What Do I Know . . .

. . . about happiness
Do I possess
Some kind of key to things that
No one else can see
Just as far back
As my memory goes
Sometimes it seemed
I was alone
Only my point of view
And me

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique

Others speak out
Very easily
No fear about
Who may get hurt
By words so hastily dispensed
For some reason
I step back away
I hesitate
To be so bold
As to presume some
Insight gained

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique


Unique
[9/24/2014 Bratt Studio Recording (by Gentleman, scholar, musician and recording technician extraordinaire, Bill Pratt) by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak and guest artist Bruce Kovacs on French Horn]




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Education . . .

. . . and sports . . . 


(from http://www.ethosreview.org/intellectual-spaces/is-college-football-profitable/)
"There’s a standard narrative fueling the big business of college football.  Many of its advocates put it like this:  football programs generate so much revenue for the university, while also supporting “non-revenue” sports like golf and swimming from its own budgetary excess, that college football is its own justification for the large team budgets and coaches’ salaries.  Because alumni are much more generous during years when football teams win, academic programming benefits as well.  Indeed, so this standard narrative goes, both the jump in admissions applications and the wider “public relations” effect that accompanies a football program cause munificent ripples throughout a university’s stream of income. Many even maintain that football helps to subsidize the obscure and non-remunerative activities of colleges—research into the reproductive biology of ducks and eighteenth-century German poetry, for example.  Without a football program, scholarship money would plummet and applicants would flock elsewhere in search of universities with better “student life” opportunities. . .

. . . According to Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, authors of The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football (2013), figures from the 2010-11 academic year show that only 22 of the 120 top-tier football programs broke even or made a profit.  That means that while these big-time teams generate millions of dollars of revenue, the cost of running such programs usually exceeds that revenue.  To put that more starkly, even within the so-called top tier, 82% of college football teams actually take away money from the university’s budget, rather than generate net revenue.  Thus, the myth that college football generates revenue for universities is a lie 82% of the time among the highest grossing “tier” of teams."

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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Blood . . .

. . . Brother . . .

I'll be your Blood Brother
By your side through thick and thin
I'll be your Blood Brother
Just as long as I don't have to bloody
My ha - ands

Bar rooms sure have a funny way
Of bringing loyalty out in a man
Buy a drink and tell a joke
And buddy you've got you a friend
But keep a good eye upon that friend
Because he really doesn't give two hoots
And don't say anything about his Mom
His girlfriend or his army boots

I'll be your Blood Brother
By your side through thick and thin
I'll be your Blood Brother
Just as long as I don't have to bloody
My ha - ands

Walked into an auto-mo-showroom
I need some wheels but got no money to spend
When a guy with an ugly tie
Walks out and acts like he's my long-lost friend
I said hey Buddy I've a purpose here
And if you please I will accomplish my goal
So don't you slap me on the back again
Cause if you do I might just lose my control

I'll be your Blood Brother
By your side through thick and thin
I'll be your Blood Brother
Just as long as I don't have to bloody
My ha - ands

So please be careful when you meet someone
Who'll make a promise at the drop of a hat
And don't provide them with encouragement
You will regret the day you offered him that
Cause everybody needs some empathy
But just how willing
And how far will they go
To really help you when the chips are down
Can they be trusted half as far as you throw them

I'll be your Blood Brother
By your side through thick and thin
I'll be your Blood Brother
Just as long as I don't have to bloody
My ha - ands


Blood Brother
[by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak, recorded live 9/21/2014 at Elk Run Vineyards]




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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Information . . .

. . . or lack there of . . .

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Why don't know-it-alls know how annoying they are?

I am not a know-it all.  I am just a know-a-lot-more-than-you.

"Two things are infinite:  the universe and human stupidity. . . and I'm not so sure about the universe."  (Albert Einstein[unconfirmed])

Folks who think they know it all sure do irritate those of us who really do.

What I don't know I can always make up.

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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Ahhh. . .

 . . . music . . .

