According to Family Watchdog, a Web site that keeps track of sex offenders in your neighborhood, there are 48 offenders and 13 non-mappable offenders in my area.

The article suggests to serve ads only to new visitors and turn them off for your frequent visitors. Not a bad idea.

Al Gore talks with Charlie Rose about his book The Assault on Reason and his political stand. How many think the Former Vice President should run again?

From Terry Gross, host of NPR’s Fresh Air.

80 is the new 20

Gary Giddins on Hank Jones:

Jones is perhaps the most venerated of contemporary jazz pianists, and not just because he has outlived so much of the competition. Jazz taste oscillates between decorum and expression, usually favoring the latter. In the years when jazz piano was dominated by obdurate, percussive modernists like Thelonious Monk and Cecil Taylor, Jones was often perceived as a genteel professional, and admired more for the reliability of his technique than for his wit. In today’s more ecumenical musical climate, in which pianists like Bill Charlap and Jason Moran tend to mediate percussive dynamics with lyricism, Jones’s approach seems almost prophetic.

Azia Kim was caught after eight months of pretending to be a Stanford student. What’s her motive? According to the article, “…many speculate that she felt pressure from overbearing parents to attend Stanford—regardless of whether she was admitted.”

From Memorial Day cookout. Isn’t my cousin’s kid adorable?

I didn’t call this guy “a jazz freak from Seattle” for nothing. He got me hooked on Time Out and now he got me kicking back to Dave Digs Disney, a refreshing cover of children tunes that even adults could enjoy. What makes the album so damn additive is the contrast between Dave Brubeck’s arpeggios and Paul Desmond’s simultaneous flow, in which one leaves potholes for the other to fill in while drummer Joe Morello and bassist Eugene Wright drive the rhythm section. Their rendition of “Some Day My Prince Will Come” had attracted not only the listeners, but also the jazz musicians.

Abdullah Ibrahim’s “Someday Soon Sweet Samba“