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Its getting spooky with all the injuries..I always expect some, but I dont remember ever seeing a rash like this. Just this week Pedroia, Buchholz, Victor Martinez, and Varitek....both catchers in one week?...to make it even weirder both AAA catchers are also on the DL- :o --never mind starting the ELEVENTH outfielder of the year tonight (Whatever happened to the good old days of carrying 4 outfielders?). Opening day pitcher Josh Beckett is still down as well as the leadoff man (Ellsbury) who's been out since April...Nevermind Mike Lowell...Jeremy Hermida and Im probably missing at least a couple because Im posting at 2AM.... and still only a half game back! Im lovin Daniel Nava!

I am completely shocked and stunned. Although I never had the privilege to know him personally, I could see through the insightfulness of his posts that he was a real force. I am very very sorry for the loss for those who knew him so closely. My deepest condolences. Requiem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gx-N-kdIXk Lament

True enough, people and institutions can be set in their ways but I think it will happen, the LGBT's have been fighting in an intelligent manner for 30+ years to be recognized as human beings. They've done their job and the ice has cracked in many segments of society to not only accept them as members of society but also in many cases vital contributors to their communities. The Church (or I should say some segments of the church) have had a hand in fighting for those rights as it always has fought for the oppressed, downtrodden and maligned.... as they did in fighting for civil rights and equal treatment for blacks a generation ago. Now (2010) that seems like a no brainer and its hard to believe that people were legally treated as second class citizens because of their skin color not that long ago.. Change, for some reason always seems to come with great difficulty and is not without growing pains.I suppose that some will fight against it, as some fought to maintain racial segregation 50 years ago. For the life of me I cant figure out what threatens people so much about two people who love each other wanting to get married --but it surely seems to... Some major denominations are fully for full rights, others (for instance The Episcopalians and Anglicans) are split, either for or against, and their bodies fracturing over the issue. O well-- I think that it is inevitable that eventually it will happen and 50 years from now people will look back in astonishment to think that at one time it wasn't allowed. If things never changed we'd still be somewhere burning 'witches', although it takes way to long, thankfully--they do

Si beag Si Mhor is the song that introduced me to Carolan years back when I heard a few different guitarists playing it over the course of ayear or two The mysterious and timeless rhythm got me hooked.. A GREAT book I picked up about 20 years ago is the Complete works of Carolan that has all of his surviving 230 or so works published..Its definitely worth hunting doen if you want to have some fun exploring some songs that arent heard every day...plus they sound good on any instrument.. Y'know even though I never knew him other than on GS.....I have been shocked by the passing of Rumrunner---I am just stunned.... In this context of blind musicians: Rev. Gary Davis: <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Fare well RR <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Who was the lucky poster??? (I'd reminisce but I have a hard time remembering yesterday...never mind what seems like lifetimes ago at the beginning of GS.) Thank you, thank you, thank you for providing us with this board Paw, and all the work, dedication blessings and BS that has gone with

Maybe... Can Big Baby catch? I better get in shape in case I'm needed--Sox have been through 10 outfielders so far---there's not much left on the depth chart, they may have to be raiding high schools, beer leagues and kids in the backyard playing catch soon to fill in the roster...

Bravo! :eusa_clap: There has been a long long line of great sightless musicians, one of my favorites being the Gaelic Harpist Turlough Carolan. Unfortunately no videos or recordings of him playing exist, which would be incredible to be behold but he died 300 years ago long before any of that stuff. Thankfully many of his fascinating melodies survive now played on all sorts of instruments... Heres a piece of his played on the type of instrument he apparently played... <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_1_Q2LL6A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_1_Q2LL6A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL_1_Q2LL6A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Two grossly underrated artists to end the weekend- Johnny Cash and Blind Willie Johnson <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1SRJrNZZw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1SRJrNZZw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1SRJrNZZw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

No doubt dat boy can flat out pick <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Yea but I have to wonder how much ended up in the food chain and what the overall implications of that could be.... I for one love New Orleans seafood but I know that Ill be thinking twice before eating anymore anytime soon....Ive already done more than my share of 'experiments' with ingesting chemicals for one lifetime. I have no desire to be a guinea pig yet again

Well as we've heard here at GS many times, the key apparently to fixing anything in the US of A is free markets, deregulation, and lack of government oversight and interference. :unsure: :wacko: Surely BP will do the right things and the problem will correct itself if we leave them alone long enough --- or so seems to say about half the country except when something like this happens when then they remain oddly quiet. If I had a few pints of Gunness in me, Im pretty sure I could think of a thousand things the govt could do but chances are that they already are doing anything that I could think of but I havent heard of it. Im sure there are all sorts of conspiracy theories out there about shutting down the oil industry but its just not feasible, America drinks oil like a drunken sailor spends money. Even though every President since Nixon has screamed about the dependence on Oil imo it will still take a generation or two at aminimum to wean the country off oil and develop some other useful source to fill the energy needs. The moratorium is just that, a moratorium to let these companies and the oversight people get their sh!t together. Hopefully they are using the time to design and implement blow out preventers that actually work more than 50% of the time and developing technology that wasnt designed by Groucho Marx to clean up accidental spills. (Im no chemist but I just dont see how pouring millions of gallons of toxic chemical dispersants into the Gulf somehow magically cleans up the water...Unless I missed that day in school where they taught poison is cleaned up by...more poison!) Anyway--no slight on the pubcrawlers intended-I'd be right there with them if I could Personally I think its an great opportunity for the folks at Bounty Paper Towels to come up with something--They're the "Quicker Picker Upper" , which is exactly what we need right about now Cheers

