I'm listening to Lead Belly this afternoon. I've found some songs I hadn't heard before and some that I had forgotten about or never knew the words to. I decided I wanted to examine the lyrics to "Whoa Back Buck." I had to search more than ten sites before I found the lyrics to the recording I was listening to. All the other sites had some ( Read more... )

It will be difficult.
But I'll see you Thursday morning.

If you are one of the two or three or four Russians who have lately friended my journal though we appear to have no interests or friends in common, would you mind commenting here or sending me a private message explaining why ( Read more... )

We're troubleshooting outr internet connection.  We've replaced the wire that connects the DSL box to the modem and it seems better, but it's not all better.

Expect my attendance to be spotty.

Before dawn today somebody cut eight fiber optic cables serving land lines and cell phones in the areas around San Jose (and incidentally, Santa Cruz). The effect was massive: ATM machines and emergency services were also cut off. Also, no internet. No email ( Read more... )