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March 24, 2001   

The Air Glide Rolls
I know you're all waiting to hear. Today was the day the Air Glide was taken down to the street for its first ride. But not before I mounted the odometer (now I know why other Bike Friday owners prefer wireless odometers - I've got to get one - the Cateye Enduro 2 will probably end up on the Diamondback mountain bike, which has never had an odometer) and stuck my bits of reflective tape on the rims while they are still all clean (I've had this stuff saved for years, and the glue has aged badly - does anyone know if anything like "Super Reflex Reflectors" are still on the market? a Google search turns up an absolute zero) and mounted a white blinker on the front (just happened across it).

When I got it outside I had a bit of a moment with the shifters. I've never had this kind before, the kind that if they were Shimanos would have been called STI (Shimano Total Integration) at one time. But these are Campagnolas, so they are different and differently named. I underestimated how far I had to push those levers. Once I began to get aggressive, then I got shifting. With that and one adjustment of the saddle, I was good to go. That surprised me, since I had mentally allotted 45 minutes to an hour for more and more microadjusting of the shifting, the brakes, the pedals, the seat, and endlessly on.

So aside from the sproinginess of the titanium beam (I can't refer to is as merely a "beam", it must be the titanium beam) and the extremely low gearing, this was the Bridgestone. The fit was great.

I rode it over to Tom's in Watertown (the daddy of the Varsity) so that he might gape in awe at its tremendously exciting technological leaps [BTW, Tom, the stub of a seat tube that seems to be a relic (like an appendix or nipples on a man) is there because front derailleurs are an option]. A glitch made itself known. At unpredictable and irregular moments the whole derailleur mechanism would stretch backwards then snap into place. This is, under usual circumstances, would suggest a hugely dirty chain or a crimped chain link. Neither condition should have existed. So after leaving Tom gaping in awe at the technological leaps (except for the totally cheesy name tag) I rode it over to Bicycle Bill's so that they might do their expert thing on it.

And this is a great moment to talk about Bicycle Bill's, which I have not done here. Bicycle Bill's is my LBS (Local Bicycle Shop). [This is the link to their website, but it's down tonight, and it's not a very good site anyway.]It isn't the closest bike shop. No, the closest shop is International Bicycle Center. International is Boston's biggest bike shop. A few of my friends say it is the spawn of Satan. They're wrong. It's not that good. The spawn of Satan, you know, eat any foul droppings they can find on the ground in the lower levels of hell. Some of those droppings are bits (lost limbs, etc.) of the damned, some are excreta of the damned. And the spawn eating this stuff get all bloated and crap it out in a big ol' pile of spawn-of-Satan crap somewhere else on the ground in the lower levels of hell. Then that crap sits there and festers and fer ments in whatever meteoroogical conditions hell has. I always imagine it to be never cooler than 120 degrees (F) and certainly humid. And the air is thick with flies bearing disease. These flies light everywhere, of course, and after time passes you may see fat, blind, greasy maggots wiggling about in the crap of the spawn of Satan. Not all the maggots make it to fly adulthood, of course. Some get crushed by other diseased things falling on them. Sometimes a green slime will appear to grow out of the juices of the crushed fat, blind, greasy maggot that was laid by a disease-infested fly in the crap of the spawn of Satan which came from their diet of eating whatever decaying bits they could find on the ground in the lower levels of hell. That green slime is International Bikes.

But we were talking about Bicycle Bill's. They're up in North Allston and they obviously never intend to be anything more than a little neighborhood shop. The place is crowded, a bit chaotic, cluttered, and seemingly a haven for those with ADHD. They tend to my needs and the needs of the neighborhood kids. They deal equally well with my exotic gearing problem and a 10 year old kid who needed a nut for something on his bike. They're honest and as long as you've got a steel bike, their repairs are excellent. On the downside, they never did quite fathom my headset problems on my aluminum Cannondale, so I had to always take it to the glorious fountainhead itself, the pinnacle of bicycle repair excellence: Wheelworks. My only problem with Wheelworks is that they are not just a walk from home.

So Paul, the owner of Bicycle Bill's, puts the Air Glide in the repair stand and marvels at it a bit (although I don't think his jaw was actually agape). He found that the chain occasionally jammed on the front chain ring! That was producing the noisy action on the derailleur at the rear. He thought he observed that the alignment of the derailleur was off, and that there was a wiggle in the hub gearing. He also thought I had a 7-speed hub. It's supposed to be a 3-speed. A 7-speed would give me 56 gears!

The end result was that the bike was left with him for a few days to work with. I walked home.

From Merriam-Webster

thrasonical \thray-SAH-nih-kul or thruh-SAH-nih-kul\ (adjective) : of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of Thraso : bragging, boastful

Example sentence: Bob's incessant bragging earned him a reputation as a thrasonical bore among his coworkers.

Did you know?
Thraso was a blustering old soldier in the comedy "Eunuchus," a play written by the great Roman dramatist Terence more than 2,000 years ago. Terence is generally remembered for his realistic characterizations, and in Thraso he created a swaggerer whose vainglorious boastfulness was not soon to be forgotten. Thraso's reputation as a braggart lives on in "thrasonical," a word that boasts a more than 400-year history as an English adjective.

nonage \NAH-nij or NOH-nij\ (noun)
1 : minority
2 a : a period of youth b : lack of maturity

Example sentence: Peter the Great became the official czar of Russia while still in his nonage, so the country was ruled for a time by his half-sister Sophia.

Did you know?
Minority, majority; infancy, adulthood; nonage, full age -- here you have the three contrasting pairs that constitute the vocabulary of legal age. "Minority," "infancy," and "nonage" are synonyms that mean "the state or time of being under legal age" (usually 21). "Majority," "adulthood," and "full age" mean "the state or time of being of legal age." (All these words, particularly "infancy" and "adulthood," have other meanings outside of legal use, of course.) "Nonage" originated in Middle English from Middle French, a union of "non-" and "age" -- that is, "not of age." Its contrasting word, "full age," also originated in Middle English, as did another similar-seeming word, "dotage." But watch out -- in "dotage" the "-age" isn't a form of the noun "age," but a suffix denoting a condition (in this c ase, senile decay).

March 21, 2001   

Is it civil disobedience? Today I realized that the Air Glide has none of the reflectors required by CPSC regulations. Not on the front, not on the back, and not those stupid ones in the wheels! How do they get away with that? I will go look for something for the front and rear.

I meant, but forgot to add a link directly the Lincoln Brigade Archives who are the people behind that controversial New Hampshire plaque. In one of my rare instances of editing the past, I'm going to go add the link now.

This is from a Reuters article entitled Greenspan gives journalism students Fedspeak lesson concerning "a seminar at Columbia University journalism school" today:

Greenspan even reminisced about his days in the inner circle of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, his intellectual mentor. He said Rand, the libertarian thinker and author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged," had a profound impact on him.

Greenspan's free-market thinking was shaped by his friendship with Rand, whom he met in the 1940s. She advocated minimalist government intervention in the economy, hard money and fiscal restraint.

Rand had pulled him apart analytically in a way that no one had done since, Greenspan told the class. It got to the point where he argued to Rand that he did not exist, he said.

"It kept me interested for 30 years," Greenspan said.

March 20, 2001   

Sorry that Monday's entry didn't actually get posted until today. FTP to AT&T was down for almost 24 hours.

From doctor@dictionary.com

digerati \dij-uh-RAH-tee\, plural noun: Persons knowledgeable about computers and technology.

As high tech spreads outward from Silicon Valley to American society at large and people spend more and more time in cyberspace, the journalist Paulina Borsook steps back to look at the digerati and their view of the world.
--Michiko Kakutani, "Silicon Valley Views the Economy as a Rain Forest," New York Times, July 25, 2000

[T]his week, over 3,000 digerati will converge at a swank theater where chef Julia Child and pundit Arianna Huffington, among others, will judge 135 Web sites.
--David Whitman, "The calm before the storms," U.S.News & World Report, May 15, 2000

Digerati was formed by analogy with literati, "persons knowledgeable about literature."

Spring and the Air Glide come
Called Green Gear this morning to find out about the Air Glide. Had it been shipped? When I order a $7 book from Amazon they send me at least 3 e-mails to keep me updated on its status. When you drop 3G on a bike, don't you think they could do as nicely? Apparently not. But the nice lady at Green Gear told me it had been shipped YESTERDAY and gave me the UPS tracking number.

When I checked at UPS I saw it had actually been shipped on the 12th, a day earlier than scheduled! In fact, the tracking report showed it had arrived at the Watertown UPS warehouse last night and was scheduled for delivery today!

I took the afternoon off from work to come home and await the arrival of the brown-shirted one. Waited and waited. About every hour I ran outside to see if any UPS trucks were lurking about. Nothing. Finally, about 6:30 I made a last run down to the street to look around. (In my neighborhood UPS deliveries can come as late as 7:00). There was my bike! Someone had taken delivery and hauled it downstairs to sit outside one of the basement apartments! What the hell?