With my failing memory I am not sure if I posted this already but if i did i still like it! The sound gets better after the intros at about 1:20 <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Written in 1850 by Stephen Foster the simple infectious rhythm of Angeline The Baker never gets old to me. Over the last 160 years its been the context of a million musical get togethers, dances and back porch jams. I suppose there is a reason Stephen Foster is remebered as a great American songwriter..... Speaking of back porch jams heres another song that is older than dirt (at least the Civil War) but somehow is still alive--- and imho sounding really good Greasy Coat <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value=" name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>For real gluttons of traditional music, informalbut smokin' version of the same tune

Such as? I dont think that it is a question that Americans would help if they had the first clue what to do...If there is any disaster anywhere Joe and Jane America are always right there...digging people out of rubble, sending supplies, money, support, doctors..whatever is needed....but this circumstance it isnt quite so clear. I know Im at a loss and Im sure alot of other people are about what exactly they can do about a broken pipeline in the middle of an ocean miles below the sea. Im not an engineer and have no expertise--Even cleanup and volunteer opportunities are being controlled because of the heavy toxicity and potential health hazards to those who would normally be rushing to volunteer lest it put another disaster on top of this one. About the best I can come up with personally, other than hoping they shut the friggin thing off, is heading down to the Gulf and spending some money on things that I probably really dont want and really dont need at the Mom and Pop shops along the coast that have been hard it. Im goin down for a couple of weeks after the 4th to scope it out and do just that. I know its not much but its the best I can come up with to add my little piece to a big puzzle-- Thats all I got--If you, or any of the other Irish pubbers have any other ideas--Im all ears. Really. (Why o Why couldnt it have been a Guinness spill??)

ZEE Map A piece of history

No doubt my favorite dobro player--Jerry Douglas, with a medley of "little tunes" (Lil Ro Ro, Little Martha and A Monkey Let The Hogs Out) to start my morning <object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkY3R6lxXk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkY3R6lxXk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkY3R6lxXk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

That reminds of just about every other totalitarian in the world: Hussein's visage and quotes were once everywhere in Iraq as are Kim Jong Il's in North Korea I am sure there are others (Mao, Pharoahs etc) that have been afflicted with the same type of extreme narcissism, that need their pictures, statues, and quotes everywhere to inform the 'little people' but that anyone would ever buy into it seems very strange to me now

Yea they do--I hae to see anyone get hurt but its always part of the game ...Im encouraged that the RS can stay this close without their entire starting outfield plus two key starters (Beckett and DiceK)

That does suck--I hope he makes it back OK-thats what killed Nomars career.. Who the heck is that pitcher out there? Ive only seen a very few highlights of him but right now he looks like a cross between Bob Gibson and Pedro Martinez when they were at their best

Yea it did ---Im putting it out of my mind and moving on--its tough to be up by 13 and watch it dwindle away like that....I guess its appropriate to congratulate the Lakers although I really dont feel like it....Kobe is good bballer but something about him just rubs me the wrong way for some reason... Onward to new things--Its good to see Manny back in Fenway tonight, although Joe Torre with a blue LA hat still looks strangely wrong to me---plus the AL East continues to get closer and closer

Damn-you made me choke on that one!

I am pretty sure that they know it can be done that way as it has been done before. Even though the ocean IS being destroyed I really dont know if blowing off a nuclear weapon wouldn't be even worse. It's hard for a layman like me to know all of the implications of what exactly that would do to the Gulf and the ecosystem. Hopefully (because I have nothing else at this point)some genius somewhere has weighed all the variables of that possibility honestly without politics or corporations being involved and determined that its too destructive to implement. I Hope thats the case anyway. If it comes out at some point in the future that exploding the well could've been done safely and wasn't, the backlash for the administration could be near as bad as the disaster

16. Enjoy the spiritual benefits of chair stringing

One of the singers in the early Prince band (Gail C.) did take the class, went corps..etc etc. but there were all sorts of other rumors about other bands being involved (Foghat, Billy Joel, Kansas..In fact Kansas supposedly left in the early 70's then wrote "Carry On My Wayward Son" about leaving TWI Heck I dont know and I really dont care about that stuff--there was always someone name dropping going on to attempt to gain an air of legitimacy. Michael Jordan was also possessed (or maybe seed I forget) which is why he could leap like no one else.. I heard a different story about the submarine than the one above but it was still miraculously saved---as was, now that I think of it, an aircraft carrier, that surely would have sunk in an uncharted coral reef if a believer hadnt been listening to God. The healing from AIDS story was from Martindale at an ROA when the whole country was in a panic and no cure was known... Im sure there are a jillion other things but thankfully Ive forgotten them