Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 6, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Personal |

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
A.K.A. CHANGING THE HABITS OF A LIFETIME
Random thoughts for Thursday, 5 April 2023.
“Some things had been a lifetime habit, things I engaged in for 50 years. Enthusiastically so. Now, they’re inconsequential memories of a bygone era.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 5, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

“If someone were to propose (The Book of Revelation) as a real prediction, let alone to actually believe it, they would probably be held for psychological evaluation.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 4, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Politics, Rants and Raves |

I’ve received several messages lately asking why I’m not writing about the Trump indictment. That’s a fair question, especially given that I’ve written and posted extensively over the past seven years on the overflowing toilet that is everything connected to Trump.
Trump was, is, always has been, and always will be–an overflowing toilet. Disgusting and horrible, and yet we couldn’t peel our eyes away, and we certainly couldn’t ignore the horror.
Until now.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 2, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Travel |

AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 217
Fill in the blank on the following question:
People won’t believe me when I say I’ve never been to __________ .
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Apr 1, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

This is wonderful.
Kudos to Vogue for placing Apo Whang-Od on the magazine’s cover. At age 106, she is the oldest person ever to grace any cover of Vogue.
Perhaps the lesson here is that beauty is beautiful, in all of its forms. Beauty has no expiration date.
I love this.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 31, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

THE VOLATILITY OF COLLECTING THINGS
AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 216
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 30, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Las Vegas, Music and Concert Reviews |

“Bill Fayne was the musical maestro of giving. He took every gig he could get, paying or free, just to spread his sweet gospel of sound.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 29, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Music and Concert Reviews |

“Synchronicity is the sound of a band coming together, while dissolving apart.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 28, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

MY SONY STORY: 37 YEARS….AND STILL KEEPS PERFECT TIME
Many of us complain about inferior products and getting ripped off. Here’s the opposite perspective. I believe in giving praise when it’s due. The story:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 26, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

FINDING INSPIRATION IN STRANGE PLACES
RE-TELLING THE FAMOUS ADAM SANDLER STORY
Some mysteries may never be solved. Like, what’s the origin of the universe? Is there an afterlife? How in the hell did Adam Sandler become one of the most successful actors in Hollywood?
Philosophers will ponder these questions indefinitely.
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