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QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 03:05 PM) Beach Boys > Beatles I agree 100%. The Beatles ATE the Beach Boys up.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 02:53 PM) I don't like them at all, and think Henley is an ego-maniac prick, but ya have to respect the hell out of them. They defined the "Southern California Sound" for a decade, making them part of the progression that included the Ventures, Beach Boys, Byrds, Burrito Brothers, etc., so they are unquestionably of historic rock and roll relevance.

If you are talking most quintessentially American band, then I'd say the Beach Boys, Eagles, Grateful Dead, NRBQ, and Big Star (who nobody has heard of but really should have). Album sales is another matter entirely,and I'm sure the record holders will be someone revolting like New Kids on the Block.

That Setzer album sounds really good. The last thing I picked up from him was the Christmas album a couple of years back, and I have meant to catch up. My kids rock out to the Christmas album.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jul 27, 2005 -> 11:01 AM) These are the kinds of reasons why I NEVER want to be a public official. And why some damn good others feel the same way. Absolutely. Life under the microscope doesn't look very fun at all.

Think there's any chance his tax records show tax-deductable contributions to the Federalist Society that he has no memory of joining but apparently was on tthe steering committee for? Or, maybe contributions to the pro-life group his wife is affiliated with? If that was the case but they filed jointly, then it could be explained away easily enough as her donation. If his filing is separate from hers, though, and still showed that kind of affiliation that he and the White House are trying to keep under wraps, then I can see the desire to not make the returns public.

Yeah, the cormorants are actually pretty wide ranging, although they are mostly coastal. They are very adaptable, however, as the southeastern catfish farmers have come to find out. Cormorants cost them probably a quarter of their fingerling-sized fish every year, and it has led to a lot of controversy over the need for aquaculturists to resort to lethal control means. The cormorants and anhingas are pretty closely related, and they both lack the waterproofing on their feathers that other waterfowl have, so you'll see both of them on land with their wings stretched out sunning themselves dry after foraging.

If the bill is hooked, you probably have a double-crested cormorant. If the bill is spear-shaped, it could be an anhinga (aka "snakebird"). Anhingas are rarely seen that far north, but there arre rare sightings as far up as Wisconsin. DC cormorants breed as far up as Alaska nd Nova Scotia, so I'd say that is more likely your bird. pix: double-crested cormorant, note the hooked bill anhinga - longer neck and spear-like bill Let me know if this was any help.

Happy Happy Birthday!

Wow. Hard to believe they built all that in a day. Wait, no... uhm, nevermind.

Some of those are really good.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 06:29 PM) One of the simple pleasure in life. Playing catch in the pouring rain That and getting toasted. Nicely toasted.

QUOTE(ptatc @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 07:25 PM) Sorry, just trying to help clarify things. I Kid Because I Care The technical nature of the post just was such striking contrast to the posts that preceded it. And it did clarify.

QUOTE(knightni @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 08:50 AM) Pfffth. I was gonna be in first when he tallied the scores. At the end, I was answering questions that some of you guys admitted to forgetting to send in answers in for. Yeah... answering them WRONG!!! Winner=Flaxx :finger :finger

QUOTE(ptatc @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 04:16 PM) Actually, the his current problems stem from the original fracture. As your definition stated the navicular was fractured and this led to problems in his arch. The joint between the navicular and the either the talus or the 1st metatarsal has begun to degenerate(per a quote by Schneider in the paper). This also leads to the lowering of the arch and the subsequent increased pressure and inflammation. The arch normally raises and lowers (supination and pronation) during running. It is this motion from a guy 275+ lbs that causes the pain and inflammation. Mmm-hai-hey.. GLAYVEN!

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 03:06 PM) I think it's actually gooney goo hoo. Are you questioning my command of the Bigfoot Language?!? I'm outraged.... OUTRAGED I SAY!!!

My sympathy, Aboz. That is very heartbreaking.

Gooney Goo Goo.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) I read the story with no problem. The author has nothing on Stephen King. Try reading the Running Man (might be under Richard Bachman). He vividly describes a character that actually drags himself down the aisle of a plane with his large intestine dragging behind him. Then it gets caught on something... He had a short story called "Survival Instinct" I think, in his second collection that was pretty hardcore too. It was about a surgeon stranded on an island with a bag full of morphine but not food. In first person narrative via journal entries, the character methodically describes how he shoots up and then surgically removes parts of his own body to cook up and eat. The last journal entry was the one before he finally had to eat his own hands.

Discovery is away!! Got a pretty good view from the office balcony, even though I'm about 75 miles away from the pad. :usa

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 09:12 AM) Cool. My grama lives there also. Right down the street from the Cracker Barrell off the expressway. Right by Space Coast Stadium...? Cool. I took my family up there for a Manatees/Lakeland Tigers game just last night. Gorgeous, breezy night. I'm worried that as they build up all the open pasture land around te stadium that it's not going to have those wonderful cool night breezes after sunset like you can almost always count on now.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 26, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) My sister went to our aunt & uncle's house in Melbourne. That's the place I call home. Not at your aunt and uncle's , Melbourne rather. Though technically with our move a few months back I'm now a resident of Palm Bay.

Then I guess it's going to be good old Executive Privilege that trumps everything. As always, it's good to be the king.

My wife and kids are out at the beach for the launch. :usa I'm stuck at work having to watch online.

QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jul 25, 2005 -> 11:02 PM) I didn't feel sick or like I was going to faint. I don't get sick that easy. It's just that I don't understand why a person would read that. Just stupid, IMO. Why do people watch graphic war films like Saving Private Ryan? They are intense and they are very disturbing, but they are real depictions of human tragedy. As are incidents like the prolapse depicted here. The lack of pain the author alluded to (and this did not happen to the author mind you, it is fiction based on an actual event) is as morbidly factual as some of the the soldiers' last moments recounted from the battlefield. Somebody getting in a situation like that depicted in the short story is f***ed up, sure, but 13-year olds are f***-ups practically by definition.