And now, the conclusion of today's two part musical monday extravaganza! Here is Trevor Pinnock playing a Bach prelude on the harpsichord. See if anything sounds familiar!

(Pssst - If you haven't already listened to the first part, don't forget to listen to part one and compare!)



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Ok, it's been awhile since I've done a musical monday post. Hell, it's been awhile since I've posted at all! So enjoy today's two-parter. Jem is popular enough now that I suspect you all have heard at least a few songs off of her album, Finally Woken. Indulge me and take another listen to this one, because I have a bit of a surprise coming up in ( Read more... )

Did you know that you can now do a Google Image search on the LIFE photo archive? Very cool! I went looking for some Gibson Girls and found this delightfully amusing set from "Eighty Drawings Including The Weaker Sex: The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor" by Charles Dana Gibson.

The LIFE photo archive doesn't include much content from the actual ( Read more... )

So, lots of homophobic ballot initiatives we had, eh? How did we do?

Arizona Proposition 102(Ban on Gay Marriage): 56% in favor, 44% against.
Arkansas Initiative 1(Ban on Gay Couples Adopting Children): 57% in favor, 43% against.
California Proposition 8(Ban on Gay Marriage): 52% in favor, 48% against.
Florida Amendment 2(Ban on Gay Marriage): 62 ( Read more... )

I'm torn between feeling excited about how positive Florida is looking for Obama (not to mention how well he's looking nationally!) and feeling absolutely crushed that amendment 2 (aka the ban gay marriage amendment) appears to be passing by an unhealthy margin. How petty and smallminded do you have to be to enshrine a giant slap in the face for ( Read more... )

Well, I voted today! No, I didn't do early voting, or vote-by-mail, because I rather like the idea of going to our actual polling place, which just happens to be our neighborhood's clubhouse. I brought Boone with me, for some good exposure to civics! On the walk to the polling place, Boone told me that "John McCain said that if Barack Obama was ( Read more... )

Frankly, I was only peripherally aware that this proposed amendment managed to get on the Florida ballot, since coverage of it has been overshadowed by the high profile of a similar proposition in California. Unfortunately, it's all too real. Florida's Proposition 2 will dictate that:
In as much as a marriage is the legal union of only one man and ( Read more... )

My oldest brother and his wife have finally had their first child, a girl, born Sunday morning, September 7th at about 3am. Both mom and daughter are healthy and happy. Now, all of my brothers have one baby each, with one more on the way for my younger brother.  I can't wait to meet my new niece this week! We're going up to NY for my other older ( Read more... )

I'd like to wish my lovely and beloved wife magnifelyn a very happy and palindromic birthday. Yes, that's right... it's #33!

So... Happy Birthday! !yadhtriB yppaH ...oS

I've been wondering recently if it would be possible to take public transportation to my job. It's a long commute for me, and I was thinking that I could accept a slight increase in my total commute time, if I could spend it sitting in a train reading a book or watching a TV show instead of driving. Driving gets a little tedious, you know? So ( Read more... )