Monthly Archives: November 2017

The Completely Deaf Years: Beethoven’s Last Works

(The only Beethoven you need ever purchase; it has everything) The usual dates given for the onset of his complete deafness are typically 1814-1815. So, for his last 13ish years until his death in 1827, he was likely no longer … Continue reading

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Roles

can be limited, limiting, or liberating. (One often pays a price for the inauthentic, false, limited, limited roles as well.)

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1966: Revisiting a Significant Past Overview of Western Man

Food for thought; talking and thinking points. The following quotes are excerpted from the conclusion of my 1st year u History 1966 textbook, The Western Heritage—-second edition, a truly admirable, noble accomplishment by Stewart C. Easton. Enjoy and ponder! “Almost … Continue reading

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The Best David Suchet Poirot Episode of All:

(the very highly recommended entertaining tv series DVD boxset by UK’s Acorn; Suchet resembles my late Dad minus the turn-ups on the end of his moustache) Five Little Pigs. A tale of darkest domestica, romance, love, and cross purposes. Wonderfully … Continue reading

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Life as Theatre of the Absurd

I immediately recognized, at age 18, the factual truth of the above . Some 50 years later, I find this truism even truer and more relevant than ever as a way to explain/metaphorize Life and the events of the day, the people … Continue reading

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2017: Busier Than Ever

(A busy record vendor at the fall Edm. Music Collectors’ show) (A non-busy garage sale entertainer drawing in the customers with sixties oldies) (A rather self-satisfied author at leisure in his Victoria Inn at Laurel Park hotel room overlooking the … Continue reading

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The Sick Continuing (Sexua)l Assault of Women by the U.S. Politically Powerful

16! No less than 16 complaints of harassment and assault against the President of the U.S. and nothing has happened to him! (This after Bill Clinton’s impeachment for consensual closet misbehaviour with Monica–i.e., 1 power victim). Truly amazing abuse of … Continue reading

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The Continuing Public Blind Trust in Newfangled Companies

The Equifax fiasco, for instance. Millions duped by the company that their private info was safe, then willy-nilly hacked. Today the revelation that 57 million Uber clients had been hacked without the company being upfront about this information. On and … Continue reading

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The Continued Confuting of Language in TV Media

A female reporter on CBC News Network saying the dead David Cassidy was in “incredible condition” before he died yesterday. Uh, how could he have been in incredible condition with dementia and other various serious health problems? On CNN, another … Continue reading

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How Things Spiral Out of Control

Friday: needed to send a package via Greyhound to my daughter in Jasper overnight. Four different guarantees it would get there in time. Saturday no package . Sunday: daughter comes home. Monday : Jasper agent sends package back. Tuesday: leave … Continue reading

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