{"id":728,"date":"2010-07-12T08:37:27","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2010-07-12T08:37:58","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T14:37:58","slug":"miscellany-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Miscellany 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a few weeks since my last update. I’ve been busy, but not really that<\/em> busy. I went to a wedding in Missoula with my daughter, celebrated the birthdays of a couple friends, got some stuff done at work, gave my daughter one of my ukuleles which she got autographed at the Jake Shimabukuro<\/a> concert, and so on. The concert was very good (which I’d expected), and Jake finished with a performance of Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em> (which I hadn’t). It’s going to be on his next CD. I picked up his DVD, Play Loud Ukulele<\/a>, while I was in Hawaii … I’m enjoying that, too.<\/p>\n

In any case, I’ve been saving this link<\/a>. It’s to part one of a three-part article on trying to locate the diner portrayed in an iconic painting<\/a>. The painting always reminds me of the Tom Waits song (and album), Nighthawks at the Diner<\/em>, although the lyrics seem to refer to a diner in San Francisco, rather than Greenwich Village. It’s a good article, and the website as a whole is worth a look. I’ve long been interested in “hidden history” and the like.<\/p>\n

Burt Prelutsky’s essay here<\/a> resonates powerfully with me.<\/p>\n

I have an Android phone and love it, so this<\/a> looks pretty interesting to me. Via Make<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s the Tom Swift Centennial<\/a>. I started reading Tom Swift books one Christmas when my brother and I each received a Tom Swift book and a Hardy Boys book. Now it’s my other brother who collects them. In honor of the centennial, I think that some Tom Swifties<\/a> are in order. If you don’t like those, you can look here<\/a> for others.<\/p>\n

And, speaking of bad writing, the results of the annual Bulwer-Lytton competition<\/a> were released during my hiatus. Personally, I’m rather taken with the runner-up in the Detective Fiction category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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