Monthly Archives: December 2011

Saturday Aggregate:12/31/11 and so it’s nearly done. The end of a very interesting year. – The things accomplished this year? Personally I have found the key (I think) to health. Professionally I have made some choices (left teaching for one) … Continue reading →

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Sean Bonniwell, the lead singer and chief songwriter of the short-lived Los Angeles garage-rock band the Music Machine, died here on Dec. 20. He was 71. The Music Machine, whose single “Talk Talk” reached No. 15 … Continue reading →

For tomorrow we diet: Every year it’s the same. Diet commercials sprout like mushrooms after a summer rain. Fitness equipment goes on sale for deep discounts. Gyms and exercise classes advertise like there is no tomorrow. It’s fitness season and … Continue reading →

Radio DaZe: Tain’t here this week. I am taking the week off to reflect. rest and recharge. In it’s place is an evergreen column first broadcast in 2005 on 102.3 the Mountain. See you in 2012 This Week is the … Continue reading →

It looks grim for K-Mart and Sears. The two retail giants have fallen on hard times and some rather poor management decisions have forced their hand and now 120 stores nationwide will close. It seems unthinkable to me that an … Continue reading →

Tuesday review: Tangled Tangled (I) (2010) PG 100 min The long-suffering wife and I were all tucked in, her on the couch with her blankie, me on my recliner nearly nodding on Christmas day afternoon. We had watched all the … Continue reading →

My Blackberry Curve 3G takes the WORST photos ever: Unless you hold the camera perfectly still and the subject is also motionless that is what you get. Louis Jacques Mande DAGUERRE (1787-1851) developed the The Daguerreotype Process. His photos are … Continue reading →

Sunday Wrap 12/19/11-12/24/11 Monday 12/19/11 Blog Post More about the protests-Trouble coming every day-including the Frank Zappa tune. Tuesday 12/20/11 Blog Post Don’t touch that dial…Best and worst TV ads of 2011 Wednesday 12/21/11 Blog Post A possible projection of … Continue reading →

Some of the stuff on my Christmas music playlist: in no particular order: The Waitresses. As my radio blog “Radio DaZe” unfolds there will be a Waitresses story. Bob “Humbug” Geldof told Australia’s The Daily Telegraph in a 2010 interview: … Continue reading →

Saturday Aggregate: SO more than ready for Christmas and this year to be over with. Really. Put a fork in it. It is done. – Having said that…I am ready for feasting. This will be a stupendous, over the top, … Continue reading →