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BlancheNoE's Blog – October 2010 Archive (4)

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WARNING : Blatant, unapologetic bragging contained herein !

Inspired by S.A.Murray

S.A. Murray left a comment on my "Brush With Dizzy" blog asking if I had a photo of myself with Dizzy Gillespie from our meeting many moons ago and sadly, I don't have one. Cameras were not aloud in the auditorium where he was performing. This made me think of many other lost photo ops throughout my long strange trip of life so far, and a couple that were not lost.

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Added by BlancheNoE on October 31, 2010 at 11:00pm — 17 Comments

My Brush With Dizzy

In the year 1983 when I was 18 years old, I was fortunate to get to see Dizzy Gillespie play in a small auditorium on the campus of South East Missouri University. He played from the soul brilliantly, as he always did, and the back up musicians were phenomenal as well. I loved the way he seemed to go out of his way to feature the other musicians and I will never forget the way the audience members were singing along, not with their voices but with slight undulations of their bodies and blissful… Continue

Added by BlancheNoE on October 21, 2010 at 7:00pm — 16 Comments

Another Dear Friend Missed 'Round These Parts

This was just what I needed this morning. It goes great with coffee *snicker*,...oKAY, cover your keyboard with a waterproof tarp first * devil on left shoulder pouts while angel on right looks all haughty *.

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Added by BlancheNoE on October 20, 2010 at 6:30am — 5 Comments

HELP !,..I need somebody, HELP,..not just anybody,...

My husband wants to buy me a new digital video camera and I really need one. My old analog Sony is finally, after 15 years, sputtering out. I always hate to retire old equipment because the saying,

" They don't make 'em like they used to. ", is so very true.

I need something that is very Mac friendly. I don't want to have to buy more software or hardware to use it. I want to be able to plug it in and import directly into imovie without having to convert and de-interlace before… Continue

Added by BlancheNoE on October 3, 2010 at 12:19pm — 18 Comments