tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45603968893172007652024-02-07T21:18:03.633-08:00neenersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-11909901791238838172023-01-27T21:47:00.003-08:002023-01-27T21:47:34.960-08:00<p>Two Eyeball Stories relayed to David Sedaris and relayed to you by me.</p><p>A friend of mine has a pug who had an operation on one of his eyes. He had to wear a cone around his neck, which he did not like one bit. All he did was whine and try to wrench it off, which was super irritating, so my friend removed it just for some peace and quiet and the pug scratched at his bandage with his back leg so hard that his eyeball literally popped out of his head and he ate it.</p><p>I met a woman who was a psychiatrist assigned to the county jail where a prisoner who was addicted to meth but had been clean for a month due to his incarceration dug both his eyes out with a teaspoon. He ate one but not the other possibly because he could not find it.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-71880779521203380922021-07-09T23:03:00.002-07:002021-07-09T23:03:24.746-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYjAqXrdYb4W1yBaowRfT1fQTimRF19jBk6NTMNgRHh-w7r1kgxvSyyvsADbPsEZHGI7ftdxyuvQuejJLBTDTYncyf63kSKjkwK4s5w-AKIxl08OW2IgF2lhdq2bQlBrogzYXCVYJGXc/s600/IMG_0911+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYjAqXrdYb4W1yBaowRfT1fQTimRF19jBk6NTMNgRHh-w7r1kgxvSyyvsADbPsEZHGI7ftdxyuvQuejJLBTDTYncyf63kSKjkwK4s5w-AKIxl08OW2IgF2lhdq2bQlBrogzYXCVYJGXc/s320/IMG_0911+%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Were you there?<p></p><p>Burning Chair 2021 </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-1812426332442439242021-06-23T15:42:00.001-07:002021-06-23T15:42:15.756-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ9Y26aTNWj47fEQkrijBE4gZJkiUCMkGKUc3xa3zZZQlfGGhWl15QU0ysBTOIRPTqjfaP_4Ljd87QWe00tckQIjTu_04ZsbRq8F1AjhCvHAXdongYZ4FYvkESMMWff-6VPf9QyMZ2KU/s200/Artboard+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ9Y26aTNWj47fEQkrijBE4gZJkiUCMkGKUc3xa3zZZQlfGGhWl15QU0ysBTOIRPTqjfaP_4Ljd87QWe00tckQIjTu_04ZsbRq8F1AjhCvHAXdongYZ4FYvkESMMWff-6VPf9QyMZ2KU/s0/Artboard+1.png" /></a></div><br />Told you she would win.<p></p><p>My top songs of 1973:</p><p>1. Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack</p><p>2. Superstition by Stevie Wonder</p><p>3. Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce</p><p>4. You’re So Vain by Carly Simon</p><p>5. Superfly by Curtis Mayfield</p><p>6. Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group</p><p>7. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) by Deodato</p><p>8. Hocus Pocus by Focus</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-58808697628675876632021-06-22T18:44:00.001-07:002021-06-22T18:44:27.386-07:00<p> Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0eFndjUBaTQdO81uRO9lBL?si=f40e856deb4740c8" target="_blank">Spotify</a></p><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Sunshine go away today</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I don't feel much like dancing</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Don't know what he's asking</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">He tells me I'd better get in line</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Can't hear what he's saying</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">When I grow up I'm going to make it mine</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But these aren't dues I been paying</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">How much does it cost, I'll buy it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The time is all we've lost, I'll try it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But he can't even run his own life</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Sunshine go away today</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I don't feel much like dancing</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Some man's gone he's tried to run my life</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Don't know what he's asking</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Working starts to make me wonder where</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The fruits of what I do are going</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">He says in love and war all