I spent a few days pretty sick this week; not at all fun. My senses of smell and taste were completely hosed; for almost 48 hours, I could only smell ammonia, with alarming acuity; dealing with a potty training infant was not a pleasant thing. I’m still not well, but at least I can taste […]

…because last night, they were just way too explicit and disturbing. I will share the tunes, however: “Perfect Circle” – R.E,M, “Decibel” – AC/DC “There Was A Time” – Guns N Roses “On The Bus Mall” – The Decemberists “Time for Pride” – The Cellarbirds “Call it Off” – Tegan and Sara “Policy of Truth”- […]

Actually, like the last couple of times, this one was put together Thursday evening, then scheduled in WordPress to go live first thing in the morning. Ain’t technology grand? It’s been a pretty good week, overall. Work was surprisingly nice and productive. This was surprising to me, given the impact of teething cranky baby on […]

I’m getting ready to leave DC just as millions of others are coming in for this weekend’s pre-inaugural festivities. While the big free show on Sunday at Lincoln sounds like it might be a really good time (Springsteen! U2! Mellencamp!), I don’t think I’m quite up to all the complications inherent in crowding more than […]

Yeah, twenty this time…I haven’t done this in a couple of weeks, so I figure I owe it to my devoted random ten following, if such an entity actually exists. And, as I compile this (Thursday night), I’ve got the time to sit and listen to my portable music collection while I pack up my […]

The year’s almost up; and more importantly, I’m done travelling for the year. Of course, I pick up again the first full week of January, but I’m not going to think about that right now, as that way lies madness. Here’s some tunes, as the name suggests, chosen at random by my mp3 player: “Naive” […]

Come the end-of-year holidays, I get a bit down; not sure why, but we all have our things. And, I deal with it, usually well enough, especially when there aren’t people constantly telling me “snap out of it” (with our without slaps from 80’s Cher), and that I’m supposed to be excessivly cheery during this […]

nothing to see here; move along….just today’s tunes: “Chains” – The Beatles “Turning Japanese” – Liz Phair “Sweet Child O’ Mine” – Guns n’ Roses “Duchess” – Genesis “Hungry Like The Wolf” – Duran Duran “Nugget Man” – Paul and Storm w/ Coulton “It’s Like That” – Run DMC “The Big Money” – Rush “Pirates” […]

I am glad that I am not out in the trenches malls today. There’s a reason why I do all my shopping online. You folks have fun, though – I’m just not up to having to fight crowds of soccer moms in full make-up and designer sweatsuits skirmishing for a limited supply of cheap 720p […]

Just wrapped up another week on the road where I probably didn’t need to be on the road, which is a little frustrating – if it’s all the same, I’d rather sleep in my own bed, thanks. The only uniquely travel-necessary thing I accomplished is victory in the weekly “guess the song” trivia contest that […]