There is a thread on the Paizo boards about "optimization" of characters, and "min/maxing" to get really combat efficient characters ( Read more... )

The University called. They decided to hire someone else, and that person accepted.

So, assuming my string of bad luck ends and High Tech Institute goes ahead and gets re-accredited, it looks like I'll be moving back to Minnesota to work there, sometime within the next month.

Of all the organizations that I've spoken with so far, the Girl Scouts of America have the most bizarre red tape. According to Rosa Esposito at the national GSA headquarters, we would need to have the permission, and buy-in, of the GS council that's local to the event site, and we would need to allow their volunteers onto site to work with the ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago, the Shire of Bellewode held it's annual "Heralds, Scribes, and Dance" event, and I gave two lectures ( Read more... )

On Monday, one of the musicians from Terpsichore at the Tower announced that she'd posted an album of pictures from the event ( Read more... )

I was looking at the Renaissance Dance sampler at this site and I admit to being unfamiliar with the dance begining at 3:10, designated "Cascarda Chiara stella". Does anybody on the list know the piece?

By the way, what language is the video's text in?

Years ago, looking at hurdy-gurdies, I thought it would be fun to make a large one run with a treadle-wheel, so I could play it ith both hands.

And, of course, that thought went nowhere.

Look what I found on the web today.

I presume that big, rich chords generate more drag and change the timbre in odd ways.

So, I have several seasonal albums on my "Christmas" iTunes list, randomly cycling through about 110 songs. One album which I like, but which I don't have in rotation, is the "Christmas Together: John Denver and the Muppets". As an audio album, it is very strange.


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I don't quite know where to begin with a solution, so I'll articulate the problem.

"A right cylinder of uniform density has a radius, r, and a height, or thickness, h. If r is sufficiently larger than h, as with a coin, and the object is tossed about, the probability of it coming to rest on a base are very high. If r is relatively small, as with ( Read more... )

So, it's Advent, the time leading up to Christmas.

I like Christmas carols. I like singing, with groups of folks, songs we all know and like. I like recorded Christmas carols. So, for a month or so, I get to listen to some great music.

(I'd like to note, for the record, I don't much care for those radio stations that have play nothing but " ( Read more... )