I carried all 42.5 pounds of it upstairs and began to open it, examine it, and put it together.



Several glitches became apparent, so I called Green Gear to run over a few things.

• There was an unexplained charge of $60 added to the bill. Steve figured out they had charged me additional for the two Primo Comet tires and didn't credit me for the three Contis that I had ordered originally. They listed those as back ordered.
• There was a nearly legible photocopy of something about a "Smartfit" stem. This stem, supposedly, was a temporary deal. Once I had determined the exact fit I liked I would return the "Smartfit" stem and they would make a real stem based on it. I had never heard of such a thing, and the fuzzy picture didn't look anything like my stem. According to Steve this was just a complete mistake. I didn't have a "Smartfit" stem and should just ignore that sheet.
• There were no trailer parts! Steve tells me that's all a separate item. I thought that when I ordered the travel case it included the trailer parts. So that's being shipped to me, but instead of charging me full price for that, he's giving it to me in exchange for the overcharges on the tires...and something else; so I save about $50 there.
• No front rack. Steve says that's back ordered and will be shipped soon. But there was nothing on the invoice to tell me that.
• The fenders are totally different from what they show in the video, but I think I've got them figured out.

March 19, 2001   

God is raising up multitudes of Americans (regardless of political affiliation) to fast and pray for the holiness of President George W. Bush and our nation. In the FAQ on the site you'll find this:
"What do you mean by fasting?
The original idea of the fast was no food, liquids only. A lot of people asked about that."

Well, I think that's why they call 'em FREQUENTLY Asked Questions.

Words from doctor@dictionary.com

qua \KWAY; KWAH\, preposition: In the capacity or character of; as.

This might be thought a decisive objection to a federal judge's writing about this subject even if the judge writes qua academic rather than qua judge.
--Richard A. Posner, An Affair of State

Gossipmongers aren't obsessed with gossip qua gossip; they're grappling with the great issues of our day: Truth, Honor and Justice.
--Robert Plunket, "Cyberscandal," New York Times, June 1, 1997

Another problem is the estimation in which one is held qua artist by fellow New Yorkers.
--John Romano, "Is Hollywood Fatal for New York Writers?" New York Times, March 11, 1984

Qua is from the Latin, from qui, "who."


malversation \mal-vur-SAY-shun\, noun: Misconduct, corruption, or extortion in public office.

The Inspector General Act was designed to protect patriotic whistle-blowers who seek to reveal malversation in government.
--Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "How History Will Judge Him," Time, February 22, 1999

Aniano Desierto, the government ombudsman, said that the preliminary investigation would take 60 days and involve six charges: plunder, malversation (misuse of funds), violations of the anti-graft law, perjury, bribery and possession of unexplained wealth.
--"Estrada faces plunder inquiry," Times (London), Jan 22, 2001

Malversation comes, via French, from Latin male, "badly" + versari, "to be engaged in, to take part in."

Gun-toting schoolkids to get dead bodies punishment
A great idea here, to take "School children in LA who are caught with guns will be forced to look at dead bodies and watch autopsies." If I know high school kids (and I don't), there will be some who bring guns to school just so they can go view an autopsy.

From a time when the Spaniards possessed the right to bare arms, and it was a leftist government!

So I guess there was quite a brouhaha in New Hampshire about displaying this plaque in the New Hampshire state house to commemorate the members of the Lincoln Brigade who were from New Hampshire.

(Click for large image)
Here are four links to articles in the The Union Leader the cover the issue from their point of view: 1 2 3 4.

And here is the link to the Lincoln Brigade Archives.

I, not being too well informed on the Spanish civil war, except to know that Franco won, went and researched it a bit to find out if the Lincoln Brigade was really a bunch of pink Stalin-lovers, or idealistic Americans who saw the threat of fascism and took up arms to defend liberty.

My conclusion is they covered a range. At one end we had dupes of Stalin, and at the other we had real Stalin-lovers. Seventy percent were open communists. On the other hand, though, we have the fascists. With our fabulous hindsight we know the worst of that in Germany and Italy, and we watched the decades of suppression by Franco. I'm sure, however, that if the Republicans had won we would have watched decades of suppression of Spain by the communists, and might have even idealized Franco as the man who tried to defend private property and the rights of the religious.

What a load. It was fascists versus communists. Who the fuck cared which way it came out. Neither side was interested in the rights of the people. After the Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact, many of the communist Lincoln Brigade declared their support for Hitler, as we was now Stalin's ally.

Those Republicans, like all leftist movements, turned out some great poster art!

• Here's one where the Republicans manage to make a double play on the swastika and cross.
• Here some Republicans play a version of baseball, using rifles as bats.
• And here is my favorite, where a soldier invites you to admire his chrome-shiny, steel-hard phallus.

Here Marilyn Manson meets up with frustration in staid Johnson County, Kansas.

More Americans having gay sex!
This is yet another survey on homosexuality that proves that researchers mulishly refuse to accept that there are some subjects where the majority of interviewees will lie. An apparent increase in gay sex, just means there's been an increase in the number of people willing to tell the truth. The numbers, the say, rose from 2% in 1988 to 4% in 1998. Four percent! How ridiculous. Why, I alone had sex with at least 4% of the men in America in 1998. So what was everyone else doing while I was being so diligent?

If you have been unable to develop your gaydar the old fashioned way, try this link.

Not getting enough free condoms? Get more here.

I don't know how these hilarious hacks of Amazon come to be. Somebody explain.

March 15, 2001   

A really interesting article here on David Smart, the founder of Coronet films, the company that made those 16mm hygiene films that were standard in school when my twig was being bent to become my tree, the specimen of American manhood you know and love. Some of the really surprising stuff here is that he also founded "Esquire" magazine, which was, of course, the home of a youthful Hugh Hefner; and that one of the early narrators for Coronet films was Mike Wallace! It was his voice you heard in Shy Guy.

The recent hints of spring (bird songs, Air Glide video tapes) have become an incessant knocking at the door. Today I got the official registration announcement for the OutRiders' P-town ride. The postal mail brought me (from Performance Bike) the pedals and odometer for the Air Glide. The pedals are Shimano M-536, which are a bit trimmer than my old Shimanos which I think are M-535. I selected the Cateye Enduro 2 for the odometer. I have a couple of ancient Cateye Vectras that have been astoundingly reliable and easy on the batteries. I'm sure I've skipped over at least a couple of generations of odometers with those unstoppable babies. The Enduro 2 comes with a heavy duty wiring harness. I've never actually damaged a wiring harness on any odometer I had, but they always look so delicate they scare me. The wire on the Enduro 2 is FAT.

After taking a single 100 mg capsule of Androstenodione for four days I'm only having placebic (is that a word?) effects. Most noticeable is a reduced appetite (which is good) although the amount of reduction is within the normal swings of my appetite so who knows. The appetite thing could just as easily be blamed on the antimicrobial mouth rinse the oral surgeon has given me. It leaves a slight medicinal taste in my mouth which never goes away, and it seems to have reduced my tongue's sensitivity to salt. Everything's pretty bland now.

But then today I saw an article in the Globe about taking motorcycle classes. I'd never heard of such a thing. How limited is my imagination? I had never thought of looking for an organized motorcycle class. I've never driven a motorcycle of any type or size. Never even ridden on one. But being the cyclist I am, they do interest me; and I'm curious as hell to find out how they work. None of my friends have motorcycles.

So I went and looked up this organization the Globe referred to www.msf-usa.org (Motorcycle Safety Foundation). It seems they're endorsed by the government of our Commonwealth, as well as the insurance industry. One has to get a motorcycle learner's permit from the Registry ($15, written and vision tests, as well as the usual proof of age and residence), but successful completion of an MSF course substitutes for the driving test.

Nearest MSF place for me is in Acton (for classroom stuff) and Bedford (Hanscom field actually). $175 and they provide helmets and motorcycles. The class pretty much consumes a whole weekend.

But wouldn't this course be ever so much more fun if there were two of us taking it? I'm looking for takers. If you're a virgin (as I am) or nearly a virgin with motorcycles, consider this.

Reasons to do it:

• quite a change in your routine!
• it'll be fun!
• you can't go through your whole life and not do this!
• the thrill of going to the Registry for another written exam!
• meet nice people (after all, this course is NOT in New Hampshire!)
• put something big and hard between your legs and make it do what you want it to!
• be realistic, people cannot keep driving 20 mpg cars forever!
• Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Lawrence of Arabia, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson!
• life's short, it hardly matters if you die now or later!

This is almost too much! From the Boston Herald.

Naked gun: Cops hunt Whitey in gay haunts, nude camps
by J.M. Lawrence
Thursday, March 15, 2001

Boston fugitive gangster James "Whitey" Bulger - long a symbol of the ruthless tough guy - may be hiding out in nudist camps and gay communities, police in Oklahoma said yesterday.

