tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100162632012-02-11T07:09:28.274-05:00Chris McNulty offers random thoughts on family, music, technology, society and politics. And the occasional hike.Chris McNultyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06644558789481418169noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016263.post-34843249093267352792011-11-04T09:49:00.000-04:002011-11-04T09:49:08.498-04:00

Rachel was a trouper - we went up the classic long route from the south, past Jack Frost, looped around south of the summit.  Weather was flawless, a little warm.  On the way down, we took the main trail down to the park HQ and picked up the Bicentennial Trail back to our trailhead.  Warning - Bicentennial, although "flat", is a bouldering trail, and not easy for small children!

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http://mats.com.ar/und9.html

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It's been a while, but I've been working on a few new projects - some of them work related, but that's OK. Right?Can't Wait, one of my songs, is finally on sale at Amazon.comAlso, a preview of my new book, SharePoint 2010 Consultant's Handbook - A Field Guide to Managed Metadata is also available for Kindle at Amazon.com. The full print version will be available next month.

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I have some friends who debate which decade was the best for music - the 80's seems to come up a lot (that's when I finished high school.) As many of my friends know, I've been working on this list all year. Here are 150 or so songs that made this decade great. (in no order.) And its 150 or so, because I had to add a few back - Empire State, Transatlanticism, Hide and Seek - that have to be on

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Finally, a real Ridgeline post -- here are some of the red rocks from Red Rocks Canyon [Nevada] on October 22, 2009. For a sense of size, look at the people in the lower right side.

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At the top of Wachusett Mountain today with Nate. Low 60s and a little breezy. Hazy -- can see Monadnock but not Boston. Summit road is closed so we have the place to ourselves. Came up Mountain House - Bicentennial - High Meadow - Jack Frost - Mountain House. A lot of trees and limbs down everywhere on lower elevations from last December 11 ice storm, b ut all trails are clear. The pine

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Happy New Year, folks.  2009 will be a great year.Much more to come in music.

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I never posted my 2007 best music summary -- hopefully this weekend -- but here are two early previews for 2008:Water from the Same Source - Rachel's. OK, I know it began as one of the themes for the NBA Playoff's split screen commercials. But it was seemed so alt-music heartfelt I had to seek it out. I haven't heard an instrumental so moving since Explosions In The Sky. Piano against aching

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Pats. Giants. Still sad.

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Today is cold, rainy, dreary. But yet another positive -- the lilacs are budding. Blooms will be here again soon. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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Pats. Giants. Still sad.

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It's April, again. Its still cold, still find ice and icicles in the morning, but we're also hearing songbirds. The spice pears are starting to bud and the tulips are sprouting in the flower bed. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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So I was watching Game 2 of the World Series the other night with friends, and I remarked that Fox was trying a new kind of advertising. Fox has been using a lot of "live audio" form the sidelines, but I;d noticed some in Game 1 with Royce Clayton and Coco Crisp that seemed a little too "Pulp Fiction"-goes-to-Burger-King to be unscripted.Anyway I noted it to Mike, and Friday, lo and behold, there

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I was recently privileged and honored to preside over the wedding of Gregg Snider, annd Heather Vallee. Gregg has been a friend almost since the moment I arrived in Boston 18 years ago, and his family has welcomed mine as we've all come to welcome Heather. Anyway, here's the ceremony.The Marriage of Heather Vallee and Gregg Snider13 October 2007(Chris) Welcome. Please be seated.Dear friends, this

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Brady crosses the rainbowOriginally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. I just saw that this photo has 2000 hits on it, all of a sudden. Did this photo get linked somewhere I should know about?

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The Police set list, Fenway Park, Boston, MA29 July 2007Message In A BottleSynchronicity IIWalking on the MoonVoices Inside My HeadWhen the World Is Running DownDont Stand So Close To MeDriven To TearsTruth Hits EverybodyThe Bed's Too Big Without YouEvery Little Thing She Does is MagicWrapped Around Your FingerDe Do Do Do, De Da Da DaInvisible SunWalking In Your FootstepsCan't Stand Losing You/

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Did I see that one coming? No. Will it good be good for the New England Patriots? You bet, if the team keeps its corporate culture intact and Randy fits in. This is a team that finished up just shy of the Super Bowl, almost entirely on the will power and gut of Tom Brady.Was I wrong before? Well, Randy was not always a team player, and didnt always show up on field when his team was out of

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Did not see that coming. Best season ender yet, even better than Battlestar Galactica's 2006 and 2007 finales. What a great way to stretch into a whole new realm of mysteries. Once again, Lost's creators have found a way to keep the focus on the character mystery, rather than the supernatural, almost trivial questions about "the Numbers" (OK, it's a prediction of the end of the world), etc.

