Somebody more than 2000 miles away from me -- all the way out there in Oregon! -- apparently got his/her hands on my $340 million PowerBall ticket! Dang! Now how did that happen?!

Maybe I should stop payment on the checks I just wrote for the first several million dollars?

Tonight's PowerBall jackpot is $340 million. If you live in or near one of the 26 states in which this lottery is played, I hope you've got your ticket ( Read more... )

This past weekend I finally put our choir's CD project to bed. It's done! Mixing (and re-mixing and re-mixing until each sounded as good as I could make it) each of the 13 songs consumed approximately 150 hours of my time within the last six to eight weeks. And it took probably an additional 150 hours spread out over the last 2.5 years to record ( Read more... )

For about six years and two weeks, give or take, I've had a web cam in my office. "A fun way to waste a few electrons" is how I usually quickly explain it. The more meaningful intention has been to provide a subtle message to out-of-town family and friends: You're in my thoughts. Though we can't often be together in person, perhaps we can be ( Read more... )

A few months ago it became apparent that I've been packing on the pounds. My lifestyle hasn't changed, but it's very clear that I have simply been eating larger portions more often than I used to ( Read more... )

Our choir's second charity CD, a project in the works for the past two years, is due out for this Christmas. Which means we have to complete all the work by the end of September or early October. I'm a musician, of course, on a few of the songs ... but my primary role is that of producer / engineer ( Read more... )

Despite the grey skies that have characterized my existence of late, I still experience moments of contentment. It occurs to me that I need to pay more attention to them. Why not make a conscious effort to write them down, even when each is like ... like one mere beam of light out of the countless trillions of warming rays that light our world ( Read more... )