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Poetry Wednesday 05/13/09: It’s The Journey That’s Important

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It’s The Journey That’s Important… By John McLeod   Life, sometimes so wearying Is worth its weight in gold The experience of traveling Lends a wisdom that is old Beyond our ‘living memory’ A softly spoken prayer: “It’s the journey that’s important, Not the getting there!” Ins and outs and ups and downs Life’s road meanders aimlessly? Or so it seems, but somehow Leads us where we need to be, And being simply human We oft question and compare…. “Is the journey so important Or … Continue reading →

Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak’s taking Kodachrome away

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By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jun 22, 3:15 pm ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak is taking your Kodachrome away. The Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it’s retiring its oldest film stock because of declining customer demand in an increasingly digital age. The world’s first commercially successful color film, immortalized in song by Simon, spent 74 years in Kodak’s portfolio. It enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s and ’60s but in recent years has nudged closer to obscurity: Sales … Continue reading →

My First Blogs on Yahoo! 360: A Final Farewell

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Entry for June 11, 2007: Technology I think this world of technology is great, but I believe sometimes people are getting carried away with it. People are forgetting how to pick up the phone and directly communicate with one another. Kids are forgetting how play simple games outdoors and instead are just passively sitting around playing video games. Everywhere you go, people are constantly on the phone, even as they drive. When I talk with a good friend of mine on the phone, she puts … Continue reading →

Poetry: Harlem Night Club by Langston Hughes

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Harlem Night Club Sleek black boys in a cabaret. Jazz-band, jazz-band,– Play, plAY, PLAY! Tomorrow….who knows? Dance today! White girls’ eyes Call gay black boys. Black boys’ lips Grin jungle joys. Dark brown girls In blond men’s arms. Jazz-band, jazz-band,– Sing Eve’s charm! White ones, brown ones, What do you know About tomorrow Where all paths go? Jazz-boys, jazz-boys,– Play, plAY, PLAY! Tomorrow….is darkness. Joy today! Epilogue I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday 09/16/09: Jewish Haikus

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Jewish Haikus Five thousand years a wandering people—–then we found the cabanas. Lacking fins or tail The gefilte fish swims with Great difficulty. Beyond Valium, Peace is knowing one’s child Is an internist. On Passover we Opened the door for Elijah Now our cat is gone. After the warm rain The sweet smell of camellias Did you wipe your feet? Today I am a man. Tomorrow I will return To the seventh grade. Testing the warm milk On her wrist, she sighs softly. But her … Continue reading →

For Moody Blues fans

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I just got an email from Mike Pinder about a reunion with Ray Thomas !     Click on the picture above to take you to the Photo Gallery Mike and Ray together again. It was a week of reminising and constant laughter. Visit Mike’s website and photo gallery for more great photos of the week together. These two veteran musicians are still the best of friends. Through thick and thin it is a friendship that has stood the test of time. Mike and Tara … Continue reading →

The pros and cons of free web hosting

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For me, the era of the free web host’s popularity is largely over (remember Geocities?). However, there are still dozens of sites on the internet that offer free web hosting. A quick Google search for “free web host” will bring you thousands of results. Free web hosts can range from full fledged online site building solutions, to blogging platforms, to no-frills web hosts. Of these, the blogging platforms (Blogger, WordPress, etc.) are the most popular, even though they don’t fall under the strict definition of … Continue reading →

Poetry Wednesday: Bagel Shop Jazz

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Bagel Shop Jazz By Bob Kaufman Shadow people, projected on coffee-shop walls. Memory formed echoes of a generation past Beating into now. Nightfall creatures, eating each other Over a noisy cup of coffee. Mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings, Smelling vaguely of mint jelly and last night’s bongo drummer, Making profound remarks on the shapes of navels, Wondering how the short Sunset week Became the long Grant Avenue night, Love tinted, beat angels, Doomed to see their coffee dreams Crushed on the floors of time, As … Continue reading →

Annie Haslam and Renaissance

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Renaissance were an Englishprogressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit “Northern Lights” and progressive rock classics like “Mother Russia” and “Ashes Are Burning”. Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947, Bolton, Lancashire) is an Englishprogressive rockvocalist and songwriter. Originally a fashion student, she began studying under opera singer Sybil Knight in 1970 and developed her five-octave vocal range. In 1971, she became the lead singer of Renaissance after answering an advertisement in a magazine and auditioning for the band in Surrey. … Continue reading →

On Men and Toilet Paper

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I guess this is one of those blogs where I’ve been taking life too seriously again lately, but what is it about men and toilet paper? Why is it that men don’t seem to want to remember how to change the toilet paper when it runs out? I just don’t get it. Do they think that changing a toilet paper roll is exclusively a woman’s job? My husband will sometimes leave the new roll unopened on the floor, while the current one is almost gone. … Continue reading →