Mt. Monadnock March 2011

Hope you at least brought a windbreaker?



I feel like a cigar to celebrate...anyone got a match?

Photos Of Grand Monadnock Mountain

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I've Never Seen This Played on Guitar Before: Alexicutioner

RIP Brad Delp 4 Years Ago Today

Let's Discuss It! blog by Aimee Dearmon.

Aimee Dearmon, Naperville author, has a website devoted to writing and publishing and plenty of ideas about life in general. Called Let's Discuss It, it features timely topics, ripe for comment. Enjoy recent posts about the closing of bookstores, the "gatekeepers" of traditional publishing houses, and some intriguing photos and artwork.

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Grainger Engineering Library University Of Illinois

Spent six hours at this remarkable library today, plotting novel, as my Parkland class is starting this week. Wish I had accomplished more in the time spent, but at least the library is a pleasant place to ponder the fate of imaginary characters.

Gerry's Follow-Up to City To City

Gerry Rafferty, buoyed by the million selling success of City To City containing Baker Street, Right Down the Line, Home and Dry and others, launched his next LP under two years later. Although the self titled album Night Owl (1979) is out of print, it contained a couple of minor hits, before Gerry faded into obscurity. The late Gerry Rafferty really has a sultry cool about him in nearly every song. And of course, every song has two indelible marks: perfect pitch (he was said to be one of the few Scots with perfect pitch), and the references to drinking.

Enjoy Night Owls by Gerry Rafferty. I dare you to listen to it twice and not have to listen to it again and again. Reminds me of drinking beer along a sunlit Gulf beach, swinging from a hammock.

Thanks, Gerry!

Snapshots: Flowers & Turtle, July 2010, Mt. St. Mary's Park, St. Charles, IL

Local Schools Emphasize Chemistry For Special Education Students

Bob's Clam Hut on Route 1, Kittery, ME

And The Oscar Goes To -- Black Swan, Natalie Portman.

I had the pleasure to see Black Swan, True Grit, Winter's Bone (horrible movie) and The King's Speech. Stunning assortment of fabulous cinema. But the Oscar goes to Black Swan. Impeccable. A classic and a masterpiece. Three thumbs up.

Future Mainstream Celebrities Leap Out Of The Internet

With a $100 video camera and a set of kahones, anyone can launch a career these days.

Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Eddie Murphy!


Schnacka-snau!

Yankee Barn Homes

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Gerry Rafferty is God

Many one hit wonders fall away as novelty acts. But every once in a while an unsung artist--a musician that is as good or better than others in their genre of music--goes barely heard. Gerry Rafferty was such a musician. With a voice like a prophet, he sings of large themes, life themes, and every song shines hope and meaning as if a beacon of joy. So much more than Baker Street and Right Down The Line, Mr. Gerry Rafferty.

It's a shame that he had to pass away for me to play his catalogue of songs, and to discover a dusty attic trunk full of songs that will have meaning for my life from this day forward.

It's Convertible Season

Wham-O

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Black Swan: A Masterpiece.

I have not seen a modern movie that made such a distinct impact on me as Aronofsky's Black Swan. Nina Sayers is the quintessential Black Swan. Portman is a shoe-in for Best Actress. Superb in every way. The trailer does it little justice. Brava!

Cabin Fever Sets In, Natives Restless.