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Good Monday all....
How was your weekend? Ours was pretty good...we went pre-shopping for our new iMac and have pretty much zeroed in on a 20" monitor and 350gb hard drive. We will probably up the memory to 2gb from the 1gb the computer ships with to allow for faster draw when using Photoshop and allow us to have more programs open at once. That was our problem with the old mac...we would have iTunes, Photoshop, Illustrator and Firefox all running at the same time and the poor little thing just could not handle it. Still not sure if we will get the wireless keyboard, but will certainly get the wireless mighty mouse, which offers trackball scrolling and two-button options...
Totally cool and graphics are incredible...Just do not think we will be able to get it until mid-February, so our music stored on the old one and any graphics programs are unusable until then...
Saturday evening we went and celebrated the 83rd birthday of Nancy's mom, Mama Dot...we brought along an antipasto which went over pretty well...had a real nice time with the entire family and then had CAKE....yummo cake...apple with a caramel frosting made from fresh apples received from Vermont...also had a small piece of homemade pecan pie which was just deLISH...
Chargers could not get in the end zone...once again the Patriots looked like they could be had, but held off the competition and will be going to the Super Bowl...
Time for the Giant and Green Bay...as our good friend Dixie mentioned on her blog, we have a $5.00 bet on this game as she takes the team from Wisconsin and we are backing our Giants...BIG BLUE is ready for this game and we expect them to play well...going to be bitterly cold up there, they are saying this will be the third coldest game played in NFL history.
The coldest game was the 1981 AFC championship game, played Jan. 10, 1982, at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium. The temperature was minus-9, and the wind chill plunged the readings to minus-59 as the Bengals beat San Diego 27-7.
Next was the Ice Bowl on Dec. 31, 1967 for the NFL title at Lambeau Field. The Packers beat Dallas 21-17 on Bart Starr’s quarterback sneak in the final seconds. It was minus-13 that day and the wind-chill factor was estimated at minus-48.
Should ONLY be about -25 with the wind chill tonight in Green Bay!
10 - 6 at halftime...Giants almost put the ball in the end zone near the end, but the pass was dropped...arg....
CRAP...Toomer drops an easy pass...Eli Manning has been plagued with an NFL leading 47 dropped passes this season...OH for some stick-em...hehehehehe
END OF THE WORLD ALERT: FOX will be having a Red Carpet for the Super Bowl with Ryan Seacrest hosting....WTF!!!!!!!????
We have just heard the report on "Heater-gate"...on the sidelines they have benches for the players that are supposed to have hot air blown into them to provide some warmth...seems on the Giants sideline the air being blown into them is only lukewarm...
GB finds out penalties will kill ya every time... 13 -10 Giants...then the Giants give up a long kick-off return...sheesh
And the Giants learn that penalties will kill you...giving GB a TD...arggggggggggggg...
And the third time is the charm for the Giants field goal kicker and BIG BLUE is headed for the SUPER BOWL!
The defense really shut down Green Bay all game...
NE already 14 point favorites???? NE has not covered in about 6 weeks...way too many points IMHO
For a more complete wrap, head over to Travis'...
Time for the Giant and Green Bay...as our good friend Dixie mentioned on her blog, we have a $5.00 bet on this game as she takes the team from Wisconsin and we are backing our Giants...BIG BLUE is ready for this game and we expect them to play well...going to be bitterly cold up there, they are saying this will be the third coldest game played in NFL history.
The coldest game was the 1981 AFC championship game, played Jan. 10, 1982, at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium. The temperature was minus-9, and the wind chill plunged the readings to minus-59 as the Bengals beat San Diego 27-7.
Next was the Ice Bowl on Dec. 31, 1967 for the NFL title at Lambeau Field. The Packers beat Dallas 21-17 on Bart Starr’s quarterback sneak in the final seconds. It was minus-13 that day and the wind-chill factor was estimated at minus-48.
Should ONLY be about -25 with the wind chill tonight in Green Bay!
