http://www.carlowolff.com Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:31:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A blog is personal, right? But like other forums (or is it fora?), the notion of boundaries applies. The reason I’m pondering this today is I’m sitting in Cleveland Hopkins Airport on the (delayed) start of my last business trip as a full-timer for Lodging Hospitality and have time to ... http://www.carlowolff.com/2008/07/19/personality-conflicts/ So I’m about to see “Don’t Mess With the Zohan” in Stone Harbor, New Jersey and the previews aren’t coming attractions—they come later—but commercials: for Verizon, for Samsung (know what a “BlackBerry prayer” is?) and for the National Guard. The last one’s the keeper: It’s a video of Three Doors ... http://www.carlowolff.com/2008/06/25/war-is-a-rock-song/ It’s my last paid vacation. We’re in Stone Harbor on the Jersey shore for the second year in a row. The beach is beautiful, though the Atlantic is too cold for swimming; the weather has been mainly good, with enough sun. I’ve been doing a lot of work here, some ... http://www.carlowolff.com/2008/06/25/vacation-bittersweet/ We’re starting a week’s vacation June 21, returning to Stone Harbor, New Jersey for a sophomore sojourn. The place will be great; time for sand and sun and seafood—and tightening up. We’re driving; bought a luggage rack/box for Karen’s Scion xB, and expect to spend a few hundred on gas ... http://www.carlowolff.com/2008/06/07/shifting-gears/ I’m beginning to grasp a new kind of music, what I call heart music. It doesn’t fall into any particular category or niche; rather, it encompasses many. Two shows I saw recently stirred me so, all I could come up with was that description. The first was on April 25 in ... http://www.carlowolff.com/2008/05/14/heart-music/