June 26, 2016

$8.50 credit from an e-book settlement helped to buy this.



Ok, Grateful Dead tonight. Broke out an old T-Shirt.

May 28, 2011

Corona was on sale, so it is the long weekend beer. Already cut up two limes.



This was also on sale: Sticky Fingers BBQ Sauce. Bought the Memphis and Carolina Classic which is Mustard based.



Malcolm X :A Life of Reinvention. Author Dr. Manning Marable (May 13, 1950 - April 1, 2011) died right before publication date. Looks to be a real interesting read.



"The average detective story is probably no worse than the average novel, but you never see the average novel. It doesn’t get published. The average—or only slightly above average—detective story does."
Raymond Chandler, "The Simple Art of Murder"(1950.)



R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron. "Who will pay Reparations on my Soul?"

Many fine speeches (oh yeah)
From the White House desk (uh huh)
Written on the cue cards
That were never really there. Yes,
But the heat and the summer were there
And the freezing winter’s cold. Now
Tell me,
Who’ll pay reparations on my soul?

He said :
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.

But, now the Revolution is on Facebook and Twitter.



Received a Grateful Dead T-Shirt as a gift and I am wearing it a lot as I do with any new stuff. Not a real GD fan but I do own a bunch of Jerry Garcia ties. The fun thing with this T-Shirt is I am getting quite a few compliments from women about it. They are mostly 40-50 years old and say stuff like "Love the Shirt", or " Wow , cool shirt." What a long strange trip its been.

May 9, 2009

Nice overcast day, crowded at 8:30 a.m.



Lilacs everywhere, nice fragrance.




Chorizos for Eggs Rancheros. Flying Pigs Farm.



P.E. and D.D. Seafood. Lunch will be
Lobster, Squid, Bluefish with some Chorizo thrown in.




I keep having people lend me Grateful Dead. This
American Beauty album is a classic.

May 2, 2009

Coming up soon is the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, June 13- 14th, 2009, Madison Square Park.

Their Beer Sponsers are impressive:
Abita , Blue Point , Lagunitas, Magic Hat , Oskar Blues ,
Rogue , Sierra Nevada ,Smuttynose, Tröegs , and Victory.

Last year I had Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Abita Turbo Dog and
Tröegs Rugged Trail Nut.



Shakespeare in the Park this season:
TWELFTH NIGHT
THE BACCHAE By EURIPIDES



A friend gave me the double album Grateful Dead Europe 72.
I never really listened to the Dead before this. This is one great
album.



Early morning visit to the Union Square Greenmarket.
Not so crowded at 8:00 a.m.



Not too many food options but Asparagus makes its
first appearance. $8 a bunch, ouch.



P.E. and D.D. Seafood. Calamari and Crab cakes for lunch.