Bob Dylan

I have been a fan of Bob Dylan since an early teen. I guess I was what you call a "tween"!😄

I know he is a very talented man, music, poetry, art/painting, and now he's making whiskey! What a fella! This is copied from the web & the actual link is below or  you can also click on the writer's name. I copied it here b'c I don't have to put up with the ads (so neither do you). Plus, I just want to save a ton of stuff on Bob so this is the best place for me to keep, I suppose, a scrapbook.

BOB DYLAN'S HEAVEN'S DOOR WHISKEY LAUNCHING

 NASHVILLE DISTILLERY AND CONCERT VENUE

The "Nashville Skyline" singer will be making his signature hooch in Music City.

STEVE HUFF 

APR 17, 2019

The Tennessee Bourbon, Double Barrel and Straight Rye varieties of Dylan’s booze are good stuff. All the usual poetic tasting notes apply: woody, warm and mellow. Overall, it's damn satisfying neat, on ice, or as the base for whatever cocktail is appropriate to the occasion. 

So it seems like Dylan knows good liquor. But he’s a music legend first—a Nobel-Prize winning legend, at that—and in April 1969, he released his great country album, Nashville Skyline. That’s why it’s appropriate the news that Heaven’s Door will open a distillery and entertainment venue in Nashville went nationwide this month—50 years later.





Even more appropriate: the Heaven’s Door facility will be housed in a 160-year-old Nashville church building.

Rolling Stone reports that there will be more to the new hotspot than music and whiskey:


A multi-use space, the facility will include a distilling operation, a concert venue, a restaurant and whiskey library, and an art center that features paintings and metalwork sculptures created by Dylan.

The distillery is set to inhabit a church, built in 1860, in downtown Nashville. A Tennessee straight bourbon, a 100 proof whiskey and a rye whiskey are among the spirits making up the Heaven’s Door line.

It’s not like Nashville doesn’t already have the party on lockdown. At the risk of sounding too full of civic pride, I'll point out there’s something new blowing up pop culture out of the Music City every month, it seems.




But for a singer as famously reticent as Dylan to okay a venue featuring so much of himself—his sculptures, for example—seems major, like an acknowledgement of what Nashville means to him.

This is a logical next step for the whiskey production anyway, no matter what. Rolling Stone also reports that the “Dylan whiskeys are directly tied to Tennessee either via distillation, aging, barrel finishing or bottling” as it is.




There's no word on when it will officially open its doors yet, but plenty of hardcore Dylan fans will surely be there and ready to step inside when it does. 

BY STEVE HUFF

Deputy Digital Editor

https://www.maxim.com/food-drink/bob-dylans-whiskey-nashville-distillery-concert-venue-2019-4

The Boston Marathon Bombings

I just finished watching the movie, Patriot's Day. It's a movie about the Boston Marathon bombings, directed & starring Mark Wahlberg. First off, I watch almost all movies taking place or about Boston & I also love Mark Wahlberg. With this movie, I could remember certain events from it in my memory, a lot of what happened afterward though, I don't recall at all. I decided to google about it & found lots of stories & videos. When tragedy happens in our world it sometimes greatly affects. I feel deep empathy with people, so much so it hurts my heart. Whether I am overly sensitive or what, situations can bring me to tears when I don't even know the people involved. It also makes me angry that there are such terrible people in our world & nothing ever seems to change. I am forever saying, "The whole world is f**ked!" One of the reasons so many things I hashtag #worldgonewrong. I am not very religious but it all makes me wonder, just what the hell is going on?
Anyway, I am sharing some of the things I found today while surfing the internet about this dark day in history.

Check out the trailer on YouTube 
 Patriot's Day 

Race Start

Hopkinton Starting Point

Taken from http://www.history.com/topics/boston-marathon-bombings

Runners pass the Train Station in Downtown Framingham

"On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and wounding more than 260 other people. Four days later, after an intense manhunt that shut down the Boston area, police captured one of the bombing suspects, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose older brother and fellow suspect, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, died following a shootout with law enforcement earlier that same day."

Once you turn at this corner, it is the final leg of the run.

Police & others at the finish line

Just minutes after Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crossed the finish line, the first bomb went off.

