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Protected: The Sparrow — Mary Doria Russell
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Don’t Be Evil (Except When a Really Big Market Is at Risk)
This is chilling and shameful. You can enter whatever search terms you wish.
Friday Night in the Mansion
The show with Frank and Nancy Moccaldi last night was a wonderful free-for-all, with an old-time string band, traditional Irish and Scottish tunes (the latter on electric guitar), and a surfeit of harmonicas and banjos. The show was part of … Continue reading
Protected: The Poet , Michael Connelly
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Seven Days, Seven Towns, 1400 miles
I spent most of the last week on the road, travelling through four states (NY, VT, NJ and PA), mostly for my new job, but with a side vacation including a visit to rednoodlealien and her husband. It was hectic, … Continue reading
Sane Grandma
The anagrammers on Flatbush Avenue have apparently ended their run.
Walk the Line: Fact and Fiction
We finally saw Walk the Line this afternoon and I can’t say enough good things about it. Phoenix and Witherspoon are spectactular; she in particular absolutely lights up the screen and if anything sings better than June Carter did in … Continue reading
A Strike Song
Just in time for its conclusion, I’ve written a song about the transit strike. The song is still pertinent, though, since the issues raised by the strike aren’t going to go away when service returns. I’ve taken some creative license … Continue reading
Then they came for the transit workers…
My grandfather worked multiple manual-labor jobs for much of his youth, and finally “made it” when he got a job for NYC Transit as a token booth clerk. He bought a house and raised his son on that salary and … Continue reading
John Lennon
Twenty-five years ago this morning, my dad came into our bedroom as we were getting ready for school and asked if I’d heard the news that John Lennon had been shot. For some reason I remember Bruce Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” … Continue reading
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