Posted in Entertainment, Humor, Life, Music, News, News and Politics, Politics on July 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rush on The Colbert Report. You don’t see these guys in interviews very often, especially all three of them, but the more I see them the more I really enjoy their sense of humor. Oh - and the music? “Do you ever get tired of being so awesome and kicking so much ass?” “No, I [...]
Posted in Automobiles, Life, Music, Travel, Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
No college visits today. It’s time to go home. Our companion (well, one of our companions, but more about that later) was a 2008 Ford Fusion SEL like the one pictured above. Acquired temporarily through Budget Rent-A-Car, the Ford Fusion was a worthy mount for our tour of schools in the Washington, DC-Baltimore-Virginia and New [...]
Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Internet, Life, Music, News, News and Politics, Science and Technology, Technology on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wireless. It’s hip, it’s modern, it’s what’s new. It’s also retro, quaint, and old fashioned. Radio has been around for more than a hundred years, had its “Golden Age” before television “killed” it years ago. Not so much killed it, I suppose, as severely wounded it.
And yet, radio endures. Commercial radio, however, is now as [...]
Posted in Computers, Computers and Internet, Entertainment, Hobbies, Internet, Music on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I’ve observed elsewhere, I don’t exactly live on the bleeding edge. That said, I am not new to the world of online music services, whether it’s a radio station streaming live, audio archives of a favorite program, Hearts of Space, StillStream, or MSN Radio (now Pandora). The kids are all on iTunes - so [...]
Posted in Books, Catholic, Entertainment, Health and Wellness, Hobbies, Life, Motorcycles, Music, Photography, Religion and Spirituality, Spirituality, Wellness, Writing on January 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In my previous post I intended to talk a little more about the sometimes jarring experience of returning to work after an extended vacation. Whether two weeks constitutes an “extended vacation” is, of course, debatable, but let’s just stipulate to that, okay?
During vacation I was able to do more of the things that make me [...]
Posted in Hobbies, Life, Music, Photography, Science, Science and Technology on December 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
About ten years ago we were driving along on a clear, cold December late afternoon. The moon was just a thin crescent in the darkening sky and one of our kids said, “Hey, look! You can see the rest of the moon!” My wife agreed, but of course I was too smart for this and said [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, News, News and Politics on November 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it’s Black Friday. At least for the next twenty-five minutes. Anyway, today is the day after Thanksgiving and the day retailers look to put them in the black for the rest of the year. Despite my comments about holidays and my general frustration with the extreeeeeeeme commercialization and commodification that has taken place my [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, News, News and Politics on November 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Getting dinner together this evening a story on NPR’s “All Things Considered” caught my ear. It was the mention of the 1970s and 1980s hit music duo Daryl Hall and John Oates that first got my attention, but then the story about the Philadelphia variant of soul music kept me interested, including an interpretation [...]
Posted in Hobbies, Life, Music, Photography, Travel on October 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Airline delays have been much in the news in recent months. I didn’t pay too much attention since I don’t do a lot of travelling, by air or otherwise. Getting to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Portland, Maine last Friday (and Saturday, if that gives you any indication) made me a little more sympathetic, however. I finally [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Life, Music, Travel on September 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Only a few days left before I head for Pittsburgh and the 2007 International City/County Management Association Conference. The conference program, and location, varies from year to year. In addition to the educational programs, which are often very good, there are opportunities - both formal and informal - to learn a bit about the host city (and county) [...]
