Monthly Archives: August 2011

I’m not as much a Springsteen fan as I am a Fogerty fan, and not as much a Fogerty fan as I am a fan of Fogerty’s original band, CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival).  Clearwater Revival signifies renewal during Spring Training … Continue reading →

Well, there we are, pretty much smack in the middle of Irene’s path, that red line between PA and the Atlantic Ocean. We came back to Englewood yesterday to be greeted by our neighborhood stores boarding up, as one of … Continue reading →

Thanks to Warren Fellman for facebooking the oldie by The Magnificent Men that serves as the theme song for this evening.  Of course, the night is also rife for song parodies, such as this mal-harmonious Queen knockoff, Come on Irene. … Continue reading →

Rapunzel let down her hair at the Big Joe Talent Show last night, another week of the summer flying by jump started by the Sunday night boardwalk fixture that owing to the weather was held inside again on the stage … Continue reading →

Here is the ultimate guide to Starbucks’ secret menus, including the delicious looking Affogato-Style Frappucinos you see above.  But that’s not all that made the news today.  In fact the bigger splash may have been CEO Howard Schultz’s public political … Continue reading →

Some of the finer things in life come from Alabama, including classically trained pianists who cross over well to acoustic piano.  Here is Michael Dulin for your enjoyment, with two samples from each genre.  If this doesn’t soothe your soul, … Continue reading →

… make it The Social Animal, by David Brooks.   In brief, it’s a brilliant cultural exposition in the style of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile, so it reads more like a novel than the social science treatise that it is.  I couldn’t … Continue reading →

No outdoors show on the beach this evening.  A determined rain moved it all indoors at Jenkinson’s Pavillion, fondly known as Jenks.  Aristotle from Perks was in the house, serving as a bouncer of sorts.  The old dudes were carousing … Continue reading →