Retired one hour and thirty five minutes ago.
What a looooooooooooong strange trip it has BEEN. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
To "Leader1978" , in case she's reading here anymore...
Still Crazy? (Paul Simon) We were married on a rainy day The sky was yellow And the grass was gray We signed the papers And we drove away I do it for your love The rooms were musty And the pipes were old All that winter we shared a cold Drank all the orange juice That we could hold I do it for your... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Damn you, Aaron Sorkin.
How dare you create s weekly tableau of integrity, humanity, frailty and redemption like "West Wing", when we have to go back to the real world? Damn you. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
eHow now "Demand Studuios" subsidiary? NOT the same.
For your real freelancers out there, in case you care, eHow sends an email today announcing they will be using Demand Studios as their platform, (whatever that means). A closer examination seems to reveal that Demand Studios is a larger "well" of supposedly better-screened and qualified writers and... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Julian Fouce's legacy lives on in music therapy for children.
Want a break from who's zooming whom and who's voted off this week? Please give these a read, won't take long. http://www.theboot.com/2010/04/02/faith-hill-vince-gill-vanderbilt-childrens-hospital-songs/... Sign in to see full entry.
Music trivia you will NOT break without my hints.
Name the movie this was used in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCKiZRWyv20 Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78 ‘Organ’: Maestoso-Allegro by Saint- sans. HINT: It was sung by a man to a pig. FATTER HINT: It was sung later by some mice with a little swing to it. ANSWER:... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Rant alert:
Despite the fact that the majority of my best friends are conservative,the following: Is anyone else as tired and fed up with so called "Tea Party" quasi patriotic know-nothing rhetoric as I am? And hasn't Ms Pallin used up her fifteen minutes yet? Four points: 1. After Vietnam, the biggest deficits... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Oh, by the way...
I'm a brand new granddaddy. Wishing the best to my son and my daughter in law, and their infant girl. Her dad and I looked at each other repeatedly during the waiting room period. The other family waiting there consisted of the siblings, medium-foul-mouthed friend or cousin, and youngish parents of... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Fresh Air/public radio program about hate mongerers and new legislation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124906766 I have one addendum to this article, in the form of a question: Why WAS it that right woing extremist groups were quiet during the second Bush preidency? Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sorry if I'm advertising for the competition...blog by a heart patient.
http://www.fromthebottomofmylvad.blogspot.com/ Don't be alarmed by the opening picture! He seems to be quite a charcter and brimming with spirit. The blogger/subject is trying to spread awareness of the growing number of people walking the Earth with implanted heart pumps, for whom a well-meaning... Sign in to see full entry.