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I still can't believe he went to the Yankees---- *&%^&^%$ Here's one helluva lineup and one obnoxious amount of money

Dang..get up at 2AM and it sorta feels like Jesus sold his soul to Satan---Johnny D. going crewcutted and pinstriped---damn --they are going to have one formidable outfield down there with Matsui-Damon-Sheffield... Thanks for fun times, hardplayin baseball and great memories, I'd say good luck to him but under the circumstances.... ugggh this ain't good

Are you talking about a wedding vow? One of those promises and vows you make before God? Breaking that doesn't sound too kosher to me in the first place

How about the dreaded "We've got to talk" O no I've found that that is code to mean that I would be much better off if I dropped everything and moved to somewhere like Cambodia before nightfall

I found this at www.ex-wayworld.com

Looks like the Dodgers are trying to rebuild the '03 Red Sox--- I'd like to see Nomar have a comeback year and make a big splash myself, it seems so recent to me when he was the "new Joe Dimaggio" " a surefire first ballot hall of famer' and the "next man to hit.400", things change quick in this game and almost never like you think. He always seemed like a sun and beach sort of guy. I hope the climate of Chavez ravine and reuniting with old friends helps him out. This seems to me like it is a crucial year for him--- is he going to rebound into the player he can be (.320 lifetime) , or turn into a guy who rides his career out as a utility player bouncing around from team to team? I for one hope he regains that infectious enthusiasm that he used to have and hits about .357. He was probably the most exciting young player I had seen since ...well...ever really

Yea it was Russ Coleman--He witnessed to me shortly after that on his interim year and told me that tale- I liked Russ but he certainly had a different way of going about things most of the time-----when I had no money for the class, Russ went from big business to big business found the CEO and told them that their company would prosper if they would give me $200.00 to take the class----strangely there were no takers. I was also with him when was nearly arrested for witnessing whereon he composed the legendary song "Pagan with a helmet on". Russ was one of the goodnatured lunatics that made my TWI experience worthwhile

Well c'mon out to the hills when your ready-we can never get enough fiddlers out here--especially ones who appreciate Natalie MacMaster, there is something about those celticy rhythms that send me to lands and times that are long long ago. I saw a musical 'solstice celebration' at the worlds largest Cathedral this week,(St. Johns in NY), very primal and compelling ancient yet modern music echoing throughout a magnificent space. The Paul Winter Consort who I guess you could call World Music or maybe Earth Music with an entourage of excellent musicians from around the world. Renato Braz from Brazil, African drummers and dancers, and my personal favorite the Pokrovski Ensemble from Russia who sang 2000 year old Russian Folk Melodies (you may have heard some of their stuff on the intro to the TV' Survivor show)combined with the light progressive jazz influenced Winter Consort, and sounds of the earth ( wind , birds, whales, wolves howling etc.) put together more of an event or an experience than just a concert. It was a genuine celebration of the return of the light after the years darkest days, something that has been going on since the beginning of time and has morphed over the millenia into various religious holidays. As much as I do like traditional Christmas and holiday music that is done well and originally, this transcended that avenue and musically tapped the universal aspects of this time of year It is an annual event in NYC and something imo think that everyone should experience at least once in their life

Should the mother who gave the kid up for adoption have any role in this whatsoever? Should the state have any role in this whatsoever? Should the father have any role in this whatsoever? (I ask the above because it seems like there should be a none-of-the-above selection here) Should the kid's ventilator be removed? Should the kid's feeding tube be removed? There is a lot in the story about the extremely dysfunctional family dynamics, which is screwed up beyond belief, but I dont necessarily think that the surviving family members should be excluded from the process just because they seem somewhat reprehensible in the way that they are portrayed in the story. I would hate to have to be the Solomon that sorts it all out, but I think that they should be at least given their say and have it weighed into the decision process. There is not enough information on the exact condition of Haleigh for me to answer whether or not the ventilator or feeding tube should be removed or not. She has been in this condition only three months and the focus of the article was more on making the family members the story than her exact condition The Schiavo case had been stretched out so long, tried and retried in so many courts, that every last angle had been covered as amatter of public record. I am not against giving people the right to die but, I couldn't and wouldn't make a decision based on the scant info in this article.