The revelation about Whitey's possible whereabouts - and word that he is said to have "extreme bad breath" - came in a new WANTED poster released along with a new first-degree murder warrant.

Bulger, his cohort Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and Winter Hill gang hit man John Martorano were charged in Tulsa and Miami yesterday with killing World Jai Alai owner Roger Wheeler and former Jai Alai executive John Callahan.

"Subject said to have extreme bad breath. Subject is traveling with female companion but may be found in homosexual communities/resorts or nudist facilities," said the department's wanted poster.

The latest descriptions of Bulger's habits were developed through "reconnaissance," according to Tulsa police sources.

The Oklahoma officers' descriptions of Bulger represent new information, said Charles S. Prouty, special agent in charge of the Boston FBI.

Click for more info on "Whitey"

March 13, 2001   

Lawrence of Arabia
I've been reading Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by, of course, T. E. Lawrence. I started it some number of years ago and got interrupted midway. I think it had been dragging for me, and the interruption was welcome. Now that I've picked it up again, I don't know how I could ever have thought it tedious. He writes so clearly of the nitty gritty of daily life in the Arab revolt. Consider this from the end of Chapter LXXVIII, which I came across today:

The other wounded men were seen to at the same time. Mifleh brought up the youngest lads of the party, and had them spray the wounds with their piss, as a rude antiseptic. Meanwhile we whole ones refreshed ourselves.

Theoretically, my Air Glide was handed over to the brownshirts of the United Parcel Service today, but I haven't gotten any confirmation of that.

From the NY Times, this is another story pitting the Acela against air travel, this time from DC to NYC. They also throw in a car, but that seems to be a joke. While the train and plane travelers had everything calculated to shave minutes from their trip, the car didn't even have an EZ-Pass, so it had to stop to pay tolls. The net result:

Vehicle	Cost	Time	Comfort
Plane	$217	3:02	Slaveship
Train	$150	3:26	Fabulous
Car	$30	4:24	Fun

Planes, Trains, and a Vintage Cab: 3 Intrepid Reporters Brave the Rigors of the Northeast Corridor

By RANDY KENNEDY

It wasn't exactly as elegant as "Around the World in 80 Days." There were no hot-air balloons to fly, no elephants to ride. None of us looked half as good as David Niven or Shirley MacLaine.

Instead, you might think of it as the reality-based version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," in which three newspaper reporters set out yesterday morning to discover the fastest and most practical way to make it through one of the nation's most hellish travel corridors, from Washington to New York.

The rules were as simple as making it to work on time.

One reporter would take the shuttle. Another would drive his own car, a tomato-soup-red 1973 Checker Marathon. The third would go by train, taking Amtrak's new Acela Express, which began faster service between Washington and New York this month.

The starting line would be the sidewalk in front of the White House. The finish line would be the fountain in City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan. The starter's pistol would fire at exactly 6:15 a.m. And whichever reporter made it first would win the grand prize: the right to brag in print that he or she had won.

It did not take much of a bookie to figure out the order of finish. But the real money would have been made on the spread, not on the winner.

As expected, the plane edged out the train, helped along by sunny skies and a little savvy on the part of the reporter who flew on it. (Instead of taking a taxi all the way in from La Guardia, she had the cabby drop her at the nearest subway stop.)

The surprise was that the woman on the plane, whose top speed was more than 500 miles per hour, arrived at City Hall Park at 9:17 a.m. The guy on the train, whose top speed was 150 miles per hour, made it by 9:41. (When The Boston Globe staged a similar race on Dec. 11, from New York to Boston via Acela express train and US Airways air shuttle, the plane also won, by a mere two minutes. The reporters left their Manhattan hotels at 7:30 a.m. and the plane landed at 11:45.)

In our race, the guy on the train spent $150 total, while the woman on the plane spent $217, $67 more for a 24-minute edge. This extra $67 also bought her worse food, much less legroom and many more headaches trying to figure out how to get in from the airport.

The guy in the car? Apparently, it was a nice drive. He could smoke all he wanted. The trip (gas and tolls) set him back a grand total of $30.30. And he made great time, considering that he was in an old cab, racing a bullet train and an Airbus jet during rush hour.

Timewise, though, he didn't stand a chance. The trip took 4 hours and 24 minutes, and he sidled up alongside the curb at City Hall Park at 10:39, about an hour later than the guy on the train.

At which point the guy from the train and the woman from the plane jumped in with the man in the cab, and all three headed to the office.

The Winner

Air part of trip easiest, at any rate beyond contestant's control. Sought expert local knowledge on Washington and New York land routes. Get off road, into transit system, advisers say. Prepare self with two types of Metro cards, additional money, system maps.

At starting spot, turn back on waning moon, White House and rivals, who run. Step smartly to Metro entrance at McPherson Square. Enter at 6:20 a.m. Blue Line said to be more direct but well-traveled bartender says Orange to Yellow actually faster. Indicator says six minutes until Orange Line train. Bad omen. Imagine rivals, young and fit, running whole distance.

Orange arrives. Board. Pass Metro Center 6:29. Off at L'Enfant Plaza 6:35, shift to Yellow. Based on previous day's research, position self at rear for US Airways terminal at Reagan National, but already in deep trouble: 7 a.m. shuttle a lost cause. Question: Rush to other end of platform to try for Delta 7:30? No ticket, too much stress. Stay with US Airways.

Clock at airline check-in near Metro says 6:55. "7 o'clock closed," says agent. "You booked on it? Then we'll put you on 7:20 extra section." Waves behind her. "That way and through security. It boards at 6:50 at Gate 39."

Hustle to far end of concourse. Board. Buckle up. At 7:29, Captain Smith tells 34 passengers on A-320 we're next. In air at 7:30.

Feeling lack of breakfast. Flight attendant arrives. Take juice and black coffee. Receive Petite Snack plastic container, 5 by 2 1/2 by 1 inch. Harder to open than CD. Contains half-ounce bag of raisins, two-thirds ounce "spreadable" cheese product, two sesame crackers and battered Ghirardelli milk chocolate square. Gloom. Put on new Bose noise-suppressing earphones from backpack. Shuts off jet roar. Great.

Captain says due to land at 8 o'clock. Then, "Correction, make that 10 minutes after 8." If humans bound to fly, pick a perfect day. Liberty enlightens world outside left window, with toy boat coursing past. World Trade Center gleams. Brooklyn Bridge glorious.

Perhaps aviation world warned of test: plane zips straight in from south with no delay, no circling. At 8:10, wheels bump La Guardia ground.

Out to taxi rank. Two travelers waiting. Dispatcher pops me into third cab at 8:21. Well trained, give directions: "To the subway stop at Astoria Boulevard and 31st Street, and not on the highway, please." Instantly enter highway. Lanes moving glacially. Delivered at stairway to inbound N train 8:33. Fare, $7.10 plus tip.

Train S.R.O. At Queensboro Plaza at 8:44, look down on lanes of immobile traffic. Glad to be on rails. At City Hall, subway clock says 9:15. Clear victory. Amtrak not due in for a couple of minutes. Track fast, park cold and bright.   BETSY WADE

The Runner-Up

The electronic signs inside Amtrak's brand-new Acela Express train yesterday morning read "welcome aboa." I was hoping this was a good thing. I was hoping it meant that the Amtrak people were in too much of a hurry to finish the thought.

Then came other worries. The motorized stainless steel doors at the end of my car kept opening and closing on their own, like a pair of shears. An official-looking man in a white hard hat, carrying a laptop computer, kept making his way down the aisle with a worried expression on his face. The lights in the cars kept blinking off and on.

Despite these things, the express train pulled out of Union Station right on time, at 6:50. It was silent and smooth, and I didn't even realize it was moving until it left the station and morning sunlight spilled through the windows.

The photographer and I settled into big, springy seats that faced each other. Between us was a spacious table with convenient fold-out leaves. We set up, spread out, stretched out and started to recover from the stress of almost missing the train because, being New Yorkers, we had assumed you could hail a cab at 6:15 a.m. in Washington.

The guy across the aisle, Henry D. Ritter, was a financial consultant for high-tech and communications companies. He travels so much, "I have to look at a calendar to figure out what city I'm in." He lives in suburban Maryland and makes his way between Washington and New York so often that he plays the plane and the train like an old gambler, factoring in weather, season, time of day. This was his first time on the Acela Express. But he said he believed it could not be beaten.

By 8 o'clock, as we skimmed effortlessly through the outskirts of Wilmington, Del., I was starting to believe, too.

Back in what Amtrak calls the bistro car, Wayne Calhoun was serving breakfast. I got a good, strong cup of coffee and a bad, powdery bottle of orange juice.

Mr. Calhoun, alone behind the counter, was in a great mood. "Tell me your name," he said to one passenger, "and then this will be just like Cheers, a place where everybody knows your name."

