Manic Monday

What started out as a mellow Monday Morning has turned into on hectic day already.  So I am making a guerrilla run at these pages, dropping off the Music, the Men and then off we go again.  So your Monday with  Mozart features two of his Piano Concerti.  Posted down below is Piano Concerto Number 20 in D Minor, K 466 with an exuberant performance by Mitsuko Uchida conducting Camerata Salzburg from the Keyboard.  Over on my tumblr I have Mozart't Piano Concert Number 21, K 467 'Elvira Madigan' with a performance Maurizio Pollini accompanied by Ricardo Muti and the Orchestra filarmonica della Scala.  As for the Men, you will find the skivvie clad skin fest called Monday's Undies posted down below for your viewing pleasure.  Over on my tumblr, Your Hottie of the Day! reminds us "Sweet Things Are Made Of This".  Thanks for the visit, see you again on Hump Day,  Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Delayed Gratification

Today is all about delayed gratification, yours and mine.  I must begin with an apology for your delayed gratification in that I made no appearance in these pages over the weekend.  However as it so happened, time and events conspired to preclude just such an occurrence in any timely manner.  I therefore decided to just regroup and begin anew today.  Please understand that my absence from these pages for any length of time is only temporary.  Trust me, your intrepid Uncle will return sooner or later with pithy commentary, political rantings, beautiful music and gorgeous guys. 

I have talked a lot lately of the planned upgrades to my computer and the Nichevo-Xanatos home network.  I know how much my part will cost and Will has his part for which he has budgeted.  Things have been more or less on schedule with that until now.  Unfortunately, my gratification will be somewhat delayed by the fact that I must spend a grunch of money on the car.  In fact, I have spent enough already this week to buy my new computer, but I am not finished with the car yet.  My annual State Inspection was due and I had to get new tires for the front of the car in order to pass along with a minor muffler repair.  The surprise expense was the crack I put in the wheel on the way home from work on Wednesday morning that cost me an extra $125 to fix on top of the cost of the tires.  However they refurbished the entire wheel and it looks like factory new again.  That means I now need to do the others to match and another $375 spent a piece at a time to do that.  Yet even that is not all.

I changed the oil and got the car inspected, so now that is done with for the time being.  However, the noise I thought my electric fan for the cooling system was making turned out not to be the fan at all.  It is the sound of the wheel bearing going out in my front hubs.  Not a problem except that it will cost $617.89 to repair them.  This means of course the $500 I was gathering for the computer must now go for the car and them I can set about gathering for the computer again.  So much delayed gratification there and unfortunately it is also way expensive.  Every time I think that I am actually making financial progress towards my wants, some necessary expense comes up that cannot be avoided.  And whatever it is is undoubtedly gonna be expensive.  Such is the pattern of my life here lately.  C'est la vie!

Now because I did not get around to posting any fabulous live performances over the weekend, both your Monday with Mozart featured selections will be live recordings of marvelous performances.  Posted below you will find Friedrich Gulda's intimate recital performance of Mozart's Piano Sonatas KV 332, 375 and 457 recorded live in Munich in 1990.  Over on my tumblr, you may  join Ricardo Muti and the Orchestra filarmonica della Scala featuring Maurizio Pollini as your Soloist for their 2004 performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467.

Then to brighten our day we have some beauty to behold in this week's super sexy edition of  Monday's Undies posted down below.  Over on my tumblr, Your Hottie of the Day! has a hoodie and cum hither look that I am sure you will find to your liking.  Thanks for the visit.  I will try not to delay your future gratifications fo too long.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day is an official United States holiday that honors people who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, also known as veterans. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect). The United States also originally observed Armistice Day; it then evolved into the current Veterans Day holiday in 1954.

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations."

As a veteran myself, I am intimately familiar with the sacrifices our service members past, present and future make for our country.  Without their service, I would not be sitting here today enjoying the freedom to express my opinions, feelings, frustrations and triumphs as I now do.  As imperfect as this country is in many ways, it is still my home and I will work to achieve that "more perfect union" with every fiber of my being.  So from one veteran to all the other veterans both here and  abroad, Happy Veterans Day and Thank You for Your Service. 

~~~~~(Wikipedia contributed to this post)~~~~~

Your Musical Moment for today features the Music of Franz Liszt.  In a concert recorded live at the Teatro alla Scala in 2004, Ricardo Muti conducts the Filharmoica della Scala in its performance of the Piano Concerto Number 2, R456 with Paolo Restani at the Piano.  You may also hear one of Liszt' most popular works, Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2 over on my tumblr. 

I thought about featuring sexy soldiers for today's Art in the Male Form, however I decide to go with some scrumptious morsels of muscly men to serve as Tuesday's Temptations for service members, veterans and the rest of us also.  You will find them lounging about the page below the video.  Then you will find additional temptation in the Litlle Boy Blue Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr.  Thanks for the visit, see you again soon.  Once again, Happy Veterans Day and Thank You for Your Service.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Dallas Blows Opener to SF

To say the Dallas Cowboys opened the season at AT&T Stadium (the Taj MaJones) with a dismal performance would be akin to putting a gold lining on a dumpster.  It was not as close as the final score of 28-17 might suggesst.  By the time the hated SF 49ers were up 21-3 in the first quarter, their offense had only possessed the ball for 4 plays only two of which were in Cowboys territory.  Both of those were scoring plays.  Contributing to the score was a Culliver return of a DeMarco Murray fumble for a TD, a Tony Romo interception returned to the 2 yard line, a huge completion by Kaepernick deep in Cowboys territory and a Tony Romo interception in the SF End Zone. The rest of the game was spent trying to catch up and failing to do so.  The suspect Dallas defense was not the culprit as they held SF scoreless in the second half.  No, this loss can be laid at the feet of the offense who did more for SF than SF did for themselves.  It is going to be a long season.  

Your Monday with Mozart features Volume 4 of this 4 CD set recorded by Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis of Mozart's complete repertoire of Violin Sonatas.  Included in today's play list are Sonata for Piano and Violin in C, K.303; Sonata for Piano and Violin in F, K.377; Sonata for Piano and Violin in E minor, K.304 and Sonata for Piano and Violin in A, K.526.  You may also hear Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 21 the so called Elvira Madigan Concerto after the second movement was used as the theme music for the movie of the same name, with a performance by the Orchestra filarmonica della Scala under the baton of Ricardo Muti featuring Maurizio Pollini as the Piano Soloist over on my tumblr.  

To kick off your weekly supply of fine Man Art, I have a charming collection of right fit lads sporting their skivvies in this edition of Monday's Undies on display below the play list.  Then when you are ready for some more, check out the cocked and loaded Hottie of the Day! over on my tumblr.  Thanks for starting your week with  me, see you again soon.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!