It’s just too cold to ski today. My fingers are still tingling from yesterday, when I almost screamed in pain when I removed my Nordicas after just too long on the slopes. So, today is an easy day. We had a long breakfast and now we’re all sitting in the condo at our Macs. That […]

Did you catch Brian Wilson on the Kennedy Center Honors? Robert DeNiro testified for Martin Scorsese.  Even Francis Ford Coppola.  How great was the "Godfather"?  Certainly better than "Raging Bull".  "Godfather II" is my favorite movie of all time, it’s even better than "Citizen Kane". Steve Martin had to endure an abusive father.  Who wrote […]

Fifty six is too young to die. I remember my mother saying people in their forties were young and my sisters and I laughed. Youth is about exuberance, a sense of invulnerability, you believe what has happened to the rest of humanity will never happen to you. If you’re lucky, you get old. But some […]

"Ten Years Gone" They never play it on FM radio, but diehard fans get wet just thinking about it. It’s about the dynamics, how the song goes from soft to loud and back again. Along with a descending figure that makes you nod your head like you’re on drugs, even if you’re straight. Listening, you […]