I was in my favorite watering hole last weekend watching little kids and even babies enjoying the place with their parents, which would never have been the case not that long ago. Years back, a buddy and I found a new-at-the-time brewpub that had opened right around when smoking was ...
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I’m going to leave you with a touchy but interesting issue, an artificial intelligence version of an iconic piece of music. So iconic, in fact, that although the original is six and a half decades old, it was the Number One hit in the country again just a year ago! ...
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You’ve let me scratch my rock & roll itch in this blog, but I thought you might be interested in Rolling Stone Country magazine’s picks for their 200 Greatest Country Songs. Country music has been described as three chords and the truth. Start with #200 and don’t let ...
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Well before Eurythmics wrote and sang those immortal words, “Sweet dreams are made of cheese,” I’ve been interested in popular music lyrics and how they reflect the mood of the time. Every era seems to lean into the emotional state of people experiencing their time from the “...
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We’re way over-surveyed and it drives me a little nuts. I don’t want to “provide my customer experience to help them serve me better” every time I buy a pack of gum at 7-11. Online reviews especially have gone overboard and I ignore ’em . . . unless I have ...
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If you’re wondering what to do with all your spare time over the holidays, I strongly endorse reading “Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America” by Heather Cox Richardson, an academic historian and professor at Boston College. It’s a current New York Times best seller and makes ...
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This might sound weird, but I’ve always liked washing dishes by hand. I worked as a dishwasher and busboy at a local fancy restaurant in high school and I liked the dishwashing part more than bussing. I know that machines are more water efficient and I use mine all the ...
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… because I have a pretty cool vinyl collection. So, before he actually saw it in action, I found myself trying to explain what this thing was and how it worked to one of my grandkids. And that then led to me trying to explain tape – 8-tracks, cassettes, and ...
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I encounter teenage girls fairly frequently (that sounds a lot creepier than I intended) and I have found – not universally, but quite often – that they have a rather unusual speaking affectation. I’ve often found this particular sound coming out of them a little weird, but sort of dismissed ...
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Blokes and birds who deal with anyone who’s lost the plot would be bloody well served by considering the following before starting their next chinwag....
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