I’m Still a Child

In high school, I would sit through interminable lectures and make them seem to go faster by doodling, taking notes that were part real and part ridiculous. Apparently, this defense mechanism has not gone away.
Yesterday, after only two and a half months on the job, I got my new hire orientation. For three [...]

I Found It – The Essential Mel Torme

A million years ago – or eleven, if you’re using decimal notation – I went looking for something new.  I’d started down a path looking at swing music with Glen Miller and delved a little deeper into Jazz with Dave Brubeck.  Eventually, I returned to one of the artists I grew up listening to.  Ella [...]

Happy New Year

Brief. It’s bedtime and I have to work in the morning.
Didn’t get a chance to do my usual year-in-review last night. I put Lilly to bed and was out for the night. Hopefully this weekend I’ll get the chance.
I got NHL 09 on Tuesday but I still haven’t played it. [...]