2022s

• 21 Dec 2022

  Grades submitted! So far, I haven’t received any angry or questioning emails about said posted grades. :)

• 30 Nov 2022

  iA’s new presentation software idea is intriguing. I am excited to get my hands on it and see how it works.

• 24 Nov 2022

  A nice way to start Thanksgiving Day. It is pretty big out there today!

  

• 24 Nov 2022

  A great way to start Thanksgiving Day. It is pretty big out there!

  

• 24 Nov 2022

  Sonata No. 1 for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord by J.S. Bach

  I tried to play through some music today, something I had nearly nailed back in August but hadn’t touched since th...
• 23 Nov 2022

  Before bed last night I thought, “I am going to workout tomorrow.” Now that “tomorrow” is “today,” I am not so sure any more.

• 22 Nov 2022

  A nice, up close shot of a butterfly. San Diego Zoo, 2022-11-20.

  

• 22 Nov 2022

  Surfing today for the first time in a month or so! It got pretty chilly out there whil I was away. 🥶

• 22 Nov 2022

  Contemplating a last-minute trip to Joshua Tree.

• 16 Nov 2022

  on Losing Famous Musicians

  I just found out that Mimi Parker, the drummer and singer in the band Low, passed away last weekend. I try not to get ca...
• 16 Nov 2022

  Yay for being consistent about something.

  

• 11 Nov 2022

  Last night’s concert didn’t go as well as I had hoped. But, I also didn’t prep very well, so it’s no big surprise.

• 11 Nov 2022

  I have tried to make Mastodon work for me. Multiple times. But every instance I’ve joined feels so hostile and vitriolic. Never mind that it just feels like shouting into a dark void since I don’t have any “friends” there. Why is the internet like this?

• 11 Nov 2022

  We ended up buying two new cars this week. “When it rains it pours.”

• 09 Nov 2022

  So much rain, today.

• 06 Nov 2022

  I visited Pennsylvania for the first time last week. In fact, this was the first time had been anywhere with the kind of fall foliage I have seen in photos of New England and other “autumny” places. ‘Twas beautiful!

  

• 06 Nov 2022

  “I’m staring at the asphalt wondering what’s buried underneath where I am.”

• 05 Nov 2022

  The band I direct is playing its concert in a few weeks. I am nervous/excited which makes me extra sensitive about everything else, I think.

• 05 Nov 2022

  Gah! Cars! I wish I could figure out how to get by without one (let alone two or three). Mine are both hanging by a thread right now and it’s so stressful to try to figure out what to do about it.

• 04 Nov 2022

  I am looking for a new (to me) car. I was hoping to wait until after my hoped-for sabbatical happens. Then, I would just start anew when I got back, but it’s looking like our current cars are both going to die before then (I hope to leave in July). Bummer. Suggestions?

• 04 Nov 2022

  Got this done. Now I wait until February to find out if I will get it or not. I hope so. I need this.

  

• 04 Nov 2022

  I took a break, explored some other online communities, but am hoping to make this one work for me again!

  Hello.

• 17 Feb 2022

  Today’s Worldle was an easy one. I have gotten it right everytime so far, but not usually without some help. Today’s was a breeze.

• 17 Feb 2022

  It’s been many years since I have watched, but the Sesame Street I remember was better than any of us deserved:

  Furry Happy Monsters

• 16 Feb 2022

  Current annoyance: once you reach a certain stature you no longer have to/get to advance your own PowerPoint/Keynote slides. “Next slide, please.” This is so silly.

• 15 Feb 2022

  Yesterday? 86ºF. Today? 56ºF. Such a bizarre weather situation over here. (The 56º is much closer to “normal.”)

• 12 Feb 2022

  I rode my bike to work today. First time in a few months or more.

  

• 07 Feb 2022

  I am already so far BEHIND in my online History of Jazz class. It’s only week two. My students are getting a raw deal. I wish this wasn’t the case.

• 18 Jan 2022

  Everything all of the time. It all feels so futile.

• 17 Jan 2022

  A nice day at Balboa Park.

  

• 13 Jan 2022

  Two upcoming concerts canceled ☹️

• 10 Jan 2022

  Challenge accepted!

  My wife and I were trying to explain some rules around why our daughter (16) can’t take her cellphone into the bathroom ...
• 07 Jan 2022

  I went to college with the hopes of becoming a jazz musician and to learn more about the art form. I got into college on a scholarship in jazz performance.

  This semester, I am scheduled to teach History of Jazz (the first time in my 13-year tenure!). But, the current political environment—both in society in general and on our campus specifically—has me terrified.

  I am supposed to be excited about this. This is why I went to college, yet I am dreading it. I am supposed to like my job, but I am hating it more everyday.

  (The reasons I haven’t taught this class yet are a little complicated, but, basically, we try to give the GE classes to the part-time profs, and have the full-timers [like me] teach more of the “core” music classes.)

• 03 Jan 2022

  Octopuses, an abalone, and an urchin

  Some great finds at the tide pools, today.
• 02 Jan 2022

  These are the ones I managed to finish last year. Like I said, I am a pretty slow reader.

  I’d be happy to discuss any of these :)

  

• 02 Jan 2022

  My wife’s cousin posted this to his Instagram page. He is deeper into the conspiracy theory universe than anyone I know. Anyway, I wanted to respond and ask him if he realizes these words all had/have meaning before and outside of a virus.

  People exhaust me.