Nightly Ramble: A Peice of Pi, Ides of March, Rejected in Flames, Bumper Stickers, Chess, And Howard the Duck

* You do know it was was national Pi day, right? Did you much care?

* Of course there was the Ides of March, today. Do you even know what that is?
* I’ve been second guessing myself, a

* Regarding General Pace”;

WASHINGTON -AP- The Pentagon’s top general said Tuesday he should not have voiced his personal view that homosexuality is immoral and should have just stated his support for the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in

On Sunday, my family took in a train show at the local fairgrounds.  Some of these layouts are downright huge, and some smaller than your hand, as you’ll see.  And of course a constant is the kids who show up

* The Music: Boston’s first. Given the events of the day, what else?
* Been an interesting day for readership.  This blog got several hundred hits, from sites in the United Kingdom, all night long.  Apparently people never

The Music: Dire Straights, Brothers in Arms:

See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s a millionaire

Perhaps somebody ought

* The Music: Blood, Sweat, and Tears… the self-titled album, from 1969.

69 was a great year for albums. In a year with a lot of landmark albums, of ‘mow ’em down’ power, this is in the top five. This

First the Music: Chiaroscuro, by Darol Anger and Mike Marshall

This is unquestionably one disc I would have in my Desert Island connection. It’s that good.

The artists listed are only part of the talent that is on this record. 

* Music:Bob James & Earl Klugh – One on One

Bob James has been around since the early sixties , but his real forte, his real big self starter was when he picked up the Fender Rhodes piano. This

* Musical Pick: One actually that came from the randomizer, this evening..

Fine Young Cannibals “The Raw and the Cooked” from February of 1989. When this album first came out Donna and myself were just getting started… we got engaged.

* First, tonight’s music: Russ Freeman & Craig Chaquico, their “From The Redwoods To The Rockies” album.  I’ve liked Freeman since my Jazz radio days, when he was just getting started… This one’s from 1998, and features David

I’m going to start with something new, tonight, in the hopes I can turn you on to what Music I’m listening to at the moment. My musical taste, after my broadcast years, became somewhat eccentric; I’m usually listening to something

Tonight’s Ramble is going to be short and sweet.

Well, short.

The reason is fairly simple; yesterday afternoon, I ended up making a hurry up trip to the hospital. My younger boy , Alex, was being transported there.  He was

* I took the boys out for a rail photo run on Sunday… We quickly saw that nothing was moving… and quite by chance, stumbled onto why. The picture, here, is taken from one of our favorite sitting spots… and

* I see that the print media’s answer to Air America, The New Republic has been sold.
Actually, or rather predictable outcome , particularly given the direct line comparison to Air America.  Seems that the new majority holder, is Canadian

• 40° outside today.  More of the same on tap for tomorrow.  As a result, all that white crap that’s been falling for the last couple of weeks, that I posted the pictures of, is now melting and ending up as