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A* Likely Story

I’m trying something new, dedicating an entire entry to an album review. Is this thinking ahead? My last entry was my 2000-word opus on the essential albums of 2023. If I write reviews as the albums come in, I’ll save all that time at the end of the year. When I wrote the Essential Albums […]

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The Essential Musical Vitamins

Welcome to the end of the year My Gentle Readers and My Gentle Listeners. Even though I’m hardly writing I should write my Essential Albums of 2023 blog. Why Essential Albums, not Best or Top Albums? To emphasize that these are the albums that are essential to me. It’s a personal collection. It’s more than […]

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Freelance Nunsense

Unbelievably I’m writing again. I have fallen behind even though I’m hardly doing anything. I’ll divide this entry into two parts, my health, for those who want to know how their friend is doing, and my musical adventure, for those who miss the Wise Madness view of the world. My Health: On Friday I had […]

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Those are the Breaks

Today you’ll get my promised medical update. My appointment was for 8:45 so I planned on getting up at 7:30. Instead I woke up at 6:50. My first thought was great, now I don’t have to rush. My second thought was that I was in a lot of pain and getting out of bed wouldn’t […]

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Gordon on the Rocks

Enough has happened to inspire me to write my first blog in six months. To be honest it’s mainly because I like the title. I had an eventful Thanksgiving. As my gentle readers know, every Thanksgiving I make a pilgrimage to Massachusetts to visit my once a year family. This year my friends decided to […]

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Yin and Yang

I’ve done all sorts of things I haven’t written about. Today I’m going to finally blog and discuss none of them. Instead, I’ll talk about three interactions I had today going to and from the laundry room. My building is built oddly, when you take the elevator to the lobby you have to climb several […]

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Oppy

Hold on to your hat, I’m writing two days in a row! I want to get back to that being the expectation. Two weeks ago, I had my interview for my new teaching position. I wanted to make the best use of my trip to the City, so I decided to see Oppenheimer. I read […]

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A Capella That Doesn’t Suck

I’m still having difficulty writing. River me to and their wish is my command. I’m not going to watch Ahsoka till I finish. River has a special interest in this entry, and we went to see Pentatonix together on Sunday night. I didn’t know much about the group though I had heard good things. River […]

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Self-Care and Good News

I have big news but still had trouble finding the wherewithal to write. After vegetating most of the day I made a concerted effort at self-care and now I can write. Let’s start with the big news. My writing funk started when my school told me to not expect to be rehired for the fall […]

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Falcon Ridge: Endgame

It’s time to move on to Saturday night at Falcon Ridge. Sorry that this has taken me so long. Because of the rain the entire Saturday night set was moved later. I left after Tony Trischka’s set. On the way back to camp I ran into Allison. I knew that her camp, Stupid Americans was […]