is fair</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But he's got cards he ain't showing</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">How much does it cost, I'll buy it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The time is all we've lost, I'll try it</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But he can't even run his own life</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine</span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc" jsname="U8S5sf" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Sunshine come on back another day</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I promise you I'll be singing</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">This old world, she's gonna turn around</span><br /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Brand new bells'll be ringing</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-2752608834987773302021-06-22T18:27:00.005-07:002021-06-22T18:37:25.415-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPmVwCpk6V_4vARXwHfGY1kShCr5hHNJwPXB1XemaSJqnLywMgStMYpyA5Yc-0zN88nFETOJwBoL3zM0kuHhpzQ6NPnPmwPpcqVVgFuZrP-vr03uT0Z8WNLd6zml0Anl2Q-VHQGEBHbw/s271/sushine.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="271" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPmVwCpk6V_4vARXwHfGY1kShCr5hHNJwPXB1XemaSJqnLywMgStMYpyA5Yc-0zN88nFETOJwBoL3zM0kuHhpzQ6NPnPmwPpcqVVgFuZrP-vr03uT0Z8WNLd6zml0Anl2Q-VHQGEBHbw/w162-h139/sushine.png" width="162" /></a></div><br />My top songs of 1972. What's the point, Roberta Flack's going to win. Spoiler alert, she's going to win in 1973 as well. Incredible combo of writing, production and performance. Sunshine was the dark horse in this race, nicely done, whoever you are.<div><br /><div><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CIeE38SdXZ9J0M76QRhmS?si=176ab1325e1d482a" target="_blank">Spotify</a> Top 100</div><div><a href="https://challonge.com/ivaju0zp" target="_blank">Challonge</a> The Competition</div><div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Without You</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Morning Has Broken</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sunshine</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A Horse With No Name</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roundabout</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Let’s Stay Together</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nights In White Satin</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Saturday In The Park</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The City Of New Orleans</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">11.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rocket Man</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">12.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Layla</p><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-10245495782798717732021-06-21T21:27:00.004-07:002021-06-22T18:36:15.550-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzwKVfP6yTyvFSbOi0OIlyDWFcUvr8ly4BOcUFtbfWTOHJCbByrqDzQLVuGqyjg20lJ_HCJsmsufJSU78iWmD6bW9vZEvh5ABzkKoTicNzbxZ3Php336KZkAIZgc8FgEJnvR1C2tDfHY/s200/iknowiknow.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzwKVfP6yTyvFSbOi0OIlyDWFcUvr8ly4BOcUFtbfWTOHJCbByrqDzQLVuGqyjg20lJ_HCJsmsufJSU78iWmD6bW9vZEvh5ABzkKoTicNzbxZ3Php336KZkAIZgc8FgEJnvR1C2tDfHY/s0/iknowiknow.png" /></a></div><br />My top songs of 1971 if anyone cares. <p></p><p>Marvin Gaye's What's Going On edged out Joy to the World (Three Dog Night) for the top spot. </p><p>Wildcard (Jesus Christ Superstar) edged out the Doors for 10th place. Ouch. Maybe because Riders on the Storm isn't even the 10th best Doors song. </p><p>I chose my songs on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/016fayjsCU41SfJWFUREnE?si=82d96bae02bc48da">Spotify</a>, Round Robin tournament on <a href="https://challonge.com/gaiyicrz/standings">Challonge</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>What’s Going On</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Joy To The World</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ain’t No Sunshine</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Me And Bobby Mcgee</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Won’t Get Fooled Again</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Feel The Earth Move</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Proud Mary</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Theme From Shaft</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>If You Could Read My Mind</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Superstar</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">11.