i begin tonight a new blog within a blog! While my regular blog (less/more) celebrates my ever evolving relationship to the world. My first blog within a blog (behold!) is a list of some of the things that make a good day better.
The title of this new blog is- .... that guy. (as in" don't be that guy") Beware! it is a cautionary tale! a clarion call! a cry in the wilderness!
A year ago I went to a concert at the Bethel Woods Performing Arts center, site of the original Woodstock festival. A terrific venue to see a concert,great sound, wonderful atmosphere, . The show i saw was called Hippiefest and was a gathering of a half a dozen acts from the 60's playing short sets of their hits (or in some cases,hit)
Lots of bald,paunchy, middle aged guys- myself included. But there was a difference, lots of these guys were wearing tie dye t shirts. Bright multi colored t shirts that in most cases were strained over the mid section.
middle aged men in tie dye-- don't be that guy.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
lessons learned
In the past year I have been watching an awful lot of those true life murder shows - 48 hours Mystery, Dateline (ah the glories of Keith Morrison, but that's another topic for another time.) and I have learned two very valuable lessons:
1) when you are stabbed and the weapon is still imbedded in the wound,DON"T TAKE IT OUT! Leave it there until medical attention arrives.
2) After you commit a murder and are questioned by the authorities make sure you weep and wail and perhaps cry out "Why? Oh WHY?" Otherwise everyone, authorities,neighbors,casual passerbys will comment on your lack of affect. " He was strangely quiet" lack of emotion= obvious guilt
1) when you are stabbed and the weapon is still imbedded in the wound,DON"T TAKE IT OUT! Leave it there until medical attention arrives.
2) After you commit a murder and are questioned by the authorities make sure you weep and wail and perhaps cry out "Why? Oh WHY?" Otherwise everyone, authorities,neighbors,casual passerbys will comment on your lack of affect. " He was strangely quiet" lack of emotion= obvious guilt
Thursday, March 19, 2009
behold!
" I am orange today, loud and messy like fingerpaint"
A great lyric from a wonderful song played behind a Dell computer commercial
A great lyric from a wonderful song played behind a Dell computer commercial
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
a missive
The other day I was coming out of Stop and Shop with a basket full of groceries and as I was approaching my truck I saw something on the windshield!
A Ticket?!
A "Hey I smashed into your car but I don't have any insurance so I left this note" note?
No, It was a note from someone complimenting me on the selection of bumper stickers festooning the back o' the truck. In particular they were quite smitten with my musical taste.
a quick tour : Levon Helm Studio, Home of the Midnight Ramble
Asleep At The Wheel, Western Swing Ain't Dead, It's Asleep At the Wheel
Bob Dylan
The Fab Faux (the pre eminent Beatle tribute{?} band)
One Punch Nelson (my Brother Rob's Band)
Kings of the Wild Frontier, Rock and Roll, Good and Loud (my nephews and I)
Also: A New York Yankee Logo
READ (from the late Runaway bay Book store)
and a blank spot where someone stole my peace symbol (how low) Who do you think stole it? A Hippie down on his luck but who wanted to spread the good word or a conservative wingnut who felt personally betrayed by me flaunting the cause of peace.
So I thank this admirer of automotive expression for taking a moment out of his/her day to jot down a quick kudo and deliver it to my windshield
next time I'm at Stop and Shop I'll have to get me some Kudos. they're mighty tasty.
A Ticket?!
A "Hey I smashed into your car but I don't have any insurance so I left this note" note?
No, It was a note from someone complimenting me on the selection of bumper stickers festooning the back o' the truck. In particular they were quite smitten with my musical taste.
a quick tour : Levon Helm Studio, Home of the Midnight Ramble
Asleep At The Wheel, Western Swing Ain't Dead, It's Asleep At the Wheel
Bob Dylan
The Fab Faux (the pre eminent Beatle tribute{?} band)
One Punch Nelson (my Brother Rob's Band)
Kings of the Wild Frontier, Rock and Roll, Good and Loud (my nephews and I)
Also: A New York Yankee Logo
READ (from the late Runaway bay Book store)
and a blank spot where someone stole my peace symbol (how low) Who do you think stole it? A Hippie down on his luck but who wanted to spread the good word or a conservative wingnut who felt personally betrayed by me flaunting the cause of peace.
So I thank this admirer of automotive expression for taking a moment out of his/her day to jot down a quick kudo and deliver it to my windshield
next time I'm at Stop and Shop I'll have to get me some Kudos. they're mighty tasty.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Old Chums
When i was a kid (10, 11, 12) I adored The Hardy Boy Books. All the boys in my neighborhood were fans so we would trade them back and forth. Mystery, Intrigue! and it all took place in Bayport! I lived right near Bayport! Of course my Bayport was real and Frank and Joe's was Fiction but that didn't stop me from imagining that all this derring do was happening a short bike ride away.
When I was 12 we spent the summer in the Catskills and one Sunday after Church we came upon a yard sale where they were selling 10 or so Hardy Boy books. I was set for the whole summer.
They had the checklist in the back of the book- How Many of these have you read? I took great delight in checking all the titles that I owned or read. But there was one title I could never find;The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook. I looked forever and could never find it....until about three years ago when I found four copies in a Barnes and noble . I bought them all. I gave two away as gifts but i kept the others- it gives me something to fall back on-maybe one day I'll be a great Detective like my chums.the Hardy Boys.
Of course what was the single greatest thing about all Hardy Boys Books? Why the last page or two of course ,when they were wrapping up the story and telling you that if you thought this tale was exciting wait til you read the next one! We're almost embarassed that we even wasted your time with this one because the next one........!!!!!!
When I was 12 we spent the summer in the Catskills and one Sunday after Church we came upon a yard sale where they were selling 10 or so Hardy Boy books. I was set for the whole summer.
They had the checklist in the back of the book- How Many of these have you read? I took great delight in checking all the titles that I owned or read. But there was one title I could never find;The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook. I looked forever and could never find it....until about three years ago when I found four copies in a Barnes and noble . I bought them all. I gave two away as gifts but i kept the others- it gives me something to fall back on-maybe one day I'll be a great Detective like my chums.the Hardy Boys.
Of course what was the single greatest thing about all Hardy Boys Books? Why the last page or two of course ,when they were wrapping up the story and telling you that if you thought this tale was exciting wait til you read the next one! We're almost embarassed that we even wasted your time with this one because the next one........!!!!!!
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