Another couple of trips up and down the I-95 corridor, and another handful of CDs drawn more-or-less randomly from the big green box to talk about: ♦Poison – Native Tongue: Remember those couple of years in the early 90s when it seems that all the big 80s hair metal bands had one of their founding […]

Located against the wall below a window in my home office/computer room, is a very large green trunk. This trunk contains a unique view into my personal history, as it holds within it the vast majority of my music collection, from the yellowing fold out labels of the first cassettes I ever bought with my […]

Happy First of May, my squirrel and chipmunk friends! What you and that tan shar pei do together is your own business, thank you very much!

Moved into a new office this week; while the situation, overall, is a positive one, it still totally blew my routine, which, when such things happen to me, manifest themselves physically. So yeah, I didn’t feel all that great most of the week. Still, the week’s over now, so I am planning to enjoy my […]

Yes, today is my cat’s birthday. She is 14. Please give her a thought while you rush out to get your taxes mailed off (though you’ve probably done them already). Today is going to be a quiet day, because honestly I feel like crap, thanks to allergies that aren’t actually allergies and are a virus […]

Submitted for your approval, definitive proof that scientists (or at least physics teachers) are funny, funny people: I bet this class is, in it’s own particular way, “fun fun fun fun.” I promise, I’ll stop now.

It’s been a soul-sucking week, no question, for both me and the rest of the household. Hoping it gets better starting this afternoon, what with RavenCon in town and all. I just hope I can find some time to enjoy myself, and not spend the whole time on guard to make sure my kids aren’t […]

As a person passes into middle age, it is only logical and natural that they begin to spend time examining their past; after all, there’s so much of it that keeps piling up. For me personally, this involves a lot of examination of formative influences and circumstances that contributed to the person I am today. […]

Linking to that Rebecca Black video on Friday was, in hindsight, a mistake. I say this because Catherine saw it, and for some reason (most likely the simplistic, monotonous lyrics which are almost ready for Sesame Street, except that Sesame Street lyrics are generally clever and novel), she spent the entire weekend singing it and […]

It’s been a long week, forgive me for just going for the cheap, ironic internet meme. Here are some tunes that are generally better than the one I’m invoking: “I think I’m Paranoid” – Garbage “I Pity The Fool” – Molly Lewis “Kamera” – Wilco “Like O, Like H” – Tegan and Sara “Sad Transmission” […]