Weather: A sprinkling of snow. It's also a lot colder than yesterday. I wanted to wash/wax the car on Sunday, but the commercial, automated place was closed! ($#@!)

Wildlife: The two eagles had to share the aereation pond with ice fishermen nearby -- I think the birds ate the cleanings afterward.

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Media Alert: I managed to get through most of the Superbowl while switching to CSPAN during the commercials. It was actually worth the effort -- Oliver Sacks was speaking on Book TV. I enjoyed the game VERY much, and spoke to my brother via long-distance before and afterward. Score: New England -- 32 Carolina -- 29.
The halftime show just confirmed general preconceptions -- popular artists strutted their lip-synched stuff in an audio/visual cacophany. If ya' liked 'em, ya' liked the show, if ya' didn't, ya' didn't. With that being said -- I was liking Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation," until Justin Timberlake showed up. He's danced better in the past, and I've never liked his singing anyway.
BUSTED: That final grab at Janet's boob-cover was obviously planned. Neither leather, vinyl, nor spandex tears away that easy. Women entertainers don't wear nipple-covers* unless they expect their breasts to show either. BTW -- that incident barely lasted a second -- If you could see it* you were replaying it on slo-mo or pause --- HA HA HA!

Follow-ups:
I wrote a "fan letter" by email to Al Kooper last night, since I've been enjoying his Michael Bloomfield collaborations on CD. (See Jan. 26, 2004) While tracking him down online, I found that he has serious vision problems now, but he's perseveres through them -- good man! AL KOOPER
I found a list of the studio musicians who played on the Box Tops' records. (The Box Tops road band is listed on the Alex Chilton page -- See Jan. 30, 2004) They are: Reggie Young, guitar; Bobby Wood, piano; Bobby Emmons, organ; Tommy Cogbill, bass; Gene Crissman, drums; Mike Leech and Glen Spreen, horn and string arrangements, and the great Wayne Jackson, with his Memphis Horns. Wayne Carson Thompson wrote their biggest songs, Penn and Oldham wrote some other singles. Tommy Cogbill co-produced Dimensions, their best album.