I mentioned in my post earlier today that my EGC crown disappeared at some point during preparations for the wedding I performed last Saturday morning.  To my great relief, the staff at the Grove found it and is holding it for me.  I can't help wondering if it's the strangest item ever to land in their lost and found box. :)

Wow, it's been quite a while since my last post.  LJ seems to be a cyclical thing with me; I'll post and read very actively for a month or two, then take a few weeks off.  I should gather stats on my posting and see if it matches one of the biorhythm curves or something. :)

For the last two weeks, I actually have a good excuse for not having posted ( Read more... )

I came down with the flu last Wednesday.  Given all the news coverage, it's hard not to think "OMG swine flu!", but I'm reasonably sure it's just regular old flu.  I'm calling it "piglet flu" -- like swine flu, only smaller.

My recovery process was not helped by the fact that I had about 14 hours of continuous work to do on Saturday, as we installed ( Read more... )

Omnia in Duos: Duo in Unum.

My weekend at the Kaaba Colloquium in Ogden, Utah went amazingly well.  Thank you, members and officers of NOX, Horus, and Ad Astra Oases!  I'm back at my day job today, exhausted but smiling.  One of my coworkers remarked that it looked like I'd enjoyed my vacation.  Change that first "a" to an "o" and it's closer to the truth.

Despite my lingering head cold, it was a fun and active weekend.  Saturday evening, I had some friends over to watch Dark Star, John Carpenter's first film (it started out as his film-school project before being remade as a feature film).  Dark Star is a wonderfully bleak comedy about four bitter, bored astronauts who've spent far too many years ( Read more... )

Over the weekend at Kaaba in Philadelphia, we developed an idea for the first Kaaba-inspired lolcat image.  Thanks to my lovely and talented daughter
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I spent the Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia helping to run Kaaba Colloquium, an OTO leadership training seminar.  We were jointly hosted by Thelesis and Tahuti Lodges; my thanks to everyone who worked so hard and so successfully to make us welcome.  My only regret is that I had so little time to explore Philadelphia; I ate at a couple of great ( Read more... )

Like just about everyone I know who was at Massathon last weekend for more than a few hours, I have come down with the flu.  It's not horrible, but it's bad enough that I've missed two days of work this week.  I suppose there's a price to be paid for everything.

Yesterday was busy and fun.  The day started with a practice session at 93 Oasis with the reconfigured Ararita Chorus, which will be performing Oliver's arrangement of the Anthem twice at Mass-a-thon this coming weekend.  Since the original tenors dropped out, Tony and I were pressed into service, each of us to take the part for the other's Mass.  ( Read more... )