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Charles L. Black on Louis Armstrong
I am in the middle of watching Ken Burns’ awesome Jazz DVD Set. I never realized the importance of Louise Armstrong had in our music and culture: Charlie Black, a freshman from University of Texas, happened to go see Louis Armstrong at a club in 1931. He knew nothing of jazz and never heard of Louis Armstrong. […]
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The Best Roasted Chicken Recipe
This chicken recipe consists of making a “compound butter” consisting of garlic, spices and butter and sticking it under the chicken skin while it cooks. I have made this a half dozen times and each time people are completely blown away on how good it is. The only problem I keep running into having to […]
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Save Money – Get DSL Without a Phone Line
Here is a great tip that could save you over $500 a year: You no longer need to keep a home phone just for internet access. Costs and Savings Historically, DSL or “Digital Subscriber Line” worked over your home phone line, which forced us to have to pay for basic phone service in order to […]
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Stevie Wonder’s Election Night Toast
Recounting the story of seeing Stevie Wonder at Mr. Chow’s in Beverly Hills on election night, Taylor Swift told this story to Ryan Seacrest this morning on his radio show: “…Half way through the meal, they dim all the music in the restaurant and it was completely silent and one of the waiters said: “Hey, […]
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These Writer Strikes Are Stupid
For such an intellectual and talented group of people, they sure are being dumb. I mean, really, really, dumb. They are trying to force the hand of the studios to pay them more money on future “estimated” revenue in a marketplace that doesn’t yet exist. And up until Sunday, they were also asking an increase percentage […]