Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Leonard Cohen controversy

Leonard Cohen: before his voice descended into the eternal Frog Zone.

We all agree, I think, that the fellow has written some awesome songs.
As a performer (I said earlier), he's strictly a ladies' man.
Naturally, some got pissed about that.
I suspect that Rebel Girl, were she available, would weigh in on this one. She'd defend "her man."

Buckley nailed it.

Some random pics from the Bauer family archive:

My brother Ron taking a picture of my mom taking a picture of Ron.
Mono Lake, twenty-five years ago.


I do believe this is GrayBall qua kitten.
One day, Brother Ray showed up with little Bobbie, cat.
"Is she pregnant? She looks pregnant," asked my mom.
"No way," said Ray.
Bobbie had seven kittens. My mom took care of 'em all.
I'm told that GrayBall lived to be twenty-two.
One day, she just didn't show up anymore.


Reportedly, my Tante (Aunt) Ruth was "a bit wild" as a teenager.
Here she is, hanging with her pals, maybe in the Black Forest (Germany).
It would have been the late forties or early fifties.
That's her on the far right, taking a swig from a bottle of beer.
She died a couple of years ago. She had always been a heavy smoker.

Years ago, I used to hike around Santiago Oaks park. Took some pics.



Back in the 60s, my dad was working somewhere north of OC and heard that the once-impressive home of the "Pantages" family was nearby and deteriorating. So his took his Retina and found the house; he took several pics. I did some research and it seems unlikely that Alexander Pantages had anything to do with this home. But I'm glad my dad took the pics anyway.

The "Teflon lobby"

A boom in for-profit colleges may be a bust for taxpayers and students (LA Times)

Many drop out or find the programs aren't accredited, a Senate panel reports. Fees, often twice as much as at public universities, are often paid with federal loans, with a high default rate.
. . .
Stephen Burd, an education policy expert at the New America Foundation, said the scrutiny is long overdue, but lawmakers will have to contend with the industry's "Teflon lobby." Many concerns have been raised about for-profit colleges, but nothing has stuck, he said.

"For-profit college lobbyists are accustomed to flexing their muscles on Capitol Hill and getting their way — no matter how much controversy is swirling around their schools," he said….

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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