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Back home in Cayman today after seeing 48 (far too many but yet somehow not quite enough) major league baseball games this year.

Back from the Monterey Jazz Festival. It was one of the best years yet (been going since 1997). Real standouts for me: Cecile McLorin Salvant (with Aaron Diehl on piano) was the first act on the main stage. She totally blew everyone away! Don't miss her if she's in your neighborhood. Great voice and amazing musicianship! Billy Childs Laura Nyro tribute album. Just pure emotion! Probably not for everyone but it sure was for me. Jon Batiste & Stay Human performed a sort of a New Orleans styled collage Sunday afternoon that was too joyous to put into words. Put a smile on everyones faces! Brian Blade Fellowship Band. Some great conceptual stuff and there's something about the way that Blade hits the beats that really drives a piece. Need to look a little deeper into that. Blade and Eric Harland were drumming all over the place with different acts but speaking of Harland,.. Eric Harland Voyager was the last group to play in one of the smaller venues. I guess I shoulda known that I was in for something special when a bunch of the other "cutting edge" player/composers started showing up (Jason Moran was right in front of me, Gregory Clayton was standing in the wings etc.). Aside from downright scary musicianship, that band took us into unknown territory (hence the name?). It was nice to see Moran hooting as loud as I was when it all ended.

Pre film F&C ... And salad

Thanks everyone! It's pretty exciting. Another kid? Not so fast... Another pup? Now you're talking!

And like that, offer was accepted. No counter. Go us.

The last 20 games were in Tampa in late August and throughout September. At $10 per game for tickets and free parking, why not? It's kind of quiet in there. Shame, really... but did get to see Jeter in his final series with the Yankees and Paul Konerko do his last hurrah with the White Sox.

I want a 6+ and a Note Edge. Not hating on this one. **BRENT**

Don't be a hater.

Get a Note 4 anyways. Tether the 6+ to is when you need that iOS nonsense. OR, buy the FAM S5s and N4s. **BRENT**

6+ / silver / 128GB ordered today after checking them out at the store. Still wish that I could have gotten a Note but the family connectivity and ecosystem won out.

Saw the live debut of this on Saturday. Billy had Shawn Colvin, Lisa Fisher and Becca Stevens singing (Fisher is awesome BTW), Ambrose Akinmusire on horn and the Quartet San Francisco providing the strings. Save the Country brought me to tears and I coulda died happy after that performance! oops Forgot to say Steve Wilson on saxes and Brian Blades on drums.

I'm not personally turned on by the apple hate, nor do I have any hatred toward U2, but this line to make me laugh: "The album, which I haven’t listened to yet, is terrible: even worse than their last one, which I didn’t listen to either. I don’t want to listen to any U2 albums in case I discover I like them, and have to violently reassess my own self-image."

Lines like "Updates are awful. All you want to do is watch TV and rot in your own filth." and "...it’s like having to change the water in a fish tank. I can’t be arsed: it’s why I don’t have an aquarium. I’d rather let the fish die." prove I'm either too American, not English enough, or he's just an ass. I'm a few drinks in so kinda wishing Bukowski's ghost would find him in an alley.

Nice Snark from Charlie Brooker http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/22/apple-software-updates-iphone-watch-ios-8

I've found that a little variety with your food helps keep the stomach happy Great performance on the ride, Chris! You certainly blasted through that century at a pretty good pace! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Nice Ian! Congrats!

I fixed a computer. ..

Thumb zones.

Trying Mexican Brisket, blackened Brussel sprouts and green Chile mac n cheese for lunch today.

This thread gives me a pain localized in my ass.