Then he said to me: "I've got some advice for you. You have money in tech stocks? Take it out. You want to get to New York on time? Don't fly."

Our train pulled in about a minute late, at 9:19. We jogged through Penn Station to the subway, caught a rusty, reliable Redbird No. 2 train at 9:25 and ran through the gates of City Hall Park at 9:41.

Yes, there was someone waiting for us when we got there, with a cup of coffee in her hand and a smile on her face. Yes, we lost. Yet, somehow, it was O.K. We felt more civilized.   RANDY KENNEDY

The Also-Ran

The day did not start well. My street was dark at 5:56 a.m. except for the weak interior light in my car. The battery was dead. A guy driving an S.U.V. gave me a jump.

My colleagues and I met at the White House and I left my wife at the car while it idled because I was afraid it would not start if I shut it down. Besides, there must have been one Secret Service guy watching, I figured. I looked up in the trees but didn't see anyone. The president did not answer my shouts for an audience. Some kook in Spandex pants was in-line skating in front of the White House gates.

At 6:15 the race was on. I jumped in my car parked on 15th Street and headed up New York Avenue toward I-95. The odometer on my '73 Checker read 88,104 miles.

The sun was in full view at 6:29 and I was flying. How fast I can't say. My speedometer has a charming habit of bouncing between 50 and 90 m.p.h. but I was passing traffic with 350 cubic inches of good old Detroit skill. I took a right at the first fork in the road because it looked right and I hoped it was right. I was trying to beat that Baltimore rush hour.

Got my first "hey nice ride" wink at 6:39. I felt like I was living a John Denver song. Lit a cigarette and nobody hassled me, then I stroked my wife's hair. She was sleeping.

I got hit with a $1 toll, then a $2 toll around Baltimore, then another $2 toll in Delaware. And later, $5.30 in New Jersey. It all feels like the same highway, but they stick up a tollbooth, call it a turnpike and then have you scrounging in between the seat cushions for loose change. I was thinking E-ZPass as I idled in Delaware, but I don't like the man keeping track of me. I had a second cigarette and nobody complained.

I asked the lady in Delaware what happened if you didn't have the $2 for the toll and she said you have to find a policeman and then sign a piece of paper promising that one day you will pay the $2. I gave her the money and asked for a receipt.

In Elkton, Md., I stopped for fuel. A well-digger asked me what year my car was. I asked him what year he thought it was. He said '55. I said yup, she's a '55. It is actually a '73 but you should have seen the guy's smile. Gas was cheap. I got 9.78 gallons of premium grade for $1.62 a gallon.

I drove over to the McDonald's. I had a hankering for an Egg McMuffin and some hash browns. Granny was working the drive-through window. I went inside. Granny was working the counter. Granny cost me 20 minutes.

I drove some more. I was flying. Absolutely no traffic. Not even at the exit booth of the New Jersey Turnpike. And then the Holland Tunnel. Four bucks, thank you very much.

It was 30 minutes to City Hall. I arrived at 10:39 and people waved as I drove down Broadway. I parked in some bureaucrat's space. The odometer read 88,360.

  CHARLIE LeDUFF

Here's a thing that sounds nice: Let Me Stay For A Day. It's 24 year old Dutch student (male) who plans to travel the world on little to no money. He wants people to offer him a place to eat and crash for one night only and then he's on his way again, using his thumb to move on down the road. While he does this, he writes it all up for the web, of course. Sounds like fabulous fun! Could lead to romance! Could lead to amazing bitchiness. Offer him your place, and then tell the world about him.

Yet another great advance in broadband technology here!

I believe I have neglected to link this site to the bald eagle nest in Greenfield, Mass. It's a live cam and the birds are sitting on eggs right now. Stay tuned and see if when they hatch they don't burst out with American flags and patriotic tunes!

19 year old man suing the hospital for his circumcision as an infant. It sounds like he does not hold his parents responsible for this. Blame shifting has gone in a sort of twisted full circle.

A library clerk (not a librarian) feels the need to CENSOR! Fortunately, the librarian is standing for the first amendment. We expect nothing less of our librarians.

Happiness can be bought for £1 million. It's been measured.

Interesting interview on how Google became a business. I was surprised to learn that the origins of the late lamented Egroups is tied up with Google.

March 12, 2001   

WWBD?

"Ouchy the Clown"

What with bike season just around the corner I thought I'd have a go at some androstenedione. If you have an opinion on that, do let me know.

Hunter S. Thompson still hasn't a mellow cell in his entire body, and I'm really glad!

A more realistic view of last year's Presidential election. You can assume anything "realistic" will not be liked by Republicans.

On the other hand, one alternative to last year's election.

Please, someone go examine this list of "Top Secret" projects and tell me what's there.

• Antigravity
  
• Bio-chips/Implants
  
• Cold Fusion/Free Energy
  
• HAARP Project
  
• Mind Control
  
• Montauk Project ("A Complex Interacting of Pulsing Radar Energy and Rotating Magnetic Fields")
  
• Nanotechnology
  
• Philadelphia Experiment (I did check this one. It seems in 1943 the U.S. Navy worked on an invisibility project. Their first test subject was not a lab rat or a bit of lab equipment. No, it was an entire Navy destroyer, with crew aboard. Yeah, sure. And it was successful, from the Navy's point of view, but not the crew's.)
  
• Propulsion (no Stirling Engines here)
  
• Various Hi-Tech Projects (including "Quantum Teleportation")
  
• Hi-Tech/Secret Military Weapons

March 11, 2001   

This was presented with a straight face in the Boston Globe, March 9
"Ask The Globe" page E14
Q. Around many Big Dig sites I have seen signs that read, for example, "Glory Hole #53." What exactly is a glory hole, as it relates to the Big Dig?
R.L. Somerville

A. A "glory hole" is a space left open to remove loads of earth. A holdover from the days of gold-miners, the term describes a place where miners used to go to get in or out of the hole - that is, you 'run to glory' to get out of a hole. Big Dig workers who do excavation and underground construction work enter and exit through glory holes.

Vanity Fair published Elvis Costello's list of "500 Albums You Need." A really excellent list, but presented in a nearly useless, unreadable format. I've tried to clean it up. It's in the order Elvis put it, which is alphabetical by the artist/composer. He alphabetizes by LAST name. Hard worker, he is. You should go to the Vanity Fair link to read what Elvis says about how he put the list together and why "There is nothing at all by Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Michael Jackson, or Sting."

