Author Archives: ksedinger

“You still remember, Admiral!”

Posted on January 13, 2024 by ksedinger

“I cannot help but be touched. I, of course, remember you.”–Khan Noonian Singh, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan I’m thinking of that quote because after several weeks of a very mild start to our winter, this week winter decided to … Continue reading →

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Well, THIS woulda been useful back then….

Posted on January 12, 2024 by ksedinger

Years ago I somehow wound up engaging a Lunar Landing Denialist–you know, one of those strange folks who insisted that there was no way anyone actually went to the moon, the whole thing was faked, it was a soundstage, yada yada … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on January 11, 2024 by ksedinger

In honor of the 40th anniversary the other day of the great rock album 1984 by Van Halen, here is…Van Halen! This song was my intro to the group.

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Reading by Candlelight

Posted on January 10, 2024 by ksedinger

  Yesterday saw a big storm push through…well, lots of places. I have to be honest, I didn’t really pay a whole lot of attention to this one, beyond what its forecast effects in Western New York were going to … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on January 9, 2024 by ksedinger

We started 2024 in the usual fashion: with the Vienna Philharmonic. Here is the delightful and traditional end to that concert: On the Beautiful Blue Danube followed by the Radetzy March. Note our conductor, Christian Thielemann, directing the audience’s rhythmic clapping. That … Continue reading →

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A Brief Meta Note

Posted on January 7, 2024 by ksedinger

For several reasons involving things I want to do in the future on this site, I have gone back to using WordPress’s Block Editor, which I always found highly confusing the first time around. This time I’m going to stick … Continue reading →

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Scenes from Downtown Buffalo and Canalside

Posted on January 7, 2024 by ksedinger

For a long time I’ve wanted to go down to Canalside, a sort-of public commons area on the Inner Waterfront in downtown Buffalo, to take photos of the people ice-skating on the rink there. I finally did just that last … Continue reading →

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OK, let’s talk 2024!

Posted on January 6, 2024 by ksedinger

NOTE: I’ve had this post in drafts since last Tuesday, when 2024 was still going OK. Then, things started going awry very quickly, hence the lack of posting much since then. I’m not going to write just yet about what’s going … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on January 4, 2024 by ksedinger

And now, Creedence Clearwater Revival.  

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on January 2, 2024 by ksedinger

Let’s get right into 2024 with something familiar, and yet…not! Rodion Shchedrin is a Soviet/Russian composer, born in 1932. He is still alive as of this writing, and he has apparently been a very productive and prolific composer over his … Continue reading →

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