This month, I have now written one hundred and one posts. Today is September 22, 2012.
In two days, Scott Fitzgerald will be celebrating his 116th birthday. My personal coach will be celebrating his 53rd birthday, unless I kill him on the racquetball court today.
Thank you for reading this.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Quotable And Familiar Faces
Words were some unexpected encumbrance she found in her mouth and must rid herself of before she could communicate.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescence but twenty-two would see thirty-eight with discerning clarity
Scott Fitzgerald
Plan 9 Music Demands...Arithmetic
The two songs are Chuck Berry's DEAR DAD and the Beatles' IF YOU GOT TROUBLES. The former was recorded after Chuck left Chess Records for Mercury. The latter features Ringo on lead with the classic line Rock On, Anybody...But here comes an equation.
Let RG = Rhythm Guitar
Then
RG (If you got Troubles) = RG (Dear Dad)
Friday, September 21, 2012
An un-Siberian Quote
A man reaches the height of egotism during moments of spiritual ecstasy. He feels then that there is nothing in the world more important or fascinating than himself.
Leo Tolstoi
The Cossacks
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Two Siberian Cold War Quotes
What sort of conversation is this?
I tell you a word and you have ten others
Hidden up your sleeve.
Yuri Antropov
Winter is Coming
The tongue doesn't have any bones
But it can really give you a thrashing.
Valery Povalyaev
Oil on Fire
I could not find any photos of either of these Russian authors. Then I googled "Yuri Antropov"
I was linked to a million websites about Yuri Andropov, a Cold War Russian politico
who probably suppressed the literature of Mr. Antropov and Mr. Povalaev.
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