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March 8, 2010

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Realignment

I will have to apologize for the lack of blog frequency here.  The purpose, the method, the philosophy is all getting reevaluated… in a good way.  Not very many things are certain, but one certainty is that change is in the air.  I am now the proud owner of www.grammaticaster.com, which will eventually replace this [...]

Those Were the Reasons, and That Was New York

 

For those among my readership who may have questioned the reasonableness of paying for such NYC related expenses as airline tickets, an expensive 2-night Manhattan hotel stay, pricey meals – all to see a concert… allow me to direct you to the video above.  This, alas, is not footage from the Radio City show that [...]

Spectacular Views

 

All taken from my hotel room balcony on the Lower East Side; Friday, after midnight.

Futile Unrest in an Obama Age

For someone who might have begun reading this blog at its inception, over half a year ago (give or take), I’m sure their thoughts may likely, upon reading my latest posts, turn to the question: “wasn’t this a political blog?”  Yes, during the 2008 pre-election phase I had a lot of material to spew out.  [...]

Faronel’s Ground

my hand     hangs         beside your little hand     our heads up                    side                    down in the wind our laughter                     accelerates into the sky [...]

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There are plenty of ideas rolling around in this scattered, smothered and chunked brain of mine, but I seem to be suffering from some sort of creative exhaustion.  I felt one of those thin rays of inspiration hit me for the briefest of moments a couple of days ago, but it has fluttered away.  I [...]