A pretty good weekend.  Saturday morning started with the boys’ second tennis lesson, with Beck and I camping out and chatting on a bench while the boys happily swung at fuzzy yellow balls.  Among other things, they were introduced to the backhand ( Read more... )

So, Memorial Day brought another busy music weekend.  Yes, it does seem as though music has taken on a larger, multi-dimensional aspect in my life.

I am still playing music with both boys' 5th grade classes once a week.  And in a turnaround, the kids decided they DID want to sing as a class in the school's talent show after all.  (We did two songs ( Read more... )

Well Super Deluxe Music Week was a success.

Last Wednesday, Beckett came to the boys’ classrooms with me for morning music.  While her primary comment since then has been “Tough crowd”, a number of the kids were impressed with her harmonica playing.  And that’s mainly what I’m after: getting them to feel “It’s cool to make music”.  We played Jimmy ( Read more... )

Super Deluxe Music Week ( Read more... )

I have found gainful employment: on Monday I will be working for Zynga.  If you've played a game on Facebook, it was probably a Zynga game.  Some of their bigger franchises include: Farmville, Words with Friends, Zynga Poker, Empires & Allies, Mafia Wars, and the team I'm joining, Cityville.

Wee!  Very happy to be working once more.

Took a quick look around the web, and ran across this simple site ( Read more... )

Something I was thinking of before the State of the Union address, and even more now ( Read more... )

Some of you have heard by now, but for those who haven't ( Read more... )

Is this a long-overdue commentary on OVFF?  No ( Read more... )

So the results (so far, at least) of my call for requests at OVFF are below.  Feel free to add some more.

Two weeks!  I'm so looking forward to this con. :{)}

From it_aint_easy :
Twinkle In His Eye -- Urban Tapestry
Conquest -- Ookla
Buffalo, CA -- Ookla
Spiral Dance -- Kathleen Sloan
I Don't Do Dylan -- Mitchell Burnside Clapp
Wishful Thinking -- TJ Burnside Clapp
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