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    Musician's hats

    I searched, and it looks like the only mentions of Thelonious Monk no longer have active photos, so here's the cover of Monk's Music. The hat, the style, the cool.
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    Best Overall Motorcycle Jacket

    Regarding the accident protection, I recently took the basic MSF course to get my endorsement. I hadn't been on a motorcycle in decades and decided to add the endorsement when renewing my license over the summer. The course was quite good, but one person in my class left in an ambulance. Even...
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    When I grow up I'm going to be a.....................

    I agree. The articles for the non-profit I mentioned--which I do as a volunteer--have a 500 word limit and need to be interspersed with photos, otherwise I'm told people won't bother. Speaking of the photos, I am occasionally concerned about the choice. I did a fireworks safety piece, which...
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    When I grow up I'm going to be a.....................

    I hope you are correct, but I am not optimistic. There are still publications and publishers that release excellent writing and journalism, but far fewer of them, even in the last decade. But some still exist and are publishing excellent work. Personally, I also write one or two articles per...
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    When I grow up I'm going to be a.....................

    I've worked with and know a lot of former journalists, as well. The consolidation of media outlets, certain directives, and a general move to a post-literate society has caused many to look to other fields. At least I can still write articles and haven't been directed to communicate in GIF and...
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    On yer bike!

    My bike isn't vintage. Well, at least the one I ride, but it takes me to some groovy places.
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    When I grow up I'm going to be a.....................

    First a pilot, but my eyes were too bad. Then a jazz musician, which I did for a while, but I was never going to get a Blue Note contract nor earn much of a living from it. Still, it was an experience, and while not jazz, pit orchestras were incredibly fun. But I've done okay as a...
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    End of Manual-Transmission Era - Honda Accord

    Interesting thread. In 2012 my old Honda had a quarter million miles, so it was time for a new car. I knew I wanted a manual and first look to Hondas, but I didn't care for the ones I test drove at the time. They'd lost some of their fun. I looked at some entry-level luxury brands, as I was...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hi all! I'm not exactly new but was a fairly regular visitor about 12 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long. Life's been a roller coaster since then, and working nights at a computer for a decade didn't do much for my health and weight, so finding cool, stylish things went on a...
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    How Are You Shopping for Christmas This Year (and What are you Buying?)

    This is brilliant. My parents have been doing something similar. I think the wood buyers have finally stopped pestering them with offers to cut it down. They also found that the state of Ohio, at least, offers tax benefits to maintain undeveloped, forested land, so you may want to check on...
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    Art Deco Figures

    Sorry for the tiny image, I'll have to find the larger file (stored somewhere) if anyone's interested. This figurine belongs to my mom. Years ago, when I was experimenting with lighting and teaching myself photography, I took this shot of it in front of a vase, since I thought the lines made...
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    How Are You Shopping for Christmas This Year (and What are you Buying?)

    Oh, I also buy gifts for families and children in need. I tend to try to find creative things, so they can have an outlet. Art supply sets, sketchpads and the like are favorites.
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    How Are You Shopping for Christmas This Year (and What are you Buying?)

    I always do quite a bit of research and deciding what to get people, since I try to get something special that they'll really like. Because of that, my work hours and the difficulty in finding local retailers who stock what I decide to get, I shop a lot on line. (I tend to figure out what I...
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    Men/Would you wear these pants?

    He's on the golf course. It gets hot. And as we all know, some colors and patterns attract heat, some reflect heat, and some make heat run away in a screaming, white hot terror, shielding its smoldering eyes. It's just incidental that people react much the same way.
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    Guitars

    Thanks. Those are astonishing flamed tops. I usually go for a lack of ornamentation, but those are about perfect. That's not helping solve my GAS for a 356 or other semi-hollow/hollow-body, though. Sean - Nice!
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    Guitars

    Thanks, Carlisle Blues. I agree. It was an interesting return, too, since I was once a music major before leaving school for a while, since I needed an income. I eventually went back, but I got English Lit. degrees. After the layoff, I really didn't want to resort to drinking or...
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    Guitars

    Carlisle Blues: The Pro Junior is pretty nice, especially since it's hard to find something that straight-forward and simple that's not in the boutique range. The problem is that it wants to be cranked, which I never really do in my setting. I've wanted an old Princeton Reverb or even...
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    The Well Dressed Monster

    No one's mentioned Vincent Price? OK, he was an actor, not a character, but about every monster he played had a special style: And of all the monster movies on late-night TV I watched as a kid, nothing had the impact of a Vincent Price movie where he sends someone binoculars with...
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    2010 : ALICE IN WONDERLAND

    That was pretty creepy. I'm pretty sure I saw her blink, but the stare was psychotic. For a completely different interpretation, there's the Muppets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCJFFxoHJ4 (I should have something to add about the new movie, but I don't).
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    Children's books

    I have a lot of books, including a few children's books. The best have a kind of imaginative brilliance and they never seem to lose their appeal, at least to me. One of the best examples I can think of at the moment is Winnie the Pooh. : "Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs, bump, bump...

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