Initial Post

As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested.

So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube. 

 

I’ve never been particularly good about coming up with catchy names for things, so at the end of a business meeting this past October (“Blaise Technical Coordinating Committee” for you Westatians reading this), I started a “name the blog” contest. Thanks to Patrick Mayer for submitting the winning entry (along with many, many others). I expect that “rambling” will accurately describe the tone of these entries, along with being a good pun and a nice reference to a great old Nat King Cole song. Patrick’s prize is still TBD.

About me (answering Bart Simpson’s eternal question): 

• sexagenarian
• proud resident of Rockville MD since 1978
• Former Westat vice president (now retired)
• SAS guy
• Flying Dutchman, class of '75
• Split-personality baseball fan (Side 1 and Side 2) (my quandary set to music)

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