Vagabond Opera is not just one of my favorite local bands, they are one of my favorite bands, period. Right now they are trying to raise money to stage an original opera written by band founder and leader Eric Stern.
Think Outside the Urn
For as long as I can remember, I’ve admired those who lived their lives just a little bit differently, taking pride in themselves, their work and their lives while at the same time being unafraid of doing things just a
Old Time Rocket Scientists
Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last of the Von Braun team of rocket scientists who came to America from Germany at the end of World War II, has died at the age of 94. He left this world even
Bloom County Classic
I subscribe to one of the online comic syndicators, and my subscription list includes “Bloom County” (which has, over the past few years, seemed every bit as relevant as it did 25 years ago). Today’s strip was one of the
I’m Unique, just like 169 Other People
HowManyOfMe.com There are 170 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? A few other tidbits I got from the site, which uses USA census data to get its information: My first name is statistically the
Bearish Days
I was going to go off on a long rant about the painful, draining weekend Joe and I have just had, and how the really weird karma attached to it still seems to be sticking around. And how between all
quote for the day, plus
I actually spotted this one myself, several years ago: “Absolutely NO Stairway.” –Sign at a guitar display in a Costco store And yes, after getting thoroughly hooked on it a couple months back at a friend’s house, Joe and I
quote for the day
A revisit, for this Veterans/Armistice/Remembrance Day: (yes, I know it was actually yesterday, but there are still plenty of observances going on today, so …) “Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives. You are now living in
quote for the day
“We have cats the way most people have mice.” –James Thurber I’ve always loved cats, and when Joe and I moved to a place where we could have a cat, a decade ago when we came to Oregon, we had
quote for the day
“People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Seems like this quote, which illustrates one of the things the union is up against, is about as close as I can get, for the