We always had crazy birthday cakes when I was growing up. My mother appears to have graduated to cupcakes. Here are the sleeping kid cupcakes she made for the kids for whom she's babysitting tonight. Where's mine?
It is hard to believe, but it is true. After something like a year since the last post, I have finally written something new for my SaysMe blog (the value of a 12 hour plane flight back from Europe). Here's a snippet:
Even if the Prague audience had not read the program, they should have known to return. The First Law of Symphonic Programming requires an inverse relationship between the putrescence of the first half of the program and the beauty of the second. The more putrid the first, the more beautiful the second. If the first half of the concert is Schoenberg, after the intermission you can count on Mozart. If the first piece of the concert is Webern, look for a Bach concerto to follow. And never the other way around. The tripe must always come before the trifle. Otherwise, honestly, who would stick around for the second half? Masochists and neophytes. Everyone else would know to promptly run away before the memories of a truly fabulous piece of music had been erased with cacophony and dissonance.
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While in Gryphon Music the other day, I was perusing a copy of The Strad magazine (a little light reading for the hard core violin geek) and it had a cover story about Seth Lakeman. Seth is a folk singer/songwriter/violinst. And his is just awesome. When I grow up, I want to be Seth Lakeman.
I truly can not believe that his show exists. It proves that reality television has gone too far. "Groomer Has It" is literally a show about animal groomers on Animal Planet. Tonight's challenge was to groom a bearded collie. Yes, that's right, dirty bearded collies that need grooming. Oh my. That's a tough one. It turns out the bearded collie tends to get matted hair in the groin area. And you know how sensitive the bearded collie groin is. How will these super-star groomers detangle the most sensitive areas of the bearded collie? The answer is, carefully. And, apparently, without the slicker brush. The slicker brush is intended for breaking up the mat in short haired dogs, not long haired dogs like bearded collies. Duh.
I can't wait to see the next challenge. Perhaps it will be grooming a Siamese cat, or a pygmy goat, or a small child. Tune in next week for "Groomer Has It."
I am typing this Vox entry in my Facebook account. It is very cool to see the way these services can be integrated. And it is great to see the Six Apart team drawing upon their expertise in making great content-creation environments.
After a first triumphant Labor vs. Capital event (Dodgeball), Hunter, Noah and I decided to plan a second Labor vs. Capital gathering.
