Author Archives: ksedinger

When winter remembers that it can be beautiful too

Posted on January 23, 2023 by ksedinger

This winter has been rough, with three big snowstorms before and during Christmas, and then a pivot to wet and rainy and dreary in January…but yesterday we got snow again. Just a few inches, barely enough to inconvenience beyond brushing … Continue reading →

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The “Greatest” Comeback???

Posted on January 22, 2023 by ksedinger

From The West Wing, Season Three, “Stirred”: VICE-PRESIDENT HOYNES: I heard you had Caps tickets. SAM: Yes, sir. HOYNES: How was the game? SAM: Not very good. HOYNES: Have you ever seen a good hockey game? SAM: No. HOYNES: Me neither. … Continue reading →

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Launch

Posted on January 21, 2023 by ksedinger

What an amazing photo: An external high-definition camera on the International Space Station captured the launch plume of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket after it had ascended to Earth orbit following its liftoff on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, from NASA’s … Continue reading →

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“Oh my darling….”

Posted on January 20, 2023 by ksedinger

There’s a frankly ghastly anti-smoking ad that seems to be showing up on teevee a bit of late; I’ve seen it nearly every day during visits to my parents. I’m not embedding the damned thing here, but if you MUST … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on January 19, 2023 by ksedinger

It’s late in the day, almost 6pm, and I still haven’t posted. I wasn’t even sure what to post…and then I see that David Crosby has died. Here are Messrs. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.  

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If you know, you know.

Posted on January 18, 2023 by ksedinger

Happy birthday, Cary Grant. To this day, people say, “Oh so-and-so’s the new Cary Grant.” Cary Grant was acting in 1930. We’re talking 70 years ago. Almost 80 years ago, and we’re still referring to people as the “new Cary … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on January 17, 2023 by ksedinger

Expect a lot of Rachmaninoff on this site this year, as it’s the great composer’s 150th birth year. Today doesn’t quite see Rachmaninoff directly…but a piece by a teacher of his. Sergei Taneyev succeeded Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky at the Moscow … Continue reading →

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MLK

Posted on January 16, 2023 by ksedinger

This is our hope. This is the hope and conviction that all men of goodwill live by. It is… the conviction that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that the whole cosmic universe has spiritual control. It is, therefore, … Continue reading →

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The Indecision of Mr. Goodell

Posted on January 15, 2023 by ksedinger

I’ve had this ESPN article loaded in a tab for almost a week now, without reading it. I figured a bit of distance would make the article less likely to make me angry. It didn’t work. As I write this, … Continue reading →

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All right, who left all these tabs open? Somebody’s gotta clean this shit up!

Posted on January 14, 2023 by ksedinger

Yeah, it was me. I left the tabs open. Time to clean house! ::  Is Byron Brown the worst mayor in America? This piece, in a local site for investigative journalism, came out in the wake of the recent blizzard … Continue reading →

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