HAPPY BIRTHDAY XROB!!!

Hey YaYo, no more being denied at the gate of those damn 21+ shows! Now u b spendin' mo money, mo moeny, mo money! (not that $400+ wasn't enough last time! lmao). HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Just to let you know, you share this day with Jonathan Davis. lol!

Ovation, that's a great picture of Joe. ha! Geez man, now when I say the name Joe (my boss's name is also Joe), all I can think of is "I'm an evil mf Joe, you know dat!" rotflmao!! You ruined me!! Keep up the good work! lol!

MIKE.......SON OF SMITHERS, anibur already answered your question about Carol & Joan ~ they're Joe's sisters.

Since today is such a big football day for alot of folks here in the U.S., I thought I'd throw this piece from the newspaper out here to see how other people rate as football fans. This pertains to the 700 section at Veteran's Stadium in Philly. copy & paste ~http://www.readingeagle.com/re/news/1082225.asp

Since my team lost last weekend, I regretfully have to say ~ GO EAGLES!

Hey JOE, werd to ya mutha! What a talented family she has!

Happy hundred girls!

Ovation, I only ever went to one game at the Vet. Eagles against the Redskins. Might have been '93 or '94? I wore a Redskins sweatshirt & maroon jeans (I usually root for whoever's playing against the Birds), but my husband was sporting an Eagles shirt. The fans weren't to nasty towards me, but I did get the occasional "Redskins suck" comment. The 'Skins were winning till the last 7 seconds of the game, then the Eagles got a TD. The stadium went CRAZY to say the least. The guy standing next to my husband was so excited he smacked my husband (in a congratulatory way) on his arm - or should I say - right on his day old tattoo. lmao!! I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his skull! To me, it was worth the loss. lmao! WHACK! It still brings a smile to my face after all these years :) LOL! Oh, and as for the turntables...maybe you should start with some bling, bling. How bout a gold toof?

Ovation, gold toof in the hiz-zouse. lol!

r6r, only on a full moon ;-) lol!

Austin, I'm going for the Raiders. My favorite player, Rod Woodson, is there (been a fan of his since he was with the Steelers), plus Jerry Rice** & Romanowski (ex-49er's) - they have a good team. The fans in Raider Nation are the most fun to watch too. I actually fell asleep for part of the Eagles game. I figured the first big play was gonna be their last. lol!

gruskada, OMG! can you imagine those things flying down the hills of San Francisco! lmao!! The carnage! lol! They might be helpful going UP the hills, but man, going down...better pad up and get a mouth guard & helmet! LOL!! They look like so much fun. I would love to have one to zip around on. Hell, the kids can't even ride skateboards on the sidewalks here, so they'd prolly be outlawed pdq.

mick87, my pick for best guitar albums off the top of my head would be:

#1 - Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani

#2 -Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather- No Substitutions: Live in Osaka [LIVE]

OMG! I just listened to Three Lock Box with the cowbell and almost blew coffee all over my monitor! LOL! I can't believe it was made WITHOUT a cowbell in the song! lmao!!!!!

R6R, that didn't only make me smile, it made me laugh ree-hee-heally loud! LOL!

Is anybody here going to the Super Bowl?

FabLawyer, it's been a long time. Welcome back.

Ovation, best wishes with your mum-in-law ~ and by the way, my sis has really PERKED UP since last week. LOL! Good gawd y'all! She got it like dat now, oh yes she do! lol!

Ovation, that's the first time I've been "nominated" for G3! lmao! Guess I'll have to dust off the ol' cow bell ;-) LOL! Maybe we should make a CB3 for those of us who don't play guitar! LOL!

H302, do they actually think a real terrorist is going to say "ahhh, ya caught me..." and fess up? ha! Do you think a cop ever pulls over a person, asking "do you know how fast you were driving?" and have the person say "yes sir, I was going 97 mph sir!" duh! Ah well, congrats on your purchase! lol!

Guitarcake, Sure, everybody needs a back up band. I'd look kinda silly up there ~ just me and my cow bell. I could use a few more quick learning instrumentalists like yourself!! LOL!

What's the first song everyone thinks of when they think "cow bell"? Mississippi Queen is the first song to pop in my head. lol!

Stu Clone, keep us posted. I would LOVE to see a B3!!

guitarcake, bring it on brutha! lol! Your a regular one man band!

Drumstick, seems you didn't have a chance. Sounds like your teacher was a bit nasty. Forget that wanker and keep your chin up. The first time is always the worst. It can only get better from here :)

GO RAIDERS!!!