10 - 6 at halftime...Giants almost put the ball in the end zone near the end, but the pass was dropped...arg....
CRAP...Toomer drops an easy pass...Eli Manning has been plagued with an NFL leading 47 dropped passes this season...OH for some stick-em...hehehehehe
END OF THE WORLD ALERT: FOX will be having a Red Carpet for the Super Bowl with Ryan Seacrest hosting....WTF!!!!!!!????
We have just heard the report on "Heater-gate"...on the sidelines they have benches for the players that are supposed to have hot air blown into them to provide some warmth...seems on the Giants sideline the air being blown into them is only lukewarm...
GB finds out penalties will kill ya every time... 13 -10 Giants...then the Giants give up a long kick-off return...sheesh
And the Giants learn that penalties will kill you...giving GB a TD...arggggggggggggg...
And the third time is the charm for the Giants field goal kicker and BIG BLUE is headed for the SUPER BOWL!
The defense really shut down Green Bay all game...
NE already 14 point favorites???? NE has not covered in about 6 weeks...way too many points IMHO
For a more complete wrap, head over to Travis'...
On our way to Chicago today for another press approval. Will be there overnight and returning later on Tuesday. Should be a bit chilly there also...was only about 26 Sunday here in the Memphis area....
OK...ready for Spring...LOL
OK...ready for Spring...LOL
Dug into our collection for today's Tuneage...just reached in and grabbed the first CD that hit our hand...we will say we did reach into the jazz section...Came up with The Count...
Count Basie And His Orchestra...on the Verve Label, the album is called li'l ol' groovemaker....BASIE!
All music on the album was arranged by Quincy Jones.
Recorded on April 21, 22 and 23 1963 in New York City, the album features the following musciens:
The first song is called "Nasty Magnus" ... written by Los Angeles DJ Johnny Magnus, a good friend of Quincy's. First you hear Al Aarons on trumpet, then Eric Dixon takes over.
This is called "Pleasingly Plump" ...written by Quincy, the trumpet solo by Al Aarons
The Count died of pancreatic cancer in Hollywood, Florida on April 26, 1984 at the age of 79...he left us with a legacy of brilliance...
Count Basie And His Orchestra...on the Verve Label, the album is called li'l ol' groovemaker....BASIE!
All music on the album was arranged by Quincy Jones.
Recorded on April 21, 22 and 23 1963 in New York City, the album features the following musciens:
Count Basie - Piano
Snooky Young - Trumpet
Fip Ricard - Trumpet
Al Aarons - Trumpet
George Cohn - Trumpet
Don Rader - Trumpet
Henry Coker - Trombone
Grover C. Mitchell - Trombone
Benny Powell - Trombone
Urbie Green Trombone
Eric Dixon - Saxophone
Marshall Royal - Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - Saxophone
Frank Wess - Saxophone
Freddie Foster - Saxophone
Freddie Green - Guitar
Buddy Catlett - Bass Guitar
Sonny Payne - Drums
Snooky Young - Trumpet
Fip Ricard - Trumpet
Al Aarons - Trumpet
George Cohn - Trumpet
Don Rader - Trumpet
Henry Coker - Trombone
Grover C. Mitchell - Trombone
Benny Powell - Trombone
Urbie Green Trombone
Eric Dixon - Saxophone
Marshall Royal - Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - Saxophone
Frank Wess - Saxophone
Freddie Foster - Saxophone
Freddie Green - Guitar
Buddy Catlett - Bass Guitar
Sonny Payne - Drums
The first song is called "Nasty Magnus" ... written by Los Angeles DJ Johnny Magnus, a good friend of Quincy's. First you hear Al Aarons on trumpet, then Eric Dixon takes over.
This is called "Pleasingly Plump" ...written by Quincy, the trumpet solo by Al Aarons
The Count died of pancreatic cancer in Hollywood, Florida on April 26, 1984 at the age of 79...he left us with a legacy of brilliance...
