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quad?

George Carlin never got to be as old as I am now, dying at 71 on June 22, 2007, in Santa Monica. His twisted, if amazingly logical, humor shaped much of my youthful thinking. I never expected that wisdom to be enduring, but much of what he talked about rings true today. During COVID, especially, I found comfortContinue reading “quad?”

A shot for flu? No thank you!

Among the many things COVID has taught us is that we should be wary of those insisting we be jabbed with something foreign to protect us and others. Turns out the vaxx didn’t protect against infection or slow its spread, and oh those side effects! Peter McCullough, one of the heroes in bringing reason to our fightContinue reading “A shot for flu? No thank you!”

too much?

A week ago marked 5 years since George W. Frayne IV (a.k.a. Commander Cody) ascended to the outer Ozone. He was 77. He’d been unable to tour for over 2 years, his last gig at Chan’s in Woonsocket Rhode Island. I meant for this post to go out that same day, but my screen crashed and I onlyContinue reading “too much?”

let’s play 2!

So, maybe there’s some things you can’t expect an old couple to do, like 16-18 innings as Ernie proposed. The rest of the yes-no are too long and agonizing to bother with, but we can make 2 concerts in one day! As we just did, the first in the highbrow atmosphere of Orchestra Hall (1), doublingContinue reading “let’s play 2!”

VD24

I hope you all had a lovely Valentine’s Day, dirty foreheads and all, some of you. Mine was wonderful, although it didn’t start well. Unable to tell my wife when that Kerrytown Cabaret show started, I went looking for the tickets and couldn’t find them anywhere. I dashed off a frantic e-mail to the concert house, butContinue reading “VD24”

Cap’n Cosine

Paul Schutter was a teacher of mine back at Vicksburg High School. He taught me driver’s ed and math and served as my golf coach and chaperone to a junior year DC venture. A mountain of a man with a college sports past he never talked about, he was our gentle guide through all these things. He diedContinue reading “Cap’n Cosine”