POTPOURRI

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About Me

POTPOURRI: Originally from Penn- sylvania I have been a part-time professional singer for most of my life, primarily with church choirs. I sang in small groups at Yale and was a founding member of the men's vocal ensemble Chanticleer. The rest of my career has been rather checkered. I've been a federal employee in the Trade side of U.S.Customs for over twenty years. When able to retire, I plan to work on some writing projects-- including two plays-- currently on the back burner.

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My Blog List

Slate Magazine

They Stood Their Ground in Florida. They’re Charged With Murder. Guess Their Race. - An armed 14-year-old used a racial slur to describe the defendants.
1 day ago
Talking Points Memo

Listen to This: The Race To Ban Abortion - A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate and guest host Nicole Lafond discuss the...
4 years ago
.The Y River (blue in green)...

Why Should You Consider Retaining Walls for Your Home? - Whenever there is a change in elevation of ground, which at times may exceed the angle or repose of the layer of the soil, structures referred to as reta...
4 years ago
Loose Ends

Walking Home with Mom - *When home was gone from our mother’s head, except as fragments of childhood memory, she set out walking to find it. She went at 3 am, in her nightie, pas...
9 years ago
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost

Brazil Cities Paralyzed By Nationwide Strike Against Austerity - Read More... More on Brazil
9 years ago
Presentation Zen

Pixar Studios *Still* Offers Free Storytelling Lessons Online - In cooperation with the Khan Academy, Pixar and Disney have been offering Pixar in a Box, an on-going series of behind-the-scenes lessons taught by Pixar's...
9 years ago
parola.org

The Darkest Age - Truth, it seems, has become relative in our Age. The Specialist now marches towards his grave, and our world will soon be left only with armchair theologia...
9 years ago
Magdalena's Diary

Boom Beach All MAX SCORCHERS - Autrefois considéré comme une cause perdue dans le marché de la tablette, Windows de Microsoft va prendre des parts de marché et les iOS d'Apple et Android...
11 years ago
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

The Years Of Writing Dangerously - Thirteen years ago, as I was starting to experiment with this blogging thing, I wrote the following: [T]he speed with which an idea in your head reaches th...
11 years ago