Over the weekend I went back to San Diego's jazz camp.  I tried to play more appropriately for the genre this year but it put me way out of my comfort zone and so I kept it simple, mostly playing quarter notes.  We played Wolverine Blues and Saturday Night Function for our final concert (I got assigned to two bands because we were short on drummers ( Read more... )

For the holidays we went to Hawaii.  Holly and the kids had never been, so we decided to go and stay with our friends Eileen and Brent.  I also discovered my friend Brien and Angie were there too, though they were about to move to SF ( Read more... )

I just picked up my parents from the airport ( Read more... )

I'm talking to Holly and she periodically farts quietly.  I finally call her on it.
Me: Are you FARTING?
Her: I'm just punctuating.
Me: I don't like your colons.

And, of course, another $100 to anti-NRA efforts.  This is getting expensive.  As it should be ( Read more... )

Another $100 for anti-NRA efforts ( Read more... )

"Witnesses watched in horror as Harpham picked his victims off. One of them, the bicyclist, pleaded for his life before being killed.

"I heard the (young man) say, 'Don't shoot me! Don't shoot me!' " Naomi Bettis, a neighbor who witnessed the killing, said Monday.

Bettis said she recognized the gunman as her neighbor - whom she didn't know by name - ( Read more... )

In other news we discovered mice in the house.  One was killed by a trap, another was wounded and probably crawled off to expire under one of our cabinets (ick), and another was accidentally caught when Holly picked up a pile of dirty towels off the floor and a mouse fell out, probably rudely awakened from a comfortable nap.  It immediately dashed ( Read more... )

Halloween is my least favorite holiday. I never really liked dressing up.  As an adult I also never liked answering my door repeatedly for 3 hours at night.  Sure, giving out candy to kids and complimenting them on their costumes and watching their faces light up in delight is great, but I will leave that to other people ( Read more... )

Looks like I'm $100 poorer again.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/31/4-dead-including-suspected-gunman-in-colorado-springs-shooting/