Went to New Brunswick and Sommerville for dinner with Chris. Truly crazy times in suburban Jersey. I’ve been thinking lately that the Dune mythology is all we really need as a framework to understand anything in our lives and this modern world. Oil, gas, giant Sandworms, the spice Melange, and a never ending war on [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 21, 2008
Your word of the evening: moribund, |ˈmôrəˌbənd
moribund : adjective (of a person) at the point of death. • (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor
The FLAC ”Best of Cat Stevens” album I’ve recently been listening to reminds me of something that must be nagging at least a few people’s hearts, namely that of a need for change. How do you go [...]
April 21, 2008
More Ocean State
So we went to a wedding in Newport and we somehow avoided traffic in both directions, perhaps in part due to the off season, perhaps because we left the city at 12:30 on Friday afternoon. It was beautiful; blue skies, cliffs, mansions, and more nautically themed bars than you can shake a stick at. Lots [...]
April 14, 2008
Pawtucket, Central Falls – Ground Round, Larry’s Lounge
So if you ever get asked to rig a “stage” in greater Providence, Rhode Island, chances are you will be rigging a “stage” in an old textile mill from the late 1800’s. Also, it will be filthy and spooky as you’d imagine a 130 year old factory would be. We ran a lot of cable [...]
April 6, 2008
Whose woods these are I think I know…
So there we were, hiking in the woods along the Hudson River, right next to Break Neck Ridge, doing our own thing, and next think you know we’re staring at six Jeep Rubicons fully outfitted 4×4’s rolling over just about anything. Except this was a hiking trail on State Forest Land and most of [...]
