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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Of buckets and the dumping of the water therein
If you’ve lived beneath a rock of late, you may have missed a viral fundraising activity that’s going around the social media sites. I’m not even sure of the exact “rules”, but it’s all voluntary anyway, so it’s not like … Continue reading
A Feline Love Story
Yesterday morning I brought my computer down to the dining room table, where I did some work whilst enjoying my coffee. At one point I looked down, to my left, and saw that my parents’ Persian cat was hanging out … Continue reading
Symphony Saturday
In this installment, we finally reach what is, for me, the most fertile ground for emotionally moving symphonic work ever: late 19th century Russia. The symphonic tradition, as Leonard Bernstein once pointed out, is a Germanic one, and even in … Continue reading
Answers the Third! (The Instagram edition)
OK, here is another set of answers! All of these were posed by Instagram users over there. One thing that I find really interesting about social media is the way there is some overlap, but it’s definitely not 100 percent. … Continue reading
Dispatches from the Fair, 2014 edition
As another August starts to wind down, another iteration of the Erie County Fair recedes into memory. The Fair is one of our favorite things, and a source of a lot of bright and happy memories, all the way back … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
A couple of selection from Jan AP Kaczmarek’s score to Finding Neverland. I’ve loved this score since the film came out, and one thing that I really find cool about it is that it won the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading
Answers the Second! (Politics edition)
As usual, I got some political questions this time out, and also as usual, I’m putting them below the fold, so if you don’t want to go down my own personal liberal rabbit-hole, you don’t have to! And remember, if … Continue reading
A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter
The other day would have been Roberto Clemente’s 80th birthday, and in his honor, the Pittsburgh Pirates groundskeepers mowed his number into right field at PNC Park: Clemente is the one sports figure whom I would most like to travel … Continue reading
Help Fund a Farm
Let your children grow up to become farmers. There is a surplus of mediocrity in this nation and a deficit of bravery. Let your children grow up to be farmers. Let them be brave. Jenna Woginrich is one of my … Continue reading