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I like books, beer and Beethoven. And wine, whiskey, Bach and numerous other composers. And jazz and rock and roll. And the Portland Trail Blazers!
It's disappointing when you've been looking forward to beer-battered haddock all day, you get home, and realize that your haddock has gone bad. :(
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 AM
It's disappointing when you've been looking forward to beer-battered haddock all day, you get home, and realize that your haddock has gone bad. :(
I just learned about the passing of Ralph Towner. I had the privilege of seeing him perform 3 times, once, in a very intimate concert at the U. of Oregon where I sat maybe 10 feet or so away from him. He was a gifted melodicist and often spectacular soloist.
In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026
In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I just learned about the passing of Ralph Towner. I had the privilege of seeing him perform 3 times, once, in a very intimate concert at the U. of Oregon where I sat maybe 10 feet or so away from him. He was a gifted melodicist and often spectacular soloist.
In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026
In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026
Just check in with my daughter. She wasn't one of the victims, thank God. I can't wait until we get a leader that makes these jack-booted a-holes crawl back under the rocks they came from.
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Just check in with my daughter. She wasn't one of the victims, thank God. I can't wait until we get a leader that makes these jack-booted a-holes crawl back under the rocks they came from.
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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"Those who enjoy their emotional bad-health and habitually fill their minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, finding a perverted relief in denigrating them."
- Brahms, on the perpetually-aggrieved
- Brahms, on the perpetually-aggrieved
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"Those who enjoy their emotional bad-health and habitually fill their minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, finding a perverted relief in denigrating them."
- Brahms, on the perpetually-aggrieved
- Brahms, on the perpetually-aggrieved
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PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
PIERS: “You’re not gay?”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
FUENTES: “No. But women are very difficult to be around.”
P: “Should they vote?”
F: “No.”
PIERS: “They should stay home?”
FUENTES: “Yeah.”
PIERS: “So you’re just a misogynistic dinosaur. Have you ever had sex?”
FUENTES: “No.”
PIERS: “Wow. Says the guy who never got laid.”
Reading Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. It's pretty good. I'm interested in what other people's opinions are about this book.
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reading Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections. It's pretty good. I'm interested in what other people's opinions are about this book.
Anybody else ever notice a similarity between Dmitri Shostakovich and Mike Johnson?
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Anybody else ever notice a similarity between Dmitri Shostakovich and Mike Johnson?
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Excellent use of 12 seconds.
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Excellent use of 12 seconds.
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so the same people who just got end run by Marjorie Taylor Greene are going after an astronaut huh
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
so the same people who just got end run by Marjorie Taylor Greene are going after an astronaut huh
100% agree with this. LED headlights are very dangerous to oncoming traffic.
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
100% agree with this. LED headlights are very dangerous to oncoming traffic.
What a shame. Great musician.
RIP to one of the all-time greats... Jack DeJohnette has passed away at age 83. The legendary drummer is pictured here at the September 24, 1965 recording session for Jackie McLean's "Jacknife," which marked his first appearance on a Blue Note record.
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What a shame. Great musician.
Look what happens when my son and I go to Powell's Books in war-ravaged Portland without a chaperone.
October 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Look what happens when my son and I go to Powell's Books in war-ravaged Portland without a chaperone.
"No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not petical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us year by year. We've followed our road too far." -- Eatraven, in The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
October 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not petical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us year by year. We've followed our road too far." -- Eatraven, in The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
September 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pretty visitor today. #goldfinch #birds
August 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pretty visitor today. #goldfinch #birds
Smooth, rich, warming. Proceeds benefit the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.
July 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Smooth, rich, warming. Proceeds benefit the mikeroweWORKS Foundation.
Why is my Classical Music Bluesky feed filled with posts that have nothing to do with Classical Music?
July 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Why is my Classical Music Bluesky feed filled with posts that have nothing to do with Classical Music?
Rumor /
Thrives on motion, stronger for the running, /
Lowly at first through fear, then rearing high /
She treads the land and hides her head in cloud.
-- Virgil
Thrives on motion, stronger for the running, /
Lowly at first through fear, then rearing high /
She treads the land and hides her head in cloud.
-- Virgil
June 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Rumor /
Thrives on motion, stronger for the running, /
Lowly at first through fear, then rearing high /
She treads the land and hides her head in cloud.
-- Virgil
Thrives on motion, stronger for the running, /
Lowly at first through fear, then rearing high /
She treads the land and hides her head in cloud.
-- Virgil
My father's Day treat for myself - hanging at a pub reading the Aeneid.
June 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My father's Day treat for myself - hanging at a pub reading the Aeneid.
Some recent acquisitions. I realized I don't have enough #Liszt in my collection. #vinylcollectors #ClassicalMusic
May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some recent acquisitions. I realized I don't have enough #Liszt in my collection. #vinylcollectors #ClassicalMusic
Went to my local record shop to buy myself an early birthday present. Found these 2 gems. #Dvorak #ClassicalMusic #vinylrecords
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Went to my local record shop to buy myself an early birthday present. Found these 2 gems. #Dvorak #ClassicalMusic #vinylrecords
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File impeachment articles that are just direct quotes from the Declaration of Independence
Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
April 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
File impeachment articles that are just direct quotes from the Declaration of Independence