As James Clear wrote in one of his many inspirational posts, “A critical quality to develop in life is the willingness to try. You simply must find enough confidence to give it a go. The human mind is fabulous at learning. You will get better at whatever you practice but before you ca...
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I’m heading to Austin, Texas to meet up with college friends. Our 30th reunion will take place online, and my friends will curl my hair and help me with my Zoom background. It will rain the whole weekend, but we’ll talk non-stop and laugh until we cry, and it will feel like ...
Here is the prologue to my full-length playThe Mad Scene,which has been aptly described as “anOur Townabout the French Reign of Terror.” It was developed during 2020-21 as part of the Theatre at St. John’s Cyber Salon, hosted by Mark Erson. The parts were read by Everett Quinton,...
The Studio Songbook Master Index SONG WORDS & MUSIC BY (OR ARTIST) 1985 Bowling For Soup (Someday Baby) (Muddy Waters) *Fun Chord Progression (try it at high speed) n/a 100 Games of Solitaire 19th Nervous Breakdown 2000 Light Years From Home 24 Hour Fool 25 Or 6 To 4 3 a.m. 3...
Rochester fans insulted Utica through its most famous dish during game 4 of the AHL Northern Division playoffs on Tuesday, now the Utica Comets have forced them to sit at Utica's dinner table on Thursday night. Utica won a "barn burner" in Rochester, outplaying the Amerks 4-2, and forcin...
I am posting my ninth blog of 2024. We had a nice damp August with enough rain to green up the lawns in town. My little garden has managed to produce arugula and green beans, and the yellow pattypans are starting to form. Writers who were born in September that I particularly enjoy:...
“Where Wildflowers Bloom,” on the Texas Highways site, “Wildflowers are not just pretty spots of roadside color or willful weeds; wildflowers are a reminder that where life ends, it will return. That beauty endures. That the stubborn and glorious earth harbors and nourishes and compels ...
"... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', ...
An investigation of these types of words preserved in modern Chinese dialects gives rise to a number of questions: Were those lexical items already identified as “dialect” items in the (late) Medieval period, or did they become defined as such in later periods and in specific regions (e.g...