Author Archives: ksedinger

“Now that you understand the basics–” “Yeah, I’m gonna stop you right there.”

Posted on February 5, 2024 by ksedinger

Ever wonder how orders are communicated from the server to the grill cook and back again at Waffle House? No? Well, that’s OK, you’re still not going to understand it after you watch this training video.  

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Heavens, what’s THAT!!!

Posted on February 3, 2024 by ksedinger

There’s a bright thing in the sky! Has anybody contact NORAD about this?! I kid, obviously…and complaining about the lack of sunshine this time of year is just a thing we WNYers do, along with bemoaning the latest Bills playoff … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on February 1, 2024 by ksedinger

Phil Collins turned 73 the other day. Collins no longer performs due to age and health reasons, which is very sad…but there was a time when he was ubiquitous to a staggering degree. From the mid-80s to around 2000 or … Continue reading →

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Busy day…

Posted on January 31, 2024 by ksedinger

…so here’s a dog. And a cat.

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Tone Poem Tuesday (PDQ Bach edition)

Posted on January 30, 2024 by ksedinger

Peter Schickele died on January 16 of this year. He was a composer and a comedian who was best known as the self-styled musicologist responsible for “unearthing” the music of “P.D.Q. Bach”, the “21st of J.S. Bach’s 20 children”. Over … Continue reading →

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Marbles and Dominoes

Posted on January 29, 2024 by ksedinger

Specifically, 10,000 marbles and 32,000 dominoes.

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Two Musicals

Posted on January 28, 2024 by ksedinger

Last week I watched not one but two musical movies. These two movies are about as different from one another as you can imagine; in fact, about the only thing they have in common is that they are musical movies. … Continue reading →

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Kreskin

Posted on January 27, 2024 by ksedinger

Mark Evanier on The Amazing Kreskin: No, I never met Kreskin. Never saw him in person either, though once I was in Laughlin, Nevada for a few days and he was playing at the hotel right across the street. I … Continue reading →

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Eddie

Posted on January 26, 2024 by ksedinger

Born this date: Edward Van Halen, in 1955. This is what I wrote when he died, in 2020–but I’d rather honor him on the day on which he was born. It took me a while to start loving rock music. … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday: Robert Burns Edition

Posted on January 25, 2024 by ksedinger

Robert Burns, the great poet troubadour of Scotland, was born this date, 1759. For a basic primer on Burns, this article is a good place to start. For some true appreciation, though, skip the basic intro and go right to … Continue reading →

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