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Riders On The Storm</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">12.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I Hear You Knocking</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-81704810683483550452021-06-21T14:23:00.007-07:002021-06-22T18:38:16.984-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRqv3o5Z8lPsOyxK7EIP19kbScWcsIsYPaEpoK_SIPsP-Rq0tASNN762XL7EfDxgzrOZf5_Vq5KiQP_N0Rm60hv8-yKU-rUJVDYUWiPFNEVtEkt3TM1V8ylh-LkHCtknFO9iTV2DtOpA/s300/simongarf.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="300" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRqv3o5Z8lPsOyxK7EIP19kbScWcsIsYPaEpoK_SIPsP-Rq0tASNN762XL7EfDxgzrOZf5_Vq5KiQP_N0Rm60hv8-yKU-rUJVDYUWiPFNEVtEkt3TM1V8ylh-LkHCtknFO9iTV2DtOpA/w164-h144/simongarf.gif" width="164" /></a></div>My top songs of 1970, via <a href="https://challonge.com/1toc6nj1">callonge.com</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ur5dnjKkGgjPSJpwKBHDd?si=b1d509b3ae26472e">spotify</a>. <div><br /></div><div>I wasn't expecting James Taylor to win, but damn, dude. That's the most honest song. Ever.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Fire and Rain stole the top spot from legend B.B. King's the Thrill is Gone, which is technically a cover, but doesn't take away from the majesty.</div><div><br /></div><div>Simon and Garfunkel had two top 12 hits, as did Creedence Clearwater Revival.</div><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fire and Rain</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Thrill is gone</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Evil Ways</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cecilia</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lola</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lookin out my back door</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bridge over troubled water</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In the Summertime</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Instant karma</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make it with you</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">11.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Who’ll stop the rain</p>
<p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; text-indent: -18px;">12.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Spill the wine</p></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-4906487464122016392021-06-21T13:54:00.001-07:002021-06-21T13:54:15.911-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7pyUuMI15zTpeiMQQqmYTBxOnKEPvWu3ydg7mECLfyW7bDif7IQUKPdjyGQjRO84PyQm5CtNUjd7-PM8uy4takfE4v0c9kxtbNTex7fL4hWIuq9e6p-Q6iJq7orKcSeNSKl9GLbbcog/s640/hoffman-rickman-battle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7pyUuMI15zTpeiMQQqmYTBxOnKEPvWu3ydg7mECLfyW7bDif7IQUKPdjyGQjRO84PyQm5CtNUjd7-PM8uy4takfE4v0c9kxtbNTex7fL4hWIuq9e6p-Q6iJq7orKcSeNSKl9GLbbcog/s320/hoffman-rickman-battle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It's really annoying when people ask me what my top 5, top ten, #1, whatever is. <p></p><p>I have succumbed to these social mores with the caveat: I reserve the right to change rankings at any time.</p><p>Favorite actor: Alan Rickman. No wait. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Do they have to be living or is that a separate list? Is Donald Sutherland underrated or is he accurately rated?</p><p>Photo credit: an insane co-worker</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-46157885823122344702021-04-18T10:14:00.010-07:002021-04-25T13:48:14.011-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUUkLr2ifoDp8yox2SZS4VcJbvdtwX6bFay_nF2Hpy_q4XBX9zfLn3t6bP4u-RFar1yL-UYhNIFUZOiCAThuJtZfzQM8vvKpIP3JfjhJ5HRi1zcQLavbkn8mTyhDZFi3P8QV6Ap9KCLY/s538/C3ED1234-C6ED-4532-A1A7-5391F9BB02BF.