I’m not quite sure how it happened, but the wee lad, who is roughly 5.5 years old, announced today that his favorite song is “Video Killed the Radio Star,” by the Buggles. That song, which as it happens is also a favorite of mine, was the first video (and thus …
The campus begins to fill with students once again, and the pleasant days of the Break are drawing to a close. As you can tell from the silence hereabouts, I’ve been busy with things: making it through the teaching wave of the Fall semester served only to bring me clear …
Dear Sharp, Many years ago when I was gearing up for high school (so more years ago than I like to think about), my parents bought me a graphing calculator. Birthday or Christmas, I think. I can’t really remember. Almost everybody back then had a TI-85, as I recall. A …
I have no idea how I missed this, but Loreena McKennitt — whose music I fell in love with in college — gave a concert at the Alhambra a few years ago. Her music is magical, and so is that place. Indeed, when I visited it for the first time …
I’ve been trying to get a lot of work done in a rather short window of time, but there must be time for a good chuckle now and again, too. Herewith, an interpretive dance of The Killers’ excellent song “Human,” from a BBC game show: 🙂