i am reading everything i can about the crossword puzzle plagiarism scandal.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-plagiarism-scandal-is-unfolding-in-the-crossword-world/

i didn't know jef well. i met him at wiscon and saw him at think galacticons. we were on a panel together once. he was so darned smart. he was so darned young. it seems unbelievable and yet, there it is ( Read more... )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mijihAlZANE

laud to the nativity by respighi

i picked a version sung in english because when i sang it, i sang it in english.

it's december and it's 56F/13.33C out. gray, not yet raining, but rain predicted for later on today.

if i go to the market and people are throwing fish about, i'll know that i've somehow had my house moved and dropped in the pacific northwest.

the fourth movement of the brahms requiem: Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen

one of the most beautiful parts of a piece that would definitely be on my list of ten pieces of music i needed on a desert island. could be much much worse!

who doesn't celebrate the first night of hanukkah by singing the messiah?

someone made something in the kitchen microwave that smells so delicious that i want to hunt them down and steal their lunch!

i am not making this post because i have nothing to read, trust me. it is more that i was going through my date book (a physical object that i write things like when i have rehearsals, or dinner plans with people into, but i also write down books i read, movies i see, restaurants i eat at, etc.) and i noticed that while i have read a bunch of ( Read more... )

you see a license plate with the letters STNG

Poll what is your first thought?

i'm happy for the cubs and i am rooting for them (even though i'm a white sox fan) but if i never hear "go cubs, go" again, it would be fine with me.