I know it is still very early to be thinking about this, but is anyone currently planning either to go or not to go to Delaware Valley Hogmanay this year ( Read more... )

Crazy weekend -- a concert with the Boston Camerata today that went pretty well, and sets put together for the Scottish program tirerim is calling tomorrow. More later -- now for some sleep.

Argh.

I was up early to go sing a memorial service at the Business School Chapel for the B-School Class of '75 reunion, with most of the Choral Fellows and a couple of folks from the Sunday Choir. Upon getting back to Cambridge, however, I discovered no one could get into my lab because one of the toxic gas alarms had gone off. If only I hadn't left ( Read more... )

While trying to do some long-overdue maintenance on my bike after dance tonight, and in particular while inspecting and adjusting my front brakes, I discovered that my front wheel might be slightly out of true, possibly as a result of the pothole crash. It'll have to go in to the shop eventually, as I have neither the knowledge nor the wherewithal ( Read more... )

Why does Israel have to be put on the defensive internationally after its commandos use limited force in response to being attacked with potentially deadly weapons? Would anyone be complaining if the men and women of the US Navy were to use lethal force to defend themselves in the course of interdicting Somali pirates?

A brief update -- the Hertz people at the Austin airport did recover my CD's. I'll have to pay to have the CD's shipped back to me, but I'd consider that getting off pretty easily for gross stupidity ( Read more... )

You know it's the end of the semester when, following your last voice lesson of the year (last week) and the Choral Fellows voice recital (last night), the stack of vocal music to be taken back to the music library makes an impressive stack on your desk in lab.

This morning, I was biking to work down Oxford St as I usually do. Oxford has been a mess of potholes for a while, and I really don't enjoy riding it; I do primarily because it is more direct, has less traffic, and fewer lights than Mass Ave. This winter the pothole situation went from annoying to downright dangerous, and of late the situation ( Read more... )

To wrap a few things up: I did decide to stay in the Choral Fellows for one more year. It's a privilege to be in the group, and to do what we do; I think I would like to make the most of one final year ( Read more... )