I was never in the corps but I became more nad more distrustful of them for the most part as I continued on in TWI. I had a hard time thinking about good things remebered about the corps in the other thread, I only knew a handful that seemed normal and lived 'quiet and peaceable lives' went about their business , left you alone but were there if you needed them. Those I liked but they seemed few and far between to me. Too many knew everything about everything, including everything I should be doing and how I should be doing it at any given time and would sell their soul, their friends or their own mothers to brownnose anyone further up the dunghill than them. The power structure built it to be a haven and a sort of breeding ground, if people had that propensity, for rats. Not all of them-but enough They thought that they have "no friends when it comes to the word' but in the end they'll just have ' no friends"

Now thats a great sound that I haven't heard in way too long a hammered dulcimer. I can't vouch for or say who the 'ideal' dealer may be, but a quick search gave me THIS SITE which may give you some ideas

LOL--- Maybe I could shop my way around out there, if thats the criteria- "50 yo catcher with bad arm and back will sit on your bench for MLB minimum wage-had a strong 1973 season -this could be the comeback year, sign me now!" Alomar seemed ancient way back when he was having decent years I hear talk about the Sox and Clemens. The Sox might have a bargaining chip in that if he gets one more Red Sox victory he will surpass Cy Young with Red Sox wins--They've been tied at 192 since Rog left. I suspect Roger loves his records. That wouldn't be a bad top three Schilling, Clemens and Beckett

From a biography of the composer Robert Schumann- this has happened before... What a way to go..

O gees-us guys better start gettin the bail money ready

..Well its now official Bill Mueller is with the Dodgers, I gotta stop and say thank you. After the playoffs this year he said that It was an honor to wear the uniform, I have to add it was an honor to watch him play the game the way it was meant to be played for last three years-- he is a class act all the way

What time is it: 11:54 AM-snowed in today 2. Name: Bill 3. Nickname: Ive had alot over the years nothing is sticking right now other than Bill 4. Piercings: none although I did have an earring for a short time about 30 years ago 5. Recent Movie you've seen: A documentary about Woody Guthrie 6. Eye color: used to be brown, more of a green/blue now 7. Place of birth: Winchester, Massachusetts 8. Favorite food: changes according to the situation, I always like Salmon and once in a while lobster 9. Ever been toilet papering? No 10. Love someone so much it made you cry? yes ever hate someone so much it made you cry? I don't know if hate is the right word but i have gotten incredibly blue at the outlandish and horrific things that some people will do 11. Been in a car accident: I got hit by a car while I was riding a bicycle. Is that a car accident? 12. Favorite day of the week: The ones where I wake up and am still breathing are all pretty good 13. Favorite restaurants: Helsinki Cafe-(If you are unsure try the latkes and gravlax) 14. Favorite Flower: those colorful ones that are everywhere in the spring 15. Favorite sport to watch: baseball 16. Favorite Drink: non liquour -aqua pura, h20--good old water liquour-not much of a drinker anymore, I am mostly retired from drinking although a Sam Smiths Nut Brown Ale would be nice right about now 17. Favorite ice cream: Again varies according to the situation, there is a local brand, Berkshire Farms, that makes great simple flavors--the coffee will keep you up all night , they have the best vanilla, and a very interesting Ginger Ice Cream. If I want something a little heavier its one of those ultra chocolaty Ben and Jerry's deals that has about 10 syllables in the name 18. Disney or Warner Brothers: Keep em both--Im not much of a movie goer 19. Favorite fast food restaurant: Toody's ( a local place--try the steak and cheese with sauce...) 20. What color is your bedroom carpet: primarily red but lots of designs on it 21. How many times you failed your driver's test? Trick question, when I was 16, I passed the test but they failed me because I had no money in the meter in front of the courthouse, so once I guess 22. Winter, summer, spring or fall: Spring, summer, fall, winter, in that order--just the way God put 'em 23. Which store would you choose to Max out your credit card: Heidi's Studfarm-to keep the GS Ladies happy , I dunno--if it wasn't a vacation resort or an art museum or something, probably someplace where I could get some great tools 24. What do you like to do when you are most bored: plunk away on my guitar or mandolin 25. Bedtime: varies widely 26. Favorite TV shows: baseball-other than that nothing regular-although I have been known to stop for King of the Hill 27. Last person you went to dinner with: A very nice and enjoyable lady friend 28. Ford or Chevy: Toyota Pickup and Dodge van 29. What are you listening to right now? Dirk Powell 'Banes Grave" 30. How many tattoos do you have: None 31. How many pets do you own: None at the moment, although there are a few community type pets in my neighborhood and at my shop 32. Which came first the chicken or the chicken egg? Eggs for breakfast, chicken for dinner. So I guess its eggs first for me, over easy with bacon and wheat toast please. I'll take a large glass of fresh squeezed OJ while your at it.