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There she is... Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Some of Rachel's earliest smiles...

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Red sweatshirt Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Nate was rolling around on the lawn, and the last picture I got gave this amazing light on his face, with an expression I don't ever see on my two (almost three) year old.

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OK, some of last fall's style awards were dead on. Some were not. Random thoughts and comments:Departed - Oscar. Spot on.Still haven't seen Little Childrem and neither has most of America. But I loved the book, and my wife loved the movie. I liked The Queen, but that's not a fall movie.Oh, yeah, love it when my two fave shows for the fall were The Nine (cancelled), and Studio "Sickly" on the

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A couple of early awards for this fall's TV and music pop culture events:Comeback of the Year: Nip/Tuck (FX Tuesday 10pm) They're back to the stylish, dark comic fun that made this show a gem originally, and that was sorely missing during the tired CSI:Miami "Carver" plotline. Joely Richardson's richly shaded performaces, week in and out, are the stuff of statues.Best New Show: The Nine (ABC

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I've written several times about l'affaire Owens, and his excursions from the 49ers, to the Philadelphia Eagles, and now to Dallas. (I've never understood how Cowboys fans, or even Parcells, can stomach the fact that the visiting receiver who once celebrated on the 50 yard line star at Texas Stadium is "now" a Cowboy, but we'll leave that for another post.) But enough on that. Whether his

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Franconia Parkway, from Cannon Mountain Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. An older panoramic shot, a little grainy, of the entrance to the Franconia Notch, taken from Cannon Mountain and looking to the south.

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Hometown farm, Laurel, NY Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Happy Independence Day, everyone! This farm runs down toward Peconic Bay -- the road on the left is Laurel Lane -- almost a mile (well past the trees over the white barn.)

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The Skylark Brothers of Comedy!Here's a comedy classic...

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I cant say I never watch TV (ha!) but Tivo has helped me become far more selective about only watching what I want. The rest of the TV videoscape is pretty much a black box to me.Well, this week I've been forced to see TV against my will. In particular, daytime television. I had a minor medical procedure this week, and had to wait for three hours in a doctor's office yesterday -- and I'm home for

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Hang on! Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Summer's coming, and though I'm laid up this week, about time to get back to a hiking/climbing post. This is from a few years ago, while hiking on Wachusett Mountain. My daughter Devin was about six inches from the ground for this....Wachusett used to be one of my favorite "introductory" hike for Bostonians who wanted to get beyond the Blue

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Weathered fenceOriginally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Some love this, some like this -- it was a "found" moment in May 2006 when I was stopped on the side of the road, later in the day, in Westhampton, Mass.It was that "Cape light" time of evening... I had actually stopped to take a picture of an old truck and barn across the road, and noticed this shot forming up out the side window of my car as I

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Some believe all time is a line. Everything that ever was, and ever will be, is happening, right now, somewhere else on that Line. Somewhere else.I am a child. My father is always comfortable with margins.He is an attorney. Lawyer jokes are not common. There is no Perry Mason, Johnnie Cochran, L. A. Law.Dad stops, remembers his early career. He is a farmer. Homesick, he postpones his college

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Slipstream Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. This one's gotten a lot of good notes on Flickr as well -- it's a timelapse from the side of the MassPike last week.

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Orient Point Light at sunset Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Summer is almost here, and it was nice to find this picture from summer 2002 just the other day. I got a lot of nice comments on it from Flickr, too. I had almost forgotten I took it. Didnt do much other than wait for the sun to pass the lighthouse on the ferry.

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Surf Clams, Nantasket Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. A cold day in Hull...

