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  • A FEW QUOTES FOR THE DAY

    Russian expression: A puppet thinks he is free if he loves his strings. ( sounds like the Stockholm Syndrome). Be just around the corner Just down the street, Everything we’re looking for, every time we meet. Honesty must always be brutal, or it grows dangerously close to self-deception and then on to lies. Shadow Strike-…

  • ONE OF THE GREATS

    Two songs recorded by Sonny Rollins in 1956, Decision and St. Thomas, are two of my favorites. Sonny moved on yesterday at the age of 95. No longer having to agonize over his music. An original and one of the greatest saxaphone players of all time. When asked what saxaphone players he admired, “he said…

  • The Whirling Arrow

    Frank Lloyd Wright’s Stuart Richardson House The Glen Ridge, New Jersey three-bedroom, two-bathroom Usonian home, featuring a unique hexagonal floor plan, was designed in 1941 and built in 1951. It was listed for sale in 2019 for $1.2M and sold for $1.3M. It is located at 63 Chestnut Hill Place. The 1,800 square-foot brick home,…

  • IT’S ALRIGHT, MA (I’M ONLY BLEEDING)

    Darkness at the break of noonShadows even the silver spoonThe handmade blade, the child’s balloonEclipses both the sun and moonTo understand you know too soonThere is no sense in trying. Pointed threats, they bluff with scornSuicide remarks are tornFrom the fools gold mouthpieceThe hollow horn plays wasted wordsProves to warnThat he not busy being bornIs…

  • AI RISKS AND SAFEGUARDS

    Experts warn that artificial intelligence (AI) poses significant risks, including uncontrollable behavior, bias, job displacement, and ethical concerns, necessitating careful management and regulation. Key Concerns About AI:Uncontrollable AI: Prominent AI scientists, including Yoshua Bengio and Max Tegmark, have expressed concerns about the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) that could operate independently. They warn that…

  • A DISCARDED PAST OR A MORE NOBLE FUTURE

    Excerpt from the Secret Of Secrets By Dan Brown As the ferry churned closer, Katherine began to see details in the statue’s verdigris copper-the broken chains of bondage around her sandaled feet, the delicate folds in her robes of justice, the tablet in her left hand bearing the nation’s birth date, the steadfast gaze and…

  • QUOTES YOU DON’T HEAR EVERYDAY

    In the Hemingway novel The sun also rises,  A character named Mike is asked about the way in which he went bankrupt.  “Two ways,” he answered. “Gradually, then suddenly.” The FBI doesn’t share. It eats like an elephant and shits like a mouse. -Michael Connelly, The Law Of Innocence Think “not of what is maximum,…

  • JAZZ HALL OF FAME

  • HALL OF FAME BLUES

  • THE SAVANT SYNDROME: AN EXTRAORDINARY CONDITION

    Some of the amazing skills Savants have displayed include :Kim Peeks memory abilities were astounding. During his life, he memorized over 12,000 books including the Bible, and was an expert on 15 subject areas including geography, music, literature, history, and sports. Amazingly, Kim could actually read two pages at once, his left eye read the…

  • BORREGO STARDANCE

  • SENIOR CITIZEN’S BLUES REVISITED

    Sometimes I let people down, Sometimes I let myself down Not complaining, just saying, I didn’t know there was an option Everybody needs to take a few steps back, though I know they won’t Too many people look for the easy way to the top Top of what? It’s like cheating, If you have to…

  • THE GREATEST

        Secretariat won the Triple Crown in 1973. He set a record in each race, that are still records today. He won the Belmont Stakes by a remarkable 31 lengths. Truly a magnificent race horse. Many would call him the greatest race horse of all time. Some may consider another race horse as the…

  • Some Of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s Best

    The Inspiration of Saint Matthew   Bacchus          

  • Transcript: Here’s what Bruce Springsteen had to say about Trump in Manchester, UK

    I’ll have more to say about this after it sinks in. But I will say that no one does righteous indignation like Bruce Springsteen. And he is certainly indignant about what he feels like the Trump administration is doing to the country he loves. Judging from the fact that his people have already edited together…

  • HISTORICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES

    The Democrats tax and spend. The Republicans borrow and spend. The American people love Republican's levels of taxation and Democrat's levels of spending. Fareed Zacharia The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt too. Oscar Levant in the 1950s   Some Thoughts on Politics,…

  • SOME QUOTES

     The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.    —–    Mark Twain  “Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.”–One of the Flying Wallendas           What do they call a leader with no followers?….  Just a…

  • Hemingway Quotes

    I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything. “The best…

  • GREAT BANKSY ART

     

  • A TIP OF THE HAT TO JERRY LEE

    It was an exciting performance put on by Jerry Lee Lewis in the late 1950's. Seeing him throw back his hair, stand up from the piano, and slide the keys was new and refreshing. He took a lot of heat for his life style,( marrying his 13 year old cousin). He was one of rocks…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB

     

  • The jazz icon Sonny Rollins knows life is a solo trip.

    Sonny Rollins is, by any reasonable estimation, a genius. He is jazz’s greatest living improviser, able to imbue his solos with wry humor, surprise, brilliant logical form and profound emotion. Time and time again, he created something miraculous out of thin air, and he did it until he could do it no longer. The 89-year-old…

  • LATEST GRAFFITE MURAL BY BANKSY

    Two walls of a garage owned by a local steelworker.The art, which appears to pay homage to the town's industrial past, depicts a child playing in what looks like snow. But viewed from another angle this appears to be embers and smoke from a skip fire.

  • GOLDEN BRIDGE BA NA HILLS VIETNAM

  • A Pretty Little Bauble

    The world's biggest blue star sapphire weighs 1404.49 carats.   (CNN)The world's biggest blue star sapphire — weighing in at 1,404.49 carats — has been found in a mine in Sri Lanka. Gemologists in Colombo say the gem is worth at least $100 million, but could sell for up to $175 million. Star sapphires get…

  • THE FUTURE IS NOW IN SHANGHAI