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March 8, 2024

Rhapsody In Blue – A Gershwin Classic Turns 100

Jazz, music 1924, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1945, Artur Fiedler, Ferde Grofe', George, Gershwin, Ira, Oscar Levant, Paul, Rhapsody, Rhapsody In Blue, Whiteman 18 Comments J P
March 1, 2024

Screaming Yellow Zonkers – You Kind Of Had To Be There

Life 1968, Fiddle Faddle, Lincoln, popcorn, Poppycock, Screamin, snack, yellow, Zonkers 46 Comments J P
February 23, 2024

JP’s Book Report – February, 2024 Edition

Uncategorized 34 Comments J P

My literary adventures continue. To review, I now spend hours and hours a week behind a windshield, and have choices on what kind of nutrition to feed my mind whilst doing so. There is the pablum or empty calories of podcasts, and then there is the vitamin-fortified nutrition of audiobooks. Many of the latter are…

February 16, 2024

On The Re-Tired Life

Humor, Life blowout, flat, highway, Michelin, tire 25 Comments J P
February 9, 2024

On Life As A Gray Beard

Humor, Life beard, shave, whiskers 24 Comments J P
February 2, 2024

Laura – A Multimedia Extravaganza

Jazz, Life, music 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, Andrews, Byas, Caspary, Clifton Webb, Dana, Don, Garner, Gene, Herman, Laura, Otto, Preminger, Tierney, Vera, Woody 13 Comments J P
January 26, 2024

JP’s Book Report – January, 2024 Edition

Life Annals, Cain, Chandler, Godfather, Morris, noir, Puzo, Roosevelt, Tacitus, Theodore, Third Reich 30 Comments J P

When I was a kid in school, a staple of my education was being assigned books to read and then having to write a book report on them. Most of the time my book reports were pretty forgettable, though I recall the one I wrote in high school on Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities”. The book…

January 19, 2024

On Mailboxes (et cetera)

Humor, Life Joroleman, letter, mail, parcel, Post Office, Postal Service 38 Comments J P

I don’t often think about mailboxes. But sometimes, mailboxes make me think about them. Like when my old one has reached such a point of sorrowfulness that it is time for a new one. 

January 12, 2024

Ring A Ding Ding – The Album That Made Me A Sinatra Fan

Jazz, music 20 Comments J P
January 5, 2024

2024 – And We’re Off! (And Cleaning?)

Humor, Life clean, den, New Year, office, reno, repurpose, resolution, room 25 Comments J P

I finished off 2023 with a small lament about the need to do some clutter reduction at home. Now 2024 is underway, and so it is time to begin that project in earnest. It seems that home-organization is a universally-held goal at the beginning of a new year, because every major retailer is hawking “storage solutions”. Bins, shelves…

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