Making a blanket generalization it seems as if everytime I try to capture the spirit of Europe in a song it meanders back to A Lady of a Certain Age. Seems as if Europe is way ahead when it comes to a balanced and integrated approach to life, a feeling and a history that’s too [...]
A Turkish ship runs and Israeli blockade, and there’s nothing the United States can do about it…..Interesting implications here, an event that merits rewriting 85% of America’s foreign policy in the middle east. I can’t articulate as well as Stratfor, but I can attempt to understand. Most folks would look at this through a political [...]
2010 was a heck of a year filled with train rides, plane rides and lots of echo in a excessively big apartment. There’s a quote that says some look for similarity in things, others admire the nuance — although top 10 lists are filled with repetition, there is much to explore when you grab the [...]
Today I accepted a job on the other side of the Alps in Stuttgart and as the I’s are dotted and the T’s are crossed the day will come soon when yet a new adventure begins. Why only six months in Italy? As the tune ‘Charmed Life‘ says, take your chances and ride your luck [...]
a heck of a mantra for living and a cadence for life, just remember to adjust that capo on the change of key. milano, if i remember for only one thing, it will be this
Attributes relied on for a lifetime: imagination, curiosity and sincerity. There’s a quote out there somewhere that says imagination is a wonderful thing, it gives you a picture of where you’re going in life. I have to pick up more fiction, I often feel the more I listen to the clutter around me in the atmosphere, [...]
The tune Neapolitan Girl describes the life of a gal in Italy during WW2. Bombed out streets, not caring about what’s right or wrong, just survival was key. The video of the stunning imagery around Naples set to the tune can’t even being to describe what it was like a generation or so ago when [...]
to me nothing is more exciting than the upcoming doubleheader divine comedy (neil hannon) shows, one in milan, one in bologna — the show in milan, 160 seats from what i understand. tonight as a gentle rains falls here in northern italy, i think of the song, ‘when the lights go out in all of [...]
some of the things you recognize when you take a break from the zombie walk — how extraordinary it is to drive from downtown austin to round rock, and how mesmerizing party culture is in the developed world, take that to a hyper extreme, and you have austin — i’m glad to have participated, now [...]
The new killer of society as we know it, the attention span deficit. I *think* Einstein said something like 'I'm not the smartest, I just stick with things longer.' Weather it be ridding Afghanistan of barbarians, concurrence on health care legislation, that extra 10 pounds you want to lose, or simply that book you [...]