Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Oh well...
In this world of people who find accountability distasteful we must take the time to recognize those that care about doing good work.
Monday, March 23, 2009
One of those things...
This comment was posted in reply to an article in the Boston Globe about the musicians who perform on subway platforms; even if it isn't true I don't care:
"It reminds me of when I used to play my violin in the subways and Harvard square back in the '80s, often with friends, and sometimes even string quartets, and there was some cellist who we often met who played there too. He'd play in the streets and subways stations of MA for about 6 months before he'd get fed up with how little he'd make compared to the playing in the streets of Paris. He'd say how much more respect street musicians got there. Here in Boston they just get just treated like bums. But darn it all, in Paris they always teased him about his Boston accent. He just didn't seem to be able to speak french and sound like a true parisian. He could only take that teasing for 6 months then he'd be back in Boston to be treated like a bum for 6 months again. Once we didn't see him for almost a year. We tried to find out what had happened. Well I guess his flight to Paris once had a very long wait at the airport in Madrid where he had to change flights, and he met some nice young lady there and decided to stay in Spain instead. It is to bad street musicians can't get more respect here in Boston like the get in Europe. I just hope his Boston accent was more acceptable in Spain"
"It reminds me of when I used to play my violin in the subways and Harvard square back in the '80s, often with friends, and sometimes even string quartets, and there was some cellist who we often met who played there too. He'd play in the streets and subways stations of MA for about 6 months before he'd get fed up with how little he'd make compared to the playing in the streets of Paris. He'd say how much more respect street musicians got there. Here in Boston they just get just treated like bums. But darn it all, in Paris they always teased him about his Boston accent. He just didn't seem to be able to speak french and sound like a true parisian. He could only take that teasing for 6 months then he'd be back in Boston to be treated like a bum for 6 months again. Once we didn't see him for almost a year. We tried to find out what had happened. Well I guess his flight to Paris once had a very long wait at the airport in Madrid where he had to change flights, and he met some nice young lady there and decided to stay in Spain instead. It is to bad street musicians can't get more respect here in Boston like the get in Europe. I just hope his Boston accent was more acceptable in Spain"
by jlitvlnvla March 23, 9:09 AM
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Well...
The road to Hell, and an empty blog, is paved with good intentions. So maybe we all should have just voted down the income tax, who knows? The library has lost over $250,000 to date and stands to lose even more. At least we could have something to point at and say "well, we have no income tax revenue, that's why."
I hope I don't lose my job and I hope more people don't lose theirs.
I just finished a book recenlty and it is a very long but satisfying read.
I'll keep at it, I hope you all do to.
I hope I don't lose my job and I hope more people don't lose theirs.
I just finished a book recenlty
I'll keep at it, I hope you all do to.
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