There once was a store in Manchester called Craftings, and it sold products from this state only. Twelve years ago I'd say, my father picked up a Christmas CD and bought several for gifts. We kept a copy and listened to it every year. It was a nicely done CD, and it was my first introduction to the Manchester Choral Society. 5 or so years later ( Read more... )

FISHY CUP!

It is Thanksgiving morning... really really early morning. I just made the house look nice for the Doyles, who should be arriving shortly. The heat is working and everyone is happy, even the fish. Blake is in Pennsylvania, and let's hope he's not happy ( Read more... )

On the community network a middle school quiz bowl was being aired, yet every question was about drug prevention. I watched, because my school trounced the rest. They must have gotten the questions ahead of time because the host would say things like "Drinking alcohol..." buzzer rings and then the students would say "was the highest cause of ( Read more... )

Thanks to all of you for your effort. It wouldn't have been possible without you.

Fuck the South. Fuck 'em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they'd stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves - yeah, those are states we want to keep ( Read more... )

One song I'm planning on performing with my band is African Bell Carol, which is enhanced by the use of African drums. So far I've managed to come up with 3, but I need one to three more to balance it out. If you have a djembe and are able to lend me a djembe for the next two months, please let me know. It will be taken very good care of, locked ( Read more... )

Don't you just love that new song by Vanessa Carlton? It's about the president, cause it's called "The White House." Seriously though, I know Jackie likes it, cause in the video she breaks out dancing, and she's cute. Jackie knows something about being cute and dancing ( Read more... )

I'm taking pride in knowing that I'm am smarter than most people in this country. It's an attitude I was not comfortable with before, but it's the only way I can get through the pain of the impending doom. I must have a chip on my shoulder. Rather than being fearful of impending school budget cuts, or the real possibility of getting drafted, I'm ( Read more... )

Today I called in sick. I needed to recoop after last week's voice losing incident. The students were not well behaved either last week, so I'm sure that influenced my decision to call in. Whatever, it's over. Tomorrow is a new day. But I realized just how long a day can be when I'm not at work. Here it is 6:30 pm and I've managed to ( Read more... )