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I had my first lesson in a long while with my swim coach, Al Zamsky. He is fully recovered from some work on his internal electronics and at 82 or so, seemed even spryer than usual. With some of my own shoulder problems holding me back, I’d been avoiding the fly. Coach was not impressed at all with my weak flails forwarded and he demonstrated the proper technique. Then he said, and this is classic Coach: “when your arms come out of the water -MAKE IT EXCITING! 1 Comment ». Feed for comments on this post.
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain | Off the blocks
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain. May 26, 2014 at 12:12 PM Posted in Baseball. Single before walking back to the dugout bat in hand, on this day a little boy named Jack, not yet 5, with his father and aunt and uncles and grandfather, saw his first Yankee game. 3 Comments ». Feed for comments on this post. How great is that! 8212; May 26, 2014 #. That’s great. A day you’ll always remember. Hope Jack does too. Comment by Graham Page. 8212; May 27, 2014 #. Comment by Terry McMurray.
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Happy 258th, Wolfgang! | Off the blocks
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Happy 258th, Wolfgang! January 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM Posted in Music. About a year ago at this time, I heard David Dubal, noted pianist and writer say that for him, Mozart was the greatest composer of them all. Though the world would not argue with this, his choice struck me as odd. I had had my Mozart stretches but I didn’t consider him as deep, as profound as Bach or Beethoven. I didn’t know what I was talking about. 2 Comments ». Feed for comments on this post. You are good at this writing Tom. Clea...
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Happy 258th, Wolfgang! January 27, 2014 at 5:49 PM Posted in Music. About a year ago at this time, I heard David Dubal, noted pianist and writer say that for him, Mozart was the greatest composer of them all. Though the world would not argue with this, his choice struck me as odd. I had had my Mozart stretches but I didn’t consider him as deep, as profound as Bach or Beethoven. I didn’t know what I was talking about. June 16, 2012 at 7:52 PM Posted in Connections. Johansen composed 750 works. Prior to th...
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain | Off the blocks
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain. May 26, 2014 at 12:12 PM Posted in Baseball. Single before walking back to the dugout bat in hand, on this day a little boy named Jack, not yet 5, with his father and aunt and uncles and grandfather, saw his first Yankee game. 3 Comments ». Feed for comments on this post. How great is that! 8212; May 26, 2014 #. That’s great. A day you’ll always remember. Hope Jack does too. Comment by Graham Page. 8212; May 27, 2014 #. Comment by Terry McMurray.
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Another thing about Abbado. January 29, 2014 at 4:09 PM Posted in Music. Famous conductors often live a long time and like most performers are loath to give up the stage even if, as Abbado said about himself, they are uncomfortable with the showbiz side of things. He wished that curtain calls did not exist. How striking it is then to think about the five months Abbado spent with Leonard Bernstein as his assistant with the New York Philharmonic in 1963. August 30, 2013 at 3:47 PM Posted in Anthony's LPs.
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain. May 26, 2014 at 12:12 PM Posted in Baseball. Single before walking back to the dugout bat in hand, on this day a little boy named Jack, not yet 5, with his father and aunt and uncles and grandfather, saw his first Yankee game. Loss Aversion and Putting. September 13, 2013 at 4:06 PM Posted in Books. Thinking Fast and Slow. In that treasure trove, Thinking, Fast and Slow. Freer, less pressured. Par putts are a grind. 8220;You’ve Been Trumped”. The Way We Live Now.
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The Cool Dad: A Calvin Recker Mystery (Book 1). August 6, 2014 at 5:09 PM Posted in Books. A detective, if we are to take him seriously must have adventures. The detective needs to be tested, to be put through the hoops if we are to believe in him. We readers need to compare how his mind works against this puzzle and then that one and against a variety of nogoodniks. The writer Donna Leon was on Book 18 and 25 is now scheduled for publication. Death at La Fenice. 60: New Rules of the Road. The Ring of th...
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A Boy Says Goodbye to the Great Captain. May 26, 2014 at 12:12 PM Posted in Baseball. Single before walking back to the dugout bat in hand, on this day a little boy named Jack, not yet 5, with his father and aunt and uncles and grandfather, saw his first Yankee game. April 4, 2013 at 9:13 AM Posted in Writers. I have hopes, I do. Though I know that buying a new piano does not make Howie a Horowitz or a new glove a Derek Jeter, I feel that in my case some new quirk in the universe is possible. Nobody in t...
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