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Thanks, Uncle Bill. Good morning. Show of hands -- how many of you ever saw one of Mom's shows? Wow. Well, Mom loved a good audience, and you all are the best audience we could have hoped for this morning. Thank you.I also just want to especially thank the eighth grade from Trinity and Kathy Barnhart for you beautiful singing of the "Dona Nobis" -- I know it made Mom very happy.On behalf

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My mom, Maureen McNulty recently passed away -- April 23, 2006 -- which was her 69th birthday. We held her funeral at St. Hugh of Lincoln R.C Church in Huntington Station, NY on April 27, and buried her alongside my father, William E. McNulty, in family ground at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Cutchogue, NY. About my Mom, I can't say much right now, other than thanks so many of our freinds, family

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Greenleaf Hut, June 2001Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. OK, this *is* from a little while ago. But it belongs on a blog named Ridgeline, doesn't it? I was talking to a friend at work last week who had hiked up Lafayette last summer, and we were talking about the what a nice place Greenleaf is to just chill out and head up to the Lafayette summit. Anyway, spring will be here, but never soon

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Chrysler Building At Sunset Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. Devin, Nate and I were in NYC as part of vacation week. Earileir in the day, we'd been to the Visionaire gallery in Soho to see an exhibit on flavor and art. I'm used to hearing about art from my wife, but my 11 year old daughter? (Well, it was the always au courant Weekly Reader.)Anyway, this was taken right at susnet,

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Northern StateOriginally uploaded by cmcnulty2000.I miss these old streetlights.I found this photo somewhere on the web (I don't remember exactly where.) When I was a kid growing up on Long Island, the Expressway didn' have lights east of the Nassau-Queens line, but the Northern State Parkway was lit up all the way home. Anyway, although its a high speed limited access freeway, it had these

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For a Patriots fan, I guess its time to rest up. Seriously, I'm not accustomed to this much calm and quiet for the first weekend in February.By the way, Commissioner Taglibue, can we do something about the timing of the season? The Super Bowl used to be just after the holidays, but it keeps slipping later each year to line up better with cold weather Sundays, for maximum indoor TV viewership. Is

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Labor Day 2002 Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. I took this picture on the ferry line on Labor Day 2002. With the rain, it just said end of summer to me. This was on the ferry dock at Orient Point, waiting for the New London ferry.

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12 July 2002 Georges Island 009 Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. My family went to the Boston Harbor Islands a few years ago. It's a National Park, and they run a water ferry from the Long Wharf in Boston out to the islands. This picture was taken while exploring the ruins of the old Civil War-era fort on Georges Isalnd. The pattern of light on the floor, perfectly matching the

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London Eye Originally uploaded by merialc. Didnt realize I could blog other people's Flickr photos. This is a favorite of mine -- I've never made it over to the London Eye at night, although now I think I'll have to. Hard to appreciate just how big it is, except in person.

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February 2003 Parabolic Dunes, California Originally uploaded by cmcnulty2000. I could never have planned this color the way it came out.

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Last year, I noted that Terrell Owens was preferable to Randy Moss:"Some of TO's off-field comments may be self serving, but he can play. Randy maybe a playmaker, but I don't recall TO ever running down a police officer withhis car. " (Ridgeline, January 2005)Well, I was wrong. Randy Moss didnt blow up the Raiders. Bye bye, Terrell. The NBA could use a class act like you.

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Long time, no post. Well that's life. Sorry to see Tom DeLay stepping down -- what a shock. Well, someone's going to need to take over for Jack Abramoff in leading awkward lobbyist junkets.Here, once again, is my highly incomplete list of best, most interesting, memorable, notable music for 2005. Not quite as strong as last year, but still a solid year.Kanye West -- Late Registration --

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I'm impressed with Matthew Gilbert's prodigous output today in the Boston Globe (covering both Lost and American Idol before deadline). Despite my enjoyment of Lost, and Gilbert's writing, though, I have to give the season finale a grade of 'incomplete'.It was loose, draggy, and commercial laden (was it the Super Bowl II?). And Lost has always been taut.Kudos to the explosive opening, and Walt's

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The Media GatesHow, you may ask, can I not post on the dynastic ascendancy of the Patriots and weigh in on this topic? Good question. My family and I were going to head back to NY last weekend to see the "Big" gates, but Nate's 24 hour stomach flu made a 9 hour car trip sound like less fun. So, instead, I'll have to satisfy my curiosity with something closer to Boston -- say, in Somerville?

