tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.comments2023-09-06T06:08:33.061-07:00Random Thoughts, Notes, & IncidentsKen Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352088132228110064noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-38838447715831738552022-04-17T11:23:06.048-07:002022-04-17T11:23:06.048-07:00Excellent review of an obviously amazing show. So ...Excellent review of an obviously amazing show. So happy you saw this and shared. Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-58274876059937836292021-06-14T23:42:19.626-07:002021-06-14T23:42:19.626-07:00This is wonderful. Thank you for writing this. I c...This is wonderful. Thank you for writing this. I called him that Tuesday, and he said he would be fine. He sounded the same, chipper and cheerful. I never expected he would pass away that Thursday morning. The last thing he said was "Tell Don hello and that I miss him." My heart is still so very sad. We were going to collaborate on an essay, as we had in the past. RIP John, I love you. Theresa Griffin Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06187582082060276352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-76990216127924530892021-05-28T12:28:50.649-07:002021-05-28T12:28:50.649-07:00I always loved John. We shared an intense fascinat...I always loved John. We shared an intense fascination with history and the macabre. I was fortunate enough to have him give me and my friends Howard and Kelly a personal tour of Portland crime locations. We all talked about that day for years until both Howard and Kelly eventually passed away. I treasure my JD Chandler book collection and his personal contribution to my own book in the form of a biography of infamous gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.R.I.P., Dear John.Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-89751069599005037792021-05-28T10:54:04.720-07:002021-05-28T10:54:04.720-07:00Very nice write-up. Very sad to hear of his passin...Very nice write-up. Very sad to hear of his passing. I hope some of his legacy lives on through his books.DMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087264001677393882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-75424520630302138952021-05-28T10:31:18.689-07:002021-05-28T10:31:18.689-07:00Thank you, Daniel. I'm pretty sure you and Joh...Thank you, Daniel. I'm pretty sure you and John would have gotten along quite well together.Ken Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352088132228110064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-13310411939921992682021-05-28T10:26:18.484-07:002021-05-28T10:26:18.484-07:00Ken please know that my heart is breaking now for ...Ken please know that my heart is breaking now for someone I only know a little but always wish I could know better: you. Hell, man my heart is even breaking now for someone I never knew: J.D. What you wrote is XLNT thank you for giving me katharsis and letting me read kaddish.danialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204639534230077585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-34115916386427344902021-01-17T18:55:51.756-08:002021-01-17T18:55:51.756-08:00I love this! I love this! Davey Bacaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06136125201510173795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-56433386645332876132020-12-27T08:37:39.287-08:002020-12-27T08:37:39.287-08:00wow.. that stick is so nice :)wow.. that stick is so nice :)NARDtheNERDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667007135185305373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-40216625725223051972020-04-21T14:34:29.721-07:002020-04-21T14:34:29.721-07:00Great commentary! I like it.Great commentary! I like it.Tim Laddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086360889432916265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-81599903965054727922018-01-08T21:43:10.565-08:002018-01-08T21:43:10.565-08:00It's a great legacy to leave behind - that you...It's a great legacy to leave behind - that you entertained millions of people while you were here. Sad loss.<br />Rob Northamptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594826068470560047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-11857526086105180272018-01-08T00:34:41.528-08:002018-01-08T00:34:41.528-08:00"And The Tide Rushes In", "Veteran ..."And The Tide Rushes In", "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" and "My Little Lovely" are my favorite Ray songs. He will be missed. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826640641133961788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-52694443272782361472018-01-07T12:20:33.876-08:002018-01-07T12:20:33.876-08:00Perfect! Perfect! Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-79543875189124341232017-10-03T09:52:11.100-07:002017-10-03T09:52:11.100-07:00Well done, Brother. Excellent use of his lyrics in...Well done, Brother. Excellent use of his lyrics in expressing your own grief. I couldn't do it any better. The Dylan shows were 1986, I believe, and the one I saw in Costa Mesa also ranks as one of my best concert experiences of all time. A few years later, at the Forum, he ended a Heartbreakers show by bringing out both Dylan and Springsteen for the encore. The second Mudcrutch Tour was just last years and I caught it in Hollywood just after my 60th birthday, and of course, we were at the Bowl just last week to see the end of the Tour, never dreaming it was really goodbye. I am in mourning. I am devastated. Thinking of you today and everybody who loved him as much as we did. Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-34229721482048796842017-08-27T09:55:57.947-07:002017-08-27T09:55:57.947-07:00Brilliantly said! With Rights come Responsibilitie...Brilliantly said! With Rights come Responsibilities. We were taught that in school. In this case, rights have consequences and that is the same for all of us. Good for you Ken. Thizizlizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892815970963801158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-45945277482350052722017-02-18T10:58:33.507-08:002017-02-18T10:58:33.507-08:00Great post!Great post!Bradley Wogslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342299145917728207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-7132843739284753652017-02-13T13:16:24.184-08:002017-02-13T13:16:24.184-08:00Thank you for sharing this family history. It is p...Thank you for sharing this family history. It is priceless. Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-1511838093488739232015-07-26T10:42:06.506-07:002015-07-26T10:42:06.506-07:00Excellent review! Thanks for sharing!Excellent review! Thanks for sharing!Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-16534103343357808832015-03-21T08:24:25.710-07:002015-03-21T08:24:25.710-07:00Excellent!Excellent!Steve Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996712891605859770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-68357344750184731292015-01-09T07:31:19.083-08:002015-01-09T07:31:19.083-08:00First, let me just re-state once more, I believe i...First, let me just re-state once more, I believe in a two-state solution that must include Israel ceding more land.<br /><br />Second, if that sentence is the only fault you can find in this posting, then we actually are not that far apart. Excellent!<br /><br />Finally, I see your point, but I still stand by what I've said. For one thing, while ceding "conquered" territory may be common in post-conflict peace-making, it is by no means a given. Nations have grown and receded by means of war since there have been nations. Sure, Israel had no realistic, long-term claim to the Sinai, so it was not sweat negotiating that back. But if today's hard-liners were in power then, who knows if that would have happened.<br /><br />But more to the point of the posting: the meme in question, the "shrinking of Palestinian land," what Palestinian land? The modern, independent state of Palestine was never given a chance to exist. Not by Israeli invasion, but by occupation by Jordan (etc) from 1948-1967. But the meme was about the narrative of "land hungry Israelis" so it's not mentioned.<br /><br />And, because I'm responding to a meme about "land hungry Israelis" it is important to point out where Israel has returned land in exchange for peace. <br /><br />You have a fair technical point, but it doesn't change my mind about my posting.Ken Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352088132228110064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-46508114102166222692015-01-08T15:49:31.876-08:002015-01-08T15:49:31.876-08:00"The meme does not include maps where Israel ..."The meme does not include maps where Israel shrunk. BS." <br /><br />Sorry but that is completely irrelevant to what that meme is claiming. Israel has never shrunk, giving back the Sinai peninsula to Egypt did not shrink Israel it wasn't part of Israel, Israeli civilization or anything like that. Israel just occupied it because of the war Egypt with and gave it back when things simmered down. That's like France starting a war with Spain. Spain wins. Takes the province of BĂ©arn and occupies it. Gives it back to France as part of a peace process and then claims that Spain has given up some of it's own land. <br /><br />No you don't have a point there sorry. To say Israel shrunk in the manner you put it is false.URZU7https://www.blogger.com/profile/10894837380585852464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-75993138004370641692014-08-01T03:58:26.890-07:002014-08-01T03:58:26.890-07:00Thanks for the detailed explanation Ken.
Us Brit&...Thanks for the detailed explanation Ken. <br />Us Brit's have a lot to answer for, not just with the Israel/Palestinian situation either. We drew the borders for modern day Iraq as well, I believe, & look where's that's led us.Andy Guntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00402607157584209849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-14013155896269583522014-07-31T10:52:34.250-07:002014-07-31T10:52:34.250-07:00Thanks. Sadly, moderation seems to be nearly
forg...Thanks. Sadly, moderation seems to be nearly<br /> forgotten here and abroad...Rickflixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851091100831706043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-7549574380734274812014-07-31T08:56:58.059-07:002014-07-31T08:56:58.059-07:00Moderation?! How dare you!! ;-)Moderation?! How dare you!! ;-)ohcurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890693708552749747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-52537717518081748932014-07-11T14:16:57.254-07:002014-07-11T14:16:57.254-07:00Great story. I am envious.Great story. I am envious.jd chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023484012914035138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015748.post-56410140505303598212014-06-01T18:41:51.911-07:002014-06-01T18:41:51.911-07:00I read her autobiography a couple of years ago. I ...I read her autobiography a couple of years ago. I always liked her. After reading her story, I love her.Phil Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16856444921483454350noreply@blogger.com