I‘ve developed a reputation at school for being a demanding teacher who expects too much and grades too harshly. I had a particularly lazy class a couple semesters back, and gave them a good tongue lashing via email….
A little while back I made a resolution to contact my favorite artists and give thanks. I started with this letter to Heather Phares….
I had a weird dream and shared it with my friend Jaimie.
me:
last night I had a dream that Samuel L Jackson and I were crying to a Nora Jones song.
So I woke up and was like “whoa, I guess I better listen to that song…”…
I recently logged my 100,000th song with last.fm,
which has been tracking my music listening since I signed up with the service a few years ago.
(To see what it looked like at 50,000 click here)…
Lead singer Trish Keenan of Broadcast, died today.
One of the best, and certainly my favorite contemporary rock band….
You said I came close
as anyone’s come
to live underwater
for more than a month
you said it was not inside my heart, it was
you said it should tear a kid apart, it does…
Moves like a fist through traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It’s just a little lump
But you feel it…
As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
* Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation:…
This summer I’m teaching 8-19 year olds how to draw anime and manga. The class is at a community college in Walnut creek….
I usually play the “Italian Game” opening as white which occasionally means I have the opportunity to play the “Fried Liver Attack” …
The third year of my no talking Tuesdays has come and gone with fewer insights and revelations. I feel like I’ve hit my stride with the experiment and it’s become a part of my routine in much the same way brushing my teeth or cutting my fingernails has. …
Finally the spring harvests of Mainland China and Taiwanese teas have made it state side. I had my first cup of 2010 Lishan Spring after months of waiting. It felt like coming home. Now I’m all stocked up and will hopefully make it to next spring….
As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order. This sticky list is less random melodic infections, and more a closely matched soundtrack for my stupid romantic life….
I made a mistake this week. My morning ritual for a while has been a slice of pie with coffee and orange. The meal ends with a little piano improvisation before I go to work….
I played a game of chess recently that unraveled into a fun early checkmate. I made a gif of it below, I played as white:…