I’ve almost recovered from the worst bout of flu I’ve experienced in…ever. I say almost because I’m still miserable as hell, fall over with fatigue at about 4:30, someone is hiding their shiv in my throat, and I whimper with …
Step one: Contract Zombie Flu Step all the rest: You have Zombie Flu. Nothing will be accomplished now. May the break commence. I’ve been knocked on my rapidly spreading behind for the last two days by the worst virus to …
Score: a group or set of twenty or about twenty Score: a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other Score: to succeed in seducing someone So what does all …
A few years ago I read the book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam. I tallied my hours for a week, twice actually, to get a sense of where my time was going. Didn’t much help. …
If you’ve ever done band camp, you know band camp gross. If you’ve ever done band camp in the midwest, you really know band camp gross. And if you marched drum corps, well…I just don’t understand you because you pay to …
So I’m really struggling with something. The boys are in summer camp with a local school district. They call it summer school, but let’s face it, unless you’re in one of the remedial classes offered, it’s summer camp. Neither boy …
That little tidbit has been attributed to more musicians than I can count, of every instrument, all over the world. I have no idea who said it, but it’s spot on. And not only is it spot on in regards …
Well, at least it wasn’t Eeyore. I got called out the other day, and I had it coming. Until about 2009 my default switch was Optimism, and it got me though a lot. It was who I was. Then late …
I’m at Wits End this weekend with the whole fam damily minus Tom, who had to work all weekend and so still has olfactory sensitivity…you’ll see why momentarily. My parents’ weekend home is lovely, tucked away in a little forest …
Despite how I may grumble about this/that/the other thing, I really do know that 99% of it all falls under First World Problems. Doesn’t make it any more fun, but lends a certain perspective when I think I’m going to …