Maaaaaaan, this game is suckin' butt! This is a Super Bowl sleeper fer sure. 34 ~ 3. The Raiders just aren't getting it done :( Although my boy ROD WOODSON is all over the place! :) I wanted the Raiders to win so bad, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen tonight. On a different note, it's snowing here in PA so it's nice to watch a game on the toasty warm west coast.

Mike, YYZ is indeed the best! Neil Peart is a God!

Local Person, tuba? Yet another hidden talent ;-) lol!

So, who's with me? Bartender, I'll have another!

Raider touchdown!! 2 points.....UGGHHHHH!!! nevermind.......

MR Nick, I'll start the alphabet off with A3 - Accordian, B3 - is already Bass, C3 - as we all know is Cow Bell, D3 - Drums of course :) Who wants to take the next few....

A3 - Accordian, B3 - is already Bass, C3 - as we all know is Cow Bell, D3 - Drums of course :) ,.E=Electro-Acoustic guitar :P F=flute G=guitar H=Harmonica, I- Ibanez, J- Jem (okay so i cheated!), K - keyboards, L - Les Paul Deluxe, M - Mesa Boogie, N - nylon strings, O - OVATION ;), P - pedal board, Q - QwikTune guitar tuner (hey, gimme a break, that was a hard one!), R - Rickenbacker hollow body elec. guitar, S - Sabian cymbols, T - Takimine acoustic, U - Ukulele, V - Flying V (does that go under F or V?), W - wha-wah, X - xylophone (what did you expect?), Y - Yamaha acoustic guitar, Z - Zildjian drumsticks

Man, that list needs some serious help! lol! lame, lame, lame, but it kept my mind of of George W. and his speech :(

Wow man, 200+ posts to get through...

Cleetus, best wishes for your kitty.

Guitarcake, I've inspired many men to play the triangle. Nice to know I still have that magic spark. lmao!! Congrats on the test, and good luck with your finger. Surgery is cool when you get to watch. I had my foot operated on when I was awake. They had to saw the bone and hammer stuff back together and I didn't feel a thing! They had me strapped down, so I couldn't watch, but I would have liked to. That cocktail they gave me in my IV was lovely. lol! To bad it gave me a migraine after about 2 hours. Pisser that was. Make sure the doc has some Satch playing during the procedure. Fill us in all all the horrid details please. lol!

WEBMASTER, Cyberalien still didn't get his prize?? Whut up wit dat yo?? I'd say some extra sway is in order for his patience!! He's a great guy. He DESERVES his prize :)

The space shuttle Columbia broke up as it descended over Texas Saturday toward a planned landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, showering debris across southeastern Texas and into Louisiana.

Police in Nacogdoches, Texas, reported "numerous pieces of debris" both inside the city limits and in Nacogdoches County.

"Information is really sketchy," Det. Greg Sowell said. "We want people to stay away, because some of it could be toxic."

Sowell said officers and city and county employees were being dispatched to stand by the debris until the arrival of FBI and NASA representatives. The debris field is believed to be very large.

Residents as far east as Shreveport, Louisiana, reported seeing and feeling an apparent explosion.

"As we seen [Columbia] coming over, we seen a lot of light and it looked like debris and stuff was coming off the shuttle," Kemp, Texas, resident Benjamin Laster told CNN.

"We seen large masses of pieces coming off from the shuttle as it was coming by," Laster said. Then, "the house kind of shook and we noticed a sonic boom ... and then we seen a big continuous puff of vapor or smoke stream come out and then we noticed a big chunk go over."

Search-and-rescue teams from the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area were alerted and residents were urged to stay away from any possible debris from the shuttle, which may be hazardous, said NASA public affairs officer James Hartfield.

Shuttle commander Rick D. Husband, Pilot William C. McCool, Payload Commander Michael P. Anderson, Mission Specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark and Israel's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, were on board.

~~~~~~~~for more info. go to www.CNN.com

Trutina, I was abducted once - by my sister, and taken to a Metallica concert. Along the way I was forced to drink boxed wine and hold my bladder for over an hour! Once we arrived at our final destination, I witnessed pure frickin' glory as we spent the night thrashing about. The next day...all I had was a t-shirt and muddy shoes as a memory... LOL!!!

Ya Yo, I'm goofy like that when I hear some unexpected Satch too. LOL! It makes me all giddy.

Trutina, I can only hope ;-) lol!

Ovation, lmmfao!!! I didn't quite see it that way when I wrote it, but that does make it soo, soooo funny!

R6R - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

guitarcake, put the damn guitar down! Theory brother, theory! Don't break your broken finger! LOL!