At the risk of duplication, I'm posting a link to a fascinating article and materials primarily centering on the relationship of Bill Evans with Gene Lees & Helen Keane, along with his European friends Bernard Maury, Francis Paudras and Brian Hennessey. There are some rare photos and other ...

Is it true that Iran is boycotting Indiana?

Indiana has applied to become a county in Mississippi.

Do you patronize that cheap hot dog place on Broadway? I don't believe that there is any real papaya in their drink.

The chance of another Norman Granz emerging is slim.

At 62 I could do a helluva lot of things that I can't do now.

I fully retired at age 74 and have followed the rule to do very little - slowly.

I lost interest in college hoops when the good players went pro after their freshman or sophomore years.

I still remember that great Florida team where the players stayed until they graduated.

That's a long time ago and hasn't been repeated since.

I saw Minnie play a couple of time against the Angels. One of the best.

We just celrated out 33rd. I've been married for 53 years, but not all to Donna.

Have a great trip.

Have a pineapple daiquiri for us.

We all should be grateful for the great recordings he sold.

It's a crime that Minnie hasn't been elected to the HOF.

I hope my new Google glasses have that included.

We have a very diversified portfolio - mutual funds, REITs, no individual real estate except our house, with a tiny mortgage, in a market were prices are credulously high. All mutual funds make statement that they can do things better than the other guys. All cats are black in the dark. Our best MF ...

A rabbi, a dromedary and the Up With People group walk into a bar. . .

We never watch those awards shows but it sounds like we would have dug Little Stevie .

I remember when basketball was a good game. The NBA is a circus.

Anything by Bill Evans, Cannonball or Basie

Arizona is the Mississippi of the West.

I bought my first computer in 1981, my first Walkman about the same time, iPod when it first came out, cds in early 90s. I have had a smart phone for a couple of ears and have finally figured out how to answer it.

Not being a prayer, all I can do is recall all of the great music he has given us for all these years and play a couple of cds, probably one with Duke and another with Brook.

It's time to bring back the gerbil and other rodents thread

Oops 7:30 in the cool cool cool of the evening.

I've dropped about 45 lbs over the last three years by just not eating as much - smaller portions, no seconds, no snacking, nothing after about &:30 pm. Within those guidelines, I eat and drink whatever I want.

Well done, Ron. I hope that eventually some of those old Alley cats will come aboard.