ABBA:	Abba Gold (1992), "Knowing Me, Knowing You,"
DAVID ACKLES:	The Road to Cairo (1968), "Down River" Subway to the Country (1969), "That's No Reason to Cry."
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY:	The Best of Cannonball Adderley (1968), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,"
AMY ALLISON:	The Maudlin Years (1996), "The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter."
MOSE ALLISON:	The Best of Mose Allison (1970), "Your Mind Is on Vacation."
ALMAMEGRETTA:	Lingo (1998), "Gramigna."
LOUIS ARMSTRONG:	The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (2000), "Wild Man Blues," "Tight Like This,"
FRED ASTAIRE:	The Astaire Story (1952), "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:	The Well-Tempered Clavier (Edwin Fischer; 1934) The Six Cello Suites (Pablo Casals; 1936) Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (Andras Schiff; 1984) Mass in B Minor (conductor: Otto Klemperer; 1999).
BURT BACHARACH:	The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (1998), "Alfie."
CHET BAKER:	The Best of Chet Baker Sings (1989), "The Thrill Is Gone," "You Don't Know What Love Is" Broken Wing (1978).
THE BAND:	Music from Big Pink (1968), "Tears of Rage" The Band (1969), "The Unfaithful Servant."
DAVE BARTHOLEMEW:	The Monkey (1985).
BÉLA BARTÓK:	Six String Quartets (Emerson String Quartet; 1988).
CECILIA BARTOLI:	If You Love Me, 18th Century Italian Songs (1992) Alessandro Parisott- "Se Tu M'Ami," Antonio Vivaldi- "Sposa son disprezzata."
COUNT BASIE:	The Atomic Mr. Basie (1957), "Li'l Darlin'."
THE BEACH BOYS:	Pet Sounds (1966), "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)," "God Only Knows" Carl and the Passions-So Tough (1972), "Cuddle Up" Holland (1973), "The Trader" Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys (boxed set; 1993), "Surf's Up," "Wonderful."
BEASTIE BOYS:	Paul's Boutique (1989), "Shadrach."
THE BEATLES:	With the Beatles (1963), "You Really Got a Hold on Me" A Hard Day's Night (1964). "Things We Said Today" Help! (1965), "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" Rubber Soul (1965), "Girl" Revolver (1966), "And Your Bird Can Sing," "For No One" Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), "A Day in the Life" The Beatles (White Album; 1968), "I'm So Tired" Past Masters, Vol. 2 (1988), "Paperback Writer," "Rain."
BECK:	Odelay (1996), "The New Pollution."
BEE GEES:	Best of Bee Gees (1969) "To Love Somebody."
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:	Otto Klemperer Live at the Concertgebouw (1954), Symphony No. 9 Piano Sonatas Op. 109, 110, 111 (Sviatoslav Richter; 1965) Symphony No. 7 (conductor: Carlos Kleiber; 1975) Late Quartets (Budapest String Quartet; 1997); Violin Concerto (soloist: Yehudi Menuhin; 1997).
DEREK BELL:	Derek Bell Plays with Himself (1981).
TONY BENNETT and BILL EVANS:	The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album (1975), 'Some Other Time."
ALBAN BERG:	Violin Concerto (soloist: Anne-Sofie Mutter; 1993).
HECTOR BERLIOZ:	Damnation of Faust (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1987).
AGNES BERNELLE:	Father's Lying Dead on the Ironing Board (1995).
LEONARD BERNSTEIN:	West Side Story (1957).
CHUCK BERRY:	Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967), "Don't Lie to Me."
BJÖRK:	Debut (1993), "Venus as a Boy"; Post (1995), "Hyper-ballad."
RUBÉN BLADES:	Buscando America (1984).
BOBBY BLUE BLAND:	Two Steps from the Blues (1961).
BLONDIE:	The Best of Blondie (1981), "In the Flesh."
BLUR:	13 (1999), "No Distance Left to Run."
DIRK BOGARDE:	Lyrics for Lovers (1960) "A Foggy Day."
DAVID BOWIE:	Hunky Dory (1971), "Life on Mars?" Station to Station (1976), "Wild Is the Wind" Low (1977), "Always Crashing in the Same Car" Heroes (1977). "Joe the Lion."
JOHANNES BRAHMS:	Ein Deutsches Requiem (conductor: Otto Klemperer; 1962).
JOHNNY BRISTOL:	Hang On in There Baby (1974).
BENJAMIN BRITTEN:	Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (soloist: Ian Bostridge; 1996).
CHARLES BROWN:	Driftin' Blues: The Best of Charles Brown (1992), "Black Night."
CLIFFORD BROWN:	Clifford Brown with Strings (1955), "Yesterdays."
JAMES BROWN:	Live at the Apollo (1963), "I Found Someone" Star Time (boxed set; 1991), "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing."
JACKSON BROWNE:	Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) (1972), "My Opening Farewell."
ANTON BRUCKNER:	Symphony No. 9 (conductor: Gunter Wand; 1990).
JEFF BUCKLEY:	Grace (1994), "Corpus Christi Carol."
HAROLD BUDD and BRIAN ENO:	Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (1980), "Above Chiangmai."
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD:	Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield (1969), "Expecting to Fly."
BULGARIAN STATE RADIO & TELEVISION FEMALE CHOIR:	Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares (1990).
T BONE BURNETT:	Proof Through the Night (1983), "Fatally Beautiful" T Bone Burnett (1986), "River of Love"; The Talking Animals (1988), "Image."
THE BYRDS:	Younger than Yesterday (1967). "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968), "Goin' Back," "Artificial Energy"; Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968), "Hickory Wind."
JOHN CALE:	Music for a New Society (1982), "Taking Your Life in Your Hands."
MARIA CALLAS:	Five Heroines - Operatic Extracts (1990), "Vissi d'arte."
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND:	Trout Mask Replica (1969), "The Dust Blows Forward 'n' the Dust Blows Back" Clear Spot (1972) "Big Eyed Beans from Venus."
HOAGY CARMICHAEL:	Hoagy Sings Carmichael (1956), "Rockin' Chair."
JAMES CARR:	At the Dark End of the Street (1987), "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man."
JOHNNY CASH:	The Essential Johnny Cash (1992), "I Still Miss Someone."
JUNE CARTER CASH:	Press On (1999), "Tiffany Anastasia Lowe."
RAY CHARLES:	Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962), "You Don't Know Me" A Life in Music (1982), "I Believe to My Soul," "Just for a Thrill."
CHIC:	Chic's Greatest Hits (1979), "My Forbidden Lover."
FRÉDÉRlC CHOPIN:	Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (pianist, conductor: Krystian Zimerman; 1978).
THE CLASH:	London Calling (1979), "Rudie Can't Fail" The Singles (1991), "(White Man) In the Hammersmith Palais."
PATSY CLINE:	Greatest Hits (1973), "Sweet Dreams."
THE COASTERS:	The Ultimate Coasters (1986) "Shoppin' for Clothes."
LEONARD COHEN:	The Best of Leonard Cohen (1976), "Who by Fire" More Best Of (1997), "The Future," "Tower of Song."
ORNETTE COLEMAN:	The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959), "Peace."
JOHN COLTRANE:	My Favorite Things (1961) "Every Time We Say Goodbye" The Impulse! Years (1993), "A Love Supreme."
RY COODER:	Paradise and Lunch (1974), "Married Man's a Fool."
SAM COOKE:	Night Beat (1963), "Get Yourself Another Fool."
DON COVAY:	Checkin' In with Don Covay (1989), "It's Better to Have than Not Have."
NOËL COWARD:	The Master's Voice: His HMV Recordings (1993), "The Stately Homes of England."
BING CROSBY:	His Legendary Years (1993), "Gigi."
DAVID CROSBY:	If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971), "Laughing."
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG:	Déjà Vu (1970) "Helpless."
CROWDED HOUSE:	Temple of Low Men (1988), "Into Temptation."
D'ANGELO:	Voodoo (2000), "Devil's Pie."
MILES DAVIS:	Birth of the Cool (1956), "Boplicity" Miles Ahead (1957) "My Ship" Porgy and Bess (1958), "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" Kind of Blue (1959) "All Blues" Sketches of Spain (1960) My Funny Valentine (1964) In a Silent Way (1969), "Shhh" On the Corner (1969), "New York Girl."
MILES DAVIS and STAN GETZ and LEE KONITZ:	Conception (1975), "Ezz-thetic."
CLAUDE DEBUSSY:	Pelléas et Mélisande (conductor: Claudio Abbado; 1992) Preludes (Krystian Zimerman; 1994).
ALFRED DELLER:	William Byrd and His Age (1956), "Ye Sacred Muses."
DESTINY'S CHILD:	The Writing's on the Wall (1999), "Say My Name."
BO DIDDLEY:	His Best (1997), "Crackin' Up."
DR. JOHN:	Dr. John's Gumbo (1972), "Junko Partner."
ERIC DOLPHY:	Outward Bound (1960), "G.W." Iron Man (1969), "Come Sunday.
LEE DORSEY:	Ride Your Pony (1966), "Get out of My Life, Woman," "Wonder Woman" Yes We Can (1970), "Tears, Tears and More Tears."
JOHN DOWLAND:	Awake Sweet Love (The Deller Consort; 1965), "Flow My Tears" Dowland: The Collected Works (Consort of Musicke; 1980), A Pilgrimes Solice.
JOHN DOWLAND and WILLIAM BYRD:	Night's Black Bird (Fretwork; 1989).
HENRI DUPARC:	Melodies (baritone: Bernard Kruysen; 1971), "Phidyle."
JIMMY DURANTE:	September Song (1963).
IAN DURY:	New Boots and Panties!! (1977), "Sweet Gene Vincent."
DYKE AND THE BLAZERS:	So Sharp (1983).
BOB DYLAN:	Bringing It All Back Home (1965), "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Blonde on Blonde (1966), "Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" John Wesley Harding (1968), "All Along the Watchtower" Planet Waves (1974), "Dirge" Blood on the Tracks (1974), ,"You're a Big Girl Now" The Basement Tapes (1975), "Nothing Was Delivered" Shot of Love (1981) "Every Grain of Sand" Time out of Mind (1997), "Not Dark Yet" Bob Dylan Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998), "Like a Rolling Stone," "I Don't Believe You."
EDWARD ELGAR:	Symphony No. 1 (conductor: Edward Elgar; 1957) Cello Concerto (Jacqueline Du Pré; 1965).
DUKE ELLINGTON:	Anatomy of a Murder (1959), "Haupe" . . . And His Mother Called Him Bill (1968), "Blood Count" The Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (boxed set; 1999), "East St. Louis Toodle-oo," "In a Sentimental Mood," "Tonk"
DUKE ELLINGTON with CHARLES MINGUS and MAX ROACH:	Money Jungle (1962) "Wig Wise."
EMINEM:	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) "The Way I Am."
THE BILL EVANS TRIO:	Waltz for Debby (1961), "Waltz for Debby."
THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA:	Out of the Cool (1960), "Where Flamingos Fly."
THE EVERLY BROTHERS:	It's Everly Time (1960), "Sleepless Nights."
THE FAIRFIELD FOUR:	I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (1997), "There Must Be a City."
MARIANNE FAITHFULL:	Blazing Away (1990), "Strange Weather."
GEORGIE FAME:	Sound Venture (1966), "Funny How Time Slips Away."
GABRIEL FAURÉ:	L'Horizon Chimérique (baritone: Gerard Souzay; 1999).
MORTON FELDMAN:	Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (1991) (conductor on "American Elegies": John Adams).
ELLA FITZGERALD:	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956), "Miss Otis Regrets."
ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS ARMSTRONG:	The Complete Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on Verve (1997), "Let's Do It."
FLEETWOOD MAC:	Greatest Hits (1971), "Man of the World."
THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS:	The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969), "Juanita."
THE FOUR TOPS:	Anthology (1974) "Bernadette," "Seven Rooms of Gloom."
