I got an email from Livejournal letting me know that I had a virtual gift for having an account for eighteen years (!!). They got me-- I came back and reread most of the stuff I posted on here all these years ago.

What a wild exercise in change! My voice is unmistakably all over these posts, but at the same time, no it isn't. I'm 45 now. I no ( Read more... )

I can't even say how long it's been since I last posted. Sure, I could look, but meh, effort. 2009, I'm guessing. Five years have passed ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely certain how often in media that photographers get any fiction written about them. I'm sure there's a giant movie I'm just not thinking of that somebody will point out after I post this, but I can't think of any at the moment.

In Japanese animation, there are a few. I watched two of them over the course of this year. Flag was the ( Read more... )

So in the wake of Obama's victory in the Presidential Election, the punditocracy has come out-- partly in the wake of his early draft pick of Rahm Emanuel to his cabinet, I'm sure--to dictate that Obama had best govern from the center because we're still "a center-right nation." Reeally.

I don't buy it.

When you get right down to it, I think that the ( Read more... )

I had a dentist appointment yesterday at 2:00 PM, and got out of school at 1:00. Given that home, school and the dentist were all roughly twenty-minute drives from one another, it didn't make a great deal of sense to drive home, sit around for a few minutes, and then have to drive out to the dentist. It seemed smarter to consolidate my drive time ( Read more... )

David Reilly Night III has come and gone. This was far and away the best of the three, as I employed willing guitar player Brandon Frye to pick up his acoustic for me. It was also perhaps the least-attended one of the three. But those who showed, enjoyed. That's what it's all about.

Missed another day of posting. What can you do?

Sci-Fi aired the ( Read more... )

Not sure about those new characters in "Post-L" Death Note.

Gearing up for my yearly tribute set "David Reilly Night" out at the Rusty Nail in Clinton Township. I've got a guitar player doing the heavy lifting for me, and the rehearsals we've recorded for reference sound pretty damned fantastic. This is the third one I'll have done, and it's this Wednesday, the 12th. Looking forward to it.

Lately, I've been into making myself hot cocoa with milk. And because milk tends to sweeten a bit when heated up, I find I use a lot less cocoa than I would with water. Good stuff! Add on a shot of Bailey's Irish Cream and you've got a perfect night-cap.

Yes, I forgot to post yesterday. Off to a good start..!

In any case, I am happy to report that I got up early and cast my vote for Barack Obama. In Obama, I see a rational, articulate leader with the ability to make positive relationships with the other nations of the world. I see a man whose multicultural heritage and success story represent the ( Read more... )