tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47901711403178093832024-03-19T04:47:58.072-04:00NoepeMusing amid the streamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1484125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-44949309631151297022024-03-16T10:11:00.003-04:002024-03-16T10:19:11.413-04:00Bye-ku for Nathan Wade<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU6eqh3EcyBPXBT6tC2k9Ups28A92P-dcqmBDwPXlucuX-A_fIW8sH-pU4Br8bBGxiGmnCeKJgvz-fGAonza42ZNpzwQ9dUjp_GQoqxJ-8EPYqVQw3uMJ3fDyU5bMhqbEwn4dtS2_6-4Homq-ZvEGt1tOrKbxQuTvstyhPyPFNWwTWEQVyu5O6wWj9Hg0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="448" data-original-width="606" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgU6eqh3EcyBPXBT6tC2k9Ups28A92P-dcqmBDwPXlucuX-A_fIW8sH-pU4Br8bBGxiGmnCeKJgvz-fGAonza42ZNpzwQ9dUjp_GQoqxJ-8EPYqVQw3uMJ3fDyU5bMhqbEwn4dtS2_6-4Homq-ZvEGt1tOrKbxQuTvstyhPyPFNWwTWEQVyu5O6wWj9Hg0=w400-h296" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-77292684995247135262024-03-04T18:05:00.000-05:002024-03-04T18:05:55.578-05:00SlappenheimerWill Smith's slap on Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars continues to <a href="https://makonikey.blogspot.com/2022/03/hollywood-violence.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">inspire the critics</span></a>!<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxQZpZ3MaPfCaYeEzgpdOPsZ1OV3LmdCfSB57tDtstjDUOVEZ_we2cQfOhR-zWrQ6u-mZAdJPOrGXODwkVaVUQFO5r9yUT28VvjUqcEdV-YSyRVsGNeBmhLdBPPeaAxRmFsNF6nA2-zeh_ERV4I2f5mXqHPIdx_L7mMRCV6IKAFD5u714pUMPauznlLI" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkxQZpZ3MaPfCaYeEzgpdOPsZ1OV3LmdCfSB57tDtstjDUOVEZ_we2cQfOhR-zWrQ6u-mZAdJPOrGXODwkVaVUQFO5r9yUT28VvjUqcEdV-YSyRVsGNeBmhLdBPPeaAxRmFsNF6nA2-zeh_ERV4I2f5mXqHPIdx_L7mMRCV6IKAFD5u714pUMPauznlLI=w288-h400" width="288" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-6424581974558937452024-02-14T17:52:00.000-05:002024-02-14T17:52:09.578-05:00Cupid's Hits and Misses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAKU7QEnroz0pIcvov4r0SkxwB_XqRIrdoR3kzoGaMDSgKTR7ochAROEZoq45U4AkYszDb7-oXVTF5YiKPjI2FRbwpdo4GS-EXXSUUVCsiJThBfBYKnmhPdkY2KA3G2uTDYkGNBrBni4SuB-vOJlM7if7I5e_x1U4fqJhoqjm3kSv_ObOZTe2JmM5W3xo" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1288" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAKU7QEnroz0pIcvov4r0SkxwB_XqRIrdoR3kzoGaMDSgKTR7ochAROEZoq45U4AkYszDb7-oXVTF5YiKPjI2FRbwpdo4GS-EXXSUUVCsiJThBfBYKnmhPdkY2KA3G2uTDYkGNBrBni4SuB-vOJlM7if7I5e_x1U4fqJhoqjm3kSv_ObOZTe2JmM5W3xo=w429-h402" width="429" /></a></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-56386982915400657982024-02-14T15:35:00.008-05:002024-02-14T17:05:12.287-05:00Beavers at Cross River Reservoir<p>A visit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_River_Reservoir" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Cross River Reservoir</span></a> last week along Croton Lake Road in Katonah revealed something new, or so I thought.</p><p>On similar walks over the last 33 years, I'd never come across a fallen tree like this one, and then another, and then several more.</p><p>Their pattern and location on the water's edge made me realize I had encountered something very old – beavers building a dam. And <a href="https://www.forestsociety.org/something-wild/something-wild-whats-it-inside-beaver-lodge" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">a beaver lodge</span></a>. </p><p>Beavers are not only busy; they're very patient.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PqpdwdXFQ4PkYL37q4b92aSuhzVtGq4zTK_e0EGSslbSSagmWYcUfTg1A04vbQ-PUg6fM1XrElmjKc1H5kEUq_JbT7jia50V5t3VClq67-mKHqNX21wrQjLzJZUyUB1Fvsz-ysGdfDDiGwoCukJo6NuimOFhEF9_vGZ9VMPgcn9o_2e47fN37gCSk3c/s4032/IMG_3756.