Great story.  

And it's more interesting and better written than any sports story in today's edition of the "Tennessean."

Sadly, we will never be a color-blind society so long as the Left continues to profit from issues of race.  

Thanks.  It's a limited field.  Not a lot of job openings.

Yep.  There is much evidence that an idea not captured quickly is almost certainly an idea lost.  Thank the Lord for the iPhone memo app.

You mean something like this, perhaps:

Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the nanny state, provided by Obama.

Blessed are those who mourn, for Obama shall comfort them.

Blessed are the meek, for they do not question the word of Obama.

Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness, right next to Obama at Reverend Wright's church.

Blessed are the merciful to the liberal Left, because right now Obama could use a little mercy.

Blessed are the pure in liberal ideology.

Blessed are the Peacemakers, and Predator drone missiles, which are showered from the skies by Obama.

Blessed are the liberals who are persecuted by Fox News for Obama's sake.  Theirs is the kingdom right here and right now.

I think we can safely bet his abysmal performance on "Jeopardy" will not deter his smug self-satisfaction on bit.  Nor will it curb his ego at all.e

I saw the line-up on the program yesterday afternoon and immediately changed channels.

Alex Trebec is bad enough on his own.  But adding Matthews and Gibbs - no way.

Mine comes from the thing I do I enjoy the most.

Steven Curtis Chapman, right? 

Cool. A non-announcement announcement.

Loved that closing scene in Modern Family.  Great payoff for a set-up that ran the entire episode.

So - just how many ex-band geeks lurk around Ricochet?

Signed - former band president, music ed major, and percussionist.

IF a cellist came in late?  What do you mean IF?  You mean WHEN the cellist comes in late, the rest of the section will come in late also.

To a string section, a downbeat is merely a suggestion for when the music starts.

I wonder if the writers got the idea from the famous orchestra/assassination scene in "The Man Who Knew Too Much," in which the cymbal player watched something like 400 measures of rests go by while waiting to play a single crash. In the midst of a very tense scene, I thought that was hilarious.

Yes - but did you ever hide a fellow percussionist INSIDE the concert bass drum.  We did that once - in a high school band rehearsal. The kid sat inside the drum (with both drums heads on it) for an entire rehearsal.  And the band director never noticed he was missing.

The most dangerous section in any orchestra or band is the percussion section - should they ever become bored.

TR - You are absolutely right. Infuriating, isn't it?

The movie "Idiocracy" is a funny extrapolation of this concept.