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Yankees - Red Sox doubleheader starting in 30 minutes -- I'm pretty sure one will miss me if I'm not at my desk this afternoon...

Fall leaves.

And the "can't carry a tune in a bag" comment -- what was the meaning hidden in that?

I just don't get what a huge star like Timberlake stands to gain by bashing a Taylor Hicks. Does he feel threatened somehow? I've done my share of Hicks bashing, but then, I'm a nobody.

She'd be 16, a sophomore or junior in high school.

Maybe O.J. can help them find the real killer.

Good thing the media doesn't actually have the power to convict and sentence. Yet.

Justin Timberlake = douchebag.

Have a couple of tunes that snuck into my library through compilations, but 0% all-rap albums. And I like it that way.

Does that striped shirt say "Northern Rock" or "Monster Rack" ?

Cards just tied the Reds, 1-1 in the bottom of the 7th on a Scott Rolen HR.

Is John Rooney the best baseball announcer in the game today?

this all reminds me......when I worked at a Dick Blick Art Supply

on Wabash?

I love Thursday day games.

I'd try that, but I'm starting to get paranoid that the corporate firewall is gathering and profiling all of my search terms and results.

Kind of quiet on the boards today...

On the subject, I have noticed that a lot of the 'musical' toys we have for them all play (mostly) classical music...one is this badass cube thing that plays seperate instruments or all of them together in unison depending on which side you push. That said, so far, their favorite song is the 'A-B-C' song (traditional, not Jackson 5 version).

We have that cube too. The kids (7 and 2) both love it. And it's tough as nails.

Jazz is such a broad genre. You could try out one of the satellite radio services (xm/sirius) and sample their jazz offerings. Unless you can find a bunch of used jazz CDs at a garage sale, that might be an economical way to get exposed to the music.

War of the Worlds (Spielberg, Cruise)

Not bad, it had some pretty tense moments, especially the 30 minutes or so that Cruise and his kids spend escaping from the city. It has very little in common with the Orson Wells radio play. I can't remember enough of the H.G. Wells novel to know if it's more faithful to that storyline -- I have a vague recollection that the Tim Robbins guy-in-basement subplot comes from the book -- anyone know?

For all the praise Dakota Fanning gets, I really did not like her in this movie. I think she overacted. The kid who played Cruise's son did a nice job, though.

I know you just said something about RHCP, but I'm too distracted by the fact that the rest of the AL East no longer warrants inclusion in your sig.

Some folks down the road from here just raised 150, 000 dollars to fight the folks trying to get the white guy looking JC painting taken off the wall at the local high school.

Is the beef that it's JC, or that he's white?

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

War - Low Rider

I still like "Under The Bridge."

They don't have radio stations with music where you live?

Bruno was hugely funny. I always liked his movie roles.

How, exactly, did we stop the communist advance in Vietnam?

What, you want facts or something? I was painting a picture, remember?

And don't forget the cities...

San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie

I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett

L.A. Woman - The Doors

City of The Angels - Journey

When The Lights Go Down In The City - Journey

Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel

Born in East L.A. - Cheech & Chong

WWI: We were barely involved.

 

WWII: We got in late, lost a lot of men, would have lost probably 500,000 more if we didn't drop the bomb.

 

Korea: We didn't exactly clean up there.

 

Vietnam: Huge mistake. (Of course I hear Vietnam is a great place for vacations now...)

 

1st Iraq war: We ended a 50 year policy of containment, didn't really gain anything, got our troops sick with chemical weapons, and is probably the real reason 9/11 ever happened.

 

2nd Iraq war: Need I say more.

And if you think about it, this is 1984. We have been at war constantly.

You've painted a pretty bleak picture here. It's almost as easy to paint the rosier side that we all grew up with:

WWI: We saved Europe.

WWII: We saved Europe again, and fought off Japanese aggressors at the same time.

Korea: We stopped a communist advance.

Vietnam: We stopped a communist advance again.

1st Iraq War: We liberated Kuwait in like 3 days.

2nd Iraq War: Ummmmmmmm.....