ARETHA FRANKLIN:	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man," "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)," "Soul Serenade," etc., etc. Aretha's Gold (1969), "I Say a Little Prayer," "Chain of Fools," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Amazing Grace (1972).
BILL FRISELL:	Quartet (1996), "Egg Radio."
FUGEES:	The Score (1996), "Ready or Not."
FUNKADELIC:	One Nation Under a Groove (1978).
MARVIN GAYE:	Super Hits (1970), "The End of Our Road" What's Going On (1971) Let's Get It On (1973) Here, My Dear (1979), "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You."
MARVIN GAYE and TAMMI TERRELL:	Greatest Hits (1970), "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'."
STAN GETZ:	Stan Getz Plays (1952), "Stella by Starlight."
STAN GETZ and ASTRID GILBERTO:	Getz/Gilberto (1963), "Desafinado (Off Key)."
DIZZY GILLESPIE:	Perceptions (1961), "The Sword of Orion."
ALLEN GINSBERG:	The Lion for Real (1989).
GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION:	Release Yourself (1974)
GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE and THE SUGAR HILL GANG:	Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five vs. the Sugar Hill Gang (1997), "The Message."
GRATEFUL DEAD:	Workingman's Dead (1970), "Dire Wolf" American Beauty (1970), "Box of Rain" Europe '72 (1972), "Tennessee Jed" Wake of the Flood (1973), "Stella Blue."
AL GREEN:	Call Me (1973) You Say It! Raw! Rare! and Unreleased! (1990), "I'm a Ram."
EDVARD GRIEG:	Lieder (soloist: Anne Sofie von Otter; 1993), "Haugtussa."
CHARLES HADEN and HANK JONES:	Steal Away (1995), "Hymn Medley: Abide with Me, etc."
MERLE HAGGARD:	The Best of the Best of (1972), "No Reason to Quit."
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:	Marian Cantatas (mezzo-soprano: Anne Sofie von Otter; 1994) Heroes (countertenor: Andreas Scholl; 1999), "Ombra mai fu" from Serse.
TIM HARDIN:	Tim Hardin (1966), "Hang On to a Dream."
SLIM HARPO:	The Best of Slim Harpo (1997), "I'm a King Bee."
EMMYLOU HARRIS:	Elite Hotel (1976), "One of These Days."
PJ HARVEY:	Rid of Me (1993), "50 Ft. Queenie."
COLEMAN HAWKINS:	Body and Soul (1988) Rainbow Mist (1993), "Yesterdays."
JOSEPH HAYDN:	Complete Piano Sonatas (Alfred Brendel; 1987) String Quartets (Quatuor Mosaïques; 1990).
TUBBY HAYES:	Tubby's Groove (1959), "Embers."
RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS:	Blank Generation (1977), "New Pleasure."
JIMI HENDRIX:	Smash Hits (1968), "Wind Cries Mary" Electric Ladyland (1968), "Crosstown Traffic" Live at Woodstock (1994), "Star Spangled Banner."
THE HEPTONES:	Night Food (1976). "I've Got the Handle."
DAN HICKS AND HIS HOT LICKS:	Last Train to Hicksville . . . the Home to Happy Feet (1973), "It's Not My Time to Go."
LAURYN HILL:	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), "Ex-Factor."
JOHNNY HODGES:	Passion Flower (1995), "Day Dream."
BILLIE HOLIDAY:	Lady in Satin (1958), "Glad to Be Unhappy," "I'm a Fool to Want You" The Billie Holiday Story (1972), "The Man I Love," "Body and Soul" The Complete Decca Recordings (1991), "Don't Explain."
THE HOLLIES:	The Best of the Hollies (1978), "Look Through Any Window."
HOWLIN' WOLF:	His Best (1997), "Hidden Charms."
THE ISLEY BROTHERS:	Super Hits (1976), "Behind a Painted Smile."
CHARLES IVES:	The Unanswered Question for Orchestra (conductor: Leonard Bernstein; 1998).
JACKSON 5:	Greatest Hits (1971), "I Want You Back."
THE JAM:	All Mod Cons (1978).
SKIP JAMES:	The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James (1994), "Devil Got My Woman."
LEOŠ JANÁCEK:	String Quartets (Talich Quartet; 1994).
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE:	Crown of Creation (1968), "Greasy Heart."
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN:	Psychocandy (1985), "You Trip Me Up."
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM:	Jazz Masters 13 (1995), "Insensatez."
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN:	Free at Last (1970), "Leave My Kitten Alone," "Need Your Love So Bad."
ROBERT JOHNSON:	Complete Recordings (1990), "Love in Vain."
GEORGE JONES:	Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits (1982), "The Grand Tour" Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years (1994), "Mr. Fool," "Window Up Above," "Relief Is Just a Swallow Away."
OUM KALTSOUM:	Anthologie de la Musique Arabe, Vols. 1-8 (1989).
THE KINKS:	The Ultimate Collection (1989), "Waterloo Sunset," "Dead End Street," "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?"
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK:	The Inflated Tear (1968).
ERICH KORNGOLD:	From the Operas of Erich Korngold (1993), "Glück das Mir Verblieb" from Die Tote Stadt (conductor: Erich Korngold).
THE LA'S:	The La's (1990), "There She Goes."
PEGGY LEE:	Miss Peggy Lee (1998), "Don't Smoke in Bed."
JOHN LENNON:	Plastic Ono Band (1970), "I Found Out" Imagine (1971), "How?" Shaved Fish (1975), "Instant Karma!"
ALAN JAY LERNER AND FREDERICK LOEWE:	My Fair Lady (1956), "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" Gigi (1958), "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore."
JERRY LEE LEWIS:	Rockin' My Life Away (1991), "Rita Mae," "Don't Let Go."
LITTLE FEAT:	Sailin' Shoes (1972), "Willin'" Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974), "Rock and Roll Doctor."
LITTLE RICHARD:	Here's Little Richard (1957), "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" The Explosive Little Richard (1967), "Commandments of Love."
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS:	When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers (1995), "My Baby's Gone."
THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL:	Anthology (1990), "Six O'Clock."
NICK LOWE:	Jesus of Cool (1978), "36 Inches High" The Impossible Bird (1994), "Shelley My Love."
DONAL LUNNY:	Donal Lunny (1987), "Declan."
LORETTA LYNN:	The Best of Loretta Lynn (1999), "One's on the Way."
MACHITO AND HIS AFRO-CUBANS:	Cubop City (1992), "Si Si, No No."
MADNESS:	The Rise and Fall (1982), "Tomorrow's Just Another Day."
GUSTAV MAHLER:	Symphony No. 1 (conductor: Klaus Tennstedt; 1968): "Kindertotenlieder & Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen."
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS:	A Gathering of Flowers (1970), "I Saw Her Again Last Night."
AIMEE MANN:	Whatever (1993), "4th of July."
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS:	African Herbsman (1972), "Small Axe" Natty Dread (1975), "Lively Up Yourself."
THE MARVELETTES:	The Return of the Marvelettes (1970), "No More Tear-Stained Make-Up."
GROUCHO MARX:	An Evening with Groucho (1972), "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady."
MASSIVE ATTACK:	Protection (1994), "Karmacoma." ,
MATCHING MOLE:	Matching Mole (1972), "0 Caroline."
CURTIS MAYFIELD:	The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (1996), "Move On Up," "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go."
CURTIS MAYFIELD and THE IMPRESSIONS:	The Anthology 1961-1977 (1992), "Keep on Pushing," "I'm So Proud."
PAUL MCCARTNEY:	McCartney (1970), "Maybe I'm Amazed" Flaming Pie (1997), "Little Willow."
KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE:	Kate and Anna McGarrigle (1975), "Go Leave."
TOMMY McLAIN:	The Essential Collection (1997), "Sweet Dreams."
THE METERS:	The Best of the Meters (1975), "Cissy Strut."
MINA:	Gli Anni d'Oro (1984), "Un Bacio e Troppo Poco."
CHARLES MINGUS:	Blues and Roots (1959) Mingus Ah-Urn (1959), "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" Pre-Bird (also known as Mingus Revisited) (1960), "Weird Nightmare" Mingus at Antibes (1960), "What Love?" Mingus Plays Piano (1963), "Myself When I Am Real" Let My Children Hear Music (1971), "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" Epitaph (1990), "The Children's Hour of Dream."
JONI MITCHELL:	Blue (1971), "The Last Time I Saw Richard" For the Roses (1972), "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" Court and Spark (1974), "Down to You" The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975), "Shades of Scarlet Conquering" Hejira (1976), "Amelia" Taming the Eger (1998), "Man from Mars," "Stay in Touch."
THE MODERN LOVERS:	The Modern Lovers (1976), "Pablo Picasso," "Someone to Care About."
THELONIOUS MONK:	Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (1951), "Off Minor" Brilliant Corners (1957) Monk's Music (1958), "Abide with Me," "Off Minor."
BILL MONROE:	The Music of Bill Monroe (1994), "Walls of Time."
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI:	L'Incoronazione di Poppea (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1993).
MOONDOG:	The Story of Moondog (1957).
VAN MORRISON:	Astral Weeks (1968), "Beside You" Moondance (1970), "Into the Mystic" His Band and Street Choir (1970), "Street Choir" Veedon Fleece (1974), "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights."
JELLY ROLL MORTON:	Birth of the Hot (1995), "Dead Man Blues," "Wolverine Blues."
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION:	We're Only in It for the Money (1968), "Who Needs the Peace Corps?"
THE MOVE:	The Best of the Move (1974), "Blackberry Way."
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:	Piano Concerto No. 20 (pianist: Clifford Curzon; 1970) Requiem (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1986) Quartets Dedicated to Haydn (Quatuor Mosaïques; 1991) La Clemenza di Tito (conductor: John Eliot Gardiner; 1993) Le Nozze di Figaro (conductor: Karl Bohm; 1993).
MODEST MUSSORGSKY:	Songs and Dances of Death (soloist: Sergei Leiferkus; 1995).
ROY NATHANSON:	Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill (2000), "Bend in the Night."
OLIVER NELSON:	The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961), "Stolen Moments" Straight Ahead (1961), "Images."
WILLIE NELSON:	Stardust (1978), "Moonlight in Vermont."
BOB NEUWIRTH:	Back to the Front (1988), "Annabelle Lee."
AARON NEVILLE:	Greatest Hits (1990), "Tell It Like It Is."
RANDY NEWMAN:	Randy Newman (1968), "Cowboy" Sail Away (1972) Good Old Boys (1974) Trouble in Paradise (1983) "Real Emotional Girl."
NEW YORK DOLLS:	New York Dolls (1973), "Personality Crisis."
NIRVANA:	Nevermind (1991), "Lithium."
LUIGI NONO:	Fragmente-Stille an Diotima (LaSalle Quartet; 1983).
NRBQ:	NRBQ (1969), "Rocket #9."
LAURA NYRO and LABELLE:	Gonna Take a Miracle (1971), "The Bells."
ROY ORBISON:	The Orbison Way (1966), "Crawling Back."
AUGUSTUS PABLO:	El Rockers (2000), "Black Gunn."
GIOVANNI PALESTRINA:	Missa Viri Galilaei (direction: Philippe Herreweghe; 1992).
CHARLIE PARKER:	The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions (1978) "Ko-Ko."
VAN DYKE PARKS:	Discover America (1972), "Jack Palance."
GRAM PARSONS:	GP (1973), "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning" Grievous Angel (1974), "Hearts on Fire."
ANN PEEBLES:	I Can't Stand the Rain (1974).
DAN PENN:	Nobody's Fool (1973), "Raining in Memphis."
