I say shut up
Am I in a mood this morning? Um, yeah. Mavis and I were never allowed to shout “Shut up!” when we were kids. I can hear Mother: “Don’t say ‘shut up.’ It’s not nice.” Well, I’m not feeling very nice today, so I’ma tell somebody to shut up. To Mother, up in heaven: pay no [...]
And the “band” rocked
Sheew…late night, late blog post. Last Friday night, I went to my son’s house and played the Rock Band video game. I stood and watched for awhile, then jumped in. I sang “Long Time” by Boston, then launched into “Enter Sandman” by Metallica (fuzzy cell phone photo by B.J. here). Son Sean is playing “bass,” [...]
So that was fun.
Last night, I went to a jam session at a nearby university to kick off a weeklong vocal jazz and pop singing workshop, for which I was asked to do a couple sessions on solo singing. Well that was fun. Hadn’t been in front of a band in quite awhile. And the best part of [...]
PSA
Ok, before we get started… Getting old is sucking. I’m babysitting this weekend for Dusty and Willow, my son’s two Labradors, and his Labradoodle, Oliver. Great dogs, and Rousseau loves the company. So anyway, I’m taking everyone outside this morning, right? Well, coming back in, I missed a stair, and fell. Something’s all sprung out [...]
Boys Behaving Badly
Well, there are probably some girls in there, too, but that would have ruined my cute alliteration. I read an article in the Canadian National Post last week about the alarming increase in the use of Tasers by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. As the RCMP’s use of Tasers (“stun guns” that deliver a debilitating [...]