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="534" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUUkLr2ifoDp8yox2SZS4VcJbvdtwX6bFay_nF2Hpy_q4XBX9zfLn3t6bP4u-RFar1yL-UYhNIFUZOiCAThuJtZfzQM8vvKpIP3JfjhJ5HRi1zcQLavbkn8mTyhDZFi3P8QV6Ap9KCLY/s320/C3ED1234-C6ED-4532-A1A7-5391F9BB02BF.jpeg" /></a></div><br /> -1990-<p></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6TdakDmvomjy9UyoWF4sr4?si=j5aS9kfdTzeUZbyvEr0y-g" target="_blank">Notable pop songs, from the legendary to the cringeworthy</a></p><p>Best: Sinéad O’Connor singing Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U</p><p>Worst: Hold On, Wilson Phillips</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-53675582812537373622021-04-16T22:45:00.005-07:002021-04-17T19:47:00.605-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zaf0UB2dOfDyPr0VAgpNJb8-Y5pH1_Hs0mJ24sb8tulpjDe6bbY2hCuSVQ71UC6FRFBofuX2XAHr1tSzf5QOZg4INGqiltxliC3neNQy3XX2nOtyKtfVOqB5ABt26LXyWkg4xNOplWQ/s300/bogle-zin.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Zaf0UB2dOfDyPr0VAgpNJb8-Y5pH1_Hs0mJ24sb8tulpjDe6bbY2hCuSVQ71UC6FRFBofuX2XAHr1tSzf5QOZg4INGqiltxliC3neNQy3XX2nOtyKtfVOqB5ABt26LXyWkg4xNOplWQ/s0/bogle-zin.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #20124d;">[my pathetic attempt at tasting and understanding wine]</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bogle Vineyards</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2018</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Old Wine Zinfandel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.target.com/p/bogle-old-vine-zinfandel-wine-750ml-bottle/-/A-14779409?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000054379751&CPNG=PLA_Grocery%2BShopping_Brand%7CGrocery_Ecomm_Food_Bev&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9032131&targetid=pla-323070238224&ds_rl=1246978&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6-SDBhCMARIsAGbI7Uhx-APi8LR77U3zpNqq021PwOuxAHKrIIFPo5_3AmkAFTpI84kiGSAaAnc7EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank">$9</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First, Zinfandel is the wine that made California <i>California</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Second, wine scientists only recently figured out that the Zinfandel grape came from Croatia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This Zin did not wow me. It's supple, soft tannins, dark and full of body, but not a lot going on. So, it's doable, comfortable and safe. I would not drink it the first day, more flavors come out as it is exposed to oxygen. Or, I have no palate. Makes a very nice purple paint.</div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-15030875167305100652021-04-16T17:59:00.005-07:002021-04-17T19:39:27.952-07:001990 Billboard Top 100<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2mI2QBJDL4klpigMkqaFs5?si=Zc-HBHvBR86-3DpysH1vcg" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">Billboard Top 100 - 1990</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1990" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;" target="_blank">list</a></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">1990 is a year when the reign of schlock-pop terror (Wilson Phillips, Michael Bolton) was briefly interrupted by fun, light hip-hop newcomers such as Bell Biv DeVoe (#4), Black Box (#81) and Kyper (#100).</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1HN89UtrQIZANFPPZF0mXT?si=DJw-ku13RC-qmBKaDaH6gg">Janet Jackson</a> edged out perennial favorites Taylor Dayne and Phil Collins with 5 top-100 hits. </p>
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<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Best song of 1990 imho: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/064ZylFGeddMC08XdMoNyj?si=YqwSIHk7R2Cy1bg0gFmbDg">Nothing Compares 2 U</a> (#3) </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Worst song:</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fairly awful:</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7ba7mwoleFlwmOiuqw8XNf?si=Aw7Qqa2tQgixeQ51Xpo24g">Unskinny Bop</a> (#32)</p>
