gonna fly now

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Maynard Ferguson obituary.

Maynard Ferguson tribute page.

Another one of the greats. Some say the last, but I expect we can still lose more.
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my rapper name alphabet

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If I was going to adopt one of those MC names, I think I'd go for "Meritorious B." I thought about it as I was sticking magnetic letters back on the fridge. (Sarah, with help from us, put D-I-R-T-Y on the dishwasher yesterday, to show that the dishes hadn't been run yet. Since then, they've been run. She also put two Ws up. Actually a W and an upside down M.) It occurred to me that "Sometimes Y" was another good one. Then, as usual, I decided to go too far and see how many letters I could do. My list:

Freaking A
Meritorious B
Shining C
Passing D
Silent E
Gimmean F
Dropped G
Elided H
Me Myself & I
Blue J
Oh K Special K (get that sponsorship)
Hotter'n L
Auntie M (or Anti-M, if you're not an F)
Aspir N
Stere O
Wicked P
Miss Q (or Missed Q)
Avast! R
P-Nutty S (peanut butter ad reference)
Herbal T
Nutsta U** Wossamotta U (yes, that's the one!)
Henry V (for all you Lancastrians)
Vee W Incurious W*
Triple X
Sometimes Y
Chimpan Z

Later on, I'll think of ones I should have done, but I wanted to put this up now, because if I left it on the screen while I paced the treadmill, I'd keep thinking of other ones, and then I'd either forget them and go nuts trying to unforget them, or I'd be tempted to pause the machine while I went and typed them in.

update: Already, the second thoughts have started.
* Third thoughts, even: For you dot-com types, howzabout Dubbadubba W?
**Sheloves U (yeahyeahyeah)?
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the chores! the stores!

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Odd discovery of the day: in 1950, there was a radio sitcom called Granby's Green Acres, about a bank teller who moved to the country to find the simple wife, along with his wife. They had a hired man named Eb. There are some differences. Eb is an old man, and the couple has a daughter. Still, one can see a certain resemblance to a 60s show.

Four episodes are available. Here's one of them.
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