Concert review: Or how to be the least liked band EVER

Karl Mohr and Ivan Blackbird, Cameron House
I must begin this review by confessing that I did not stay for all of Ivan Blackbird’s set.  Ruth Cassie (the singer/songwriter of Ivan Blackbird) writes great songs and has assembled a fantastic band, but I was operating on three hours sleep the night before, had already had two [...]

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 15: The Karma Special.

A little departure for this week’s Complaining with Kay. I feel the need to improve my karma, even though I don’t really believe in karma; but since I’m doing all these auditions and things and hoping someone will cut me a break, I’m cutting the world a break and talking about a few things that [...]

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For Ada

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, which celebrates the contributions of women to science and technology.  If you don’t know who Ada Lovelace was, look her up.  She was a very gifted woman with interests in mathematics, poetry, music, and technology.  Oh, and she DIED in 1852.  And she was Lord Byron’s daughter.  Overall, she was [...]

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Concert review: Toy Piano Composers’ Collective

I should have written this while it was still fresh in my mind, but oh well.  It was that kind of weekend.  On Friday night we went to the Toy Piano Composers’ Collective second concert (I think it was the second), Cage the Bird.
First of all, it’s really, really nice to go to a [...]

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A day to channel the spirit of a Basset Hound

I’m not doing anything today. Other than this, and submitting an application for something, though it’s pretty much done – I just need to read it over and click “Submit” – I plan on spending the day in much the same way a basset hound/beagle might, except I will probably be awake for more [...]

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Ominous rumblings from the hard disk: Happy New Year!

This computer, a 2003 iMac which I inherited from my grandfather (well, no one else wanted it…), is starting to make ominous sounds and show signs of advanced age and senility.  For two days the only way I’ve been able to turn it off is to unplug it, which is, you’ll agree, not a good [...]

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Technology is awesome…

…because I am lying in bed, blogging from my new Ipod touch! Yes, I do now own both an EEE and this sleek and well-designed little time-sucker. Shut up. I did write the whole vampire novel on the EEE, so you can’t call it a waste.
Anyway. I didn’t go to [...]

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Tour blog #2: When the EEE lets you down

I considered buying an Ipod Touch instead.  The EEE seemed more flexible and like a better deal.  But…
a) it lost its ability to read memory cards at some point this week, and
b) it lost the ability to sign onto WordPress.  Seriously.  Every time I tried to sign in I got a weird error message.  I [...]

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Another happy day

I had a dream last night that I was offered a part in an opera that paid $50,000 (!).  Then I got fired at the first rehearsal for looking too masculine (the part had some kind of cross-dressing angle) and I hung around, hoping my replacement would literally break her legs and they’d have to [...]

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First successful home canning experience; also, the saddest one-line bio ever

Today I canned roasted red peppers.  Here they are:
                    
 
 
Also the enormous mess I made in the kitchen:
 
It seems like a lot of dishes for six tiny cans of peppers…
…oh well.  It was a test run.  I’m making more next weekend.
And here is the saddest one-line bio [...]

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