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Probably, They're Just Not That Into My Work
I also dreamt that intoxicating someone so that his testimony in court would be compromised, was a practice known as “loading the witness.”Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)I would like to...
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An Accidental Contrast
Sometimes I think it’s a sin, when I feel I’m Norwegian and I’m really a Finn. Sundown, you’d better take care if I find you’ve been sweepin’ up the barbers’ hair.Sometimes I think it’s a shame when...
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The September Fluteworks
“Look, Hamlet! There’s the rub!”—The contrarian in me asserts that Philip K. Dick ought to have titled the novel, When They Can't Doze Off, Do Androids Count Electric Sheep? Porridger’s Almanack...
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Not sure just which is odder: that Amazon thinks that “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Wedding Collection” is classical music; or that there is a group of the name Vitamin String Quartet.Porridger’s Almanack...
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Flutish afterthoughts
For the record (not that this will surprise any who know me) I reject the Can You Top This? model of Music History.Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)It is well that war is so terrible; we...
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No one will make you smile in quite the way a younger brother does when he writes, “I have a knack for making the women in my life angry with me, but I’ve reached new heights.”Porridger’s Almanack...
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Twitter freezes when I try Liking the Dalai Lama’s tweet about International Peace Day. That is all.Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)Oscar Levant, Once I was going over the speed limit and...
View ArticleThinking October 2024
I am slightly surprised at the ease with which I am reconciled to the fact that “provolone” will never be an anagram of “envelope.” … Listening to Prosciutto.Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of...
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Allegro risoluto (“resolved to be cheerful?”) …Have yourself a superspreader Christmas,make your neighbors pay,who cares what those heathen doctors have to say?Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of...
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Ear Buds, Budding Afresh?
Am I the only one to wonder if “All Along the Watchtower” is architecturally confused?Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)I defy you to name me one Kubrick film, that you can turn off, once...
View ArticleSomething Good I Wasn't Expecting
Apocalypse Soon: I guess I’ve learnt not to be astonished by hearing things like “award-winning [name of brand] garbanzos.”Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)I wonder if I packed my scotch.—...
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This and That
I’ve just learnt of an ensemble formed by “a dozen restless artists.” I still don’t feel at all guilty for getting to bed early last night. Also, Last night was the first time I dreamt that I was...
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An Irrelevant Aside
Tu m’as donné un wah-wah.Agro-tourism: Haycation.Who controls the chilled beverages, controls the art. – Postcards From Red Squirrel TrailWe can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.—...
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Symphonic Anniversary
The egghead’s headachePluto, the Gaoler of Nigerian PrincesIf I were Hawaiian, I’d invent Hula-we’en– Postcards From Red Squirrel TrailBoth work and living have become more and more pointless and...
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and there's no time for fussing and fighting....
Your expected wait time is less than six minutes. However, there is also the unexpected.Mars the Caster of Wet BlanketsPorridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)Think of what you’re saying; you can...
View ArticlePlotting an oblique return to the clarinet
The latest claim staked by the food artisans: “Tortellini” Westerns I don’t think my coworker is at all that way...but the row of three dispensers of hand sanitizer does give off something of an “As...
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Mostly about Carter and Dukelsky
For some of those motorists, "COEXIST" actually means "Give Me MY Space—and It's ALL My Space."– Postcards From Red Squirrel TrailThe music always leads you astray and leads you into itself.— Elliott...
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“. . . this one corner of ornamental untidiness . . . .”Awesome Ostrogoths of OzWitch Ballerinas of the BerkshiresZorro’s sorrow Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions) Geo. Harrison It’s not...
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En pensant à l'orchestre
Sneak some chic shiitake for Schnittke's sake. Why are the geezer's tweezers in the freezer? Porridger’s Almanack (Breakfast of Ganglions)If the judge in the Rittenhouse case doesn't like the word...
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The Audacity of Nope
Done, but with errors on page. They're freaking out on the Internet? Again? .– Postcards From Red Squirrel TrailI don’t want any commies in my car. No Christians either!— Harry Dean Stanton in Repo...
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