Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
Author: <span>Paul Frields</span>

The band has a couple good gigs coming up. On Friday, January 23rd, we’ll be appearing at Borders Books in Tyson’s Corner. Then on Saturday, January 24th, we’ll be at a special house concert in D.C. sponsored by The Deej. (That link usually works but appears to be slow this …

Good golly, I can’t believe I missed posting on Christmas. For anyone reading, I hope you had a great one. We enjoyed setting out treats on Christmas Eve for Santa and his reindeer with Evie, and she was tickled pink on Christmas morning when they were all gone! I got …

Yesterday, “The Boss” gave me clearance to go see The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on opening day. Yessirree, first show of the day at the local THX screen! In a word: PHENOMENAL. No one should miss this movie — by far, it was the best film …

Here’s the whole family (other than yours truly, who, let’s face it, would just bring the whole BQ* down a notch), enjoying a Fox News broadcast about Saddam Hussein’s capture in Iraq: *BQ = Beauty Quotient

YES! Lest anyone get too out of control with the projections and predictions, however, let us remember that this is only a step in guiding the freedom-hungry people of Iraq to a more egalitarian future. Despite the pronouncements of some of the Iraqi Council members, and our own media, this …

Today Evie is going with Grandma and Grandpa to see her first movie (Brother Bear). I wish we could take her but with the new baby, it’s a little more problematic than it would have been a few months ago. We think Evie’s at the point where she can sit …

Obviously things have been very busy here lately (see last entry), so this should have gone up earlier. I will be playing with Leah Morgan tonight at Common Grounds in Arlington. My wife is the ideal spouse for a musician (namely me), since she was OK with my doing the …

I’ve been amazed and gratified to see that, regardless of the comments of a few very immature (and obviously ignorant) naysayers, Fedora Core appears to be as popular, if not more so, than Red Hat Linux ever was. Clue: the servers are as jammed during major updates as they ever …