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Friday, July 9, 2010

Lowell, Mass’. Owl Diner nears completion of new vestibule! « Diner Hotline Weblog

Lowell, Mass’. Owl Diner nears completion of new vestibule! « Diner Hotline Weblog
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...in heaven

...in heaven
making music with goldie:Arts Walk Morgantown WV

...in heaven

...in heaven
at helm of fortune

About Me

paul
I try to be compassionate, ethical, generous, hard working, and engaged in making the world a bit better each day. Sometimes I'm grouchy, forgetful, messy.
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LPD Rated

L = Left, as in my politics
P = Personal, as in some posts
D = Derivative, as in incorporating neat things from others

Followers

Blog Links

  • ratdog (abby)
  • No Depression - Americana Music
  • Mondoweiss discussion of middle east
  • Tikkun Magazine
  • Benny in Chile

Fortune

Fortune
Paul and Benny Aboard, Tilghman Creek

Goldie

Goldie
Here's what gets me into the "zone. " Ain't she pretty?

Roumanian street accordionesse in Amsterdam

Roumanian street accordionesse in Amsterdam
Beautiful Music: Roumamian Street Musician in Amsterdam

Ways in Which the World Divides

  • People who prefer cake dough knishes and those who prefer flaky dough
  • those who hang their toilet paper with the loose end over the top vrs those who like it coming out from underneath
  • ...by favorite season. I prefer fall
  • Progressives who still have hope for Obama and those who don't
  • People who write with a pen or pencil or people who write on a keyboard. Unfortunately I'm one of the latter, it's the piano thing
  • People who think unions have improved america and those who think they are a curse.
  • People who prefer the Reuben (corned beef and sourkraut) to those who prefer the Rachel (pastrami and cole slaw.)
  • Students who learn best by reading, and those who learn by listening to lectures
  • People who think bagels are ok with blueberry or cinnamon filling, and those who think they should not be sweet
  • People who love to cook with pressure cooker and those who are afraid of the things
  • Foods that love to be overcooked (pot roast; brisket) and those that don't (fish; brussels sprouts)
  • Adults who like it when it snows, and those who fret about it
  • people who like flavored coffee and those who don't
  • SUV drivers and the rest.....
  • "daddy" vs anything else
  • Food processed latkes (smooth) or grated (chunky)
  • Some people like snakes, some hate 'em
  • People who like flavored coffees and those who do not (is there a correlation with people who like lite beer?)
  • middle aged men who can go the night without a trip to the bathroom
  • People who can stand to drink lite beer and those who can't
  • people who like dark vs milk chocolate
  • elastic band vs rubber band
  • pop vs. soda
  • lean or fatty pastrami
  • pastrami or corned beef
  • people who sing in tune and those......
  • people who sit in the front row, and those sit in the back
  • People who like to learn languages and those who do not
  • People who think the 60's were great, and those who do not
  • People who remember dreams and those who do not
  • Sailors vs motor boaters
  • Crunchy vs smooth peanut butter lovers
  • People who like or don't like long car trips
  • People who think honey is healthy and sugar is not
  • People who pay their credit card debt in full each month, and those who don't
  • Meat vs vegetable eaters
  • Math confident vs math phobic
  • Fans of football and fans of futball
  • People who enjoy running
  • People who eat cilantro
  • Tomayto vs tomahto
  • People who put their coats on their chair backs at a theater
  • People willing to go first in a buffet
  • Morning vs night people
  • People who eat sour cream vs apple sauce on latkes

Bests

  • furry slippers in the morning in the winter
  • Energetic music in the morning
  • First big snow of winter
  • Music with 5,7,9, or 11 beats, especially if they alternate from measure to measure
  • Funky diners....
  • An evening doing nothing but listening to music.....as in tonight!
  • learned tastes: brussels sprouts, halvah, celery soda (tonic,) shav
  • Making latkes with my mother's recipe
  • Listening to my music on shuffle in the car and then going to whatever cd strikes my fancy....often one I forgot I had
  • First crisp day of fall
  • Nina Simone
  • First coffee in the morning
  • Moment when you shut off the motor on a sailboat

