Lindbloom’s View: Fanfare for the Common Man
Remember man, that you are dust… “A year has come ‘n’ gone since we heard the news ’bout Billie Joe Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going ’round, Papa...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Find a Way
“I’m gonna show you, I’m gonna give it to you.” “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Music Hasn’t Stopped
Miracling “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere By Rich Lindbloom Miracling is a term associated with Dead Heads who would follow the band from city to city, hoping to score a...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Magnificent Struggle
The Warriors “What counts in sports is not victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.” – Joe Paterno By Rich Lindbloom Is there a more magnificent struggle in sports than Game Seven in a NHL...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: A Fighter’s Stance
June 9, 1978 In the clearing stands a boxer, And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev’ry glove that laid him down And cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame “I am...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Oh, How Can I Explain?
A Rorschach Test Dale Arden: “Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the earth.” By Rich Lindbloom The Rorschach Test, developed by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach, involved...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Still Amazing After All These Years
Simply A-maze-ing Labyrinth – A place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys; Something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character. By Rich...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Sparks
Reflections On A Hand Shake Game “We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.” – Mignon McLughlin By Rich Lindbloom In 1979 Graham Parker recorded his album, Squeezing out Sparks. The...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Honey, Don’t Ask
Q-dawg, riding that horse hard “Quit whining or I’ll put you in for Rozsival” “I ain’t much for mowing grass I’m too slow for working too fast I don’t do windows, so honey don’t ask But I’m pretty...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Darlin’ Corey
On Gorging Ourselves and Sad Country Songs “Oh where have you gone darlin’ Cory With a dram glass in your hand She’s a drinking away all her troubles And a courtin’ some other man..” Doc Watson By...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Forks in the Road to Stanley
Roads and Roads “Walking down that lonesome road Fly with me on fire, Lookin’ for that windy place Searchin’ ever higher. High upon a mountain top Fortress thick and bonded, Thoughts about a brighter...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Dew Drop In
The Many (Ugly) Faces of St. Louis Blues Hockey “Now the last I wanted was to get into a fight in Jackson Mississippi on a Saturday night especially when there was three of them and only one of me.” –...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Miss P and the Darlings
Meet Miss P! By Rich Lindbloom There are rare moments in life when the stars align, those nights when you fill those inside straights. Remember Patrick Kane’s hat trick in Game 6 against Vancouver on...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: On Questions and Gimmees
By Rich Lindbloom The gimmee in golf is often described as an uneasy agreement between hackers who have no clue what to do when grasping the magic wand. Many golfers take issue with this stroke...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Flying on Dirty Boulevard
New York, New York – A Tale of Two Teams “Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I’ll piss on them that’s what the Statue of Bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, let’s club ‘em to death and get it...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Puzzling even for a Puzzler
Snake Bit “The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: On Pond Stars and Kimmo Time
Five veterans overlooked by Stan Bowman By Rich Lindbloom “Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional.” The picture above depicts five “experienced” (i.e. – old as dirt) players that Stan Bowman...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Seeing Things In The Dark
Bad, Bad, Bad “I’m mad…and that’s a fact I found out…animals don’t help Animal think…they’re pretty smart Shit on the ground…see in the dark They wander around like a crazy dog Make a mistake in the...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Makin’ A Wreck Out of Me
“The Big Crap Game” “Oooh, Las Vegas Ain’t no place for a poor boy like me, Every time I hit your crystal City you know You’re gonna make a wreck out of me.” By Rich Lindbloom In 1975, Emmy Lou Harris...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Symphony of a Goalie
Maestro! “The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.” – Chick Corea By Rich Lindbloom I recall talking to RoseLee and Earl between periods of a game...
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