Another MSG memory.

Had two friends who were first cousins. One Monday I asked them what they did that weekend.

"Went to the concert for Bangladesh."

I was speechless.

I remember Willis Reed.

It was great to be a kid watching the Knicks in the late 60s, early 70s.

Attended plenty of games at MSG. And would go bowling there, prerenovations.

And how did Uncle Rich get his name there?

As they say these days, IYKYK. Is that what they say?

Thirty spokes
meet in the hub.
Where the wheel isn't
is where it's useful.

Tao, no. 11

Between the idea
And the reality
Falls the shadow.

In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions that a minute will reverse.

TS Eliot

12. I used to have that on a T-shirt. Selectively worn.

Or maybe the first coming:

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of [Gotham] a Savior has been born to you."

I used to live in that empty-suit Griffith's district. What a worthless tool.

But guarantee you he's a climate change denialist so that he can get reelected in the Fighting Ninth.

The only justification for the death penalty I've come up with, and it's a horrid one, is that it formalizes and thus controls some innate human desire for revenge, although in an awfully sadistic way.

23. Yessir. Thanks.

24. Absolutely. And sometimes you gotta let them in there and fight it out.

If I hear his song about his son one more time, I'm looking for windows myself.

My favorite comment on Eric Clapton: The worst guitarist anyone ever considered really good.

I don't know much about Cyndi Lauper, except I think she did one of the great covers of all time.

Joni Mitchell's "Carey." Totally changed the vibe of a fantastic song:

I've been hanging around here for 19 years, I think, my seniority notwithstanding. I was here before under the name Domingo_B, but I couldn't get in under that name when I wanted to come back and didn't want to bother RCade, so I just changed it. If Hans were around, or His Friend, he could find my posts, starting in 2007 or 8.

Point being, I've not seen anti-Semitism on this site: real Jew-hating. From any poster, anytime.

Jews aren't Israel and vice versa.

On the matter of Coriolanus, if he went to Bronx Science back in the 60s or 70s, I'd wager at least half of his high school buddies were Jewish -- and I'm sure they got along just fine.

Ornette Coleman, at Bonnaroo:

Live shows seen:

John Cale, Hopscotch, 2013

Kenny Burrell is the bomb.

Things haven't changed much in the good ol' USA:

Nina Simone, "Mississippi Goddam":

And thanks, Bellringer.

By the way, diagnosis confirmed by amyloid PET scan in December.

Thanks, Medicare, and a neurologist who knew how to write the order.

Knock on wood.

17. Full-time caregiver, full-time homemaker, full-time-plus freelancer.

My wife actually is delightful to interact with. And she's healthier than I am.

She can't remember 60 seconds ago (if that), generally, but is plowing through a 400-page McCartney bio.

She may read the same passage, and out loud to me, five times in 30 minutes, but that's why I got it for her, to enjoy.

Long-term memory mostly intact, except when her brain hits a bump somewhere and she starts talking about our amazing relationship, how we keep separating and getting back together, even after years.

We've been married 39 years and never apart.

Life's actually pretty good right now. We are calm and happy.

Yes, Platner might fool us in the future.
But we're being raped NOW.

#300 | Posted by Zed

Right. Where are we on this guy's continuum? Does he have a history of policy decisions? Or is he a tabula rasa? A Rorschach blot?

Is he a guaranteed loss in Maine? We are being raped now. Is Platner going to help matters?

So you're like a New Age cult leader or something? Really, please explain!

#271 | Posted by HeliumRat

25 years in religious/theological publishing.

I'd take the cult leader benefits, though.

My point underlying all of this is, historically, this isn't a good PR shift for the party, never good at putting out a message.

Sure Maine could do a lot better than Collins. When things are this close, Maine Democrats could have found someone else. I admire Cor's zeal, but I don't buy into US party politics being 100 percent Israel controlled.

I guess Democrats wore big hair in the 80s too.

Unless Democrats are the party of redemption now? By what means? Should we call in some pastors to find out? Which ones? To what degree should they be associated with peace churches? Defund the DoD and feed people? That kind of religion in politics?

Hey, I wouldn't complain. My main source of income is the religious left.

Lotsa cultural trends. Guy's 40 years old. So, he's a decade into outgrowing 20 years of it?

Any legislators locally or statewide in Maine who've served more than a decade? All bought and paid to shut up?

Kirk was the Trump team's true-to-life assassination.

How old was he at this time?