I hope someone out there is wondering just what the heck has happened to my blog and I. Well, I’ve been a bit distracted by real life, and haven’t had my wits about me enough to put cogent thoughts into bits and characters. For my regular readers, I hope you hang in there. I will [...]
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Hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Independence Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 4th of July, Declaration of Independence, history, Independence Day, U.S. Constitution on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Difficult Birth
I watched HBO’s excellent mini-series “John Adams”, about the famed patriot and second President of the United States. As I posted waaaaay back in December of ‘07, John Adams is my favorite Founding Father, and I think HBO did him justice, flaws and all. Beyond a fairly accurate portrayal of Adams himself (although [...]
Recommendation: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bluegrass, blues, Cleveland, country, folk, history, jazz, music, Ohio, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just came back from my spring National Parks trip. With all the economic uncertainty, plus my need to pay off credit card debt (like the rest of America), I kept it small. Drove through upstate New York, then Ohio, across West Virginia, then home via Maryland. Hit eight more, albeit small, sites on the [...]
Recommendation: Grizzly Man
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alaska, Grizzly Man, movies, nature on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I meant to post this immediately after my Denali posts, but forgot. Life kinda gets in the way of blogging, ya know? Anyway, Grizzly Man is a film, by noted director Werner Herzog, about Timothy Treadwell, a surfer-turned-actor-turned-grizzly activist who decided to spend several summers living amongst bears in Alaska, to “bring awareness to their [...]