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Madden 2005 -- let the computer play Eagles vs. Patriots at Jacksonville. See if TO plays. Convince yourself that Madden is in on the anti-Patriots "conspiracy" Do not purchase brats or, God forbid, cheesesteak -- visit sausageguy.com to get that perfect New England tailgate flavor. Visit the Weather Channel site (http://www.w3.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=

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First, let's start by congratulating the New England Patriots on the 20-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts today, 20-3. Peyton Manning is a great quarterback, and some year, he should get a Super Bowl ring. Just not this year. Kudos to Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Charlie Weis, Romeo Crennel, Corey Dillon, Rodney Harrison, Tedy Bruschi, and all the rest.. Go Pats! A recent writer called me

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Boston.com / News / Odds & ends / Students told stripping is career choice: Students told stripping is career choice "SAN FRANCISCO -- School officials in Palo Alto are reconsidering their use of a popular speaker for an annual career day after he advised middle school students that they could earn a good living as strip dancers. William Fried told eighth-graders at Jane Lathrop Stanford

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I wont post a link to the dubious toucvhdown "celebration" by Vikings WR Randy Moss from Sunday's game in Green Bay. That was a great way to make people forget your walking-off-the-field tirade a week earlier, Randy. I used to think Terrell Owens was over the top. Then I remembered that football is entertainment. So dancing, spiking the ball, signing autographs and making calls no longer seem

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I love Katahdin's Knife Edge -- yes, that's a trail along the top of the ridge. This picture was taken from the top of Pamola looking ahead towards Baxter Peak. The first col -- about 200 feet, opens up in the lower left. I've climbed Mt. Washington in the winter, not sure I'd want to try this though... 

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ABC News: U.S. Ends Fruitless Iraq Weapons Hunt White House Says Iraq Weapons Search Over; Evidence That Bush Used in Argument for War Not Found. "WASHINGTON Jan 12, 2005 - The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has quietly concluded without any evidence of the banned weapons that President Bush cited as justification for going to war, the White House said Wednesday." Really? How

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Jobs Goes 'Mini' with Mac, Flash-Based iPod: "SAN FRANCISCO - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking the concept of 'mini' to the Mac computer and a flash-based iPod. During his keynote Tuesday at the Macworld conference and expo here, Jobs introduced a Mac computer that almost fit into the palms of his hands and that is Apple Computer Inc.'s latest answer for Windows users wanting to switch

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The Suffolk Times Fire at the inn Saw this news online from one of my hometown papers. The Soundview Inn, in Southold, NY, suffered a major fire shortly before New Years' Eve. Love it, hate it, its a North Fork institution, and I hate to see even part of it in ruins. Especially when I used to take dates for a "big night" at the restaurant back in my post high school/college days. Thank God no

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What in the name of Rozelle is going on??? 8-8 teams entering, let alone winning, in the playoffs??? To be fair, this is happening in the NFC, the junior varsity (this year) of the NFL, and it remains to be seen if the Rams do anything against Philadelphia or Atlanta. Also, Seattle been nothing but inconsistent this year. Nonetheless, this should be a warning to owners on the NFL's all powerful

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Happy New Year -- my son Nathaniel on New Years Eve (after pouring a drink on his head!)

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In 2003, my wife gave me two CDs for my birthday -- Fountains of Wayne's Welcome Interstate Managers and the Shins' Chute's Too Narrow. In my rush of discovering all of FOW's great songs, I unfairly neglected the Shins. Wow. Yesterday, I loaded it up on my drive to work. A little late to the bandwagon, I know, but let me just rave a little about its mix of deconstructed Radiohead meets the

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Nate and Devin, Christmas morning in New York.

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On further review, I just don't get US Secretary of State Colin Powell's comments to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News last week. Stephanopoulos asked if the US had missed an opportunity to mend fences with disaffected Muslims around the world, particularly in Indonesia. Powell adamantly insisted that we had not. I enjoy watching tough questions put to politicians, but the proper response

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Franconia Ridge, NH 

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Freeport, Maine 

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On my high school web site, someone opined that there had been no good music made since the 80s -- the poster lamented that all his daughter liked was hip hop, although she was partial to Fountains of Wayne. Fountains of Wayne is great -- Welcome Interstate Managers has been in heavy rotation in my CD player since my wife gave it to me for my last birthday. Was ecstatic that NFL Network lifted "

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I'm trying out Mozilla's new Firefox browser. Can't do as much with text formatting during creation as with IE... I like the multitabbed home pages.

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I cannot fathom why, on earth, anyone even cares about NBA basketball any more. To be fair, the first time Ron Artest's name cracked my thick skulled consciousness was when he requested a leave of absence because he was tired from his other job, a dilettante hip hop impresario. Now, though after the great Panic in Detroit, I would merely point to him as the latest, greatest, reason for the sad

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CFM 

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