Archive for August, 2008

Elsewhere

I wrote what is probably my most extensive and exhaustive piece in six months here.

Things That Are Gross and Also Cool

Because he got a professional smoker for his birthday (and because I chose to indulge him with an industrial meat grinder), Chef is learning to make sausage.
And because he is learning to make sausage, this means we’re about to have a bunch of salami hanging from the rafters in the basement.
And [...]

Hallelujah

Ethan was coming to a stage in his piano where he was bored with lessons and practice and books with no outright goals or personal creativity. The books given to younger kids are filled with ideas and lessons that don’t have the leeway for improvisation. I brought up an idea to the piano [...]

Jeez, People

Someone added me to their friends list on Facebook, which reminded me that I’m a member of Facebook, so I added all the people to my friends list that were in my Gmail account. Within five minutes I had ten replies.
Don’t you people have other things to do???? Feel free to not respond.

Nubbin

There’s something slightly poetic about my eight-year-old playing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” on the piano in his underwear.