tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post9140892638972532603..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: About St. Valentine... (Weekend Blog Post)Always On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41120595654952359242020-02-17T15:29:51.281-06:002020-02-17T15:29:51.281-06:00Franco,
Good one!Franco,<br />Good one!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-78752732257283040182020-02-17T14:25:56.927-06:002020-02-17T14:25:56.927-06:00Franco,
One of my favorite sonnets!Franco,<br />One of my favorite sonnets!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-85592729799483856692020-02-17T14:24:55.803-06:002020-02-17T14:24:55.803-06:00KP,
My email address is in the right sidebar. Fee...KP,<br />My email address is in the right sidebar. Feel free to contact me.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-39828685268183709742020-02-17T14:18:49.915-06:002020-02-17T14:18:49.915-06:00Glad you responded, KP! Ask AOW or SilverFiddle, ...Glad you responded, KP! Ask AOW or SilverFiddle, –– or Z ––, how to get to my YouTube recordings. Some are old, but I made three new ones of Big Works of beethoven and Brahms, and one of the Chopin Etude in Thirds since spring of 2017. I'll be 79 in about 6 weeks, so doing this despite old age and with all the problems I've had has been quite a feat. A good way to End My Earthly Existence. Been a great adventure, though never easy. Hope you are still in fine fettle?<br /><br />Do visit my blog.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-67892633744755876742020-02-16T17:17:25.961-06:002020-02-16T17:17:25.961-06:00Recordings! That is fine news. I'll come check...Recordings! That is fine news. I'll come check it out. Good to hear from you. Warm regards. KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5094448679492591752020-02-16T15:08:10.809-06:002020-02-16T15:08:10.809-06:00AND A CLASSIC SAGA IN SONG OF A LOVE GONE TRAGICAL...AND A CLASSIC SAGA IN SONG OF A LOVE GONE TRAGICALLY WRONG<br /><br /><b><i>Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today, madam<br />Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today<br />She is sorry to be delayed<br />But last evening down in Lover's Lane<br />She strayed, madam<br />Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today<br /><br />When she woke up and found<br />That her dream of love was gone, madam<br />She ran to the man who had led her so far astray<br />And from under her velvet gown<br />She drew a gun and shot her love down, madam<br />Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today<br /><br />When the mob came and got her<br />And dragged her from the jail, madam<br />They strung her upon the old willow across the way<br />And the moment before she died<br />She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam<br />Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today<br /><br />Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today</i></b><br /><br />~ Cole Porter (1891-1964)<br /><br />REPORTEDLY "MISS OTIS REGRETS"WAS DASHED OFF ON A PAPER NAPKIN WHEN FRIENDS DARED PORTER TO WRITE A NEW SONG BEFORE THEIR GROUP FINISHED EATING LUNCHEON ONE DAY. IT'S BEEN WIDLY RECORDED BY MOST OF THE JAZZ GREATS OF PORTER'S ERA AND BEYOND.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-70735789762989564032020-02-16T14:47:55.342-06:002020-02-16T14:47:55.342-06:00AD NOW WE MOV FROM THE SUBLIM TO THE PERNICIOUS
A...AD NOW WE MOV FROM THE SUBLIM TO THE PERNICIOUS<br /><br /><b>A Campaign Valentine <br />__ from Bill to Hillary __<br /><br /><i>Your voice is shrill<br />Your ass is wide<br />It sways and slaps <br />From side to side.<br />Like sails it flaps,<br />Then droops where it divides.<br /><br />You’re losing big<br />To my chagrin,<br />You drooling pig;<br />Losing's a sin.<br />Your campaign's a form of cruel harassment<br />Sure to lead to my embarrassment<br /><br />I'll take a pill;<br />You run and hide.<br />I feel quite ill.<br />Time to play Taps <br />For you, my bride.<br />I've had my fill<br />We both need naps.<br /><br />Once in the White House<br />Full of Power<br />I'll play the louse<br />At the midnight hour<br />You, my dear shall have a fall<br />Down the staircase in the hall<br />And never rise again at all,<br /><br />And then I'll summon Bettie Currie<br />To take her job back in a hurry<br />There'll be no need for me to worry<br />Bettie's warm and wet and furry.