Category: Travel
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Paisley Park
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“There is a park that is known for the face it attractsColorful people whose hair on one side is swept backThe smile on their faces, it speaks of profound inner peaceAsk where they’re going, they’ll tell you nowhereThey’ve taken a lifetime lease on Paisley ParkThe girl on the seesaw is…
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Streets of Minneapolis
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“Against smoke and rubber bulletsIn the dawn’s early lightCitizens stood for justiceTheir voices ringing through the nightAnd there were bloody footprintsWhere mercy should have stoodAnd two dead left to die on snow-filled streetsAlex Pretti and Renee GoodOh, Minneapolis, I hear your voiceSinging through the bloody mistWe’ll take our stand for…
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Don’t Let Them Take You Down
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“A new generation, and the whole world’s shakin’We were born in flames, maiden namesSuburban homes, make your bonesBite your lip, take the fifthKnow your rights, it’s your life nowDon’t let them take you downIt’s a beautiful dayDon’t let them take you downIt’s a beautiful dayHurricanes, love in vainMurphy’s law, days…
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Niagara Falls
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“As long as Niagara FallsAs long as Gibraltar stands‘Til Hell freezes overI’ll always be your man” I haven’t visited Niagara Falls since I was a child and Eva has never been there, so it’s been on our “to do” list for a while. We were taking care of three cats…
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Art for Art’s Sake
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“Gimme a silver, gimme a gold. Make it a million for when I get old. Art for art’s sake; money for God’s sake” I distinctly remember about 25 years ago when my parents went to a Broadway play, and my dad telling me later he didn’t care for it- he…
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Bleecker Street
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“This is life on Bleecker StreetWhere the tourists shuffle to a boom box beatOld men sit and stare at their feetThis is life on Bleecker StreetAll kinds of people come from who knows whereAll kinds of people who knows how much they care” As a fan of Richard Bush and…
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Learning Japanese
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“Well, I’m starin’ at my Sony, a-drinkin’ Kirin beer.I had a nickel in my pocket when it all came clear.I hopped into my Honda, it’s a little bitty car.And I’m drivin’ down to meet you at the Sushi Bar.But don’t tell me I’m crazy until you hear my plan.I’m gonna…
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Hello Old Friend
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“An old man passed me on the street todayI thought I knew him but I couldn’t sayI stopped to think if I could place his frameWhen he tipped his hat I knew his nameHello old friend(Hello old friend)It’s really good to see you once againHello old friend(Hello old friend)Really good…
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We are the World
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“There comes a time when we heed a certain callWhen the world must come together as one…We are the world, we are the childrenWe are the ones who make a brighter daySo let’s start giving” In my position in Worldwide Product Safety with the Merck pharmaceutical company, I got to…
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Raw Goat Sushi, Anyone?
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“Don’t wanna argue, I don’t wanna debateDon’t wanna hear about what kinds of foods you hate You won’t get no dessert ’til you clean off your plateSo eat it, don’t you tell me you’re fullJust eat it (eat it), eat it (eat it)” Eat It – “Weird Al” Yankovic (1983)…