The first bomb goes off

Different angle of the first bomb detonating

Smoke from the second bomb 12 seconds afterward

People are still trying to comprehend what is going on when the smoke from the 2nd bomb fills the air

Aftermath

Aftermath

Carlos Arrendondo & other emergency workers give aid

Emergency workers transport a victim to waiting ambulances

An officer carries a small boy away from the scene (it is this boy, whose father was hurt & loses contact with his son after being transported to the hospital.)

Police & FBI now have a big job

Here is a link to cnn.com which tells of the entire timeline for this horrendous event.
Boston Bombings & Trial Timeline


Also from the cnn.com: 
On April 15, 2013, double bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people & injured at least 264.

The victims were Martin Richard, 8 a student in Bosotn; Krystle Campbell, 29 of Medford, Mass. & Lingzi Lu, a young graduate student at Boston U, originally from China.

Another senseless tragedy in this crazy world. There seem to be so many people who are misguided & live in fear & hate of everyone else. When will it all stop? Can we ever expect it to? My heart goes out to all the families affected by this & to the city of Boston.

Here are a couple video links to 2 people who were there on that fateful day.

The Man in the Cowboy Hat
Personal tragedy brought Carlos Arredondo, "the man in the cowboy hat," to the finish line that day, but his spontaneous act of heroism helped save a life & change the course of the investigation into the attack.


Bill's Story
Knocked down by the first blast, 78-year-old Bill Iffrig & his orange running jersey became an iconic image of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

                                                             Below, are songs about Boston

                                                        Boston Strong

                                                     Boston, You're My Home

                                                       The Boston Anthem

                                                  So Good (The Boston Song)

David Ortiz says it all at the next Red Sox game!

A collection of running shoes are part of a makeshift memorial honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in Copley Square in Boston, Mass.

Haven't Been Here for Awhile

Well, I finally start a blog to post my photography & then I don't post very often. So many things happen that take up your time. A big one being moving residences! This past spring & early summer have been full of jobs pertaining to that. When you move from a 2 bedroom house to a 1 bedroom apartment things just have to change! I knew I would have to get rid of a lot of my "stuff" as I will refer to it from now on. Lots of people might call it 'belongings', 'things', effects, or even 'property'. Then there are others who would call it 'treasures', 'possessions' or even 'collected household paraphernalia. But please, don't ever refer to it as junk! {{said with a snicker & sarcasm}}
I have had someone say to me that I had a lot of junk & I was really offended. I am the only one who can call it junk! A friend & I were talking about this one day & we decided that we like the word 'stuff' the best.

First on the list was sorting. What did I really need to keep & what could I sell, give away or toss. A bunch of us got together & decided we would have a joint yard sale from all our spring cleaning. I think this is one of the hardest things I've had to do in a very long time. I had to scold myself a lot of the time as I would take from the 'get rid of ' pile & put back in the 'keep pile'. It took me awhile but I finally convinced myself that it was just stuff. It would be easier to pack & move with less & also easier to unpack, set-up & later, keep clean. I was getting tired of having so many clothes that I had run out of places to keep them properly & so many books that my shelves resembled the main library instead of how I wanted them to look. A big thing I was tired of was running into things or having to move so much when dusting or vacuuming. I wanted to have bare corners for a change & not have things underneath other things. I wanted a few books on my shelves with a decorative box, candle or framed photo along with whatever other items I wanted to add to make small vignettes instead of wall to wall novels. You know, not cluttered, like the shelves in magazines! Haha! Me! Not having clutter! (It's still a dream)

In the end, I did sell quite a bit earning enough money to get some things I truly did need, like a couch, an actual TV stand & a couple of bureaus. I gave away & managed to toss quite a bit also. Altho I still have too much 'stuff' I was very proud of myself {{big smile}} I figure someday I will achieve my goal but for now, baby steps!

Finally the yard sale was over, my move made & everything unpacked & put in its place. Now for some spare time. Not!. Oh well, I guess if I am healthy enough to go & do & lucky enough to go here & there, then that's what I'll do. Somewhere, in between all the running around & being busy, I will find a few minutes to post a few pics.

Yard Sale

Yard Sale

Yard Sale

I filled this van at least 8 times!

Say good bye Dooley

Shades of The Beverly Hillbillies??

