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Scripting classes?
Seattle area folks: I need to learn scripting and need a structured classroom setting. Teaching myself via books is not an option. I'm checking local community colleges for possible classes. Recommendations on what to look for? Where else to look ( Read more... ) -
Ivy
Quick post because I've got a publisher's deadline looming ( Read more... ) -
God plays Vancouver
Several years ago, Benjamin Bagby was on tour with his performance of Beowulf. One of his fans on rec.music.early used to post his tour schedule with the subject "God plays [wherever]" Anyways, Bagby will be performing Beowulf in Vancouver BC on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. If you have the chance to make it up, it's worth the trip. He's also playing ( Read more... ) -
My neighbor knew him when...
My neighbor, Dean, from one block over went to school with Barack Obama. Last week the Tacoma News Tribune ran an article on him along with their fifth grade class picture with "Dean-o"standing next to "Barry" in the back row ( Read more... ) -
Portland advice
I'll be in Portland for work in mid-October (Oct. 15-17). Rather than driving down, I'm thinking of taking Amtrak down and using Trimet to get around. All of the B&B/ guesthouses I'm looking at would be about a 40-50 minute commute to the University of Portland campus where my meeting is. That's no problem. I'm mainly concerned with being someplace ( Read more... ) -
Passover Peeps
My favorite is the plague of locusts -
iTunes playlist question
Husband (Mac user) got a new iPod that he tried to sync with existing iTunes library on our PC. In the process, his playlists have disappeared. "No problem," sez I, "I'll just replace the copy of iTunes Music Library.xml sitting in your My Music\iTunes folder with a backed-up copy ( Read more... ) -
Thrift store smell
I don't know if thrift stores are doing something different, or if my nose has gotten more sensitive with age, but I'm having a horrible time getting the "thrift store smell" out of clothes that I buy there (multiple chains, multiple stores ( Read more... ) -
Estaba la Madre
NPR this morning ran a story on the debut of a new opera, Estaba la Madre (The Mother Was There), in Buenos Aires and Rome. The title references a medieval Latin poem, Stabat Mater, on the sorrows experienced by the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion. The opera portrays the sorrows of some of the 30,000 Argentinian mothers who lost their sons and ( Read more... ) -
Skiing
E has two weeks off in December for Winter break. This mean I'm also taking the time off. I'm thinking that it might be fun for the two of us to go skiing or tubing or something during that time. I haven't skied since my family left Colorado in 1979, and I haven't paid much attention to skiing in the area. Do folks have any suggestions for ( Read more... )