Chalking today up to the memoirs.  A cold, damp, miserable day in Iraq – Geography is a curious thing.  In Josh Ritter’s Live from Vicar Street DVD, he explains the first time he went to Ireland.  He was living in New York, and It was cheaper for him to fly to Ireland rather than back home to [...]

In the morning, my subconscious usually suggests a tune, this morning’s tune, Sugar.  I can suggest that the beauty and simplicity of the song falls in line with the philosophy of Thoreau from an earlier era. I’ve always enjoyed listening to the raw emotion of songs like this, often over and over.  It’s 100 words [...]

Happy Sunday Morning!.  this morning finds me practicing some NLP techniques by LISTENING to an economics lecture and READING lyrics / poetry from Dan Wilson, the old frontman for Semisonic now turned solo artist / producer.  I’m also reading what ‘Shaggy’s Mom’ says about black swans and dark pools. Taking notes from my informal class, [...]

Question: ‘Do you have regrets?’ Leonard Cohen: “You can read the life you’re living but you cannot change a word.” I found some found gem’s one our media share today, they brought me down memory lane with a huge smile on my face. Live’s Throwing Copper- Recall I was in the batters box, Schulenburg Texas, [...]