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concert book of the original trio 1958-1962: left to right–Bob Shane, Dave Guard (died 1991), Nick Reynolds (below, died 2008) (concert program of 2nd KT version: quavery-voiced new guy on left: John Stewart (who later had hit singles “Daydream Believer” … Continue reading →

relative to survival, success, growth, and self-fulfillment: Consciousness Attitude Personal Choices (based on the above 2)

Healthwise: diet and exercise.

don’t bet the farm on it in terms of immediate helpful help in case of a stroke, heart attack, or the like. Your best bet is still for you yourself to physically get to a hospital pronto.

re. the 2 satellites due to collide at 4:39 pm 560 miles over Pittsburgh. An oldie I wrote about Skylab which fell apart over the Pacific Ocean in 1979, with apologies to William Blake: Skylab, Skylab burning bright Chunks are … Continue reading →

(the original wrap-around look of Steinbeck’s first edition) Social realism in American literature and film made a major uptick with the release of John Steinbeck’s 1937 The Grapes of Wrath and the 1940 film version, the latter which looks terrific … Continue reading →

Sure will be fun riding the gondola from October to March! Given the funicular freezes and is not working much of the time, how often is this likely to happen to a frozen gondola inaccessibly stuck over the river valley? … Continue reading →

Watching the 1940 film classic of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is a truly ‘downer’ experience about how poor farmers were in the midwest during the Dirty Thirties Great Depression. Hard to believe times were ever so tough, brutal, and … Continue reading →

broccoili which is past its expiry date. One needs to get the offending veggie outside promptly before its malodorous smell travels to every corner of a house or apartment.

is that our current, already inadequate power grids will not be able to support them. So electric car owners are at the mercy of them. Another new e-change that may very well be impractical when the masses are forced to … Continue reading →