Worsts

  • Running out of hot water for a shower
  • Television in the morning
  • Pianists making the sweeping bent wrist motion off the keys
  • Empirical Political Science
  • French fries that aren't brown on the outside
  • Moment while taking a bath when your warm back touches the freezing tub back

Things I've changed my mind about

  • When I was a kid I always lusted after the variety of nasty looking pocket knives in see through cases in hardware stores. My parents would only let me own a homey boyscout knife. Now that I can buy my own, I'm not very interested in all those nasty looking knives in the case.
  • Facebook....I like it
  • Till I got goldie, I thought you couldn't have enough accordions. Now I need only one!
  • Eat less meat. No I'm not anywhere near a vegetarian yet!
  • Ronald Reagan....a little....give him credit for nuclear disarmament
  • Opera..... now I like it, sometimes
  • Country music.....now I like it
  • Importance of genetics vs environment on childrens' personalities
  • Counseling. There was a time when I thought it was hooey.
  • Obama. I didn't care for him at first. Maybe I'll change my mind again and revert.
  • Pacifism...I'm getting convinced
  • Swing music....I used to equate it with bubble gum pop (music)
  • New Jersey....I'm liking it better
  • Lettuce (I don't like it much)
  • Spinach (I like it)
  • Lima beans: used to hate 'em
  • Accordion Music

Things I haven't changed my mind about

  • flickr....I still don't like it
  • My mother's recipes....can't be beat
  • Ronald Reagan...mostly....convinced the American people it was in their interest to go for all kinds of right wing stuff, like trickle down, deregulations, etc.
  • Still love grilled cheese sandwiches
  • snow, still love it
  • Jewish women....
  • Gorbachov:: visionary soviet reformer
  • Pianists who make that rising sweeping motion off the keys
  • Karl Marx: brilliant philosopher
  • Regions of the country I like and don't like. I'll leave you to guess.
  • The power of nature to bring out the best in us
  • Marriage....I keep trying
  • Euro pop....still too soft edged for me
  • The 1960's...as in I'm still proud to be a child of...
  • Richard Nixon
  • Lobster...I like the taste, but can't stand the process
  • Big bodies of salt water....I need them in my life
  • Tongue (to eat...I don't care for it)
  • Halvah (I like)
  • Swimming pools (I don't like)

Becker Raves

  • Sound of ice cracking when you pour in liquid of room temperature
  • the way milk poured into coffee disappears to the bottom and then appears and spreads through the top.
  • 88 Iranian professors protest violent tactics by govt., saying "violent attacks on defenseless students is not a sign of strength."
  • West Virginia figure of speech....the car needs washed; the house needs cleaned
  • Droste's hot chocolate
  • Facebook as a way to keep track of casual friends...normally I'd just lose them
  • Obama's ability to inspire....will that survive his waffling?
  • Roz and Ann Payne organized a 350 vigil in Morgantown to support significant climate change in Copenhagen
  • All the internet action working for comperhensive health care reform.
  • I love writing this blog....way above my expectations. (Does that count?)

Becker RANTS!!

  • Pre recorded and synthesized bass lines with a band. Dead Dead Dead
  • Male rant number 1..... It seems to me if I am talking to a woman at an event and another woman comes over, she frequently bursts right in and starts a new conversation. Seems that a little more politeness would be to hang around, listen and find a way to fit into the conversation. As with the one below, I believe there is a little gender action going here.
  • Male rant number 2: Another possible gender/civility occurrence... I don't care for the interaction when a woman friend comes over to me at an event, and before saying, "Hello, how are you?" Says, "where is your wife?"
  • Opening a new cd package, especially the ones with the code taping the halves together on the side....especially when you're eager to hear new music!
  • People who can't drive in snow (isn't that crotchety of me?)
  • Uganda passes death penalty for gays law following visit by three US fundamentalists speaking on dangers of "gay"
  • ...when people turn perfectly nice nouns into verbs. I call this verbizing. ... as in bureaucratize, transition
  • People talking on cell phones at check out or in restaurant
  • Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley,, and JP Morgan Chase hand out $29.7 billion in bonuses in 09. That's a record.. Wreck the economy and then receive socialism for the rich. That's a pretty good deal!
  • Blue Dog Dems willingness to sacrifice all Health care for narrow issues!

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