I had a really great Fathers Day yesterday. My wife (and purportedly the kids) got me a new DVD (The Right Stuff), a little book about things a father should teach his son, and a new wallet. We also had a great cookout on Saturday, when some friends came down …
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Life imitating art imitating art? A new movie arrives with the incendiary and buzzworthy title The Hunting of the President that is purporting to give us “the real story” behind a supposed widespread right-wing conspiracy to pull off a coup d’etat to unseat former President Bill Clinton. Of course, with …
Thursday, July 1 is the International Red Hat Meetup Day. Anyone else going?
Leah and I had a good show on Saturday at the Celebrate Fairfax festival. I think next year Ethan will be old enough to possibly enjoy going (or at least he’ll be OK with his schedule being interrupted), and Evie would probably really enjoy it. Also this weekend I got …
Ray Charles Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Entertainer Destroying musical, racial and cultural barriers worldwide for over 40 years RIP.
I was SUPER-HAPPY to hear back from my old friend and fellow soldier of rock Danny Blitz. Danny’s been through some tough times recently, but as all powerfully positive people do, he’s bouncing back with a vengeance. Danny was a really formative influence in my musical and personal life, and …
Why is GNOME 2.6 giving people such headaches? So many people hate the spatial browser. That’s fine… to each his own. What gets me is why so many people are whining about how to change the default GNOME 2.6 behavior that’s present in Fedora Core 2. Simple. Use System Tools …
I was with some friends last night who (remaining nameless, of course) don’t share my political views. This is fine with me, and doesn’t change the fact that I love them dearly. But they are also quite a bit younger than me, and the difference between coming of age in …
My blog doesn’t really provide much in the way of trenchant political commentary. I leave that to more talented wordsmiths like my friend Chris. But I have to mention here the sadness that I feel at the death of former President Ronald Reagan. He was truly someone who lived the …
My brithday was uneventful… spent most of the day on the road with Leah & crew to play at the Frederick Arts Festival, which ended up being a bust given the nasty weather and consequent low attendance. Today she and I are doing an acoustic duo at 11:00am at the …