DAN PENN AND SPOONER OLDHAM:	Moments from This Theater (1999), "It Tears Me Up."
SAM PHILLIPS:	Martinis and Bikinis (1994), "Same Rain."
THE POGUES:	Rum, Sodomy & the Lash (1985), "The Old Main Drag," "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day."
DULCE PONTES:	Caminhos (1998), "0 Infante."
IGGY POP:	The Idiot (1977), "Nightclubbin'" Lust for Life (1977), "Some Weird Sin."
PORTISHEAD:	Dummy (1994), "Sour Times," "Glory Box" Portishead (1997), "Western Eyes."
FRANCIS POULENC:	Melodies (baritone: Pierre Bernac; 1950), "Hotel."
BUD POWELL:	The Best of Bud Powell on Verve (1994), "April in Paris."
ELVIS PRESLEY:	The Sun Sessions (1976), "Blue Moon of Kentucky" The Memphis Album (1987), "Power of My Love."
PRETENDERS:	Pretenders (1980), "Kid," "Precious" The Singles (1987), "Message of Love."
PRINCE:	Around the World in a Day (1985), "Pop Life" Parade (1986), "Kiss" Sign of the Times (1987), "If I Was Your Girlfriend."
JOHN PRINE:	John Prine (1972), "Sam Stone."
SERGEY PROKOFIEV:	Romeo and Juliet (conductor: Charles Dutoit; 1998).
PULP:	Different Class (1995), "Sorted Out for E's and Wiz."
HENRY PURCELL:	Dido and Aeneas (Dido: Dame Janet Baker; 1993) Fantasias & in Nomines (Fretwork, 1995).
RADIOHEAD:	The Bends (1995), "The Bends" O.K. Computer (1997), "No Surprises."
BONNIE RAITT:	Give It Up (1972), "Love Has No Pride."
OTIS REDDING:	The Vevy Best of Otis Redding (1992), "Mr. Pitiful."
JIMMY REED:	The Best of Jimmy Reed (1962), "Take Out Some Insurance on Me Baby."
LOU REED:	Berlin (1973), "The Kids."
R.E.M.:	Reckoning (1984), "Pretty Persuasion" Green (1988), "Orange Crush."
THE REPLACEMENTS:	All Shook Down (1990), "Nobody."
MARC RIBOT:	Marc Ribot y 10s Cubanos Postizos (1998), "No Me Llores Mas."
CHARLIE RICH:	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich (1997), "A Woman Left Lonely."
JEANNIE ROBERTSON:	The Queen Among the Heather (1998), "Son David."
SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES:	The Anthology (1973), "Going to A-Go-Go."
THE ROLLING STONES:	Aftermath (1966), "Stupid Girl," "Take It or Leave It" Between the Buttons (1967), "My Obsession" Let It Bleed (1969) "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Some Girls (1978), "Shattered."
SONNY ROLLINS:	Saxophone Colossus (1964), "St. Thomas."
DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES:	The Ultimate Collection (1997), "Reflections," "I'm Living in Shame."
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI:	Rossini Arias (mezzo-soprano: Cecilia Bartoli; 1989), "Assisa a piè d'un salice."
OTIS RUSH:	His Cobra Recordings (1989), "It Takes Time."
GEORGE RUSSELL:	The Jazz Workshop (1956), "Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub."
SALT'N PEPA:	The Best of Salt'N Pepa (1999), "Whatta Man."
SAM AND DAVE:	The Best of Sam and Dave (1969), "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby."
FRANZ SCHUBERT:	B-flat Major Piano Sonata, D. 960 (Alfred Brendel; 1971) F-sharp Minor Piano Sonata (fragment), D. 571 (Andras Schiff; 1993) Winterreise (Wolfgang Holzmair; 1996) 22 Lieder (boxed set; 1997), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore, "Meerestille."
JIMMY SCOTT:	Heaven (1996).
RAYMOND SCOTT:	Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights (1992) Manhattan Research Inc. (2000), "Limbo: The Organized Mind."
ANDRES SEGOVIA:	Andres Segovia and His Contemporaries, Vol. 6 (1999) (Maria Luisa Anido: Bouree BWV l009, J. S. Bach).
THE SEX PISTOLS:	Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (1977), "Pretty Vacant."
RON SEXSMITH:	Ron Sexsmith (1995), "Wastin' Time."
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH:	Cello Concerto No. 1 (cellist: Mstislav Rostropovich; 1959) The String Quartets (Brodsky Quartet; 1991) 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (pianist: Tatiana Nikolayeva; 1995) Shostakovich Plays Shostakovieh, Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (cellist: Mstislav Rostropovich; pianist: Dmitry Shostakovich; 1998) Symphony No. 14 (soloists: Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau and Julia Varady; 2000).
PAUL SIMON:	Paul Simon (1972), "Congratulations," "Peace Like a River" There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), "American Tune."
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL:	Bookends (1968), "Overs."
NINA SIMONE:	The Best of Nina Simone (1969), "Mississippi Goddam," "I Loves You, Porgy."
FRANK SINATRA:	In the Wee Small Hours (1955), "Dancing on the Ceiling," "When Your Lover Has Gone" Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956), "I've Got You Under My Skin" Only the Lonely (1958), "Good-bye" No One Cares (1959), "I Can't Get Started" Live in Paris (1962), "Without a Song."
FRANK SINATRA and ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM:	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967), "How Insensitive."
PERCY SLEDGE:	When a Man Loves a Woman (1967), "Out of Left Field."
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE:	Anthology (1981), "Stand!," "Family Affair."
THE SMALL FACES:	The Immediate Years (1995), "Itchycoo Park."
ELLIOTT SMITH:	XO (1998), "Waltz #2."
THE SMITHS:	The Smiths (1984), "Still Ill."
SON VOLT:	Trace (1995), "Loose String."
THE SPECIALS:	The Specials (1979), "Blank Expression."
PHIL SPECTOR:	Back to Mono (1991), the Crystals, "He's Sure the Boy I Love."
THE SPINNERS:	The Best of the Spinners (1978), "Rubberband Man."
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD:	Dusty in Memphis (1969), "I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore," "Just One Smile" Greatest Hits (1979), "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten."
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:	The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (1973). "The E Street Shuffle" The River (1980), "Point Blank" Tunnel of Love (1987), "Brilliant Disguise" The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) "Galveston Bay."
SQUEEZE:	East Side Story (1981), "A Woman's World."
THE STANLEY BROTHERS:	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers (1996), "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet."
STEELY DAN:	Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), "Show Biz Kids."
ROD STEWART:	The Mercury Anthology (1992), "You Wear It Well."
RICHARD STRAUSS:	Der Rosenkavalier (conductor: Carlos Kleiber; 1934) Four Last Songs (soloist: Gundula Janowitz; 1996).
IGOR STRAVINSKY:	L'Histoire du Soldat (conductor: Stravinsky; 1938) Le Sacre du Printemps (conductor: Leonard Bernstein; 1958) Igor Stravinsky Edition (conductor: Stravinsky; 1963).
THE STYLISTICS:	The Best of the Stylistics (1975), "People Make the World Go 'Round."
JUNE TABOR:	Abyssinians (1983), "A Smiling Shore."
HOWARD TATE:	Get It While You Can (1967), "I Learned It All the Hard Way."
ART TATUM:	20th Century Piano Genius (1992), "Love for Sale."
JOHNNIE TAYLOR:	Raw Blues (1968), "That's Where It's At."
TELEVISION:	Marquee Moon (1977), "See No Evil."
THE TEMPTATIONS:	Anthology (1973), "Just My Imagination," "Ball of Confusion."
JOE TEX:	The Best of Joe Tex (1965), "Love You Save (May Be Your Own)."
THEM:	The Story of Them (1997), "Don't Look Back."
IRMA THOMAS:	Ruler of Hearts (1989).
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON:	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974), "Calvary Cross."
HENRY THREADGILL:	Easily Slip into Another World (1987) "Black Hands Bejewelled."
T.L.C.:	Fanmail (1999), "Unpretty."
MEL TORME:	Easy to Remember (1979), "They Didn't Believe Me."
TRIBE CALLED QUEST:	Anthology (1999), "Check the Rhime."
TRICKY:	Maxinquaye (1995), "Overcome."
LENNIE TRISTANO:	The New Tristano (1960), "Requiem," "Line Up," "Turkish Mambo."
BIG JOE TURNER:	The Very Best of Big Joe Turner (1998), "Honey Hush."
U2:	The Unforgettable Fire (1984), "Pride (In the Name of Love)," "Bad" Achtung Baby (1991), "One" Pop (1997), "Please."
THE UNDERTONES:	The Undertones (1980) "Teenage Kicks."
VELVET UNDERGROUND:	The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966), "Femme Fatale."
THE VERVE:	Urban Hymns (1997), "The Drugs Don't Work," "Neon Wilderness."
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER:	Wings in the Night (1996), "De Vilda Svanarna."
RICHARD WAGNER:	Tristan and Isolde (conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler; 1952) Der Ring des Nibelungen (conductor: George Solti; 1983).
PORTER WAGONER AND DOLLY PARTON:	The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil (1972), "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home."
TOM WAITS:	Swordfishtrombones (1983), "16 Shells from a Thirty- Ought-Six," "In the Neighborhood" Rain Dogs (1985), "Jockey Full of Bourbon," "Time" Frank's Wild Years ( 1987). "Innocent When You Dream," "Hang on St. Christopher" Bone Machine (1992), "A Little Rain," "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" Mule Variations (1999), "Take It with Me," "Georgia Rae," "Filipino Box-Spring Hog."
SCOTT WALKER:	Tilt (1995), "Farmer in the City."
DIONNE WARWICK:	The Windows of the World (1968), "Walk Little Dolly."
MUDDY WATERS:	More Real Folk Blues (1967), "Too Young to Know."
DOC WATSON:	The Essential Dot Watson (1973), "Tom Dooley."
ANTON WEBERN:	Complete Works (conductor: Pierre Boulez; 2000).
KURT WEILL:	0 Moon of Alabama (1994), Lotte Lenya, "Wie lange noch?"
KENNY WHEELER with LEE KONITZ, BILL FRISELL and DAVE HOLLAND:	Angel Song (1997).
THE WHO:	My Generation (1965), "The Kids Are Alright" Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy (1971), "Substitute."
HANK WILLIAMS:	40 Greatest Hits (1978), "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "I'll Never Get out of This World Alive."
LUCINDA WILLIAMS:	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998), "Drunken Angel."
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON:	The Best of Sonny Boy Williamson (1986), "Your Funeral and My Trial," "Help Me."
JESSE WINCHESTER:	Jesse Winchester (1970), "Quiet About It," "Black Dog," "Payday."
WINGS:	Band on the Run (1973) "Let Me Roll It."
HUGO WOLF:	Lieder (soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; 2000), "Alles Endet, Was Entstehet."
BOBBY WOMACK:	The Best of Bobby Womack (1992), "Harry Hippie."
STEVIE WONDER:	Talking Book (1972) "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" Innervisions (1973), "Living for the City" Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974), "You Haven't Done Nothin'."
BETTY WRIGHT:	The Best of Betty Wright (1992), "Clean Up Woman," "The Baby Sitter," "The Secretary."
ROBERT WYATT:	Mid-Eighties (1993), "Te Recuerdo Amanda."
LESTER YOUNG:	Ultimate Lester Young (1998), "The Man I Love."
NEIL YOUNG:	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), "Down by the River" After the Goldrush (1970), "Birds" Time Fades Away (1973), "Don't Be Denied" On the Beach (1974), "Ambulance Blues" Freedom (1989), "The Ways of Love" Ragged Glory (1990), "Fuckin' Up."
ZAMBALLARANA:	Zamballarana (1997), "Ventu."

