Kaoru Abe - Live Improv (Video)

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Submitted by cobwebsandstrange on 9/10/10 6:44am

Playing free, especially in a solo setting, presents innumerable pratfalls. Kaoru Abe, though, is somehow able to hold a listeners attention while flying off into seemingly unrelated skronkings. Top shelf...

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Concerning the Incident Last Week When I Forced Our Sisters to Knife-Fight

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Submitted by msarko on 9/10/10 2:06am

It is highly unlikely that you have forgotten the unfortunate circumstances involving our respective sisters this Tuesday last. After no small amount of contemplation, I felt it would be only proper to address this issue as a gentleman. Make no mistake, this letter in no way means that I accept total responsibility for what came to pass. This is as much a document to prove my amicability in a court of law, should it come to that, as a gesture to you, my neighbor. However, I will not insult your intelligence and attempt to draw this out by explaining those details that I am sure you have uncovered yourself. To avoid any undue confusion, I will admit this one fact:



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A new study: Fat Men Sex Machines?

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Submitted by dfunzy on 9/10/10 1:51am

News giving one to the heavy set, the weight challenged, the fat guy.

I guess this is another example of science working to discover -- what? Anyway, Salon reports that a new study by Erciyes University in Turkey concluded that men of larger size last longer in bed. Larger size in body weight that is.

Will women shun the lean buff gym dudes for the diet and exercise challenged fat dudes? The study found that "lean jocks are prone to premature ejaculation," and that fatter men last longer in bed.

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Bad Beginnings: Good Shows With Weak Pilot Episodes

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Submitted by msarko on 9/10/10 12:49am

Though it's almost guaranteed that a show will improve on the weaknesses on display in its first episode, some shows have such horrible pilots that it's a wonder they even got picked up in the first place. Among those series with appalling introductions is a very rare subset go on to be critically acclaimed and beloved by fans. Usually it's a matter of heavy retooling, though sometimes a show just has to shake off its rookie mistakes to find the true potential underneath.



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A fan's hope -- Go Skins. Beat Dallas.

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Submitted by dfunzy on 9/10/10 12:36am

Just watched a new Internet sports video of the 2010 NFL predictions for the NFC East, and the Washington Redskins aren't predicted to win any more than eight games. See the video.

As for my thoughts on this season -- I am lukewarm on Washington Redskins first year coach Mike Shanahan, even though Dan Snyder's hiring of Shanahan, who coached the Broncos to two Super Bowl victories and seven playoff appearances during his 14-years in Denver was praised by the majority of fans, who welcomed the new coach to town with overwhelming enthusiasm. Shanahan, as the new coach has a new way of doing things, and is considered a tough, hard ass, and it takes even a genius a year or two to get a team to play well under his leadership, and Mike Shanahan has not shown that he's a genius.

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Ballroom Dancing to Modern Pop

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Submitted by msarko on 9/9/10 9:35pm

Though ballroom dancing is a little more popular today than it was just a few years ago, most venues still stick to classic styles of music to put people on the dance floor. Big Band Swing plays at jitterbug clubs, Latin brass plays for the tango and if anyone today actually waltzes, they waltz to old string arrangements. The funny thing is that there's no real reason why people couldn't perform classic ballroom dances to modern pop songs. After all, the steps just match to a particular rhythm. Given the right beat or progression, a ballroom dance is possible. Here are a few examples of modern pop songs that lend themselves to old dances.



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Quiet Rivers Run Deep

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Submitted by Sandy on 9/9/10 8:25pm

So, *HOW* does a Kevin Rivers come from nowhere to lead a low minors league in OPS?


The answer is both simple and complex.  I'll start with a simpler question:


How many baseball coaches across America are "decent"?


I work at the National Center for Health Statistics.  Once upon a time, I was asked by a visitor:  "How many people work here?"  "About half," I quipped.


Well, that is probably a humongously generous estimate of competent baseball coaches.  How is that that Tom's River, New Jersey seems to get a team deep into the Little League World Series repeatedly?  The answer is NOT that there is magic baseball dust in the toxic waste dumps of Eastern New Jersey.  The answer is ... a *GOOD* baseball coach can make a humongous deal in the success of totally raw talent.

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Don't Ask Don't Tell Ruled Unconstitutional

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Submitted by lisala on 9/9/10 8:15pm

A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips has granted a request for an injunction halting the government's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay and lesbian citizens serving in the U. S. military. Philips stated that DADT doesn't support military readiness and in fact has a "direct and deleterious effect" on the armed services as a whole. Government attorneys from the Department of Justice argued that Philips, a Federal judge, lacks authority to issue an injunction. They will be able to appeal the Judge's decision. The injunction was requested by the Log Cabin Republicans.

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My Infrastructure Stimulus Plan

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Submitted by Prez on 9/9/10 6:55pm

this, but with a huge wall around itthis, but with a huge wall around itAs promised, now that the Iraq draw-down is in full effect I have decided to shift my focus primarily to repairing the troubled U.S. economy. This will be no easy task but I think the American people are up to it. I've been traveling around the nation for the past week and the word I keep using is "infrastructure". America needs a massive overhaul on its roads, bridges and other essential components of our daily lives and businesses. In my tour of the nation, I've also noticed one other, very important thing. Most of America is boring. Really freaking boring, as a matter of fact. It's like this nation is an ice cream sandwich made of bland vanilla and two cookies of pure crazy. Why are the coasts so much more fun than the middle? My sources say density is the issue. There are just more people on the coasts per square mile. That in mind, I have a multi-tiered plan to rejuvenate the middle of America with a few major changes.



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Florida man calls off stunt

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Submitted by dfunzy on 9/9/10 6:42pm

The Florida man, Terry Jones, the headman of a small fifty member Florida church, has called off his stunt to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 He has gathered his publicity . He drew the attention of the world. His name was spoken by international political and religious leaders. He had the President of the United States, top American political and military establishment figures wringing their hands, pleading with him. He got himself on the eleven o'clock news. Probably, he will sell more of his books, making more money for himself.

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