TY for that link for Jonathan. link. I got my postcard w/ tour dates this week. From a mailing list I literally signed (in pen) like 25 years ago.

Thank you for being gracious. I get ridiculously indignant at times. I mean, he produced Patti Smith’s 1st album, stuff for the Replacements, and zillions of others—best of all, one of the versions of Modern Lovers “Road runner.

Cohen was not an old man who wrote a song you remember from elementary school. If you’re gonna pick up your info for an obit, don’t rely on Rolling Stone and the NYT Briefing. Look in a Canadian outlet.

So much more than “Hallelujah.” From “Tower of Song”:

Yes. But Cale’s version predated other covers—it’s live on 1992's Fragments of a Rainy Season. This isn’t meant to be argumentative, but is not “John Cale from Velvet Underground.” He was in VU for less than 4 years in the mid-sixties. He’s been producing, recording, and performing for fifty years since then. To great…

An alternate plan: go up to GR and take down Amway?

She’s not yet spoken, but her husband’s dropping hints. Also, the production company didn’t consult with any of the talent!

“You may ask me if I like cream horns. And I would reply (pause), no, I do not.” Great timing.

After that episode, where we learned the standard advice is to use rough puff for horns, my husband asked me to explain laminated pastries in detail. It was hard for him to absorb that Danish pastry was both yeasted and…

There was a full-season version in the US 3 or 4 years ago. The part of Mel-and-Sue was played by Jeff Foxworthy. Paul was on as a judge. I won’t be surprised if Mary leaves, but he didn’t seem bothered by the less gentle (but civil) US version so I dunno. And Paul, who was and remains married, had a not-very-discreet…

And then there are the birds that make their way inside and hang out way up in the ceilings beams. My local Lowe’s is exceptionally dog-friendly so I always take the hounds along. One is utterly confused by the occasional beating of wings or tweeting.

Agreed—these are truly palatable. I have to get my BMI up to a safe level, and can’t manage to choke down the two daily cans of nutritional drink my doctor recommended. I’m swapping one of these for one of the drinks.

Nope. I’m a Boomer. Gained a permanent 5 lbs when it came to town 10 years ago. Candy. I was able to afford unlimited cocoa almonds. Also, excellent frozen Indian food. Good prices for dried fruit. I don’t get the whole cookie butter thing, though.

Yeah, it’s always good to respond to criticism by calling people ugly: “I feel bad for all the homies on here walking around with sad skin that could be beautified by my industry.” We’re hideous! hideous!

Two years to be a physical therapy assistant. A physical therapist requires a minimum 6-year doctoral program. It used to be an MS, but the training requirements switched more than 10 years ago.

She’s likely talking about being a physical therapy assistant, which can be a two-year community college program. Full-fledged physical therapists go through doctoral programs—same general idea as pharmacy, but way more clinical work and internship/residency.

“petite Rhode Island”

“petite Rhode Island”

In my younger days—basically, the Pleistocene—I worked for a trade association related to civil engineering and materials. Before my first convention, I was warned to watch out for drunken aggregate salesmen.

Corporate-sponsored parties. Not parties in your mom’s basement.Also, did you miss the part about trying to be more inclusive? Look up “cognitive-dissonance.”

production so heavy that at times it’s mimicked the concrete clamor of grime