Author Archives: ksedinger

Crossing

Posted on February 10, 2024 by ksedinger

At Chestnut Ridge last Sunday, I turned around as I headed for the hiking trail and noticed just how much crosswalk signage they have there. Safety first! (I am not mocking or complaining. This is the busiest part of one … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday: Happy Birthday, John Williams!

Posted on February 8, 2024 by ksedinger

John Williams turns 92 today…and he’s still working. In his honor, let’s listen to some of his work! Williams won a Grammy just the other night for this: “Helena’s Theme” from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. It’s a typically gorgeous … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on February 6, 2024 by ksedinger

Ugh! I don’t know why this didn’t publish. I could swear I clicked the right thing on here. Anyway, this should have run the day before yesterday. Admittedly, this is one of my “Fallbacks because I’ve been having a busy … Continue reading →

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“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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