Can’t wait to boot into OS9 on the rebuit iMac and install this baby…
I’m a man on a mission. Or I guess multiple missions. One is my very gently ramping up mission to save the world. But I have another mission with a slightly tighter focus. In 1995, The Residents and Voyager release a CD-ROM interactive “game” of sorts called Freak Show. My friend Joe (who worked for [...]
A few quickies: Of course, the events in and around Zimbabwe never fail to sadden me. Note the “If we all believe it, it can be true” wishful thinking of South Africa’s president Thabo Mbeki, who pronounced that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe. This, hours before the convening of the Southern African Development Community [...]
We found out a couple weeks ago that our new baby is a girl. The entire family is thrilled and excited. Now the long, dull process of trying to choose and agree upon a name… Here are some pics of the little lady:
Gestating… again. It’s my excuse for doing almost nothing else during the past three months. Johnathan and I are expecting our fifth child in April. Here’s a pic of the little bugger (from about a month ago). Isn’t s/he cute?
I started drinking just a little over a month ago for the first time in my life. Only wine so far. But it’s laughable to say only wine. So many varieties, so many places, climates, vintages, it’s mind-boggling. Hell, France alone, with its baroque classifications and history, would be all too easy to get lost [...]
I noticed recently that the signature line of a poster on one of the several homeschool Yahoo groups to which I subscribe included the following: If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? I am baffled. Is the writer actually looking for an answer to her question? I’m [...]
Last weekend, Johnathan and I were fortunate enough to get away overnight to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. A delicious dinner out; the hotel pool and spa; and an entire afternoon, night, and morning ALONE in a hotel room (wink, wink) made for a wonderful little escape from the daily grind of work and parenting. [...]
Many interesting things happened in 1969, but here’s one that didn’t make the charts. I am sitting in a room, by Alvin Lucier (1969) (26 MB, 45 minutes) The piece describes itself. And while the urge to skip ahead might be irresistible, allow yourself the chance to listen to it in full at least once, [...]
“Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens: This track is from his masterpiece, Illinois (2005). Listen, and if you like, listen to some samples on iTunes, make a decision, then spend your cash.