 (from http://musicmagic.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/quotes-about-music/)   
Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.
– Benjamin Disraeli

Music is what feelings sound like.
– Author Unknown
   
Music is the poetry of the air.
– Richter
   
If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music.  It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. 
- Sydney Smith
   
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.
– Henry David Thoreau

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
– Ludwig van Beethoven

I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours.  But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places.  Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
– H.A. Overstreet

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.
– Edward Elgar
   
Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.
– Henry Ward Beecher
   
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.
– Robert Fripp

[P.S.  Bill Pratt is truly all those things (see pianogonzology 9/29/2014) 'extraordinaire'-make no mistake]



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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Back . . .

(from http://www.gorp.com/parks-guide/travel-ta-keuka-lake-state-park-hammondsport-new-york-fishing-sidwcmdev_054640.html)
 Few people know how great the history, beauty and fishing is at Keuka Lake. To the Seneca Indians, she was "Canoe Landing," and their fishing paradise. Arch Merrill, in his book describe Keuka Lake as "The Lady of the Lot." He stressed her beauty, her friendliness to those who love the outdoors. What Mr. Merrill neglected to say was, that being a lady, she is also unpredictable and she is the prima donna of the first waters. What this means you take a chance with Keuka and that is worthwhile.

BRANCHPORT - Near what is now Branchport lived Otetiani, the famous Indian Philosopher, better known as Red Jacket. Seth Green, The Father of Fish Culture invented and used the Seth Green rig for the first time at Keuka Lake.

Today there is Keuka Lake State Park with camping and launching facilities. Keuka Lake State Park is accessible by road from route 54. Across from the state park is a private campground and launch. Take note of the 24 foot hole across from the state park. This is a fine fishery in itself. On route 54 between Branchport and Penn Yan is Keuka College.

PENN YAN - In the early years at the end of the eastern arm the Pennsylvania Dutch and New England Yankees settled their sectional differences by changing the name of the town from Unionville to Penn Yan. On the east shore next to Morgan Marine is Red Jacket Park named after Otetiani. Picnics facilities, swings, green grass and a statue of Red jacket is at the park. South of Morgan Marine is the YMCA encampment, Camp Cory. There is a new and improved town launch in Penn Yan on Water Street. Once a year Tioga County Bassmasters of Pennsylvania and Flower City Sportsmen of New York meet for a day of bass and pike angling, comraderie, bantering and a cook out.

HAMMONDSPORT is a town from the past with two distinctions. Glenn Curtiss, creator of the World War I's famous "Jennie" made the first flight in the Empire State in 1908. It is also the hub of America's champagne industry. All-round the lake are vineyards and wineries open to visitors. Hammondsport has a town launch with private marina in the area.

BLUFF POINT - Down the center of the north and west arm is a road to Bluff Point. Along the way you may visit Garrett Memorial Chapel. This is open from July 4 to labor day for the summer residents.Another interesting fact about Keuka Lake is originally this is not a northern pike water. Dave Kosowski, a fisheries biologist from Region 8, Avon, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said, the northern pike (Esox Lucius) were introduced into Keuka Lake by a person that caught them in another body of water and released them in Keuka. The DEC never tried to manage them as they haven't disturbed the other species of game fish.


Keuka
©2013 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Striving . . .

Work on 'Slough of Despond' continues . . .

(from https://www.facebook.com/ohomusic?hc_location=timeline)
". . . Bruce Kovacs at The Bratt Studio layin' down some classic(al) riffage on Ray's "Unique" and "Slough of Despond," scheduled to be on the forthcoming OHO album, "Male Pattern Radness." Been a fan of the French Horn in rock since hearing John Entwhistle blow his horn on The Who's '67 classic, "Pictures of Lily." . . . "


Slough of Despond
[9/24/2014 Bratt Studio Recording (by Gentleman, scholar, musician and recording technician extraordinaire, Bill Pratt) by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak and guest artist Bruce Kovacs on French Horn]





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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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