The year end is about 7 hours ahead (PST). Y’all use a designated driver if you are going to be out there being festive. If you are here in town figuring on ushering the New Year’s in on the Strip, well, you’re a braver hominid that I…
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I found out that the latest versions of WordPress (at least I first noticed it in v. 2.3.1) inform you that an upgrade is available. So now we’re at 2.3.2…
Kevin runs Ghost in the Machine, which is well worth a read. He’s a 33 year-old Ph.D. student in History.
Hope you and Berk have a good one and don’t be hasty, Kevin. Hoom.
Garret reminds me of the collective anniversary of the early Edit This Page bloggers. My first post was on December 23, 1999, a simpler time. Congratulations to all of us. Here is a list of Garret’s I added to; André, Andrea, Susan, Jonas, Martin, Jason, several persons named John, Wes, James, Karl, Alwin, Jeff, a couple of Daves, Brent, Sheila, Craig — as well as some that have gone missing — Carpe Diem and Blackhole Brain. This is Papa Scott’s list of EditThisPage veterans. I know I’ve missed some and I apologize.
We learned as we went. My first post reflects that I didn’t know about the chronological nature of posts. I was adding to the existing post.
After leaving chocolate-chip cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer, we awoke this morning and have watched an exuberant six-year-old unwrap far too many presents (our bad) and settle down, unsurprisingly, with one of the least expensive and uncomplicated gifts of the year. A old-fashioned wooden pop-gun — you know — with a cork on a string that goes “pop!” when you pump it.
Great fun, especially after ‘don’t be a space invader’ policies were reiterated. He’s a good boy, we didn’t even have to tell him to leave the cats alone. My personal favorite of his? The microscope.
Audrey gave me Paleoindian or Paleoarchaic?: Great Basin Human Ecology at the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Vol. Two - The War Years, slide guitar for rock & blues instructional DVD and a lava lamp! Life is gooooood.
We hope you’re having a great day whether it is Christmas, Santa Claus Day, Newtonmas or just December 25.
My Dad was a big fan of Oscar Peterson, so I knew about him early. Thank you for your music, Sir.
Oscar Peterson, Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 82 [NY Times]
Oscar Peterson, whose early talent and speedy fingers made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, died at age 82. (…)
During an illustrious career spanning seven decades, Peterson played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also remembered for touring in a trio with Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar in the 1950s.
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