the other ~

Matt Bissonette

and my favorite dimpled drummer :-)

and a wee bita Mr. Fancypants Satriani at the very end.

Anybody remember this? I don't.

A little YMC - eh? Love this stuff!

Wow!

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday night it will strip Lance Armstrong of his unprecedented seven Tour de France titles after he declared he was finished fighting the drug charges that threaten his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

Travis Tygart, USADA's chief executive, said Armstrong would also be hit with a lifetime ban on Friday.

Armstrong, who retired last year, declined to enter USADA's arbitration process — his last option — because he said he was weary of fighting accusations that have dogged him for years. He has consistently pointed to the hundreds of drug tests that he has passed as proof of his innocence during his extraordinary run of Tour titles stretching from 1999-2005.

Wow!

As I understand it, they NEVER found ANY dope in his system, yet find him guilty when he finally says piss off. Did I miss something?

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Chelle, that totally burns my butt. Here's a guy with an extraordinary physique who has worked hard most of his life to achieve everything, and he's EARNED it....and a witch-hunt finally takes him down, NOT because he's actually guilty but because they just can't accept a human being could possibly be just THAT extraordinary, so SOMETHING must be off about him. They picked and picked and picked at him till he just couldn't take it anymore, and gave up the fight so his life could finally go on.

Lance's official statement

I hope this causes such an outrage that the USADA is forced to return his titles and unban him from racing, and the assholes at the top are knocked off their pedestals for good instead of Lance!

I will still support LiveStrong.org and all he's done for cancer.

Aaaaand another shooting of 7 people at the Empire State Bldg. by a disgruntled employee. The shooter has been shot and killed. More fuckin gun bullshit! Dude doing an interview from the scene said the guy next to him was shot in the neck. Did he take his shirt off and try to help the guy? No. He took pictures of him. No hope for humanity ferfuxsake!

Fired employee retaliation.

edit- My daughter was just on one of the fave websites reading about the shooting in NY, and they actually have PHOTOS POSTED of the friggin shot & bleeding people laying on the ground with a warning "graphic image" before you scroll down. So much for respecting anyone's privacy! That's awesome for family and friends to see, let alone the general public. Ahh, the freedom of people with no moral conscious.

And then there's this.

Joe? did you received my message? contact me please?

Michelle

You're going to steve vai gig on aug 29th right?

I don't want to gush about how much Joe's music and his guitar playing mean to me, as I've attached so much private meaning to so many of his compositions. When my wife was dying of cancer, "Love Thing" became something that was a balm to my heart and soul, and, seven years after she's gone, it still is.

What I want so badly is for Joe to get the recognition he deserves. While the people that gravitate here know the blessed magic that lies in Joe's music, it eludes, for crass commercial reasons, the masses. His Chickenfoot endeavor is a move in the right direction, but he's tied up with the wrong people. Sammy Hagar is a wonderful stadium-rocker, but he drags Joe down. Joe's music is miles above the well-intended but crude approach of Sammy.

Who knows Paul Carrack? Been around for ages, and, in an ironic way, is sort of like Joe: better than anyone in his class--singing, songwriting, piano playing--but beautiful, melodious, Would love to see Joe and Paul Carrack get together and form the band that Joe desrves to lead. Paul Carrack too.

Thanks,

Glad I could help wake/shake the place up a bit

:?)

In college and already a Ron Paul fan...the boy is wise beyond his years...obviously he ignored you just enough :?P

Satrinocchio - after he said he was none of the 10 best guitarists on this planet :-) with Steve Vai and Steve Morse - another 2 of these 10

see the picture here:

Danny, did you buy me tickets for my birthday?

cuth, my son has been a Ron Paul fan for a few years. He's his own man. He's into different political ideals, likes Buddhism & meditation, likes reading books by Thich Nhat Hanh, he likes to dj & mix & make dubstep music - the only thing he's not allowed to be is Republican. LOL!

Oh intercourse the penguin!

Back in the day a friend of ours would shout that every time he got drunk enough and was losing an argument. Good stuff that MP is.

I'd like to take a small bita space and wish my little mum a happy 79th birthday today. I really miss her.

chelle: I hate to break it to you, but Ron has had an 'R' next to his name for the vast majority of his political life. He tried "L" in '88, but concluded that the 3rd party route was not the way for him to have a positive impact.

Currently, the GOP platform draft includes two of Ron's great ideas regarding auditing the Fed and investigating a return to the gold standard.

cuth, re: my son - I meant jokingly more in a "thinking Rep." way. Ron Paul is a funny little fella. He's a pistol for being 77 years old. Gotta give him that. My son is a big boy now. Mama can't tell him what to do to much anymore. It's his path, not mine.

Has anyone seen this yet? Return to Forever: Inside the Music? I bought it for my hubs birthday, and I was watching it this morning. Good stuff. Love hearing people explain how they create their music and the stories behind it.

Weiner was in Washington with Abe Lincoln. That's all I know :-)

Just seen a bita weather news. My thoughts and prayers are with those in the path of Isaac. My advice is to GTFO, and don't wait till it's up on ya to do it! Just because you put boards over your windows doesn't mean yer roof won't blow off. Scary stuff!

In other very important news, I'm out of Jagermeister.

Read today that they're going to stop playing Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond at the Penn State football games. The asked for suggestions of what songs to rotate onto the playlist. Someone suggested this. The situation isn't funny, but the song suggestion really is.

We need a Jagermeister IV drip set up at the M Good house, STAT!!!!

Dat ain't a pretty sight when she runs outta da juice!!

Meanwhile....in other news....