28 January 2010

JD Salinger


Everyone has an opinion of this guy. Sure, he gave voice and call to action to countless post-adolescent boys. His words rang true and continued to bleed into our minds with the fifth, sixth, tenth readings. So accessible - his books, not the man. Personally, I never could finish Raise High...Left the last four pages. Unread. Had to leave something behind. I'd already read the others, plus those volumes of pirated stories from his earlier days. Now, with wide speculation of a dozen or more completed, unpublished novels - kept in a locked safe near his NH home - I may well finish those last four pages. A legend gone. One of the best we ever had.

20 January 2010

Nirvana, Seasons in the sun

Seasons in the sun



Beautiful. Playful. Sloppy. Raw. But mostly beautiful.

The forgotten blog

I've seen - and swiftly forgotten - stats on the numbers of blogs created, blogs continued and those abandoned. So sad. Everyone starts with so much to say and so little time. Two, three, five posts a day on what they cooked for dinner or what movie dispelled expectations. Then it dips to twice a week, then three times a month, then seldom. And then the inevitable. The forgotten blog. Lost. Discarded. Left as worthless. Pity. It's a window to life. It happens with education, relationships, television programs and learning new things. Always in like a lion and out like a lamb. Like the loveable schlub said, "you're out of your element". So I'll again restart my random thoughts. At least until tomorrow when I change my mind again.