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<p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/11d9oUiwHuYt216EFA2tiz?si=n4Rj2OZiRMCbrp3IP-aVHw" target="_blank">Ice Ice Baby</a> (#45) and its natural frenemie, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1B75hgRqe7A4fwee3g3Wmu?si=4aj8d1Y_QEelyJIX1dBmBQ" target="_blank">U Can’t Touch This</a> (#55) </span></p><p style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #dca10d;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/38bDGWuyYdSdNfrFfbCiVS?si=jluN6LImRWK3330YaAdDUQ" target="_blank">We Didn't Start the Fire</a></span> </span>(#35)</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4WxQGUmWBRNovxlF2g8Xdv?si=ZRARkH22QdWN1H0Rraa7Kg">The Humpty Dance</a> (#62)</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Milli Vanilli <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2rCepRZ8PYZvEaRBMqnft1?si=vIue-wwKSvuPTYleWjX_jA" target="_blank">Blame It on the Rain</a></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">Mariah Carey’s debut, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0gLQ6jhJsyYfl7PrD1RZ7X?si=Z67Rs-MNRrybPgaqTbkHsw" target="_blank">Vision of Love</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-90118195300432496522021-03-26T23:46:00.004-07:002021-04-17T19:46:16.179-07:00<p>San Jose Haiku #3</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Highway Eighty-five</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Why are you going forty-</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">five in the fast lane</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-83777425960723022492021-03-22T22:43:00.002-07:002021-03-22T22:53:37.519-07:00<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JKfOm8tZPQNYOcDuVn89Cbev3tBeWciUtdJlcvGtD2aYRMvLOgQtb8XUo6s33LJr4JHrm-kFqnS1ssYv7nP5vl1lXNvLjwoqEbltMx6i37B19mWt84rSA7DtAnjXfM6y0P8EQtZRp8Y/s400/Richard+Strauss.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="336" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JKfOm8tZPQNYOcDuVn89Cbev3tBeWciUtdJlcvGtD2aYRMvLOgQtb8XUo6s33LJr4JHrm-kFqnS1ssYv7nP5vl1lXNvLjwoqEbltMx6i37B19mWt84rSA7DtAnjXfM6y0P8EQtZRp8Y/w166-h197/Richard+Strauss.png" width="166" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Komponist von tag</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Richard Strauss</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /></span>1864–1949</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Late Romantic, early Modern era. Hol' up–this guy lived through WWII. <br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">I messed up. I thought the real Strauss was Richard Strauss. Apparently I was thinking of Johann Straus II.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">brb</span></span></div><p style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-66217347521643568402021-03-22T22:29:00.001-07:002021-03-22T22:29:31.794-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFy1fpRISomIQjCcfBkOEQCghrDF6cPr2vA_nMiUViQPrVDXVOgj-8tv94tYPUX8i5ZDrp41xDRjKzNwxCMWEBxKBFIr1JXS2PWLi8NE9kIKQrdiDR0lICurJ41XVE2OAShT0Blfp_1E/s1588/il_1588xN.442661877_k903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.etsy.com/listing/127697004/tom-waits-as-a-donkey-watercolor?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_c-art_and_collectibles-collectibles-figurines&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwgOGCBhAlEiwA7FUXkhzVX2btveZu1bIUvf4fYIIXzqEGCy5Qc2Ho5LvZStcfzIDYNQmD-hoCIXEQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_304499675_22746182675_78727418195_pla-106550407235_c__127697004_12768591&utm_custom2=304499675&gclid=CjwKCAjwgOGCBhAlEiwA7FUXkhzVX2btveZu1bIUvf4fYIIXzqEGCy5Qc2Ho5LvZStcfzIDYNQmD-hoCIXEQAvD_BwE" border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1588" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqFy1fpRISomIQjCcfBkOEQCghrDF6cPr2vA_nMiUViQPrVDXVOgj-8tv94tYPUX8i5ZDrp41xDRjKzNwxCMWEBxKBFIr1JXS2PWLi8NE9kIKQrdiDR0lICurJ41XVE2OAShT0Blfp_1E/w200-h160/il_1588xN.442661877_k903.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />TIL some parents make their kids try food 10 times before deciding if they like it or not. Seems like a good approach to trying anything new. Like wine. Opera. Vegemite. Art. A weird movie. Music. That includes new music. What else?<p></p><p>(art by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/127697004/tom-waits-as-a-donkey-watercolor?