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- August 29, 2010
Sometimes you gotta work on Sunday. Hendrix makes it ok.
This is and always has been my favorite Jimi tune.
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Jimi Hendrix – The Wind Cries Mary Read on
- August 27, 2010
This melts me.
I had an incredibly late night/early morning at work yesterday. I got home and fell asleep sometime around 3 AM and woke to my alarm just a few hours later, dreading the rinse and repeat that my week had become.
I turned on NPR, as I normally do before getting out of bed, when this segment started. Morning Edition does a weekly segment where they feature a recently recorded Story Corps piece and this one of Robert Patterson and his wife Karen was today’s.
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Robert Patterson and his wife, Karen, talk about his life with Alzheimer’s disease.
I laid in bed and nearly cried. I’ve thought a lot recently about the demise of the lifelong marriage (if it ever existed) in light of some recent observations of close friends and even family and I have to admit that become cynical about the whole thing and skeptical of any seeming examples. Hearing this did two things for me. First, I now have a newly restored belief in the possibility of happy life partnership. Secondly, I was immediately inspired to get out of bed, shed complaints about a sleepless night, and set off into whatever my day held.
Read on- August 27, 2010
Friday evening, Aug 27.
Defining the evening.
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Darondo – Didn’t I Read on
- August 26, 2010
Working Late (Reprise).
Little ditty, late night. At work still (again).
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The Decemberists – Valerie Plame Read on
- August 25, 2010
Working late.
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The Middle East – Blood Read on
