Glad to know I'm still here...in more ways than one...still I think struggling with my decades-long writers' block, but hopeful...whether I have any talent or not, I'm both my own strictest critic, and the world's worst editor (still like working in longhand and editing as I type...but that's what Word is for, isn't it?)...seem to be revisiting a few places as of late...hopefully one will be myself...

How I was then...and today's thoughts

Circa 1980 (judging by the dates of the newer albums...those were mine...the sax wasn't...regrettably never learned to play an instrument)...
Mentioned previously it seems a time of remembrance and forgiveness...I even remembered why I'd started this damn blog in the first place...spurred into action by a surprising resurgence of faces from the past (OK, so sometimes they don't match memories...howdafug did I get from Dylan to Maher, anyway?)...and that pic reminds many of the past...but keeps the future thread connected...it's just too damn difficult to get back everything you thought you lost...so when you somehow find it, hang on as hard as you can...

Michelle Phillips - Victim Of Romance

Still a hopeless (and hopeful) romantic after all these years...funny when the past submerges from the depths and not only bites you in the ass, but kisses your cheek as well...perhaps it's the season, I don't know...but the time is ripe for remembrance and forgiveness.
Hell, I even lately find myself forgiving old sports rivals...as a Mets fan, it's nearly sacreligious, but if it can't be them, I want to see Bobby Cox on top one last time...and the Steinbrenner curse seems to have finally lifted...the Yanks won my respect back...now let's see if they can keep it...

Stay tuned for future developments...

Currently under reconstruction, inside and out...but one very soggy phoenix is about to rise through the ashes...

No I'm not...

...Bill Maher (though barely a day goes by without someone commenting on the resemblance...that's an old pic BTW). We're both sarcastic wiseasses with incisive observation, but that's about it. Over time more of those observations should creep out...tonight's just a quick update...
A bit after the fact, but sincere RIPs and condolences to friends and family of Lux Interior and the inimitable Bettie Page...more thoughts on Bettie to follow...till later, be well everyone.

February 25, 2009

Hi there...finally bit the bullet...doubt you'd be here if you don't know me...and I guess this is a way for me to know and learn more about myself, as well as friends and curious strangers. Let me preface with one of my basic philosophies: No matter how wise and educated and worldly you think you are, if you believe there's nothing left to learn, you might as well crawl into that pine box and let them toss the dirt on you. I learn from my friends, from life, from everything I can...here I hope to add random and not-so-random musings to give you a look inside me (and perhaps if I'm lucky, inside yourselves as well). The blog title itself should explain a bit more...as long as you live and learn and grow, your entire life is a work in progress. I know mine is, and I look forward to progressing together...so let's get started soon.