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Had our first snow yesterday. I know that I should curse the gods and think about my back, but I love the first snows of the year (as long as they’re of a reasonable amount – looks like about 3 or so inches- if it were a major snow storm…). The snow does look beautiful … Continue reading "Snowtime!"

2017 was a surprisingly strong year for music. I didn’t find any transcendent albums, but there was a lot of good music. So much so, in fact, that my end of the year podcasts will be expanded to at least 3 different podcasts – we’ll start with this one. Many of these songs came form … Continue reading "2017 Music"

We’ve moved into the time where I drive into work in the dark and come home in the dark. The seasons don’t seem to change quickly: it is a gradual change that comes up slowly, but then once enveloped, one feels that it has always been that way. “Remember when it was 60 degrees,” stops … Continue reading "Entering Winter"

Hey, time to drop another jazz podcast. These are mostly upbeat, happy tunes to get you moving. We all need a little motivation on some days, and maybe this will be good to get you motivated to do whatever needs to be done. So join me in listening to the Christian McBride Big Band, Johnny … Continue reading "Jpod174"

How was your Thanksgiving? I had a good Thanksgiving, thank you. Had a 35-pound turkey that we dug into. Afterwad my wife and I took our son back to Boston so he could work on Friday (restaurant industry only had a brief respite). The Thanksgiving crowd came down to have brunch at my son’s restaurant … Continue reading "What a time it was"

The chill winds of November have changed the weather in the area from unseasonably warm to very cool, if not downright cold. Hats and gloves have been pulled out as we get accustomed to the new season – Fall has arrived. What does Fall mean to you? My birthday is on October 22 – I … Continue reading "November"

This started out as a regular podcast, albeit one with a theme. The theme was knives and cutting, and after putting it together I thought it would work better as a Wednesday podcast. I’m not sure why, but I’ve done it anyway. So I have put together sets with knives, then sets with cuts. I … Continue reading "Cuts Like a Knife"

It seems like the end of the year has become holiday heavy. Halloween has turned from a small “give some kids some candy” to a major event, with billions spent for 2-3 hours of trick-or-treating. Next up is Veteran’s Day, which has a Federal Holiday attached to it. This is a good holiday, and one … Continue reading "Holidays"

Well, we fell back this morning. Daylight Savings time ended. Still unsure of why we do this There’s a movement afoot in some New England states to change to the Atlantic time zone, and not switching to Daylight Savings time – so we’d always essentially be on daylight savings time. I’m a little late getting … Continue reading "Fall Back"

Do you know what trip-hop is? I didn’t, although I love many of the artists in the genre. Take it away, Wikipedia: “Trip hop (sometimes called “downtempo”) is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990’s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as “a fusion of hip hop and electronica … Continue reading "Trip-Hop"