I had wonderful friends who helped me move. I couldn't have done it without them!

Jiffy Pizzas Using Leftovers

I am so happy the way my mini pizzas turned out that I want to share with you this quick munchable.

Who doesn't love making something that's quick and uses leftovers at the same time. Since I live by myself, I am always on the lookout for simple ideas and recipes suitable for 1 person.

If you have not heard of or tried Naan bread, I suggest you check it out. They sell it in large and small sizes and it's great for pizza. For one person pizzas the small are perfect and there are 2 in the package. I bought the garlic flavored naan but it also comes in traditional and whole wheat.

One of my favorite pizzas has always been the Cheeseburger Pizza we used to get from Pizza Pizza when we lived in Ottawa. It just so happened that I had left over burger patties, old white cheddar, mozza and the must have orange cheddar for the desired flavor of this kind.  I even had 3 pieces of cooked bacon. Of course you can use any toppings you like, but it worked out so well for me having these leftovers on hand.

I always keep my last chunks of brick cheese in the freezer. It keeps well and there's no need to shred it as it crumbles easily when it starts to thaw. Easy peasy and no grater to wash! I even had a package of Parmesan left over from a salad kit and some chopped onion that I decided to use. Altho, my mind did wander for a bit to the can of pineapple chunks I knew I had in the cupboard, but I talked myself out of that because I was going for the cheeseburger flavor.

I always use my toaster oven for small quickies like this as it saves on electricity and it's great for warming or toasting things that are basically already cooked without getting soft or soggy as with the microwave.

I set the oven to 375 to preheat as I crumbled the burger patties, bacon, and cheeses.  

Sauce them and sprinkle parmesan

Add the burger and bacon

Add the toppings

                                                                           Sprinkle generously with the cheeses

Cook them for 12-15 min. until they're heated thru and cheese is melty.

Remove from oven and enjoy!

I honestly couldn't believe how great they turned out! I am not sure if it was the plain old no-name sauce or what I put on them or the bread itself, but holy smokes! They were delicious!

I've been checking out how hard it would be to make homemade naan and I found a few easy sounding recipes. I intend to give it a whirl someday. See links below.
Thanks for visiting!





Gimme Some Oven - homemade naan













Daydream Kitchen - garlic naan 

That Big Ol' Internet Void ~ Part 2 (with guest comments from Deborah Hinter)

I have figured out why i can't seem to post regularly. I have begun to really dislike my PC/the internet. It's my own fault. I immersed myself in the land of Facebook. Well that is all ending by the time this year ends. It also carries over to my email. It is always so jammed pack with things i have no interest in, b/c signing up to this or that ends with emails from all of them & then i miss the few important emails i want to see.
It all goes hand in hand with that "void" i have fallen in to. If anyone had told me back then that Facebook was a trap, i'd never have believed them. But to me, it's a life stealing, mindless trap.

I have wanted to finish this piece for how long now? With my FB activity & email cleaning, regular web surfing & searching for what i am interested in, i have no time left to do what i enjoy with my PC. I have made the descision to dwindle down my friend list, unhook myself from the public side of Google+, & delete all subscriptions i am not interested in from my email.

With my friend list, i have people on there who i don't even know! My notifications & news feed are filled with postings from people i neithern want to hear from or am interested in. Those i want on my friend list are the people  i know, my friends & family members who live far away. That's it. I want to read what they are up to & see their photos & comment on their posts.  The rest? I really don't care who is having a coffee or on their way to work or going to bed.

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My sister posted her thots along this line &it got my thots flowing on the subject again. I loved what she said so much i asked if i could post it here & she said yes. It is as follows, uncut & unedited but with a few lines highlighted so i can remember to comment about them:

The Social Media Dilema! Deborah's decision to Pare Down Facebook and Why!

