My listening post this morning is the Restaurant-Chain-That-Must-Not-Be-Named where I am listening to a table of five guys conduct a Bible study, while I sip my Light Roast coffee, and eat a twice-toasted bagel with cream cheese. Even though it’s 7:38am, it’s still pitch black outside. I prefer being here at 6am. But I had … [Read more…]
My listening post this evening is in front of the TV with the classic Robert Redford/Paul Newman movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid playing. Earlier, we watched a documentary about the real-life Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid So, we decided to watch the movie again. It holds up, not only because of the chemistry … [Read more…]
My listening post tonight is with a glass of cold rice milk and two slices of pumpkin bread to my right, liner notes to my left, and Season Five, CD 2, Episode 6 (“The Game“) of Star Trek: The Next Generation playing in the far background. I have to say a word about Star Trek: … [Read more…]
This morning, Day 19 of my exploration of Beethoven’s symphonies, starts a new chapter: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, which was composed between 1801 and 1802. So here I sit at New Beginnings restaurant, listening to Beethoven’s composition while (or whilst if you’re British) I eat a Mexican chicken omelette complete with jalapenos and … [Read more…]