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Opinions on Biber recordings?
Trying to decide if I want to spend money on Biber done by Goebel and Musica Antiqua Koln or Romanesca or John Holloway? Listening to clips, I hear things I like in them all. OK. I got Holloway’s “Der Turken Anmarsch” because there was one left in stock and it made me dizzy (in a…
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An Unexpected Gift
H.o.p., at the Dogwood Festival, had the amazing good fortune to be gifted by an artist with a handcrafted glass globe he’d been admiring. “You like that?” the vendor asked. H.o.p. had been ogling for a while and said he did. The artist boxed the globe and gave it to him.
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Liu Yan video at Youtube
Was reading about Liu Yan in the NYTimes, the celebrated dancer who was paralyzed from the waist down due to a stage malfunction during rehearsal for opening night performance at the Olympics. I read she’s studying to be a television announcer now. Her emotional quality in dance is riveting, what she’s able to project. I…
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“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”
H.o.p. has discovered the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series of books. He polished off the second one in one night.
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Mid April Ghostlies
Aaron’s spooked. Late night before last I heard 4 distinct knocks seeming to come from the middle of the room and there was no source for them that I know of (and I know this apartment well). I mentioned it and late last night Aaron insisted he saw two shadows. Aaron sometimes won’t sleep in…
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Entertainment for the evening
H.o.p. and Marty are spending the evening reviewing Hayao Miyazaki films. I’ve no clue what I’m up to. OK. I’m puzzling over the back of the “Seattle’s Best” cup, which reads, “It all began in 1970 on the Seattle waterfront with a desire to create a smoother cup of coffee and an old peanut roaster.”…
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They didn’t have an oven either, so they grilled
We came home from eating out last night to find a small, windowless van parked beside the apartment and people quietly grilling their dinner in the dark alongside the trash bins outside the bedroom window. They spent the night.
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No Oven
The landlord is preparing to cart old broke stove/oven out the door. He’s taking it to a repairman tomorrow. We will have no stove/oven for days, I guess.
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Quality doesn’t necessarily play into it
“But I don’t want to do better! I want to win!” H.o.p. says. He wants to visit Las Vegas, so this is worrisome. This is where I’m to blame. I showed H.o.p. pics of the freaky fake pyramid and sphinx etc in Vegas. He has the, “Wow! Weird! Must see!” syndrome. Not unlike the syndrome…
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A new digital SLR in my future?
Quickly clicking through FB when I see the ad for $1 DIAMOND RINGS on the side but — alas — I’ve already clicked on to a new page and the ad is gone! No $1 DIAMOND RING for me! OK, wait, here’s an opportunity for a FREE DIGITAL SLR camera sittin’ like a bird on…
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Exterminator
Waiting waiting waiting on the termite exterminator person who was supposed to show up between 1 and 3 with the landlord. 3:35 and waiting. 11:55 pm and waiting.
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Chuck Jones on TCM
Chuck Jones extravaganza on TCM. H.o.p. was on pins and needles, waiting all week. Watched the bio in reverent awe. But he hadn’t realized Jones was dead… “He lived to be 90!” I told H.o.p. He was still sad because so many of his heroes are…well…dead. “Is he/she alive?” “No, they’re dead.” “Why is everyone…