This evening, the guest performers playing with the Butler Symphony Orchestra for their concert titled “Jazz” were Joe Negri and his trio. Joe’s a well-known and uber-talented jazz guitarist, and an exceedingly nice person. He soloed on a number that is a signature tune for him, an adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee. Here’s a clip …
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Comfort food: Butter Curry Noodle
Above is a picture of a recipe of my own creation. I call it “Butter Curry Noodle,” and it combines three of my favorite food stuffs: butter, curry powder, and noodles. Also salt, but that didn’t seem quite important enough to include in the name.
Happily imperfect
I’ve mentioned before my affinity for clothing sold by Banana Republic back when it sold things that someone might conceivably wear in a banana republic, or perhaps import from one. Lately I’ve rediscovered and been wearing another old skool BR item: my set of ox horn bracelets.
A little Big Bird
From last weekend’s Tar and Feather Party at Wigle Whiskey: Toonseum had carton characters on poster board so you could be your favorite feathered friend. My nephew chose Big Bird.
Hello, horsie
Yesterday at a barbeque with family and friends, we made a new friend.
PSA: Run. Hide. Fight. What to do in an active shooter scenario
Point Park University recently emailed this video to faculty and staff. It’s a how-to video for what to do if someone shows up wherever you are and starts shooting. I think it’s important for everyone to watch it. It’s a little tense — more than your average training video, obviously — but not graphic, so …
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In search of the Butler Freeport Trail
Yesterday I went exploring, trying to find a trailhead for the Butler Freeport Trail.
Feathers, friends
I’ve lived in the Pittsburgh area for years and years, and the National Aviary is in Pittsburgh, and I like birds. You’d think I’d be visiting there a few times a year. But no, yesterday I visited for the first time. I seem to go to museums and zoos and other interesting places only when …
This explains my feeling about phone calls much better than I ever could
She doesn’t go shopping ’cause she doesn’t like hopping
Whoa: big-time blast from the past. This is a cartoon from Sesame Street, from long, long ago. I always found it troubling, because … well, because the Martian looks really odd, and maybe more because she has a bow on each individual hair. How do the bows stay on? And yet now, i think it’s …
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