"Has it become a people-pleasing addiction, draining us of our creative edge? Is my Smart Phone always at the ready? Just in case someone, somewhere, posted something and I need to check? What about my Business Pages and the possible activity there? I need to be on the watch, just in case.
I don’t need to be told that technology has a power off button, but I do know the wise ones know how to use it. The interaction with Social Media can be a positive and uplifting one, yet can be incredibly negative and draining. When I click unfollow, I have a great sense of “I might miss something”.
What was life like before this? This connectedness to the wide world of comments and likes? Remember the days of phones calls and mail? Or even email? When life was happening right in front of us, in the Now. Experiences and conversations unfiltered and unedited? I’m of the age, that I was part of the birth of Social Media and Blogging, so I have the memories of what life was like before this happened.
Today we are on such a fast track and instant happenings around the neighbourhood and the world are at our fingertips. Techology can be magnificant. BUT, when does Social Media such as Facebook or G+ become a burden rather than a joy? The increase in the amount of trolls signing on to your instagram, Google+, leaving comments on your blog that are hurtful and unkind, has left me breathing in angst! The over consumption of the thoughts and shares of others, the adgendas of others. Maybe you are on my Friend list and feel that way about me and my postings, and you’d be justified.
How much of what we post is for the benefit of others? Or is it just to stroke our egos, with our selfies, our fantastic rants and other. Instantly it can be “out there” and it’s so tempting to just snap that shot, make that statement, share that neat thing, for all our “friends” to say “I Like It”. Really?
I’ve been a part of Social Media, Online Marketing and Blogging since 2008 and have immersed myself in the intricicacies of SEO, Web Content Creating, Performing 165 Words, Branding, Google Algorithisms, Keywords and more. It was my job, and it is my job, BUT I’m not sure it’s going to remain my job. Here’s why.
My web-centric world for business and pleasure has become an overwhelming task master. Is the writing on the wall for me? I’m not 100% sure, but I am reading it so I can determine if it is. I’ve recently been the target of Internet Trolling, with literaly dozens of “followers” whose only interest is to promote something less than educational in nature. My life has become too public, with my 2 YouTube Channels, 2 Blogs, 2 Business Facebook Pages, Pinterest, Guest Posts, Flickr and more.
I thought back and asked myself, how did I do this? How did I put myself out there to this extent and shouldn’t I have saw the warning signs?
The Blogosphere and Social Media over the last year has gone through a real transition, and can take it’s toll on the strongest of people. The relentless policing of my security settings, comment moderation and infiltration into my life, that a few years ago, I had no awareness of.
I’m not suggesting this is for everyone who is enjoying their blogging and social media intereactions, this is for me and I’m sharing it with you, so you may understand why I’m taking a hiatius from it. I may return, I may not.For now I’m putting some aspects of my online presence on hold, a vacation, a time-out.
It’s hard to let go! Some have quit cold turkey, some have weaned off, some have just simply unpublished for a time. The only way to discover how much life is controlled by Social Media, is to turn it off, walk away and learn about the strong pull to turn it back on again.
There seems to be a constant among those of us who are unplugging. It’s a sense of discontent with the beast that on one hand allows us to share ourselves, on the other, requiring so much from us. Pulling the pin can be a two edged sword, relief and lonliness. Will it be liberating for me? That remains to be determined.
There is an intuitive sense happening in me that I am not able to ignore.For now I will keep my personal Facebook, and lock it down as tightly as possible, and keep connected to my children and their lives along with my immediate family and closest friends. The Business Facebook Pages will go on vacation, as will the Google+ for Business. The Blogs will exist without regular updating, and the YouTube Channels will remain active.

Enjoy Life, Smile Large and Keep Your Head High,Deborah"

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Wonderfully put my dear sister! The 1st point highlighted is what is happening to me. I am not having fun any more. It has become literally draining. There is so much work involved in keeping up with things, not what i had known in the beginning. Make sure i click Like on my friend's posts, even if i don't actually like it, it's only FB etiquette right? 
All the birthdays of people i know or do not know, popping up on the side...if i miss them i feel bad i did not send greetings. I never sent greetings to half the people i truly know before the time of FB! There's this feeling that if the one who posted it thinks it's important enough to post, then i must feel the same & click Like. But what aboout the postings that are sad, heartbroken, in death or ilnness...are we still supposed to click Like? Wouldn't that mean we like that they are sad, etc? I can't bring myself to click on those ones so i'll send Hugz instead.