<br />Monica was just HER cover.<br />Bettie's always been my lover.<br /><br />So gnash your teeth and snarl and whine<br />Next year you'll be no Valentine,<br />Just rotting flesh beneath a slab<br />Of marble, icy cold and drab.<br /><br />And when they ask, "Who lieth there?"<br />I'll say, “Not one for whom you'd care.<br />Her mind was warped by bad tuition;<br />She was wretched at coition;<br />Poor thing had nothing but ambition.”</i></b><br /><br />~ Anne Animus<br />Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88774710745652750512020-02-16T08:39:10.611-06:002020-02-16T08:39:10.611-06:00A CLASSIC LOVE POEM, PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUSt ONE ...A CLASSIC LOVE POEM, PERHAPS THE MOST FAMOUSt ONE EVER WRITTEN:<br /><br /><b>_____ How Do I Love Thee? _____<br /><br /><i>How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<br />I love thee to the depth and breadth and height<br />My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight<br />For the ends of being and ideal grace.<br /><br />I love thee to the level of every day's<br />Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.<br />I love thee freely, as men strive for right.<br />I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.<br /><br />I love thee with the passion put to use<br />In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.<br />I love thee with a love I seemed to lose<br />With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,<br /><br />Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,<br />I shall but love thee better after death.</i></b><br /><br />~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)<br /><br />A PETRARCHEAN SONNET WRITTEN TO POET ROBERT BROWNING WHO WOULD BECOME HER HUSBAND.<br /><br />If you've never experienced the play The Barretts of Wimpole Street, it was made into an excellent moviein 1934 with Nrma Shearer, Frederic March and Charles Laughon. <br /><br />A later version made in 1957 featured Jennifer Jones, Bill Travers and John Gielgud. In my opinion it is equally as good as the original.<br /><br />Bother were based on a p[lay of the same name, which I'd love to see some day.<br /><br />Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88981554636583258172020-02-16T08:22:11.721-06:002020-02-16T08:22:11.721-06:00KP! It's been many YEARS since we talked –– m...KP! It's been many YEARS since we talked –– much too long.<br /><br />Please write to me at my blog.<br /><br />>Franco Aragosta, il pesciatore saggio@BLOGSPOT.com<<br /><br />A LOT has happened since last we met. I'm eager to hear your news, and happy to share mine, if you're interested.<br /><br />I've posted quite a few of my recordings on YouTube –– all classical music –– but they might interest you, even so.<br /><br />AOW could tell you how to find them. So could SilverFiddle.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-28981296036982552432020-02-16T08:12:56.632-06:002020-02-16T08:12:56.632-06:00A FATHER'S WHIMSICAL ADVICE TO A LOVE-SICK DAU...A FATHER'S WHIMSICAL ADVICE TO A LOVE-SICK DAUGHTER:<br /><br /><b>____ To a Daughter Smitten ____<br /><br /><i>Desist, my darling dimwit; do not wed<br />On impulse born of weather fair this June.<br />No one should be by sun and roses led.<br />Only till you’ve weathered a typhoon,<br />Tornado, or at least a spate of sleet,<br />Will your prospective mate reveal his soul.<br />Easy times glide by, deny, delete<br />Demands that demonstrate a nature whole.<br />Intoxicated by the scents of spring<br />No common sense could nonsense overwhelm.<br />Joy seems imminent, yet blistering<br />Unhappiness might well be at the helm.<br />None a nun would have you be, and yet<br />Eden is not ours to gain, my pet.</i></b><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br /><br /><i>[Please note the acrostic]</i><br />Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58281391798506480452020-02-16T08:07:43.251-06:002020-02-16T08:07:43.251-06:00Ed, please take a look at what I just wrote to Kid...Ed, please take a look at what I just wrote to Kid above.Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-30437381238033857072020-02-16T08:06:23.453-06:002020-02-16T08:06:23.453-06:00Not really, Kid. The roots of all our traditional ...Not really, Kid. The roots of all our traditional holidays are very ancient. All started in the Church, and all have inherents meanings valuable tor us to learn and live by.<br /><br />It's true that in the twentieth-century, because of the emergence of popular culture, cheap publications and the avertizing industry as developed by Eddie Bernays (an evil genks in my opinion) that soon accompanied them, the commercialization,and therefore cheapening and vuarization of the original meaning and purpose of these events began in earnest, and eventually took over, andbecame a travesty of any religious significance these special days once had. NEVERTHESS, a little bit of STUDy based on CURIOSITY and prayerful consideration about our past could easily revive the higher purpose the Holy Days were meeant to have.<br /><br />"Holiday," I believe, is a <i>corruption</i> of "Holy Day."Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3451093619627606762020-02-16T05:25:25.684-06:002020-02-16T05:25:25.684-06:00KP,
FreeThinke who I guessed was Franco Aragosta?
...KP,<br /><i>FreeThinke who I guessed was Franco Aragosta?</i><br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />Dr. Oliver Sacks is definitely <i>the big cheese</i> when it comes to neuroscience! I found him years ago when I stumbled across <i>The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat</i>, a book which has helped me to understand some of my students' neurological differences, including Tourette Syndrome. I read my paperback copy of the book until it fell apart and now have the book on my Kindle.<br /><br />I'm sure that you're familiar with the film <i>Awakenings</i>, which is somewhat based on the book of the same title by Dr. Sacks. That film is one of my favorites; it makes me laugh and cry -- and is and one of the few movies I have on DVD.<br /><br />About my husband...He is quite frail now since two rounds with idiopathic pancreatitis. He was pretty much in a medical facility of one type on another from September 19, 2018 until January 7, 2019. The damage to his pancreas was quite extensive, and resulted in two large pseudocysts, and certain complications of diabetes. Life is full of land mines!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-65721288504623123132020-02-16T04:48:57.423-06:002020-02-16T04:48:57.423-06:00};^D=};^D=Franco Aragostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088635482766081825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73001245606770317072020-02-15T21:52:48.020-06:002020-02-15T21:52:48.020-06:00Hello AOW. I love Dean Martin as well. Thanks for ...Hello AOW. I love Dean Martin as well. Thanks for the update. I recall the medical struggles of your husband. You are fortunate to have one another. I was prescribed Neurontin about ten years for radiculopathy but never filled it. My wife is a music therapist, jazz sax player and classical pianist and has studied Dr. Oliver Sachs at a conservatory decades ago and read all of his works. He is the big cheese. "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" is a great one. The medicine appears to be effective for radiculopathy (nerve pain), stroke victims and some dementias like Alzheimer's. Back to your Q about the hands. I am still learning where to place comments using 'reply'. The question about hands was meant for FreeThinke who I guessed was Franco Aragosta? I am so glad you answered as I have learned more tonight and more about this community. Best. KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46457621000334805212020-02-15T15:47:10.098-06:002020-02-15T15:47:10.098-06:00Fascinating piece of history AOW....Now, forever, ...Fascinating piece of history AOW....Now, forever, this tidbit will remain with me- every passing Valentines day...... :)Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56716453411315471952020-02-15T15:15:00.791-06:002020-02-15T15:15:00.791-06:00Lucianne is featuring the story. The recently bou...Lucianne is featuring the story. The recently bought - out Drudge Report is ignoring it.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23000616457864152352020-02-15T14:14:21.119-06:002020-02-15T14:14:21.119-06:00It seems that the right-wing press only starts to ...It seems that the right-wing press only <i>starts</i> to ring alarm bells when the commie candidate leads in the delegate count.Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50912560794642280062020-02-15T14:11:32.320-06:002020-02-15T14:11:32.320-06:00Just trying to do my part… but you're right. ...Just trying to do <a href="https://politicaltealeaves.blogspot.com/2020/02/mayor-pete-red-diaper-baby.html" rel="nofollow">my part</a>… but you're right. No one.Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40888029162220641142020-02-15T14:03:25.088-06:002020-02-15T14:03:25.088-06:00FJ,
