Why Does The Media Think We Care That Ruben Studdard Got Married?! (Who the hell is Ruben Studdard??) The Plimsouls – “One Night In America” Nice live album from many years ago. Common Factor – “Dreams Of Elsewhere” Nine Inch Nails – “The Slip” This is the giveaway album off the website. Some of the [...]
I just saw a story on Al Jazeera about… Burlington, Vermont! (Jeez, I can’t get away from that place!) It seems there was a big brouhaha in the home of the Magic Hat Brewery about the local cable company carrying Al Jazeera. Some people want it banned as un-American or anti-Semitic or (of all things) [...]
Rest in peace. You were a class act. Come back and tell us what God’s like.
I’ve given up on TV out here. The cable didn’t really work. The news is dreadful. Arab shows have limited appeal. And the rest of programming is just pedestrian… and mainly pedestrian American TV (though I can get the same in Italian, French and Arabic). Survivor and Hannah Montana never did much for me. So [...]
When you are living overseas, you are protected by your Embassy. Every country under the sun has an Embassy. Many of the smaller countries are clustered together on one block. The American Embassy – as part of their protection program – sends out a monthly “Warden Notice” (as if we are prisoners?). This usually goes [...]
First – Happy Father’s Day. Dads rock! I just got home from work and had to take a shower because it is nothing but wind and dust outside. If one more person tells me – “gosh, it’s not usually like this” – I’m going to thwack him. What is with Heathrow Airport closing all the [...]
How can it be two weeks already? When you’re waiting – it seems like an impossibly long time. When you’re here – it’s gone in a heartbeat. Hardly seems fair. I don’t want to go back. I like green and fresh air and family and friends. It will be culture shock all over again to [...]
Nothing earth-shattering – just raiding the larder at home for music I forgot. Frank Sinatra – “Live at the Sands (w/Count Basie)” One of the best live albums and a perfect document of the man and his times. Fairport Convention – “Meet On The Ledge” This is a two disc ‘best of’ collection from the [...]
YES! Chris graduated. YES! High school and all that state-mandated, catholic-school fascism is done. Over. Complete. I grabbed the diploma at the end of the ceremony to make sure it was signed, stamped and his name was correct. And yes – I was happy and proud. Proud that he kept his grades up and finished [...]
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