And where have all these very personal feelings posts come from? When did we all become so open about or personal & private innermost feelings? This goes with the 5th highlighted line. I myself never wanted my life to be so open & public. There are always things i don't want others to know or only sharing with those i trust & feel comfortable with. This brings into play fooling with your posting settings. Too much trouble & if you forget to go back & rset them then everything is private & no one at all sees your posts! A very time consuming circle.

Life before the internet/FB? It was grand! There were Sunday visits, letters arriving in the mail, telephone calls, either to check in on loved ones or a call to plan something or even just to visit via phone. People jumped in their cars & went to see friends & family, thye had actual cups of tea & coffee with them while they enjoyed their face to face visits. The best part of this old way were the actual hugs you could give & recieve. Human interaction is going by the wayside. I see it when i am out in the world as i'm sure you have also...everyone has their head down, using their mobiles, their fingers rapidly typing, smiling to themselves about what they are seeing. I've seen it so bad that a person at one table was texting to a person at another table, in the same place! Apparently they forgot the fine art of conversating face to face! If you took away a young person's mobile it would be the actual end of the world for them. I'm almost surprised they don't come out of the womb with a phone attached!

The things posted for ourselves or others? I see a trend where the posts i view have to be for the posters benefit. I myself have done it. I'm feeling low or lonely so i'll post a pretty good selfie so others will tell me how good i look. Then there's the posts where you are creative & you want to share what you've made but you also want people to tell you they like it...all these types of posts go to fulfill our egos & make us feel good. But what happens when the posts turn ugly? When the cyber bullys make life so hard for others that they retreat into themselves in depression & sorrow & we all know the terrible things that come from that.

Yes, it's hard to let go, to go back to the more simple way of life in this day & age of technology always changing & getting more intrusive. 

Everything seems connected to FB...all the extra sites...sign in with FB...too much of my life has been made public in the flurry of internet activity. I want it to end.  

I have recently unfollowed many on my friend list & i suffered that fleeting "pang" of what i would miss...know what? i'm not missing anything! it actually frees me to chat...peruse...& comment on those who i am interested in. My next step is to just clean my FB list out to just those who are truly the ones i want to hear from & share with. I want my time on the internet to be enjoyable again & a whole lot less complicated.

until next time



follow this link for part 1


http://theseasidechair.blogspot.com/2015/01/that-big-ol-internet-void.html

On the Art of Downloading

There's a lot of laws in this world that I feel are just plain stupid. But my big one for now is downloading tv series is illegal. I can get that if you 'dl' a movie you are infringing on the copywrite laws & the powers that be will miss out on their money....no problem, but when it comes to series that are on tv, who is it that is missing out on anything? The shows have already been on, people have already watched them, many stay on for re-runs, not bad if you missed an episode & many are then put into syndication for the dreaded eternal reshowings.

Dl'ing a tv show is no different from the old days, & some still do this, recording them on a VCR or DVD player. You can also watch them online if you have the capabilities of streaming them from their original channels & the best one, if you can afford it, is loading them into a PVR & then you can watch anytime you please.

Living on a very small fixed income b/c of  my health puts has so many drawbacks one being, I cannot afford anything at all extra, (another beef which i'm sure I'll get into at another time). I cannot afford to get the extra channels thru my televison provider where I would be able to watch a lot of these shows. Since they put most of them on in the same time slots, I couldn't watch all the ones I want anyway & I cannot afford a PVR either. I also do not own a VCR or a recording DVD player. So what am I left with? Downloading. Televison is my only form of entertainment!

This dl'ing is also a double-edged sword. There has been a cap put on all rural internet users of 15 gb. If i watch on-line or strem from a torrent loader it still uses the GBs...so i may as well save them to my PC & watch whenever. Soooo....who am i hurting? I get to see the shows i can't get, which everyone else have already watched. Watch, delete, do some more.

I've already had those notices appear on my PC when i open the internet....basically it's an infringement notice & oops! i may be in trouble. These people need to get it together. If they're available, people are going to watch. If they are on-line, they are there to watch! They've already aired on tv & they've already recieved their money (& will continue to recieve it).
Again, i am doing nothing different from recording them off the tv!

What really is the big deal?!?

TV Series App Updated With Improved Search Results, Transparent Tile And More

There's tons of apps designed for watching tv shows

some work some don't & there's a chance of obtaining a virus at each entry!