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_c-art_and_collectibles-collectibles-figurines&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwgOGCBhAlEiwA7FUXkhzVX2btveZu1bIUvf4fYIIXzqEGCy5Qc2Ho5LvZStcfzIDYNQmD-hoCIXEQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_304499675_22746182675_78727418195_pla-106550407235_c__127697004_12768591&utm_custom2=304499675&gclid=CjwKCAjwgOGCBhAlEiwA7FUXkhzVX2btveZu1bIUvf4fYIIXzqEGCy5Qc2Ho5LvZStcfzIDYNQmD-hoCIXEQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">sleepybowie</a>)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-77660059816912974982021-03-02T21:43:00.005-08:002021-03-02T21:43:37.817-08:00San Jose Haiku #2<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Highway 101</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Get me to San Francisco </span></p><span>And back before bed</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-89508413885933271502021-03-02T21:34:00.006-08:002021-03-02T21:39:21.154-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvBAluC2r2XkOYbYUKfAq12HlZCGMd5mbzpVaknJru853nhgazT7vCpDNLzK8RIcSCt5kEONe5ruGO-fI2jPFcs7iHe-yMlttpkblEa8TYNrhrm1wFDJWOYZgBuLsT4W_p6AmY9SyqlU/s728/47A7A474-9646-417B-A684-1FF21AA5AD3F.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="728" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvBAluC2r2XkOYbYUKfAq12HlZCGMd5mbzpVaknJru853nhgazT7vCpDNLzK8RIcSCt5kEONe5ruGO-fI2jPFcs7iHe-yMlttpkblEa8TYNrhrm1wFDJWOYZgBuLsT4W_p6AmY9SyqlU/s320/47A7A474-9646-417B-A684-1FF21AA5AD3F.gif" width="320" /></a></div><br />Grape du jour<p></p><p>Table grapes from Chile. In February. Add those to the long list of things you can’t get without fossil fuels. <a href="https://youtu.be/FqHLsMOcN_Q" target="_blank">Bananas</a> are on your list already, right?</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-53530752645562756402021-03-02T21:28:00.006-08:002021-03-02T22:57:41.946-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMiXf5ragczNupaxj9raO24q3YckrnsgcFf3Pl6IS2eAF8rjRI29SXqERN4m1BRM6dfGDqs8EjXy1JNb0xcTGseOgAaRvC9_VhieNygRwbgvu860Tx6B1-fVUV-j5FDxUb3mm4x8eKZ0/s600/ABD7CB0C-31EB-4F7A-A813-0268F5B80A73.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMiXf5ragczNupaxj9raO24q3YckrnsgcFf3Pl6IS2eAF8rjRI29SXqERN4m1BRM6dfGDqs8EjXy1JNb0xcTGseOgAaRvC9_VhieNygRwbgvu860Tx6B1-fVUV-j5FDxUb3mm4x8eKZ0/s320/ABD7CB0C-31EB-4F7A-A813-0268F5B80A73.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Composer du jour<div>Hector Berlioz</div><div><br /></div><div>1803-1869, Fronce</div><div><br /></div><div>Father of the <a href="https://www.cmuse.org/honoring-berlioz-legacy-a-selection-of-seven-psychedelic-classical-pieces/" target="_blank">Psychedelic Symphony</a>:</div><div><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4MGdY1hGi1FhQAHB2t3rbu?si=hq40b5k1QFWl2LFSg8du9g" target="_blank">Symphonie Fantastique</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0kO2iMsI35DBVfVEA6PD2d?si=GBGhYPvaTEaLZIV8yh3eBQ" target="_blank">Leonard Bernstein explains</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>I need to listen to him more, the psychedelic aspect has not hit me yet. Romantic period.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-59258380518642138202021-03-01T23:19:00.003-08:002021-03-01T23:21:39.600-08:00Vinework<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJq4-4YnCtH5aN0w45fAg_D_T_V50sdnZKCX6yPOdFGHtG_MKGgmNRw2CzqRKWhyBpsXk-Mcd50nTFnwGrChGnOLY9o91kWaE5xtdTQnENewIUIbUTcRTVfOcqn4vHt56bZgiCvCdpYA/s800/3BEC4910-934A-42E1-9516-9ABC14BE9C16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJq4-4YnCtH5aN0w45fAg_D_T_V50sdnZKCX6yPOdFGHtG_MKGgmNRw2CzqRKWhyBpsXk-Mcd50nTFnwGrChGnOLY9o91kWaE5xtdTQnENewIUIbUTcRTVfOcqn4vHt56bZgiCvCdpYA/s320/3BEC4910-934A-42E1-9516-9ABC14BE9C16.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-27501466603770542672021-03-01T21:49:00.007-08:002021-03-02T21:39:50.924-08:00<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8Qxdpx-pohgu5YTAz36usrVLCZuL_HpNqwWKi3PqFBcogpvmIGDd7MFufuSPYqaCQSbGJKNRhSFJG-yrL26olaLhSkVcguX1hmxkPCHL0GJCaeIXFJAq3gBLTpNlUPnjFgOHu3IOi10/s1654/Screen+Shot+2021-03-01+at+9.48.56+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="1178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8Qxdpx-pohgu5YTAz36usrVLCZuL_HpNqwWKi3PqFBcogpvmIGDd7MFufuSPYqaCQSbGJKNRhSFJG-yrL26olaLhSkVcguX1hmxkPCHL0GJCaeIXFJAq3gBLTpNlUPnjFgOHu3IOi10/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-01+at+9.48.56+PM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />Composer du jour</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Schubert</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1797–1829, Austria</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One of the early Romantic composers. The Father of Emo, but perhaps I've said too much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He wrote hundreds of works before his death at age 31, especially his 600+ <i>lieds</i>, (poetic songs). Hailed as a genius by Antonio Salieri, Schubert's work is built on the Classical styles of Mozart and Beethoven, his musical idols. He asked to be, and is buried next to Beethoven in Schubert Park, Vienna.