tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post4341377830809502915..comments2023-06-19T04:51:47.138-05:00Comments on Ton-Fifty-ONE: Too. Much. Music. (Is there such a thing?)Gregghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07472476562600663387noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-44203620353963206262007-07-18T19:28:00.000-05:002007-07-18T19:28:00.000-05:00Yeah, Greg, it's true...I'm me. I thought maybe th...Yeah, Greg, it's true...I'm me. I thought maybe there were some hints and clues in some of the other blogs that we frequent that might have given that away.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I just assumed that, though, seeing as how I'm me. And I, um...know who I am. Or something.<BR/><BR/>I've seen the Laurie Anderson quote before, and I like it, too. Never danced about architecture, though.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472476562600663387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-161248375601180962007-07-17T23:40:00.000-05:002007-07-17T23:40:00.000-05:00Hey, I don't know how many times I came across you...Hey, I don't know how many times I came across you in the blogosphere, but it took a phone call from my brother for me to realize you were you. Well, shucks howdy, how ya doin?<BR/><BR/>Regarding this thread, I like Laurie Anderson's observation: "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." Don't know what that means, but I like it.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I think there CAN be too much music. Kenny G, for example. If we eliminated him, there'd probably be just about the right amount.karmadoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16529578964655359852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-8771456169942605362007-07-15T23:30:00.000-05:002007-07-15T23:30:00.000-05:00I've actually seen them five times total, only twi...I've actually seen them five times total, only twice with a compadre. They used to be semi-regulars at Summerfest's Leinie Lodge.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me going on The Jayhawks, I'll use up all your bandwidth.<BR/><BR/>Trivia: didja' know that Gary Louris and Mark Olson of the Jayhawks played on August and Everything After?Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266585163385328660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-3993213617578943072007-07-15T14:12:00.000-05:002007-07-15T14:12:00.000-05:00TheKid... The last line of your comment, what with...<B>TheKid...</B> The last line of your comment, what with the rhyming and all, sounds a bit like Dr. Seuss combined with...Nietzsche, or something. Very profound.<BR/><BR/>And also...you go off on better tangents than anyone else I know. (Old Milwaukee in a can?? Eeesh.)<BR/><BR/><B>Walrus...</B> I agree that experiencing those kinds of things with someone else is usually more entertaining, but using that Crows concert as an example, there's no way I would have found anyone else to go along to Stevens Point on a weeknight...to see the Crows. But I wasn't going to pass it up.<BR/><BR/><B>Jeff...</B> Don't worry about looking extra-dorkish. I've just admitted in this blog, not once but <I>twice</I>, my obsession with...yikes!...gospel music.<BR/><BR/>And the line that you used..."I enjoy the company of myself"...kept popping up in my post as I was writing it, but ultimately got edited out for one reason or another. However, I couldn't agree more with that statement.<BR/><BR/>Also...the Jayhawks? Three times? Nice. I have "Tomorrow The Green Grass," and love it.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472476562600663387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-34064391370031424592007-07-15T00:57:00.000-05:002007-07-15T00:57:00.000-05:00I'm polar opposite to "tworiverswalrus" on this po...I'm polar opposite to "tworiverswalrus" on this point... on many points, actually, but that's not important right now.<BR/><BR/>I love going to movies alone. The lights go dark and it's just me n' the BIG SCREEN. Very intimate. It's really ultimately my preferred way to see a movie.<BR/><BR/>I've been to three concerts on my own, all of them the alt-country band The Jayhawks. Again, intimacy, total intimacy.<BR/><BR/>Dining out? Absolutely. Normally, my schnozz is buried in a sci-fi book, I suppose making me look extra-dorkish.<BR/><BR/>"Not only is he alone BUT he's reading Orson Scott Card to boot?! What a loser!"<BR/><BR/>Public opinion means nothing to me. I enjoy the company of myself. As a dude with three kids, solitude is a precious commodity. In fact, I think it makes me a better husband and father.<BR/><BR/>Take care of yourself first and the rest will follow.<BR/><BR/>Nice post Gregg!Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266585163385328660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-85667055200866445332007-07-13T16:27:00.000-05:002007-07-13T16:27:00.000-05:00Kudos. I just can't do it. I have never attended a...Kudos. I just can't do it. I have never attended a movie, concert, or sporting event on my own. To me, that's part of the fun - experiencing it with someone else.<BR/><BR/>I have eaten in a restaurant by myself though. In fact, I can think of exactly two occasions when I did that. One in 1998. The other was in 1984 or so.<BR/><BR/>Not bad for 35 years of life. I imagine I'll dine alone sometime in 2012. Know any good places?TWORIVERSWALRUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566745440702304518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31875254.post-13796827416462128002007-07-13T06:34:00.000-05:002007-07-13T06:34:00.000-05:00First off, if you have critics, you've made it, co...First off, if you have critics, you've made it, congrats buddy.<BR/><BR/>Second, in no way, shape or form should you be forced to wear the scarlet "L" on your forehead for such ventures.<BR/><BR/>Just yesterday after earlier in the week asking no less then six co-workers to take a couple hours and do 18...I went by myself (alright, since you asked...Crystal Springs outside Seymour and 45/41 with two birds but three doubles...)(and i can only say that it was because of my good living that the first five minute down pour happened beteween holes 6 and 7 where they'd just build a little food shack (it was closed) who's awning kept me dry and then the second 25 minute dogs, cats, lightning, thunder sideways rain one happened just after tee off on number 9 w/in 20 yards of the courses pump house who's door had swung open cuz someone just left the pad lock loose on the bracket instead of locking it...then it was sunny and calm for the back nine...Oh, and I'm not one to get bombed on the course, but i do fancy a beer on the last couple holes if she comes by and she did. She opened up and my eyes jumped, I said how can i pass on ice cold Old Milwaukee in a can? Then she said "and they're only a dollar"...NICE!!!..(by the way, after studying the map on the wall of the pump house I now know where every sprinkle head is on the course)). I probably hit the sticks solo several times a month when nobody else wants to go.<BR/><BR/>I also love baseball. And apparently i work with a bunch of communists. When the Rattler schedule came out in December I put in for a 1/2 day for all 8 weekday games this summer (next one is 7/23, watch out for mid afternoon drunken cell phone calls) when others I work with who claim to like baseball, beer and big pretzels have far more vacation than i do.<BR/><BR/>Also went down to Miller Park in April solo (again I asked, but no takers). How do you pass up a historic Thursday day game between the "home" Indians and visiting Angels @ Miller Park?<BR/><BR/>And except on a rare occasion when some good kids are in town for the weekend, you'll find me at BW's every Sunday with the Eagles on the dish (technically I guess that's no solo cuz even though I don't know his name I consider "Bills Guy" a friend).<BR/><BR/>Nobody should feel held back from the things they love to do just cuz other people don't love to do them as much as you (after proof reading my intent was not to rhyme, but there it is...).<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying...I'm just saying.THE KIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301307674069180908noreply@blogger.com