thing #80

While knocking around in the Old Market this past Saturday, I had the opportunity to stop into Homer's... a new/used cd store. Shopping at Homer's is a far cry from a stop by Barnes & Noble or Best Buy... there is a lot of local flavor going on... if you know what I mean.
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re thing #80: acquire a Joni Mitchell cd... I says to myself as I walk past the store front... I should stop in to see if Homer has any Joni Mitchell cds... He did. So... I made my purchase having a nice conversation with the very tall, very thin, very long-haired, very friendly very young man at the register.
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It was only when I returned to the base and was reviewing my receipt a few hours later that I realized that I left Homer's with ALL of the register paperwork. Essentially, I'd walked out without paying. Dinner with a few of the folks from Ed's unit took us back to the Old Market... to a quaint (and delicious) little Italian place called Vivace... just two doors down from Homer's. I went back in, and squared up.
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They were quite happy - and it seemed a bit surprised - that I would return to correct such an error... and gave me four sampler cds for my trouble. I'm a little bit wary of what this *new* music may sound like, but I suppose I'll give it a whirl sooner or later.
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In the meanwhile, I've been listening to a lot of Joni Mitchell during my commute this week. I don't know too much about her, but I do know that her music has influenced much of the jazz and rock we hear today. Great stuff...