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Horse’s Mouth

Just a comment on the article Ex-Bush aides say he never recovered from Katrina Excerpt: On other topics, David Kuo, who served as deputy director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, disputed the idea that the Bush White House was dominated by religious conservatives and catered to the needs of a religious right [...]
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Styrofoam Shoes

I took a cab in Staten Island today back to the ferry terminal.  The cab driver was this dude with wavy gray hair slicked back, pointy face, probably 70 but looked 85 from smoking — the kind of guy you’d peg hanging at OTB every day, not driving a cab.  He had a friendly, who cares [...]
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New Business Card

I have to get business cards printed, so I made this design today that I’m pretty happy with: Btw, the e-mail address doesn’t work yet.  And the URL will be on the back, and that’s not ready yet, either. Comments?  Critiques?
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Earplugs

Dad: What’s all this stuff?  Earplugs? Me: Earplugs. Dad: You play that bad? LOL    
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Brillig

This was in the yard of the folks that put up the band in Martha’s Vineyard a few years ago. Took the picture in a hurry on the way off. Transformed it into something inspirational… I finally have my vorpal sword.
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Music Goals 2009

Setting some realistic and worthwhile music goals for myself next year: Attend more jam sessions I always tell myself this, but don’t follow through for more than a session or two.  For one, I never have a lot of tunes in my head.  It take so much time and study to build up a viable repertoire; time [...]
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Tenor Trials

I went down to Rayburn’s to try out some tenors yesterday.  Just to get a feel for how modern horns play.  Someday, I’d like to have a legitimate front line tenor to complement my Mark VI.  Mainly, something easy to replace if something happens to it, but also to reduce the wear and tear on [...]
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My Perfect Ten

Last night, I attended my tenth game at Fenway Park (my seventeenth Major League Baseball game overall). Thanks to Jon Lester’s fantastic outing, my win streak at Fenway Park was extended to 10-0! Here’s a list of all the games I’ve attended at Fenway Park to date: [...]
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Off to California

Car service is a half hour early…okay quick post! Here are the details for my CA gigs this weekend with Steve Mazzetta: STEPHEN MAZZETTA [...]
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Free Graph Paper PDF Generator

This site is just too good to keep secret! That is, if you’re a total nerd like me! http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ Right now, I’m doing a project with axonometric perspective paper. But I frequently need various forms of graph paper, and of course, music paper. You can customize your paper settings before generating the PDF. [...]
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