Sam Smith, winning for "Best Original Song" "...making him the first openly gay man to win an Academy Award." About. Time. … [Read more...]
Academy Awards #1
February 28, 2016 By
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio. Great. Speech. … [Read more...]
What’s on my mind?
February 27, 2016 By
Sitting here, staring at FaceBook's "what's on your mind?" question. Trying to find the right words for when you get a phone call out of the blue, and it's a special someone, and, you find yourself laughing at almost everything they're sharing with you since the last time you spoke with them. I think the words I'm looking for are: Thank you, Elyse Koerber, for making me laugh … [Read more...]
NY Times Essay – Politics or Dictatorship
February 27, 2016 By
Thought Provoking essay from the NY Times. Thanks goes to Betty Bowersox for sharing. NYTimes link We live in a big, diverse society. There are essentially two ways to maintain order and get things done in such a society — politics or some form of dictatorship. Either through compromise or brute force. Our founding fathers chose politics. Politics is an activity in which you recognize the … [Read more...]
Book collecting
February 26, 2016 By
Apparently, without my knowledge, someone took this hidden video when I was a teenager. … [Read more...]
Big Bang Theory…
February 26, 2016 By
I've never actually seen an episode of BBT [big bang theory - BFF Rick is a huge fan though], but based on this scene, maybe I should put it on the "to try" list. … [Read more...]
A note to my good friend “Sam”
February 21, 2016 By
Sam, Either this is a reminder, or maybe the first time I've shared this with you... Sometime, during the 2009-2011 "Great Recession", I somehow came across a story you wrote for a magazine. It was either a sailing mag or a vacation mag. Either way, I enjoyed what you wrote, and, (here is the part I want to emphasize), that story and knowing that you were the person that wrote it, inspired me to … [Read more...]
Buying a book at Barnes and Noble
February 20, 2016 By
Wanted to buy myself a new (techie/geek) book today. It's $10-15 cheaper if I have B&N ship it to me, getting it to me by Tues/Wed, or $10-15 more expensive, if I drive the 5 miles to the local B&N store to have it in my grubby hands today. Tough choice. I was interested in reading it today, but I think I'm going to be patient and have it shipped. On the other hand, now that I "have" to … [Read more...]
Presidential Candidate Survey
February 20, 2016 By
This is a fairly long survey (a few dozen or more questions), but I recommend you spend the time taking it, if you are uncertain over which candidate represents you the most. I recommend expanding those subject/policy sections that say "more...questions" as well as to open the "more stances" for EACH question, rather than rely totally on either saying 'yes', or 'no', because sometimes the 'other … [Read more...]
Composing music – John Adams
February 20, 2016 By
This is how my mind works. A friend attending a concert tonight posts a picture of a (living) composer giving a talk before/after this particular concert and mentions their name: John Adams. I just happen to know or believe that I vaguely remember there are two composers (living) having that name. One of whom I like and have more than a few CDs of various orchestras playing his music (such as, … [Read more...]
