dailyprompt
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For decades, I have had a subscription to the world renown, and local treasure, The Philadelphia Orchestra. From the late 80s to the early aughts, I attended concerts at The Academy of Music; since then, at Marian Andersen Hall inside the Kimmel Center. I began my concert-going experience by bringing along my sister. The middle
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This coming November, on PBS, documentarian Ken Burns is releasing a six-part series chronicling the Revolutionary War. Ken Burns, as many know, has produced documentaries on the Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, and numerous other subjects. Earlier this summer, Mr. Burns sat with Joe Rogan and discussed his Revolutionary War project. During the interview, Burns explained
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This past Friday morning, while spending time with a client, something occurred to me. It moved me enough to say, “Jim, if it were thirty-five years ago, before diving into business, we would have discussed last night’s Seinfeld episode.” The exchange that Jim and I would’ve had all those years ago would not have been
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Why should I pay anything to go to the moon when Alice Kramden got to go for free? I believe there are several entire episodes of The Honeymooners available on YouTube. Often, with the passing of time, sitcoms lose their comedic spice, but somehow, despite the seismic shift in marital roles, The Honeymooners still makes
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A couple years ago, I crept downstairs, went on YouTube, and blasted The Beatles song, When I’m Sixty-four. My wife was less than appreciative. Come this December, I, too, shall reach that age and will expect some form of antagonism to remind me that I’ve arrived. Moreover, as I traverse a seventh decade, I noticed
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We have developed instruments and methods to measure inches and miles, nano seconds and centuries, the speed that both light and sound travel. More impressive, astronomers have gauged that the universe is expanding faster than first estimated. It impresses me that we have developed the capability to measure everything under the sun and beyond. But
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It is known that J.S. Bach was the father of counterpoint harmony. I don’t know if Bach set out to create counterpoint harmony, a component that enriched music exponentially, or discovered it by accident. His music ranged from godly to subtly intense, and from celebratory to a man working out internal strife. And speaking of
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I am grateful that my brain is wired in a way that enables me to grasp the complex harmonies of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Hindemith. But it that a possession? Some esoteric force in the universe enabled me to capture and keep the heart of the world’s most beautiful woman thirty-two years ago. Is that a
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I creep downstairs at 5:45 a.m., put on a pot of coffee, and open my front door. I smile. The newspaper (The Philadelphia Inquirer) has arrived. My coffee (Bucks County French Roast; Starbucks has yet to reach the east coast) is through percolating. I pour two mugs and transport them and the newspaper to the
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