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Next to whom would you prefer to be buried?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Cu6a0H7wOehkvK0wf29Sz?si=18o_u8iCQmGMrUB2fyMGsA" target="_blank">Winterreise</a>, sung by <a href="https://joycedidonato.com" target="_blank">Joyce DiDonato</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-53585805040780476172021-02-28T23:15:00.002-08:002021-02-28T23:21:22.850-08:00<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshdyeQTu8ZnX5nNUs3VLCg241yM2Ms421PcFAVkVm8kKCnJ0qIlITsiYCSFq2L8-mbBsWwfXx4PzwQIv6_5YfRmUzSlzlpTKi9-TPqVWznTKd6gWwasLgUgC_t0jN129MtkUnN8s76jE/s300/Artboard+1-8.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshdyeQTu8ZnX5nNUs3VLCg241yM2Ms421PcFAVkVm8kKCnJ0qIlITsiYCSFq2L8-mbBsWwfXx4PzwQIv6_5YfRmUzSlzlpTKi9-TPqVWznTKd6gWwasLgUgC_t0jN129MtkUnN8s76jE/s0/Artboard+1-8.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">March 1 2021</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Remember the stories about senior citizens who were still leasing AT&T landline phones into the 1990s? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Apparently, some people still pay for cable tv.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://local.aarp.org/aarp-event/streaming-smart-tvs-lcnt6szvgsd.html">AARP Streaming Event March 29, 2021</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #29e5bf; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://livewithoutcable.com/best-streaming-services-for-seniors/" target="_blank">Live without cable - services for seniors</a></span></p><p><span style="color: #29e5bf; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.brookdale.com/en/brookdale-life/blogs/2020/07/tv-streaming-simplified.html" target="_blank">Brookdale - TV Streaming Simplified</a></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-53275345627953115072021-02-28T14:47:00.010-08:002021-03-02T21:40:26.869-08:00<h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h4><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxjRzEJv9rcBgSUyotysrFpHSuDPuhXgTgyrMnY50NcZXJhSZxD9gOi4FUmSUmbpmkk5ObYBYFBd_X6MPgAz4K9a13RYX67VdjneabVo7TwOXImS__eqx_HKdvgcGmk-1CDGcf8s6cbE/s640/A6B4667B-6C0A-4840-B414-6D14C44257C2.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxjRzEJv9rcBgSUyotysrFpHSuDPuhXgTgyrMnY50NcZXJhSZxD9gOi4FUmSUmbpmkk5ObYBYFBd_X6MPgAz4K9a13RYX67VdjneabVo7TwOXImS__eqx_HKdvgcGmk-1CDGcf8s6cbE/s320/A6B4667B-6C0A-4840-B414-6D14C44257C2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Composer du jour</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span>Haydn</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span>1732-1809. Classical period. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span>“Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet” </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can hear a little bit of Mozart in Haydn's work - or technically, you can hear a lot of Haydn in Mozart.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Haydn <span>mentored both Mozart and Beethoven. Not too shabby. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4TYZpMB5tGOdlMmnS2pB2m?si=v8qsvHQRTpyAd_EzM6pmXA" target="_blank">Spotify: Symphony #104</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFO5or_tbSgGNjrnoEhiDpXBuNEMBo81Z614iiyQw2PcJtPnF-OWHj8poABHGIvX8d0WQMC2I9D2-2KQcsM22eKHfG9hGEZ-yQQSfEpaHnhBgFyIT4zQHaau0ddH-F8vl4VlnuTvBZVk/s640/8FD31D89-1DB9-4F3D-A288-1758C3723373.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFO5or_tbSgGNjrnoEhiDpXBuNEMBo81Z614iiyQw2PcJtPnF-OWHj8poABHGIvX8d0WQMC2I9D2-2KQcsM22eKHfG9hGEZ-yQQSfEpaHnhBgFyIT4zQHaau0ddH-F8vl4VlnuTvBZVk/s320/8FD31D89-1DB9-4F3D-A288-1758C3723373.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span>Bird du jour</span></span><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">2014 Rigotti David A RANS S-65, ROTAX 912ULS Series 4 Cycle, 100 horsepower </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Owner: </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/coyotevalleysportflyers/" target="_blank">Coyote Valley Sport Flyers</a>, Los Gatos, California </span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlYZGurmFbzM4cpYf2-kkH21soZLR3vFw9I4iNnW8LHnqdIxiYIoqbRbckI36UhPfFe-S-Thcrffn0b7aZyVFYCx4JeP6d24BnwB8cU6JPwffX_kf0eNQrXk-cl0ld2um0y_7iKu5M_c/s500/75B065A7-7C10-4EC6-B789-3DA0D84DE8B5.