NYE memories
[Hey, I forgot to wish Lars a happy 26th birthday here at Finktown yesterday. The baby grows up...] Live music at large parties has seen its share of troubles over the last 25 years or so, agreed BoomR? I remember having to market my cover band extra-enthusiastically when the DJ idea started to catch on [...]
‘Night, Rain Man
Last Saturday, Kim Peek died at 58 years old. Known as the inspiration for the film Rain Man (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and earned Dustin Hoffman a Best Actor Oscar), Peek inspired the medical community as well. Theories regarding his savantism (although he is not thought to have had autism) and [...]
Oh, get off it.
That’s what my dad used to say when he’d had enough of someone’s yammering on about something. And that’s what I say this morning. Seems some people are braying like donkeys about Jasper Schuringa (the guy who saved a bunch of collective hind-ends on that Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day) wanting [...]
It was a very good year
Time for a retrospective of sorts. A list, because I like making lists (except the kind that delineate jobs to be done…I always lose those). Two thousand nine was good for me and to me. I made a *lot* of mistakes in 2009; some really big ones come to mind. But the thing about mistakes [...]
Joyeux Noël
And a fine Christmas morning to you all! I’m on my way to see my two most wonderful gifts open their presents. Jake, 2 years, and Justin, 7 mos.: It was fantastic hanging with the family last night (minus Lars, Helen, Jon and Simone, who are in Texas for the holidays — we’re catching up [...]