Albums and the Stones

A few weeks back, a friend asked me whether I listened to entire albums or just random music. The question has bounced around in my head since then and I realized that in fact, other than after initially purchasing and ripping an album into iTunes, I rarely if ever listen to music that way anymore. [...]

One of those days

It’s been one of those days when you open the fridge and like 3 bottles of sauce fall out of which one spatters on your suit pants. Ok, so I am exagerating but at least it’s a Friday. Unfortunately, the weather is rather grey and will likely remain so. The positive side is that I’ll [...]

Renaissance Faces at the National Gallery in London

This weekend I visited the latest exhibit at the National Gallery in London “Renaissance Faces” with my wife. We enjoyed it but it was a little less spectacular than previous exhibits we saw there (in the past few years, the shows on Velazquez, El Greco, Rafael, and Titian come to mind). Most of the greats [...]

Obama!

I finally was able to vote for someone I really was inspired by and he has won. At 11:21 EST, Obama was declared victor and McCain conceeded. Obama picked up at least 7 states that Bush won in 2004 including the amazing victories in North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada and Virginia. Al Franken is still [...]