Neal Pomea

You might look into Rowman and Littlefield and University Press of America. I haven't published with them so I can't tell you my experience, but I worked a short while for them some years ago. I thought they were good with authors.

They grow them on the eastern shore of Maryland, but they are not as good as the ones from California, in my opinion. If it is not fully ripe when you buy one, just leave it on the counter for a few days until it is a little mushy. If you like peaches, they are very good this summer because of the dryness. They are grown near Thurmont Maryland in mountainside orchards.

Umpires threw out manager Davey Johnson AND his replacement bench coach Pat Corrales, AND Dusty Baker of the Reds in the Cincinnati-Washington 14-inning game today.

We did very well! 5 or so inches of rain. My basement is hardly wet at all. Did not lose power. A house up the street had a tree fall on the roof, but it didn't go through the house and they still have power. Where did the rain go? I guess we were so dry, the ground just soaked it up! It's worse in low-lying towns like Alexandria and Annapolis, and worse on the Eastern Shore and Ocean City, MD. Haven't been able to hear how Kitty Hawk did. We vacation in Kill Devil Hills in October. The paper says that the most damaging floods so far are from Norfolk to Richmond VA. Storm center currently about 40 miles from NYC. They tracked this one correctly! Good luck in NY, CT, RI, and MA!

Glad to hear it! In the DC area the worst is supposed to be from 10 pm to 5 am. Annapolis is already flooding. Neal

Good luck, East Coasters! I feel pretty safe in Montgomery County Maryland and expect only tropical storm force winds of 40mph, enough to cause some power outages. But you folks along the coast (especially North Carolina and the Chesapeake area) look like you will take the brunt of it with storm surge. Hope it weakens by the time it gets to New Jersey and points beyond.

2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, Albert Brooks

Oh no! This is so sad!

I was glad he did When the Levee Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.

Like the great DC earthquake destruction of 2010? http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earthquake-devastation

Fine in Colesville Maryland. Where DC was originally shaped like a baseball diamond, I am right at second base, on the dirt. Didn't even lose electricity. My work building had visible hairline cracks from top to bottom, but no broken windows.

"It's gonna take an ocean of calamine lotion?" I never heard of that being a remedy for the clap. I agree. It's a stretch. Enjoyed a lot of their songs over the years! Them and Doc Pomus.

Nice series win for your Columbian District over the Phillies. Walk off grand slam Friday, walk off HBP Sunday. Blowout Saturday by the Phils.

I appreciate the way you referred to thirds of an inning, NOT 1.2 (one and two-tenths).

It's supposed to be Lonnie Johnson playing the fiddle on this hot number (uncredited) entitled Train on John Fahey's album Voice of the Turtle. Hear the black string band sound. Track 8, Train. http://www.amazon.com/Voice-Turtle-John-Fahey/dp/B000003Z8Z

Paramount tops in the early recorded stuff!

Don't spend or save your money responsibly! Charge your family bills to the public domain with a million years of copyright protection! Seriously, congratulations!

Roy Tucker returns uneasily from World War II and injury to the Brooklyn Dodgers. I loved this book when I was maybe 12.

A friend of mine recommended an album of Duke Ellington stuff played by Sun Ra. Is there really such an album or was my friend mixed up? What is the name? Do you recommend it?

Rockies pitcher Nicasio was knocked out by a Nationals batter's lined shot to the head in the first inning of last night's game. I hope he is going to be ok. Such a dangerous position being close to the batter!

I do this with the old blues players! People such as Charley Patton, Son House, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Miss. John Hurt, Bukka White, etc. and even later greats like Lightnin' Hopkins, Lightnin' Slim, Jimmy Reed. I think I played When the War Was On (Blind Willie Johnson) about 10 times in a row last time I heard it. Enjoyed it so much! There'll be old time country songs you want to hear the same way. Weems String Band's Greenback Dollar and Davy. A country string band with cello in it, not bowed bass.

Above are all good suggestions! Burnett and Rutherford (fiddle and banjo) Wade Mainer with the Morris Brothers Dock Boggs (banjo player and singer) Carolina Tarheels (Clarence Ashley, banjo player and singer) Blind Alfred Reed (fiddle accompaniment to powerful songs about poverty) Weems String Band (Joe Bussard's favorite!) and if you squint your eyes a bit and look farther down the road, you might be able to fit these French ones from Louisiana in there too: Amédé Ardoin (just about the root of Cajun and black Creole Louisiana music; legendary musician died young; complete recordings released on one set this year on Tompkins Square with improved sound) Dennis McGee (amazing fiddler and vocalist playing many kinds of forgotten European dances) Joseph Falcon and Cleoma Breaux (accordion and guitar, husband and wife team, who also threw in American tunes like Lulu's Back in Town, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, Raise Your Windows High etc.) Soileau and Lafleur, and Soileau and Robin (accordion, fiddle duets with some blues) Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney (guitar-fiddle duo, sort of "ballady" with a lot of storylines) I am going to get the Charlie Poole set soon myself! (Hey Allen!)

Enjoy it!

I saw one of the shows on the tour that was recorded for this cd Amazing show! Something of a mix up on the cover, though. Allison Krauss played the show I attended, but she could not appear on the cd due to her contract with another company. Great with MONroe, as he used to pronounce it! Wish I had heard him with Don Gibson.

Looks like it furthered the plot. Exposition Skavoovie! Check out the Hi Fi at 0:30.