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Monday, May 01, 2006

Joltin Joe, the Mick, the Splendid Splinter.

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BLUE VOICE

On Having Turned 80 - It seemed odd, even to me, that after posts (or, let's face it, essays) on major and not so major birthdays for the past 20 years, I let turning 80 go ...
3 days ago
Captain Future's Dreaming Up Daily

Winter Is Coming - We moved from Pittsburgh to Arcata, CA in the fall of 1996. We knew that wet weather prevailed in the winter months especially (though statistically,...
5 days ago
Soul of Star Trek

Star Trek 60: The 90 Year Journey - I haven't been very motivated to celebrate or respond to Star Trek's 60th anniversary. I fear for its future, and am dissatisfied with its present. ...
4 weeks ago
Kowincidence

Slackers 90s: Land of the Frazzled, Home of the Frayed - Above: interior of The Beehive on Pittsburgh's South Side, an expression of Gen X and Slacker culture in the 1990s. Below: art on the walls of the South S...
1 month ago
BOOKS IN HEAT

What Really Happened to the Class of '65? - *What Really Happened to the Class of '65* by Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky was a best seller in 1976 or so. I got a paperback copy soon after ...
1 month ago
60's Now

Turning 72: I Dwell in Possibility - This blog hasn't been active in awhile, but I did post on significant birthdays here: turning 60 and turning 65. Now I've gone past the 60s. So although ...
8 years ago