Interesting observation ( Read more... )

Since it's been over a decade since I last dyed my hair....I'm thinking of dying it black for halloween. But I want to do a temporary dye this time. SO anyone who does that suggest a good black dye that will wash out within a month, not make my hair all brittle but also not all gooey (so not a spray-on type ( Read more... )

Happy belated birthdays to Frank, Alix, Sophie, Ezra, Laura, CJ, Bill, Ron & Mary.

October is nuts.

http://www.mit.edu/~cjsmith/Nautie.JPG

OK today's plan:

LOTS of laundry (want to do all the throws/blankets/linens in addition to the usual piles of clothing). SO:

During load 1: housework
During load 2: practice
During load 3: goof off
repeat until out of laundry or daylight.

It's been a while since I checked in with what I've actually gotten done. So here we go ( Read more... )

Why is it absorB but absorPtion? Is this a rule that applies to other words (I cant think of any off the top of my head, but I'm notoriously dreadful at pulling words out of my brain when I need them).

We have a tripped circuit breaker that wont untrip--even when everything plugged into that circuit is unplugged. So, short somewhere in a wall or outlet or such. Probably expensive electrician visit ( Read more... )

Meantones does outreach programs to schools elementary-high school. We do a wide spectrum of peices, from Renaissance polyphony to modern pop (Rockin' Robin :-), jazz (Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen), and World Music. We were thinking that it would be a good addition to include some kind of arrangement of movie/TV tunes that the kids would recognize. (Star ( Read more... )

J&M back from Europe, me back from Acadia. J&M brought back the snazzy LiVirghi Praetorius G-alto that I've been waiting for for THREE YEARS!!!!! Also brought back a F-bass which I like and bought. Woot ( Read more... )