S O U N D T R A C K S
Betty Blue	(Gabriel Yared; 1986);
Big Night	(Louis Prima et al.; 1996) Claudio Villa, "Stomelli Amorisi";
The Harder They Come	(Jimmy Cliff; 1972), "Many Rivers to Cross";
High Society	(Cole Porter; 1956), Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, "Well Did You Evah?";
One from the Heart	(Tom Waits; 1982); Torn Curtain (Bernard Herrmann; 1978);
The Wood	(1999), Mystikal & Outkast, "Neck uv da Woods."

V A R I O U S

The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler (1997); Genoese longshoremen, "La Partenza"

Anthology of American Folk Music (1997); Dock Boggs, "Country Blues"

The Birth of the Third Stream (1957)

Chess Golden Decade: The Early '50s, Vol. 1 (circa 1970); Willie Mabon, "I'm Mad"

Ethiopiques: Ethio Jazz and Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974, Vol. 4 (1998); Mulatu Astatqé, "Yèkèrmo Sèw"

Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones (1996); Mysteries of the Sabbath: Classic Cantorial Recordings, 1907-47 (1994)

Nuggets (1998); the Knickerbockers, "Lies," the Barbarians, "Moulty"

The Real Kansas City of the '20s, '30s, & '40s (1996); Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, "Queer Notions"

The Secret Museum of Mankind, Ethnic Music Classics: 1925-48 (1995-1998)

There Will Be No Sweeter Sound: Columbia Okeh Post-War Gospel Story 1947-1962 (1998); Mello- Tones, "Looking for That City Called Heaven"

Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music (1993); Dave and Ansel Collins, "Double Barrel."

Warm weather comes

"The Bush administration surprised Republican members of Congress yesterday by saying that it is too soon to build a memorial to honor former president Ronald Reagan on the Mall."

No kidding! Let's just ponder the fact that Reagan is not dead!

Satisfactory retail experience: got a phone call this past week from a Marco Medina at Greengear, the company that's making my Air Glide. Marco is the man who is building my bike, and a suave, strong, gentle man he is! In his rich, honeyed voice he explained that my chosen tire, the Conti Top Touring, was not in stock. Did I want to switch to the Primo Comet or wait for the Contis? Then he rumbled the magic word into my eager ear: "kevlar". The Primo has kevlar. I let go. "Give me that Primo, Marco! Give it to me right now, right here!" I roared. He thanked me for my understanding and returned to lubricating the tight parts of my Air Glide.