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4PqpdwdXFQ4PkYL37q4b92aSuhzVtGq4zTK_e0EGSslbSSagmWYcUfTg1A04vbQ-PUg6fM1XrElmjKc1H5kEUq_JbT7jia50V5t3VClq67-mKHqNX21wrQjLzJZUyUB1Fvsz-ysGdfDDiGwoCukJo6NuimOFhEF9_vGZ9VMPgcn9o_2e47fN37gCSk3c/w400-h300/IMG_3756.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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McCandless used a nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled backpack called the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) to navigate from and to the Space Shuttle Challenger for 6 hours and 17 minutes. Far out, man!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCiN_UbIw9pOa-7zv5w7uHz_H4VUN8tzValkI9P6jazAruF4uQMdxoHoo27kbiYnlz-VySB3HkD0bbwZd7ul2l3ppxWQob8I5psFuqAwpVynoagWg5fc78OH_buInOkUuQWPkI7mlbpGr1MROGuuGaHIaKrqWbbKl933gUEfP2RtHXjLbVjHvvvpN7PA/s687/Bruce%20McCandless%20NASA%201984.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="551" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCiN_UbIw9pOa-7zv5w7uHz_H4VUN8tzValkI9P6jazAruF4uQMdxoHoo27kbiYnlz-VySB3HkD0bbwZd7ul2l3ppxWQob8I5psFuqAwpVynoagWg5fc78OH_buInOkUuQWPkI7mlbpGr1MROGuuGaHIaKrqWbbKl933gUEfP2RtHXjLbVjHvvvpN7PA/w385-h479/Bruce%20McCandless%20NASA%201984.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nQcd1lDCPh4daRDl4adpz5Gl5DC3UwJs4Fp6MmYlONQdZuPin6RCPVaeM1M81nX3QGLTbP-1l7UrvA6KDM0HBH7wKbCoCupohzFwIOlpLy0DZj_3W-E6ceOm5pCTfopbrJNpJP-J5O495IrLy2CIX-0D4EjhydH1btEFEfxFT57av6FKQtPAeBaSOSM/s1320/Bruce%20McCandless%20NASA.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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The fans' faces say it all. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxOfKpleVoCRGfkNIchxkFUZGXXrxsisO8HbFbwhvxKI5zEzJTejQxjOK2JYYC_3swkkD1WcwAOe8iLLUhVWEyg_BBqVjaFrD8cS_SWbAiZfysrJP44DLFuQiFBWvheCIp3f2Gbo_oIXcwOId8pbB9uj3n3Q6XpPXCoLytJVBiZhjjTTmXEYWwMcG1Ng/s1200/James%20Dolan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxOfKpleVoCRGfkNIchxkFUZGXXrxsisO8HbFbwhvxKI5zEzJTejQxjOK2JYYC_3swkkD1WcwAOe8iLLUhVWEyg_BBqVjaFrD8cS_SWbAiZfysrJP44DLFuQiFBWvheCIp3f2Gbo_oIXcwOId8pbB9uj3n3Q6XpPXCoLytJVBiZhjjTTmXEYWwMcG1Ng/w400-h266/James%20Dolan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Being a New Yorker and a New York Rangers and/or New York Knicks fan comes with antipathy for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Dolan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">James Dolan</span></a>, the CEO of Madison Square Garden Sports and Madison Square Garden Entertainment. Dolan's combination of boorish behavior and years of business, financial, and team mismanagement is a frustrating test of loyalty.<p></p><p>Dolan's personal encounters with Knicks and Rangers fans are often <a href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2017/4/5/15200746/james-dolan-accusing-his-critics-of-abusing-alcohol-a-lengthy-retrospective" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">petty</span></a> and he's known to employ <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/james-dolan-madison-square-garden-move-saga-face-recognition" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">facial recognition software</span></a> to deny entry to certain fans, including pre-paid season ticket holders, who work for law firms engaged in litigation with his myriad businesses.</p><p>This makes the concept and promise of <a href="https://www.thespherevegas.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Sphere</span></a>, Dolan's bold, unique, and precedent-setting entertainment venue in Las Vegas, such a surprise and marvel. