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That Old Guitar on That Old Guitar
Uncle, a 1934 Gibson L-1 flat-top acoustic, came to me via my wife Cat’s father, Steve, a stellar pianist and big band leader in Chicago. Cat’s great Uncle Ernest, Uncle’s original owner, bequeathed the guitar to Steve.
Cat & I found Uncle (in his original case) in Steve’s basement on a trip to her Chicago home.…
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under the cold and darkly sky / you trip the light and go…
the cars were my fav band growing up. in my high-wire suburban teenage days, their records and lateral solo projects not only were desert island discs, they were my desert island.
the band (driven by ric ocasek’s all-lowercase, overdriven-jangle, and quirky-jerk writing) catalysed my adolescent desire and urgency to learn guitar and to write songs.…
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Most car horn use is an expression of a driver’s loneliness, masked as urgency.
Car horns should not only be all in the same key, but also the same mode. Doesn’t have to be major. I’ll take Mixolydian, even Aeolian.
Frivolous horn use should be per honk – $0.25 for the first second of duration, $1.00 each additional second.…
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stationary chevy update: still stationary https://t.co/RasRjiVG9c pic.twitter.com/Gi1SZerX4p
— ../westy (@westyreflector) February 23, 2019
February 23, 2019 at 05:56PM
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A few words on the nature of noise, the noises of nature, and the differences between quiet and silence, in the context of "Quiet Scotland." (HT: @disquiet) https://t.co/aEnSKfh9k5
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February 15, 2019 at 01:30PM
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“So what’s your Super Bowl pick?” I asked Luna.
“Ooh, the macro one at M Café in LA on Melrose? Well, king salmon and-“
“No, football,” I shook my head.
“Well, I like Man City over Arsenal-“
“American football.”
“Oh. The Saints. Duh.”
February 03, 2019 at 06:21PM
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“But why? You guys never have to wear one!” Luna protested.
“Evolution,” I replied, “left us no ability to lick, you know, down there.”
“Really?” she chuckled. “That’s so sad.”
December 08, 2018 at 12:00PM
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In which Luna and I ponder the state of New York City over a purple 1978 Chevy Impala parked in the same spot on our block for a year… https://t.co/O8bg4a84u5
— ../westy (@westyreflector) December 6, 2018
December 06, 2018 at 08:56AM
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I know the feeling. :^D
https://ift.tt/2RRBq3G
November 14, 2018 at 06:06PM
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For real[ ]
— ../westy (@westyreflector) August 24, 2017
August 24, 2017 at 09:20AM
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The highest stations of sapiens hierarchy afford one word answers to all emails.
Ha!
yes
Really?
Tough.
So?
no
Great!
k
Done.— ../westy (@westyreflector) May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017 at 02:34PM
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On 03 May 2017, at around 17:45, on 6th Avenue and President Street, a man and a woman passed me by, empty-handed, as I walked home after shopping. I had been in the market for approximately 12 minutes, and was about 3 blocks (so 2 minutes) south of the market when these two walked by me the other way.…
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Peripheral sidewalk terror today: Recognizing the melody of a whistle, closing in from behind, as a slowed "I Think We're Alone Now."
— ../westy (@westyreflector) April 24, 2017
April 24, 2017 at 02:49PM
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just met a woman allergic to the smell of celery salt. she's not allergic to celery or salt, just the smell of celery salt.
— ../westy (@westyreflector) April 23, 2017
April 22, 2017 at 11:30PM
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sat(noton)ur(butt)day
— ../westy (@westyreflector) April 22, 2017
April 22, 2017 at 11:38AM
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Communication is a form of respiration.
“You want to know what I think…?” is the same as asking, “You want to know how I breathe…?”
Resonant, meaningful discourse flows as a meditation, where we think on inhale and communicate on exhale. Thinking, writing, and speaking — these mirror different stages of breathing, and together form a respiratory cycle.…
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100% of people who believe animals teach us nothing peel their bananas from the stem end
— ../westy (@westyreflector) April 19, 2017
April 19, 2017 at 03:03PM
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underground alert {stop} f train car 9303 {stop} unknown flatulence source {stop} board with caution {stop}
— ../westy (@westyreflector) April 16, 2017
April 15, 2017 at 08:43PM
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Most Useless Garnish
— ../westy (@westyreflector) January 5, 2017
January 05, 2017 at 05:46PM
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[year's end tradition read] A true New Year's story, courtesy of Orion… “The Light Walkers” https://t.co/AIXWBWGcOY
— ../westy (@westyreflector) December 30, 2016
December 30, 2016 at 05:17PM
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