This is my first post in months,  If my LJ future isn't bright, I wan to make sure the strange, wonderful
past remains extant.

Think of 15 albums, CDs, LPs (if you're over 40) that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life.

The following are not necessarily my favorite albums but ones milestones that helped shape me into the musical mutant I am today. This might not be the original
purpose of this exercise, but it's my meme and I write what I want to.

1. The ( Read more... )

Chronologically arranged. Some of these bits were used on YouTube. Some sat gathering virtual dust on m' wee laptop. Oh, and I'm not sure all images are from 2007.

It's a great song, though.

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I loves to send out Christmas cards. Sometimes, I get a little creative and try always too put a little seasonal oomph into each one.* What is more joy-making is receiving them, be it from friends, family, the dentist.. When I receive one, the sender is on AuggieClaus's list (with little hope of removal) And they all go up on the wall. They are ( Read more... )

After work this PM, I will make a stop at the recycle bin. Then? It's off to Pet's General to purchase cat food, and to tease a kitten or two. Then? Why then it's home.

One can handle only so much merrymaking in one evening.

Speaking of "merry."  I made my usual stop at Caribou Coffee this morn'.  In addition to my usual cuppa, I also bought a ( Read more... )

   Catching the morning train* I almost aways  stand  at the same place on the platform. This AM, a few paces fto the West of  my spot was splattering of scrambled eggs. They did not look to be spilled from a container but violently ejected from poor commuter's gullet.. I was a
good 6' feet away from the cacklefruit,  Still, people heading by the ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to see INTO THE WILD for quite a long time. But, I confess that , while ultimately satisfying, Sean Penn's directorial efforts are a bit too challenging for my feeble noodle.  Couple this
a 140 minute running time, it was a recipe for avoidance. And avoid it I did: I did dishes, took out the garbage, separated garbage. Yes, I  ( Read more... )

For yours truly, writing anything beyond a sentence is an arduous venture.  For this reason, I've found some exhibitionistic release in the sound-bite-ish formats of Twitter and Facebook.  Even then, constructing a sentence has been a struggle. There is a bottom line with which I am coming to grips, and consequently, being strangled by the fact:

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