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Opportunism...
Sensational fireworks going off in the neighbourhood right now. Sitting on my porch enjoying a pipe and a glass of Fume Blanc. Frankly, priceless my dears... -
Vale, Slava
Mstislav Rostropovich has died and I am at a loss for words.
During my brief but pleasurable tenure at IU, one of the major pleasures of life there is the extraordinary variety of truly good concerts and recitals that you can attend. One of the most memorable concerts while I was there was Janos Starker's 75th birthday concert, which featured ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye to all that
Public Service Announcement ( Read more... ) -
State of the Union
President Bush has been caught. He's the boy who cried wolf. He's had his hand caught in the cookie jar while at the same time shouting "I didn't do it!!!" Americans, as a rule, hate being lied to, and they do not trust the president ( Read more... ) -
Book Meme
via sapphireblue:
1. Grab the nearest book. (Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.) War and Peace (New 2006 Penguin translation)
2. Open the book to page 123 Vol.1, Part 2, Ch. 2
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on ( Read more... ) -
The Veil of Illusion
I must pierce the long silence to report on a superb film. Run, do not walk, to your local video or click with great brio to add "The Illusionist" to your rental queue. This is one of the very best films I have seen in a very long time. The acting, the writing, the directing, all superb. Special note must go to Ngila Dickson (of Lord of the ( Read more... ) -
Weapons of Choice
What interesting times we are living in. What interesting people we live with! Let's consider our first interesting fellow. A man called Glenn Beck. An ordinary name, surely attached to an ordinary man. Ah, but you would be mistaken. Mr. Beck is a correspondent for CNN, an American news channel which is broadcast globally. Mr. Beck has the ( Read more... ) -
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Warning: this post is political. There, you've been warned ( Read more... ) -
This is not a meme
However, I hope that my reader(s) will post, respond, pontificate, etc...
10 albums that have affected me lately:
Into the Blue Again: The Album Leaf
The Eraser: Thom Yorke
The Drift: Scott Walker
Clutch: Peter Hammill
f#a#infinity: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Illinois: Sufjan Stevens
Snow Borne Sorrow: Nine Horses
Sumera: Musica tenera - Piano ( Read more... ) -
Simmering down...
Ok, ok....that was an over-reaction...things might not turn out to be that bad...
But...Lieberman???