The Senator

Goodnight, goodnight, until we meet again Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn 'til then And though it's always sweet sorrow to part You know you'll always remain in my heart Goodnight, sleep tight, and pleasant dreams to you Here's a wish, and a prayer, that every dream comes true And now, 'til we meet again Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn GOOD NIGHT! .

My favorite rendition of one of my Springsteen favs... I’ll let Melissa do the intro...

I think you’re safe with the hammer and screwdriver ... certainly trumps one of these...

‘We bought an old house on the Danforth...’ .

Sorry , he’d have to discuss that with Bob Kraft! ? .

plenzmd is still trying to find the best place to get a haircut. .

Yes, I know the incident to which you refer. ? Apparently, that horny couple was interested in something other than baseball! (And, at that moment, also several thousand spectators!) But, if you ARE interested in baseball, Skydome, er, uh, Rogers Stadium, and a Blue Jays game, is a great choice. Kids love baseball. Stuff ‘em with hot dogs and ice cream. .

...and also thanking Ralph and Terry it’s not a Bills game in Toronto. .

Yeah, sorry. Thai is probably my favorite - go eat some. (Also, head up to Mt. Pleasant cemetery to see the Gould grave site - has the first few measures of the ‘Goldberg Variations’, his most famous recording and only piece of music he recorded twice, in 1955 and again in 1980, etched on his tombstone.) ? .

Well, no probs, you didn’t spend a lifetime studying it, and are certainly very knowledgable of things I am completely ignorant. BTW, I enjoy almost very form of music, save for rap, which I probably should appreciate since it reminds me of the first primitive humans beating a hollow log (rhythm), or stretching an animal hide across one (drums), or an stretching an animal sinew across one to discover the harmonic series (melody) and invent the first string instrument. I adore Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Sinatra, Connick, etc., as much as I adore Van Morrison, the Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Springsteen, Dylan, Skynard, Little Feat, etc., as much as I like any music. As long as it’s good music, I like it. (BTW, I enjoy good whiskey too - had probably a bit too much bourbon yesterday, but understandable, I hope - I lost a bit of money.) You didn’t really ‘ride in’ from Butte? Must have saddle sores! . .

Gould’s success and brilliance with the more ‘traditional repertoire’, and success in the stock market, made it much easier for him to indulge his ‘less traditional tastes. I wish some of his 20h century recordings included Rachmaninov. When discussing Carl Orff’s ‘Carmina Burana’ (way over-played at sporting events), Gould humorously stated, “And you thought Phillip Glass found an easy way to earn a living!” I’m glad he never recorded John Cage’s ‘4’33’! If you haven’t read Tim Page’s ‘The Glenn Gould Reader’, I highly suggest it. Likewise, the movie, ‘Thirty Short Films About Glenn Gould’. . Sure was, If you enjoy senseless lyrics over the simplest 3-chord progression . ? .

Mine as well, but, being more of a traditionalist, I own everything he ever recorded by Bach (also have his recordings of all the Mozart and Beethoven sonatas, and Prokofiev and Wagner’s Sigfried Idyll). I found his distaste for the Romantics quite odd, as I have a bootleg of Chopin’s 3rd piano sonata - Gould sounded like Horowitz! Next time visit, I must go see Steinway CD318 at the National Library. I believe the last person to perform on it was fellow Canadian Angela Hewitt, a brilliant interpreter of Bach whom I had the geat pleasure of seeing perform the ‘Goldbergs’ in their entirety, at Davies Hall in SF, when she was just on the cusp of her rise to fame. . .

LOVE Dim Sum - made a point to go for breakfast at least once a month in SF. Never went in TO but, on your recommendation, it’s now on my list! .

Never thought I was afraid of heights til I ventured outside on the observation deck! Been a while since I’ve visited Canada’s largest city so, , besides CN Tower, all I can suggest is Yorkville, China Town, and Hockey Hall of Fame. City Hall Plaza is cool, at least to me. Adult beverages at the Royal York as well. Eaton Center, if you like shopping. Also, CBC has a broadcast studio at CN Tower with Glenn Gould’s actual Chickering Piano in the lobby, but I’m one of few who finds that interesting. .

I love my ShopSmith (combination table saw, lathe, disk sander, drill press, jigsaw, router/shaper). It’s a wonderful multi-purpose tool. .

I am as big a Bills/Sabres fan as anyone, but today’s ‘Snooze’ 1/8th page 5 article on the first place Bandits 13-6 win over New England was embarrassing. (They gave the same treatment to he Bisons.) I realize the Derby was the big news in sports yesterday, and they gave a half-page, above the fold, on the front, plus half of page 4. The other half of page 4 went to Duke Williams, continuing an article that began on page one, and also took all of page 3. Carrucci got all of page two with his ‘Bills Talk’ column. Meanwhile, the Sabres, who aren’t playing ,and whom I’d really rather forget until Fall, got the rest of page of page one, and half a page elsewhere. Don’t get me wrong - I love and devour Bills news as much as the rest of TBD. The Sabres, well, I’m a bit pissed at them right now. It just seems to me that two Buffalo teams that are playing right now, one whose season is just underway and has some nice prospects, the other in the playoffs to bring a championship to Buffalo, deserve more than an un-noticable mention on page 5. Vent over. JMO. .

That’s just silly. Why not call them ‘Horseradish’? (Nothing covers a beef-on-weck better.) .

The short answer is, no, every race is not automatically reviewed. I believe the objection was sought by 2 of the jockeys, including Country House jockey Flavien Pratt, and initiated by Mott. .

What was Christopher MacDonald doing at the Bills opener? .

That was Bill Mott, trainer of Country House, interviewed by NBC. He said, among other things, “If this was just a Maiden Claimer held on a weekday at some other track, the disqualification would be routine...shouldn’t be any different for this race...I just hope the stewards do the right thing. I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes.” .

I thought this was gonna be a thread about power tools. .

TV: Family Guy Film: Most any score by John Williams - there are so many, but Schindler’s List was my favorite -particularly the haunting violin solo by Itzhak Perlman; also most any score by Randy Newman, but really liked Avalon and Awakenings. .

I was just about to say, ‘That’s why you should NEVER tear up your betting stubs!’ .

When I lived in DC, the gorgeous Israeli girl that cut my hair would serve you a glass of wine, and make sure to shove her breasts in your face! .

I always bet the 4-horse (Gray Magician) and the grey horse (Tacitus). Also have Plus Que Parfait as a long-shot, and Cutting Humor in my bar pool. Hope one of my horses is a mudder. ??? .