So, I agreed to sing a song from a show I did with this woman I really like for a thing for Little Theater Manchester. I figured, what the Hell, it's one song...no biggie ( Read more... )

I just got the new catalog from Heuer Publishing and I feel like Steve Martin in "The Jerk".

THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE!!!!

THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE!!!

Lint! The Musical

(I know....I'm a big geek when it comes to this sort of thing....)

But, YAY!!!!

Talked with the wife tonight about the whole performance thing. Her thought was that because I was apprehensive about debuting a new song, that it translated to even more nerves. (I've definitely used the nerves to keep me alert in the past so long as it doesn't overtake me ( Read more... )

As I perform onstage less, it's gets harder to perform onstage. I've become a bit of a white knuckler when it comes to performing in front of an audience, but last night I sang one of my own songs (so I couldn't get it wrong!) and typically I have trouble when I see everyone looking at me, but then the energy of the moment strikes; I become ( Read more... )

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

I don't agree with everything that the owner of T-Shirt Hell says, but here's an excerpt from her latest rant: (I'm not as ambivalent as she is, but a lot of the following works for me)

New York and California both recently made progressive moves regarding gay marriage, so the topic is once again a hot button issue in America. And before you even ( Read more... )

The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you.

Let's say a distance runner spends a year preparing for the Boston Marathon.  He runs every day and runs some races leading up to the big event.  He wins some of the races, but mostly, he does not.  He runs the Boston race and does not win ( Read more... )

I got the final sheet music proofs this morning from the transcriber and the final version of the libretto is in the hands of the person who does the formatting stuff for Heuer (What do you call that person in the digital age when they are no longer a typesetter or compositor?)

I just need to get the demo version of the soundtrack finished up, and ( Read more... )

So, there was some damage to the brake system when the car skidded on it's control arm.  Then, the tow truck driver left the flashers on and killed the battery (to the point where it won't take a full charge any longer ( Read more... )