Always Something There To Remind Me |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Well how can I forget you? | |
When there is always something there to remind me | |
Always something there to remind me | |
I was born to love you | |
And I will never be free | |
You’ll always be a part of me | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | At Least A Lot More Gray |
2019 | Walking The Lonely Path |
2018 | The Ultimate Trial |
2017 | Vain Expectations |
2016 | Or Of One Thought |
2015 | What’s In Your Future? |
2014 | Light In Darkness |
2013 | How ‘Bout Just Obeying The Law? |
2012 | Or Maybe Not |
2011 | My Interval Is Too Short! |
Archive for May, 2021
Always
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Always Something There To Remind Me -- music video, Dionne Warwick, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Quotes, YouTube on May 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Hold My Hand
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Favorite Lines, Included Video, Little Darlin -- music video, Quotes, The Diamonds, YouTube on May 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Little Darlin’ |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
My darlin’, | |
I need you | |
To call my own | |
And never do wrong | |
To hold in mine | |
Your little hand | |
I’ll know too soon that | |
All is so grand. | |
Please, | |
Hold my hand | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | I’d Include Health Care |
2019 | Accustomed To It |
2018 | Booking My Trip Into The Expanding Universe |
2017 | Fear Instead Of Convictions |
2016 | Memorial Day – 2016 |
2015 | A Handful Of Reviews |
And You Can Quote Me | |
2014 | Get Wisdom |
2013 | Enjoying The View? |
2012 | Adam’s Rib |
2011 | I’m Sure I Remember That… |
Memorial Day, 2011 | |
How Trump Won The Fringe Right
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #IncompetentDonald, #Stupid45, Mark Twain, Politics, Quotes on May 30, 2021| 2 Comments »
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. | |
— Mark Twain | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | I’d Include Health Care |
2019 | Accustomed To It |
2018 | Booking My Trip Into The Expanding Universe |
2017 | Fear Instead Of Convictions |
2016 | Memorial Day – 2016 |
2015 | A Handful Of Reviews |
And You Can Quote Me | |
2014 | Get Wisdom |
2013 | Enjoying The View? |
2012 | Adam’s Rib |
2011 | I’m Sure I Remember That… |
Memorial Day, 2011 | |
Over 50 Years Ago!
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged 1969, Carlos Santana, Comments, Included Video, Santana, Soul Sacrifice -- music video, Woodstock, YouTube on May 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Soul Sacrifice |
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Comment(s): | |
Wow!! Where would you go if you could go back in time for just a couple (three) days? Maybe New York State? | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Magnitude Of The Challenge |
2019 | Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded |
2018 | Nothing More, Nothing Less |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
A Chance Meeting Finds A Way
Posted in Other Blogs, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Bookshops, Cecelia Ahern, I Didn't Have My Glasses On, Magic, Other Blogs, Quotes, Reading on May 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books — whether it’s strolling down the aisles of a bookshop with no idea whatsoever of what it is that we want to read and suddenly finding the most perfect, most wonderfully suitable book staring us right in the face. Unblinking. Or a chance meeting with a stranger or friend who recommends a book we would never ordinarily reach for. Books have the ability to find their own way into our lives. | |
― Cecelia Ahern | |
[This quote is available at multiple locations on the web, but I originally found it as a post on one of the blogs I follow: I didn’t have my glasses on…. | |
The specific post is: the magic of books. Which can be found at: https://ididnthavemyglasseson.com/2021/05/08/24719/ | |
Please give the site a visit if you have some spare time. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Magnitude Of The Challenge |
2019 | Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded |
2018 | Nothing More, Nothing Less |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
What’s That Sound?
