luscious

I have been eying this Beatles box for months now but have been hesitant to buy it because of its
hefty price tag. Finally because it recently was my 64th birthday I gave in and and bought it. It
was expensive but what a package . Not only are their 13 major (UK) albums included , they are all remastered. Each CD is packed in a replica of the original album and includes a small documentary book.
Each CD also includes a mini documentary that can be played on a computer. There is also a collection of single recordings . To compete the package there are two DVDS one with all the mini documentaries on each album and another general documentary. This is an amazing magi (cal mystery tour) collection because you can not play this music and not feel good.

Pubs

Continuing with my Beer Guide theme ,each entry has a short description of the Pub's features and some have websites so I thought it might be fun to contact some of them .So far I have contacted one and gotten a warm response . As I said before
there are 4,500 Pubs listed but thank goodness only a fraction of them Have internet presence.

Ever since my first trip to the United Kingdom I have found Pub names interesting.
Even more so are Town names. Above are a few Town/pub name combination's in
Bedforshire county taken from the Good Beer Guide 2010 edition. There are 4,500
of the best Pubs in the U K listed in this book so it should be fun.

The way it feels sometimes

Gotta Love It!

In "How to read a book" the author thinks you should sometimes should struggle to read books that are above you.
The book I am currently reading, "Pausanias Guide to Greece(vol. 1) is surely one. Although its
basis is a descriptive narrative of places and structures in Central Greece, Pausanias includes historical figures,both actual and mythical.
It is difficult to sort what is real and mythical . I am also struggling with pronunciation on names and places.
Fortunately the book is well documented with excellent footnotes and the internet provides more information too.It may be more time consuming and challenging but is really wort the effort.

A litttle Basie/Williams interlude

Another Classic

Now that I have finished the Thelonious Monk biography ,I am returning to my Classics theme. I got on this kick years ago after seeing Michael Wood's" In search of the Trojan War" Television series on PBS . That series not only got me interested in this whole History thing but also in classic books. In High School I could not be bothered with any of it because I was too busy listening to Count Basie. Now ,I find them really rewarding. This book is a descriptive guide to Central Greece written in the 2nd century. I guess you could say Pausanias is the Rick Steves of his time!

another excellent photo from Classic Trains

still a genius at 96!

new beginning for our Impatients

Friday night at Merrie Monarch

Winners STILL!

Celebration Rally at Hinkle Fieldhouse - More The Indianapolis Star Galleries

View this gallery at The Indianapolis Star: Celebration Rally at Hinkle Fieldhouse

Tom Wright, a builder near San Diego has come up with a fun use for bumper cars. This former Long Beach Pike amusement park Bumper car (one of 7 ) were in a trash heap. He rescued them and created these little fantasy vehicles. They were originally powered by Harley motors but they rattled like heck and Tom replaced them with Honda or Kawasaki 750's and a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.

Funny!

Continuing with subject of the Monk book I am reading this video was recorded in 1957. Monk was part of a ten part TV series on CBS called The seven lively arts. This episode, The Sound of Jazz presented all of the top jazz artists at the time. As you can see ,Count Basie is sitting directly in front of the piano enthralled with Monks playing . Monk appears to be cool about the situation but in the book the author states that later he was furious, even saying the next time he saw Count Basie playing he would do the same to him! Funny how things are not always as they seem!

Connection

I have made a few posts about being really connected with something from the past . Most of the time it has occurred while reading a book . This time it is this posted sign. It is located in an area called Wa'a Wa'a. The first time I saw it (there are actually 2 signs) I was intrigued. The coast road ,a rough two lane road, comes to a point where it becomes unpaved . For various reasons it was never improved . It runs through an area that is off the grid and really not developed much. It is not difficult to imagine this junglish cool place is Hawaii as it was a few centuries ago . Then ,there were divisions of land called ahupua'a, usually extending from the uplands to the sea . These two signs then ,facing opposite directions about a quater mile apart,
have written on them an Hawaiian chant for safe passage through the ahupua'a .
Another solid connection to History

Beautiful

I lived in San Francisco for 26 years before moving to Hawaii. I have never seen this video before and the way it combines the two places now seems spooky to me !

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