pianogonzology

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Challenge . . .

(from Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy by John Shelby Spong)
". . . If we reduce this Matthean character (the Canaanite woman) to literal person, we can deal with her once and for all and then move on. If she is a symbol, an icon, her challenge will be eternal; her face will change throughout history, but her demands will remain, constantly challenging our security and eroding our barriers. Jewish readers of Matthew's gospel knew that she was a symbol. Gentile readers, later, would assume that she was a literal figure and that they had dealt with her once they had brought themselves to accept Canaanites. Perhaps we need to confront the possibility that Christianity has not failed, as our critics constantly assert; the reality, I believe, is that Christianity has never been understood and thus has never really been tried. . . "

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

LL . . .

. . . lists

I rarely read the www.cbsnews.com or other pop-ups that says things like "Top ten celebrities who take amazing brain pills" or other such nonsense, but, I did click on the link that was accompanied by a shot from the old 'Happy Days' television show that claims to list 24 'celebrities' (sic) who endorse the last-standing Republican nominee for President. Needless to say it produced nothing significant in surprise or knowledge. As a matter of fact, it only reinforced my opinion on the matter. I must say the list did include the name of one personality in whose integrity I had formerly held some faith and am now therefore . . . a little disappointed. That name, I'm sad to say, was Loretta Lynn. . .

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Rocks . . .

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartending_terminology)
". . . "On the rocks" refers to liquor poured over ice cubes, and a "rocks drink" is a drink served on the rocks. Rocks drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, highball glass, or Collins glass, all of which refer to a relatively straight-walled, flat-bottomed glass; the rocks glass is typically the shortest and widest, followed by the highball which is taller and often narrower, then the Collins which is taller and narrower still. . . In bartending, the term "straight up" (or "up") refers to an alcoholic drink that is shaken or stirred with ice and then strained and served without ice in a stemmed glass. . . This is contrasted with a drink served "neat" – a single, unmixed liquor served without being chilled and without any water, ice, or other mixer. . . Neat drinks are typically served in a rocks glass, shot glass, snifter, Glencairn glass or copita. . . "

But, of course, 'on the rocks' can also mean spoiled, failed, shipwrecked or bankrupt . . .
here it's simply a title, for an as yet unfinished song, evoked by what I can't even explain . . .

On The Rocks
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Airtime . . .

for airheads . . .

Please take careful note of the urls at the top of each article . . . and AVOID THEM!!!!

(http://politicops.com/nugent-dont-hate-black-people-just-permanent-skin-disease-affects-behavior/)
Nugent: “I Don’t Hate Black People, They Just Have A Skin Disease That Affects Their Behavior”

(http://www.newslo.com/palin-even-the-french-understand-that-slavery-wasnt-our-fault-because-the-negroes-liked-it/)
Palin: “Even The French Understand That Slavery Wasn’t Our Fault, Because The Negroes Liked It”

(http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/05/16/hillary-clinton-says-shed-expect-bill-clinton-to-help-fix-the-economy/)
Hillary Clinton Says She’d Expect Bill Clinton to Help Fix the Economy

(http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/550112/donald-trump-quotes.html#YkJWRSB2V33RmbsJ.99)
“I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I’m more honest and my women are more beautiful.”

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Dwelling . . .

. . . alternative . . .

(from http://www.newagenomad.com/p/van-dwelling-page.html)
". . . The name that friends and family assigned to my home on wheels. It's small and cheap and gets about 3 times the gas mileage as the big rigs. Also allows me to go where a lot of others can't do to its small size. Yet still contains all the necessities I need. My monthly expenses our around $125 a month for High speed Internet, Phone, Netflix, Insurance, and tabs. Gas is dependent on travel winter months are spent in the warm southwest hardly moving at all. Summer months are spent at cool higher elevation and moves are more frequent. Then theres food, wobbly pops,water, and entertainment. Entertainment is usually free provided who your neighbors at the moment. Only had to pay for water once in 3 years and it was 50 cents for 40 gallons. . ."

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Post . . .

Hello Ray,

Can we post the attached photo from your Facebook page on our Facebook page to promote your performance in front of our store this Saturday?

Thanks,

Terressentials

www.terressentials.com

Facebook, Blog, Pinterest, Twitter

Response: By all means. yes.

-Ray

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Frederick . . .

(from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland)
". . . The earliest European settlement was slightly north of Frederick in Monocacy, Maryland. Founded before 1730, when the Indian trail became a wagon road, Monocacy was abandoned before the American Revolutionary War, perhaps due to the river's periodic flooding or hostilities predating the French and Indian War, or simply Frederick's better location with easier access to the Potomac River near its confluence with the Monocacy. . . Daniel Dulany—a land speculator—laid out "Frederick Town" by 1745. Three years earlier, All Saints Church had been founded on a hilltop near a warehouse/trading post. Sources disagree as to which Frederick the town was named for, but the likeliest candidates are Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (one of the proprietors of Maryland, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, or Frederick "The Great" of Prussia. Most sources favor Calvert. . . In 1742, Maryland's General Assembly made Frederick the county seat of Frederick County, which then extended to the Appalachian mountains (areas further west being disputed between the colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania until 1789). The current town's first house was built by a young German Reformed schoolmaster from the Rhineland Palatinate named Johann Thomas Schley (died 1790), who led a party of immigrants (including his wife, Maria Von Winz) to the Maryland colony. The Palatinate settlers bought land from Dulany on the banks of Carroll Creek, and Schley's house stood at the northwest corner of Middle Alley and East Patrick Street into the 20th century. Schley's settlers also founded a German Reformed Church (today known as Evangelical Reformed Church, and part of the UCC). Probably the oldest house still standing in Frederick today is Schifferstadt, built in 1756 by German settler Joseph Brunner and now the Schifferstadt Architectural Museum. . ."

June First Saturday, Frederick

10 am - 1 pm

Ray Jozwiak

Ed Barney

12 - 3 pm

Darryl Brenzel

2 - 4 pm

Bassell Franks

3 - 6 pm

Michelle Lockey

6 - 8 pm

Catoctones

7 - 9 pm

Kevin Myers

Wisdom
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