Anderson Cooper has been one of my biggest celebrity crushes since 1999. Watching him tear a Libyan Government Spokesman limb from limb on CNN tonight just confirmed this.

We're playing Sibelius' 3rd Symphony this week. It's a strange beast.

Listen starting at around 9:00 to the end. Some of it sound familiar?

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A house across the street from the one I grew up in burned down recently ( Read more... )

( In which I talk about wine )

If you never ever post, I probably cut you from my f-list. Sorry.

And I was really amused that my nephew's mom-in-law put "Who the hell is Arcade Fire?" as her FB status.

I got my box of produce yesterday from Fresh Abundance. I made the best salad I think I've ever tasted. And now I have a bowl of fresh fruit on top of my refrigerator, that I just grab for every time I walk by ( Read more... )

Tonight I was reminded of the movie "Sideways ( Read more... )

My fortune cookie tonight made some reference to "successfully overcoming my worst fear". I turned to my best friend and asked her, "What am I afraid of?" and she said, "Nothing." I couldn't really think of anything, either ( Read more... )

Oh! If you're an X-box 360 sort of person, my friends made a game called Astroman. It's cute, playable, and totally worth the $3 it'll cost you. Check it out, support fledgling game designers.

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So proud of Groove For Thought's Jeff Horenstein - sang with that kid in CWU's Chamber Choir. Really hard-working, awesome, humble guy, and it was a treat to see him and his group on NBC's "The Sing-Off". Yet another deserving person I know who is finally getting the kind of fame he deserves. I wish GFT had gone farther in the competition, but I ( Read more... )