Friday, December 11, 2009

Lighting Bold and Harvey Benshotter

My son who knows all things cool turned me on to this amazing B&W video. Just in time for the Holiday Season!

Later,
Paul Parducci

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving and Don't Forget...

to take some risks with your left-over sandwiches. Half the country uses the cranberry sauce already- let's really push the envelope this year.
God Bless,
Paul Parducci

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Rest in Peace. I Will Remember.

Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre De Grace, Md.

Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, of Woodbridge, Va.

Capt. John P. Gaffaney, 54, of San Diego, Calif.

Capt. Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wis.

Staff Sgt. Justin Decrow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind.

Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis.

Spc. Jason Hunt, 22, of Tillman, Okla.

Spc. Frederick Greene, 29, of Mountain City, Tenn.

Pfc. Aaron Nemelka, 19, of West Jordan, Utah.

Pfc. Michael Pearson, 22, of Bolinbrook, Ill.

Spc. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minn.

Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, Ill.

Chief Warrant Officer retired Michael Cahill of Cameron, Texas.

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Monday, October 19, 2009

Autodidacts Rejoice!

I think it is self-evident that learning is best looked at as a life-long endeavor. I for one find myself constantly stumbling along to keep up with what is for me a flood of information. When I'm not doing my best to remember (re-learn?) vast portions of material I'm supposed to already know from College and Grad School I am playing hide and seek with concepts that seem about as clear to me as granite.
Luckily the web (which itself can be an ocean of confusion) is now offering up a growing community of outlets that offer structured, professionally curated knowledge acquisition.
Here is a great resource from Lifehacker.
Later,
Paul Parducci

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Saturday, October 03, 2009

A Real Hero Passes: Marek Edelman



Marek Edelman the last surviving member of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has left this world.
Here is his Obitiary from the Los Angeles Times.
Later,
Paul Parducci
PS: The photo is from Eilat Gordin Levitan's excellent site.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Nature's first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.


Here is a Yale lecture on America's own flinty isolator Robert Lee Frost.
Later,
Paul Parducci

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Louis Prima and Keely Smith

This incomparable duo redifined Vegas entertainment in the 1950's.
Here they are with "Hey Boy Hey Girl."

This weekend I saw the truly terrific show "Louis &Keely Live at the Sahara." at the Geffen Playhouse. It's also directed by one of my personal favorites; Taylor Hackford.
If you get the chance see it.
Later,
Paul Parducci

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