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="302" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlYZGurmFbzM4cpYf2-kkH21soZLR3vFw9I4iNnW8LHnqdIxiYIoqbRbckI36UhPfFe-S-Thcrffn0b7aZyVFYCx4JeP6d24BnwB8cU6JPwffX_kf0eNQrXk-cl0ld2um0y_7iKu5M_c/s320/75B065A7-7C10-4EC6-B789-3DA0D84DE8B5.jpeg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Grape du jour: Pinot Noir</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Did you know that Pinot Noir is one of the grapes used to make Champagne? Who knew?</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Outlier 2014 Monterey County Pinot Noir</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.target.com/p/outlier-pinot-noir-red-wine-750ml-bottle/-/A-50648215" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">$12.99 at Target</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h3><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-73028636198091765502020-12-20T01:30:00.003-08:002020-12-20T01:36:13.255-08:00Most-improved Country of the Year<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>The <a href="https://www.economist.com" target="_blank">Economist’s</a> choice for Most-improved Country of 2020 is (drumroll) <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html" target="_blank">Malawi</a>! Here’s why.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the past eight years, Malawi:</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Had a president’s death covered up (they said he was just sick)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Had a president (the deceased’s brother) win a rigged an election via Liquid Paper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Had his win affirmed by foreign election observers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Had judges offered exorbitant bribes to remain silent; </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">but did not take them and ultimately, in 2020:</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Held a fair election and elected an aptly-named new president, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" target="_blank">Lazarus</a> Chakwera!</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fingers crossed for the new president in 2021.</span><p></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-73170533552656011562020-11-26T16:32:00.001-08:002020-11-26T16:32:12.880-08:00Cardone Recipe<p><b>Cardone</b> </p><p>Cardone is basically an Italian artichoke. Cut up in celery-stick sizes, boil for 20 minutes, run cool water over them, dip in egg wash, roll in breadcrumbs. Spritz with olive oil and bake for 20-30 minutes, until lightly browned. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmB0AkcdjL0pM8kA8stDAUHl337lkOrXX3KyXIKR3dVbjyYr6rcDqtTqgEdtuzFCgoJ-Ahdpxh2Ydo1qJc7Fwr3zSLDnbA1ybWIuIlvgRfW-EM_28lhU4uAbtddlKJV_ntt8KRDPxeSMI/s2048/7C6BB44E-ADBC-4902-8BA0-3E65C33B6BB5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmB0AkcdjL0pM8kA8stDAUHl337lkOrXX3KyXIKR3dVbjyYr6rcDqtTqgEdtuzFCgoJ-Ahdpxh2Ydo1qJc7Fwr3zSLDnbA1ybWIuIlvgRfW-EM_28lhU4uAbtddlKJV_ntt8KRDPxeSMI/s320/7C6BB44E-ADBC-4902-8BA0-3E65C33B6BB5.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6twV2-YFTG2ytMbrI1FhxtYZpOi6Le8jALu1jNBrHRreXiFkHini5Mi8ymoRO59zwXP8qJzAD99Dhb4YUal31DjRuwzQaLKvqlB3uigjPNc6CUUkge6QoolhBJR5QlfmFYr6mdXowhSc/s400/E060DB20-691B-4494-8D9C-31E1BBB10CCB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6twV2-YFTG2ytMbrI1FhxtYZpOi6Le8jALu1jNBrHRreXiFkHini5Mi8ymoRO59zwXP8qJzAD99Dhb4YUal31DjRuwzQaLKvqlB3uigjPNc6CUUkge6QoolhBJR5QlfmFYr6mdXowhSc/s320/E060DB20-691B-4494-8D9C-31E1BBB10CCB.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4560396889317200765.post-13010755369003791012020-05-20T12:46:00.002-07:002020-05-20T12:46:44.668-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Give me number nine</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">no pickles and no peppers</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">just the sandwich please</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"></span></div>
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