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sphere-msg-james-dolan-4e990889823714a58b196aac84468f55" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Dolan sketched Sphere with a stick figure inside</span></a> seven years ago and $2.3 billion later it opened last week with a two-month stand of the band U2 reprising Achtung Baby. <a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/u2-sphere-las-vegas-concert-review-best-moments/the-sphere-itself/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Early notices for Sphere</span></a> are very positive. More <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12589237/Inside-2-BILLION-Sphere-Vegas-incredible-entertainment-venue-lights-Sin-City-worlds-largest-LED-display-thats-TWICE-size-Statue-Liberty-U2-kicks-residency-tickets-selling-1-500.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">here</span></a>.</p><p>Dolan plans to export Sphere to London and several other cities around the world.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v3uRvJcM3z8" width="320" youtube-src-id="v3uRvJcM3z8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z2f5NzAALCA" width="320" youtube-src-id="z2f5NzAALCA"></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-12331577538271597102023-09-30T11:13:00.002-04:002023-09-30T11:16:06.061-04:00Maturity in PoliticsWith yesterday's death of California Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Dianne Feinstein</span></a> at 90, oddsmakers and pundits are busy handicapping our sclerotic <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/02/the-washington-gerontocracy" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">gerontocracy of politicians</span></a>.<div><br /></div><div>Editorial cartoonist Barry Blitt must be kicking himself for not putting Senator Feinstein in front in her wheelchair in his <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2023-10-02" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">cover for this week's issue of The New Yorker</span></a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQ7B8Twt7GwCzg9O3vxqlVMJ_FmqeM8YJ3TThYGkzxuCHXXAbVz0-YFn0XNghO4mZ6Vp33-T-1YZdYUdx76aLIvmawAj8M2BBkfXRNLEefd-SKZTPbgEeSBKzN8701DQMpkS8yzQ_FjdL2r80grDoHAjFdN4sbxtAI6wZ-5vct2lWEDTGrUChzm9daE/s1134/IMG_8129.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="776" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQ7B8Twt7GwCzg9O3vxqlVMJ_FmqeM8YJ3TThYGkzxuCHXXAbVz0-YFn0XNghO4mZ6Vp33-T-1YZdYUdx76aLIvmawAj8M2BBkfXRNLEefd-SKZTPbgEeSBKzN8701DQMpkS8yzQ_FjdL2r80grDoHAjFdN4sbxtAI6wZ-5vct2lWEDTGrUChzm9daE/w274-h400/IMG_8129.jpeg" width="274" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790171140317809383.post-28238305349721065312023-09-30T07:48:00.000-04:002023-09-30T07:48:24.644-04:00Rain, Rain and More Rain<p>Tropical Storm Ophelia is walloping <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/09/29/jfk-airport-gets-8-inches-of-rain-friday-new-daily-record/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">New York City, the tri-state area, and New England</span></a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9c5-oR9lYqwtEJlW-KuN7ta8ZXqEWCsV8T7ZQlajaBjGhhF6vLoEQlrds_b_FGuaBYeBU996SXmwxlwpx6KhtIDhBESI8R7Ptw8l0YA1Ez-NiSbuGsGD23dPh3u_fXKCunli9WGmZ0gvF7ocSHv9VpKsLgB2S5j3-KZwHKzioic5WVQ-0Ycae0kb-mjQ/s1536/NYP%20Bobbing%20for%20Apple.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1373" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9c5-oR9lYqwtEJlW-KuN7ta8ZXqEWCsV8T7ZQlajaBjGhhF6vLoEQlrds_b_FGuaBYeBU996SXmwxlwpx6KhtIDhBESI8R7Ptw8l0YA1Ez-NiSbuGsGD23dPh3u_fXKCunli9WGmZ0gvF7ocSHv9VpKsLgB2S5j3-KZwHKzioic5WVQ-0Ycae0kb-mjQ/w358-h400/NYP%20Bobbing%20for%20Apple.webp" width="358" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0