Yep! Finding that info is easy, but who is br...FJ,<br />Yep! Finding that info is easy, but who is bringing it out in the media?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-45163891191050382052020-02-15T12:30:05.905-06:002020-02-15T12:30:05.905-06:00Up until Mayor Pete's dad's death last yea...Up until Mayor Pete's dad's death last year, Joseph Buttigieg was the nation's premeire Gramsci translator/scholar and communist sympathisizer.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37675597551669707632020-02-15T12:27:05.363-06:002020-02-15T12:27:05.363-06:00Mayor Pete isn't the Democrats "coming to...Mayor Pete isn't the Democrats "coming to their senses"... it's Democrats <a href="https://spectator.org/mayor-pete-red-diaper-baby/" rel="nofollow">returning to their RED roots</a>!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-87089036382605083522020-02-15T08:12:11.023-06:002020-02-15T08:12:11.023-06:00I hate to admit it, but James Carville is 100 perc...I hate to admit it, but James Carville is 100 percent right. Bernie Sanders is going to get beat down once again...so who will win the nomination for the Democrats?<br />Crazy Uncle Bernie isn’t a Democrat and the party isn’t smart enough, or doesn’t have the coglioni to boot these Socialists out on their Red Asses. .<br /><br />Essentially the Trump hate has destroyed the Democrats. The economy is good but Trump says mean things about Tlaib, AOC, Omar, Warren, Waters, Schumer, and the rest of them... Not that any of the above lunatics are innocent parties, and the other deranged Trump haters who thinks that the Bidens are innocent.<br /><br />The “Impeachment” goal wasn’t really to impeach Trump, as they knew all the time that it wasn’t going to work because the bottom line was that the Senate was going to find Trump NOT GUILTY. . It was to clear a path for Biden, or any other opponent who could beat Donald trump. Whoever did this is seriously delusional thinking that Bernie Sanders could win, and if he did win, then the consequences would be much to drastically wrong for their party.<br />I really think that Democrats will come to their senses and nominate Mayor Pete.<br />But if it will be Sanders, he will destroy the Democrats. So when Bernie goes down in flames are the Democrats going to blame the Russians AGAIN?A Lady of Reasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556075003533299462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-67889202934989121712020-02-15T05:18:31.788-06:002020-02-15T05:18:31.788-06:00KP,
I've been a fan of Dean Martin since I was...KP,<br />I've been a fan of Dean Martin since I was a teenager. More years ago than I care to think about!<br /><br />I have no problems with my hands. No arthritis or other malady! Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to practice: caregiving my husband since his stroke in 2009, working, sorting and cleaning out This Old House in preparation for moving, etc. What's more, sitting for long periods at the piano is problematic, especially with regard to using the damper pedal. I have, however, found that I <b>can</b> sit at the piano longer now that I use <a href="http://www.dreamproducts.com/therapeutic-sciatica-pillow.html" rel="nofollow">a pillow very similar to this one</a> and/or a TENS unit.<br /><br />And my love of music? It has drastically waned -- due to medication I take, specifically, gabapentin, and life stresses. In <i>Musicophilia</i>, Dr. Oliver Sacks discussed that particular side effect of gabapentin. But I still have times that my love of music returns.<br /><br />Now it's my turn to ask you something. Why did you ask those two questions?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-66157281082399858692020-02-15T05:08:18.800-06:002020-02-15T05:08:18.800-06:00Ed,
Even so....Ed,<br />Even so....Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com