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Buffalo Springfield, Favorite Lines, For What It's Worth -- music video, Included Video, Quotes, YouTube on May 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
For What It’s Worth |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Paranoia strikes deep | |
Into your life it will creep | |
It starts when you’re always afraid | |
Step out of line, | |
The men come | |
And take you away | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Promise Her In Music |
2019 | But I’m Well Past 100 By Now |
2018 | Learn |
Land Of The Free, Because Of The Brave | |
4 Appearances In A Row, 4 Wins To Go | |
2017 | And Yet I’m Still Having Fun |
2016 | I See Coincidence Everywhere |
CA3: Civil War | |
2015 | I Resemble That Remark… (5!) |
2014 | The Writer’s Dilemma |
2013 | Just Paying The Rent |
2012 | Remembering… |
2011 | A Little Farther |
Make A Difference
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Consideration, Eeyore, Philosophy, Quotes on May 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. | |
— Eeyore | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Promise Her In Music |
2019 | But I’m Well Past 100 By Now |
2018 | Learn |
Land Of The Free, Because Of The Brave | |
4 Appearances In A Row, 4 Wins To Go | |
2017 | And Yet I’m Still Having Fun |
2016 | I See Coincidence Everywhere |
CA3: Civil War | |
2015 | I Resemble That Remark… (5!) |
2014 | The Writer’s Dilemma |
2013 | Just Paying The Rent |
2012 | Remembering… |
2011 | A Little Farther |
There Goes My Heart
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Favorite Lines, Included Video, Only The Lonely -- music video, Quotes, Roy Orbison, Vevo, YouTube on May 27, 2021| 3 Comments »
Only The Lonely |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Maybe tomorrow | |
A new romance | |
No more sorrow | |
But that’s the chance | |
You gotta take | |
If your lonely heart breaks | |
Only the lonely | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Find An Antidote |
2019 | Take A Few Minutes To Remember |
Start By Doubting | |
2018 | You Cannot Pretend |
2017 | A Long Shadow |
2016 | Learning, Experience, Chances or Money |
2015 | The Critical State |
2014 | Dawn, n. |
2013 | Ouch! |
2012 | Just Lookin’ Around |
Still Growing | |
2011 | But Do You Want To? |
Or These Days, On The Internet
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Reality, Television on May 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is really real unless it happens on television. | |
— Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Find An Antidote |
2019 | Take A Few Minutes To Remember |
Start By Doubting | |
2018 | You Cannot Pretend |
2017 | A Long Shadow |
2016 | Learning, Experience, Chances or Money |
2015 | The Critical State |
2014 | Dawn, n. |
2013 | Ouch! |
2012 | Just Lookin’ Around |
Still Growing | |
2011 | But Do You Want To? |
Feelin’ It
Posted in Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Earth Wind And Fire, Favorite Lines, Happy Feeling -- music video, Included Video, Quotes, YouTube on May 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Happy Feeling |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Little babies, tell the story | |
Of Mother Nature and its glory | |
Share the feelin’ with your brother | |
Don’t stop carin’ one another | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Or To Destroy Democracy |
2019 | A Defense Of Liberty |
2018 | And Blog To Word Up To The Universe |
The Irony Of Greed | |
2017 | Or Revisiting A Blog Site |
2016 | Alas, Too Often The Latter |
2015 | Either / Or |
2014 | Memorial Day – 2014 |
Perfection | |
2013 | Memorial Day Video |
Equal = Equal | |
2012 | Congrats, Nephew!! |
Doggie Vision Networks | |
The Flash: Omnibus | |
JLI: vol 1 | |
Flash: Rebirth | |
Burning Images | |
What Do You Believe? | |
2011 | Are We Still At War With The Poor? |
Very Young Or Very New
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Paradigm Change, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas S. Kuhn PhD on May 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the shape of the new paradigm is foreshadowed in the structure that extraordinary research has given to the anomaly. … More often no such structure is consciously seen in advance. Instead, the new paradigm, or a sufficient hint to permit later articulation, emerges all at once, sometimes in the middle of the night, in the mind of a man deeply immersed in crisis. What the nature of that final stage is — how an individual invents (or finds he has invented) a new way of giving order to data now all assembled — must here remain inscrutable and may be permanently so. Let us here note only one thing about it. Almost always the men who achieve these fundamental inventions of a new paradigm have been either very young or very new to the field whose paradigm they change. | |
— Thomas S. Kuhn | |
From his book: “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Or To Destroy Democracy |
2019 | A Defense Of Liberty |
2018 | And Blog To Word Up To The Universe |
The Irony Of Greed | |
2017 | Or Revisiting A Blog Site |
2016 | Alas, Too Often The Latter |
2015 | Either / Or |
2014 | Memorial Day – 2014 |
Perfection | |
2013 | Memorial Day Video |
Equal = Equal | |
2012 | Congrats, Nephew!! |
Doggie Vision Networks | |
The Flash: Omnibus | |
JLI: vol 1 | |
Flash: Rebirth | |
Burning Images | |
What Do You Believe? | |
2011 | Are We Still At War With The Poor? |
More Changes…
Posted in Blog Changes, Guitar, Music, tagged Austen Acoustic Dreadnought, Blog Changes, Classical Guitars, Disclaimer, Glarry, Guitar, Idyllwild, Monoprice, Music, Nylon String Guitars, Orangewood on May 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
[Disclaimer: I have not received as a promotion any guitar or music related product, nor am I mentioning anything in this post to secure compensation / income for myself or the manufacturers of the products mentioned. I am only posting about these items because I personally purchased them and am excited to be learning about music and playing guitar. — KMAB] | |
As I’ve posted a couple of times, I’ve decided to try to learn how to play a musical instrument and the one I’ve chosen is the guitar. I’ve now completed just over four full months of learning / practice and I’ve missed a grand total of five days of practice. (Full disclosure: most of the first month was only 15 – 20 minutes a day to break in my fingertips.) | |
In January I bought my acoustic guitar (Orangewood: Austen). It took about five days for delivery. They actually promised two weeks delivery, so I was very happy with the speedy receipt. | |
