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Starry Dynamo: April 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010. Friday On My Mind Random Ten. I'm getting ready for my final next week. It'll be 2/3's material we just covered, and 1/3 cumulative. I'm feeling good about it. I'm trying to hit the books to get ready for my end-of-year nursing exam that we'll all have to take. I need to score 800 out of 1000 points or I have to go to summer school. Feel pretty good about that one too. 1 What's It All About, Alfie? 2 Rip This Joint- The Rolling Stones. 3 Ode To Billy Joe- Bobbie Gentry. 7 From Joh...
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Starry Dynamo: Books: Alvin Toffler's "The Third Wave."
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Books: Alvin Toffler's "The Third Wave.". In 1978, I read Alvin Toffler's classic "Future Shock." We'd seen a documentary based on it in a high school social studies class, and it piqued my interest. A couple of years later, in 1980, when I was a college freshman, Toffler published his next book, "The Third Wave." I purchased it, started it, but put it aside. There was a lot of content that went over my head. Toffler argues that both Marxists and capitalists assume that industrial...
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Starry Dynamo: July 2010
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Monday, July 26, 2010. Okay kids, I'm back after almost two weeks away from blogging. I'll explain. This all started with a bad marital spat nearly two weeks ago. As usual, it started over something minor and rapidly escalated until everything that she and I are pissed about otherwise got dragged into it. Isn't that the way it usually happens? In a post I wrote in my other blog. I described the day we buried Mark's cremated remains; how a picture-perfect blue sky day suddenly erupted into a violent thund...
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Starry Dynamo: June 2010
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Monday, June 28, 2010. Johnny Rojo's One-Hit Wonders: Stone Poneys, "Different Drum". The song Different Drum, by the Stone Poneys, was released in September of 1967. It reached the top 20, topping out at #13 on the singles charts. The Stone Poneys were a folk rock trio that formed in Los Angeles in 1964. Their singer, Linda Ronstadt, went on to huge success in the 1970's. Guitarist Kenny Edwards would continue to work with Ms. Ronstadt. Links to this post. Friday, June 25, 2010. We came home and my step...
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Starry Dynamo: Bad Blogger Friday Five
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Friday, July 2, 2010. Bad Blogger Friday Five. I've been a bad blogger this week- had a couple of posts running around my head, including reflections on seeing "Toy Story 3" with my son last weekend. Maybe this weekend I'll write that one. In the meantime, I feel like my batteries are recharging; I got a good bike ride in this week and finally dug my rollerblades out of the basement and got on those. My weight has slipped up ten pounds since school got out. I plan on fighting back. 2 Sheik- ZZ Top. I rem...
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Starry Dynamo: The Return of Johnny Yen
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010. The Return of Johnny Yen. Most of the handful of regular readers of this blog know that I posted on another blog, Here Comes Johnny Yen Again. For about four years before I started this blog for various reasons. In the last week, I've had two different people tell me that they miss my old blog. I'd always intended not to end it, but to let it lie fallow for a while. I think I'm ready to resume Johnny Yen. I will continue to follow both! August 4, 2010 at 1:58 PM. Burning for th...
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Starry Dynamo: Toy Story 3
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010. I took my son to see Toy Story 3 a couple of weeks ago. As we walked over to the movie theater, we talked about the other movies. The first one came out in 1995, when he was one year old, so he's pretty much grown up with the movies. My mother bought him a VHS of the first movie when he was about 2, and he loved it. Aaron told Adam he could keep the toy. He still has it. That year, he wore a Woody costume for Halloween. July 7, 2010 at 9:48 AM. July 7, 2010 at 11:16 AM. When I as...
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Starry Dynamo: Good Weekend Friday Five
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Friday, July 9, 2010. Good Weekend Friday Five. Did my Friday Five on Friday, but just getting around to writing this up. On Sunday, we cooked our traditional Sunday lunch. However, I pursuaded him to mix it up a little; instead of cooking Chinese food like we usually do, I showed him how to cook a paella. It turned out marvelously. 1 Boom Boom Mancini- Warren Zevon w/ REM. 2 Leather Jacket- Mick Taylor. 3 Like A Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan. 4 Coat Of Many Colors- Dolly Parton. 5 Love Her Madly- The Doors.
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Starry Dynamo: Anniversary Road Trip
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Sunday, August 1, 2010. I was taken away from blogging for a few days by a big road trip: I drove down to Knoxville, Tennessee to see my parents for a combination of things, mixing my annual summer visit with my son with a celebration of my parents' 50th anniversary (today, August 1, actually) and my mother's 68th birthday, which was today as well. She got married on her 18th birthday. I did manage a little bit of down time, but this was balanced by the fact that I did the majority of the driving. I ...
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Starry Dynamo: August 2010
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010. The Return of Johnny Yen. Most of the handful of regular readers of this blog know that I posted on another blog, Here Comes Johnny Yen Again. For about four years before I started this blog for various reasons. In the last week, I've had two different people tell me that they miss my old blog. I'd always intended not to end it, but to let it lie fallow for a while. I think I'm ready to resume Johnny Yen. Links to this post. Sunday, August 1, 2010. My wife and my stepdaughter c...
