I kind of thought the Giants were in a good position for a sweep, with their three main pitchers going. Wilson got the save again, and was dealing 98-100 mph the whole time. Off to play the WFC's next.

Another nice win for the Giants tonight, 5-3. Zito looked great, bullpen shaky in the ninth, but all's well that ends well. Brian Wilson came in for his second save of the series (for some reason, I called Wilson, Lewis last night). If the Giants had lost, I would have pulled out a Goodspeak Grrrr™.

I wonder if the Angles can keep the player on their roster until the off-season? That would seem kind of messed up if so, getting a player for free for the rest of the year.

Ah, that explains the wild life & nice grassy back yard. Must be that area between 5, 210, & 2.

Noj, where in the world do you live in LA, Topanga Canyon?

The Stranger From paradise: A Biography Of William Blake by G. E. Bently Jr. Incredibly fascinating!

Great 2-0 win by the Giants tonight. Lincecum went eight innings and pitched great. Giant offense stunk but, thank goodness, panda hit one out to win the game. Lewis comes in and blows everyone away for the save, now let's see if Zito can keep the momentum going. It was one of those games that remind me why baseball the greatest sport of all.

I agree from the stand point of a game of baseball it looks stupid. However, I think there may be some franchises that are so desperate for money where they need it NOW, or closer to now than a few months from now. I don't know any dirty details about the Ray's ownership, but you think of some of the arrogant jerks (such as the Cubs' last owner) along with other rich folk who made seriously awful investments...(Imagine if any in Tampa ownership invested in FL real estate during the bubble?) Like I said, I don't have a clue about TB financial details, just saying such tough times could lead to needing money over trying win to wild card, sad to say. Exhibit one for the financial problems is supposedly the Mets, who are in deep financial doo-doo. I keep hearing that the owner lost 700 million in the Madoff swindle. Panda hit just one out for the Giants, 1-0.

MLB.com is reporting it as a done deal: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/pre...jsp&c_id=tb Angels could be getting a great young lefty for years to come... or they could be getting Steve Avery.... PS: Dang, Iskikawa is getting close to being useless for the Giants in the clutch.

I can't figure out Beckett to save my life. He looks untouchable for five batters, then he gets pounded, then goes back to being untouchable, then gets pounded, I don't get his act in the least.

Welcome, and a big thank you for the link to the documentary on Evans! PS: Though it would be nice if Steve Allen would just shut up.

Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris. Illustrated account of the Dada art movement, and it's very enlightening, just some astounding work here. Where was I in my Art History class in college? This is the first time I've come across Sophie Taeuber & Hans Arp, I must have been asleep in class or something. I love Taeuber's masks and marionettes, wonderful art.

It hasn't for a long time, that's for sure.