I liked the guitar, but I was surprised by it. It felt almost too light and too bulky. I put it down to being inexpensive and me being overweight. I bought what I thought would be a “starter” guitar for just under $200, in case (as my wife predicted) I was just going through another of my fads. | |
I soon noticed most of the YouTube videos I was watching to learn from were being taught on electric guitars. So, I thought maybe I should see if I could pick up an inexpensive one of those as well. It turns out, at just that time, I earned a $100 Amazon credit for taking some online surveys. I watched a bunch of video recommendations and settled on a Glarry electric guitar (with gig bag, cable and amplifier) for $120 – including taxes and free shipping. I ordered it on St. Patrick’s Day and received it two days later. (There were / are some outstanding issues which I’ll cover in a later review / post.) | |
After the waiting period of our second vaccine shots, my wife and I visited our oldest daughter and her fiancé and he had JUST bought a banjo to learn how to play. I noticed he had a small guitar standing in a corner and I asked: “What’s up with that?” He replied it was a childhood present from his grand-father and he never learned how to play it. I picked it up and noticed it was missing two strings. He said it was okay because it was just a family gift which he carried around his whole life to remind him of his grand-dad. I offered to re-string it for him if he loaned it to me. And so I began learning about nylon string acoustic guitars… | |
I watched a bunch of videos and learned about nylon strings vs steel strings and how to restring a nylon. I picked up some new strings and I also picked up some files to trim the frets – which were badly jutting out the sides and were quite sharp. I tuned and stretched, tuned and stretched, tuned and stretched… and eventually the strings got to the point where they were stable enough to stay in tune for more than a few minutes. I then had to do this again for a few days. Finally, I was able to pick up the guitar and it was near tune. A quick tune, and it could be played. | |
What I discovered was the nylon strings were extremely forgiving for longer (over one hour) playing sessions and this guitar generated a vibration which was similar to the electric, but FAR more so. It was almost sensory overload on my hands, arms, legs and chest. You could FEEL this guitar! It wasn’t just sound. I decided right then, I had to have one just like it. | |
So, earlier this month I bought my third guitar. I ordered it on 14 May around 4pm and received it the NEXT day before 2pm!! It was not in tune, but I took care of that and within a few days it too had settled down into a playable instrument. (I will also do a fuller review of this guitar in a later post.) | |
And, below is a picture of the guitar (and “gig” bag). This guitar is “normally” $64, but it was on sale and I got an additional discount which brought my cost plus tax down to $42!! | |
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The guitar is “made” by Idyllwild, but “sold” by Monoprice – which is some kind of manufacturing / sales conglomerate. It is a 3/4 size “classical” style guitar. It is not quite the same as the one I re-strung, but it does have the marvelous “feel”. Once it settled in (only a few days), I was able to play it for well over two hours with very little loss of tuning. | |
What does all this have to do with “changes”? Well, I’ve decided “in for a penny, in for a pound” and I’m going to add some posts and pages to my blog chronicling my reviews and what I’m learning. I don’t imagine much of this will be of use to anyone, but I am interested in how far along a rank beginner with NO musical training can get by learning off of YouTube as inexpensively as is practicable – and as an exercise, I’d like to share this experience via my blogging. So, in a bit, I’ll be adding a “guitar” / music page to my menu to cover all things related to my learning guitar: guitars, prices, classes / videos / books, accessories, (minor) luthiering / repairs, etc. | |
I hope some of you will be able to share some of my excitement in this discovery and learning process. I feel as if a whole world is opening up before my eyes and at my fingertips! Stay tuned… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Remembering… |
You KNEW That Man Was Trippin’ | |
2019 | Kingslanding |
2018 | I’d Bet On Taxes |
Ooops! I Spoke Too Soon | |
2017 | A Cautionary Wish |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
Still Ain’t Quite Right
Posted in Quotes, tagged Favorite Lines, Included Video, Quotes, Tower of Power, What Is Hip? -- music video, YouTube on May 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
What Is Hip? |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
So you became part of the new breed | |
Been smokin’ only the best weed |
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Been hangin’ out on the so-called hippest set | |
Being seen at all the right places |
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Being seen with just the right faces | |
You should be satisfied | |
Still it ain’t quite right | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Remembering… |
You KNEW That Man Was Trippin’ | |
2019 | Kingslanding |
2018 | I’d Bet On Taxes |
Ooops! I Spoke Too Soon | |
2017 | A Cautionary Wish |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
Still Learning (And Practicing) Guitar
Posted in Guitar, Guitar Stuff, Music, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Despair, Discipline, Effort, Epictetus, Guitar, Music, Philosophy, Quotes, Talent on May 25, 2021| 2 Comments »
Even if I lack the talent, I will not abandon the effort on that account…. We do not abandon any discipline for despair of ever being the best in it. | |
— Epictetus | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Remembering… |
You KNEW That Man Was Trippin’ | |
2019 | Kingslanding |
2018 | I’d Bet On Taxes |
Ooops! I Spoke Too Soon | |
2017 | A Cautionary Wish |
2016 | Slogging |
It’s About… | |
Man / Man | |
2015 | Memorial Day – 2015 |
Content People Love To Share | |
2014 | I Resemble That Remark |
2013 | Long Range Exploration |
2012 | UBI |
2011 | Opportunity |
I Ask For Two Minutes…
Posted in General Comments, Philosophy, Pictures, Quotes, tagged General Comments, Images, Memorial Day -- 2021, Philosophy, Pictures on May 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Memorial Day
Monday 31 May 2021
Thank You, Veterans!
Some give more than others…
Some give all…
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