Is there anything better than sacred vocal music from the early Renaissance? I’ve got the Tallis Scholars doing the Victoria Requiem, and next in the queue is the Trio Medieval doing a variety of stuff in the same style. There’s an absolute purity in the use of the primary intervals. Combined with the lack of . . . → Read More: Is there anything better?
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This is what happened: “The most common sports injury.” 5ux0rz. Allright, to the internet for medical advice. this is me. I felt the “pop.” Yup. Second or third degree. I’m in “moderate to severe pain” and I can gimp around without falling to the floor screaming. I’m calling it a “severe second degree outer sprain.” Unh hunh… we’re sending a theme here. “A sprained ankle . . . → Read More: Injury update I’ve been exercising a lot lately in pursuit of general fitness, and also in preparation for the great Alaska adventure to begin next week. Now I’ve sprained my ankle, solidly. I was at the karate school, doing jumping jacks. Jumping jacks, dammit. I must have done a hundred thousand jumping jacks in my life . . . → Read More: Injury I have installed the ceiling fan, and it is good. I have painted the porch, and it is pretty close to good (though light failed before I was done). No telling what the dawn will reveal. Jen and I took a 29.5 mile (round trip) bike ride down to the park. That was fun, but . . . → Read More: Fan I squeezed a $1000 refund out of Ace Atlas, by pointing out that they didn’t even bother to find us a truck until after the promised delivery date of our stuff. We decided to apply that money directly to some home upgrades we’ve been meaning to make. Specifically: A garbage disposal ($135), a ceiling fan . . . → Read More: Errands, tasks, and jobs Our corporate partner, Orion Multisystems is getting a lot of press. This article is in LinuxWorld. We’re not mentioned until the bottom of the article, but we’re certainly bundled with every life science product that they ship. In other news Evanescence rocks my world even harder, now that I’ve seen their low budget yet cool . . . → Read More: More press |
