I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway. We went to our Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra concert at the Kirkland Performance Center this afternoon. The soloist today was Israeli jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen. We have heard her before with the orchestra, and were eager to see and hear her again. As usual, she …
Continue reading Snippets of Clarinetist Anat Cohen and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
The State of Washington is divided by the North-South Cascade Mountains, a line of "extinct" volcanoes. The scare-quotes are real (see 1980's eruption of Mount St. Helens). The climate (in more ways than one) of each half of the state is dramatically different. The Western half is known as the "wet" half, due to the …
THIS I KNOW Islam is incompatible with Western Civilization. Muslims in any country, other than the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, do not assimilate into their host country. They do not adopt the values of the countries into which they immigrated. Countries in Europe now have "no-go zones", where violence runs rampant, and even police …
Today, there is a story about the President of France wanting to "enshrine Abortion in the country's Constitution." Last year, the United States of America overturned a Supreme Court ruling that had made abortion legal everywhere, however, the US never went as far as adding Abortion to the US Constitution. That would have been a …
After a busy, stressful week at work (made more stressful than ever since my boss left the company this week), it is an absolute necessity to find something to recharge your internal soul-battery. When I am at home, my recharge area is my bedroom. I am making a dent in our mattress from sitting on …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #267: Recharge
How do you capture time? How do you even describe time? That's a brain-breaker indeed. One of my favorite things to photograph is the wake of a boat or a ship. The boat cleaves through the water, and always leaves behind evidence of its passing. If the boat is turning, it shows you where the …
I'm sure everyone has heard about the wildfires on Maui, which totally destroyed the old town of Lahaina, and killed many people (the death toll keeps rising). But I'm betting that not so many have heard what really happened. The mainstream media, which I am coming to believe is a greater withholder of news that …
For a long time, I have pondered how companies treat their employees. Often, I think to myself that I want to work at a company which treats its employees like valuable assets, instead of just labor costs to be minimized. Well, last week I learned something that just blew me away, and confirmed what I …
So, let's have some serious Feline Fun. First off, some cute cat cartoons. It's really easy to make all sorts of jokes about cat behavior, and what they would say if they could talk. What cat owner hasn't encountered this sort of situation? Remember the saying? "Dogs have owners, cats have staff". And they are …
This afternoon, I dashed off a long letter to the editors of the Wall Street Journal, of which I have been a subscriber since 1991. I am angry at them for all the news they have been ignoring, news that is extremely alarming for this country. I would love to hear the thoughts of my …
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