Of who does the author speak? of himself? or some other man? I almost choked when I read this Holiness? Purity of life? Tell it to the girls cornered in the motorcoach. Gimme a break

About a minute and a half before I heard the applause, but I was pretty lucky, getting the first few pieces where they belonged totally by accident the skydiver sure helped out

Like I said -the only problem with Mueller is his knees which are just about toast-he still plays through them but he may spend tim eon the DL. Lowe is funny, He is like that Forrest Gump thing "You never know what you are going to get--- a brilliant 3 hitter with 20 groundball outs? Back to back to back bombs? Pouting on the mound like a 3rd grader? (His body language can be hilarious), or absolute command. When he wants it and he is confidant he is unstoppable, but if he gets rattled it can take him weeks-months sometimes, to get him back on track... Well Renteria is off to Atlanta so it looks like the Red Sox are going to have a whole new infield next year. It still doesnt cease to confound and perplex me how fast things change in this game, of the 2004 World Champ 25, there are already only a handful left and many of those are being mentioned in trade talks--and its only been 14 months.

Im going to see the Paul Winter Consort's Solstice Celebration at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC next week. Ive been wanting to go to this concert for years but each year by the time I remembered to look it was always sold out. I got prompted by another GSer, we got lucky on the seats and we are going together. This too promises to be an 'experience'

I was never a HUGE Beatles or Lennon fan the way some are, but still i always had great respect for not only their music but the impact that he/they had on our entire generation... I was driving in a car with a wafer in So. Illinois when I heard the news on the radio. I couldn't believe how absolutely stunned and shocked I was, then amazingly saddened. The news completety sideswiped me. Although I would have never ever expected it to, , his death had a deep emotional impact on me. I got very reflective and and reminissed (sp) with the other wafer who then got on his soapbox and spouted the company line about him being a seed boy--- oblivious to the fact that one of the greats of our time had been murdered. It sickened me, I stayed away for several days and mourned and then entered into a season that was a bit quieter and more internal than the previous one.

Well you already have one ex sox king of the bizarros in Derek Lowe, who imo could be one of the great pitchers in the game if he could maintain a focus..... I think you would like to watch Bill Mueller, to me he is one of the most underrated guys around. Not flashy, but he is the consummate professional who does the job and all the little things day in and day out. Its too bad he isn't more of a name, but he is just a quiet guy who just goes about his business and does it right. There are a lot of characters, names, personalities, all sorts things you can attribute to major leaguers. Bill Mueller is a 'ballplayer' and a good one, I'd hate to see him go, but it seems to be the nature of the game these days. His only weakness is that his knees are about gone after about a billion surgeries on each one. I gotta wonder how Nomar is feeling after turning down $60mil afew years ago-I doubt after the last 2 years he will ever see anything like that tossed his way again that one got by him--- E6

Is Hiway still coming around? gotta ask him what he think's of gettin' Grady. You already know what I think of him. I ran across THIS ARTICLE in the LA Times---Bill Plaschke, most often seen making no sense on ESPN, characterizing the signing as “hitting- a late-inning, backdoor slider out of the park.” Well, we'll see, I'm bettin pretty soon he will have a valid point of comparison as the Grady tenure will give him many chances to see opposing teams hit late inning dingers off of tired starters and poorly selected relievers. But on the upside, you don’t have to worry about the Dodgers getting a situational lefty. To Grady, there are no situations. He was apparently “canned by weak-kneed Boston officials who bowed to a region of whiny, self-absorbed fans." This management may be manipulative and devious but weak-kneed? Remember to tell that to Nomar and Theo the next you see them. Plaschke does say one thing that makes sense in that he compares Little and Don Zimmer. In my thinking they are similar in that they both reigned over catastrophic collapses, except that Plaschke means it as a complement. I dunno--- maybe a change of scenery and that California sun will do him some good--but if he stays being the old Grady, managing straight from the gut and on 'intuition' half the time, beware--- because it can get really bizarre and almost absurd--especially in the late innings

I haven't read every word of this thread so someone may have already covered it, but am I the only one who sat through session 12 when Wierwille repeated over and over "No man can REALLY say .....No man can REALLY say...No man can REALLY SAY Jesus is Lord... but by Speaking in tongues" ? He said it about five or six times, Were you all out of the room gettin cookies?

Im pretty thankful that I don't live across the street, I might start believing in capital punishment