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If I were to pick two things that the end of this month did not require, I would say "another cold" and "more snow."...guess what I got last night, on both counts.On the up side, Conflikt was great,...
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Do you wanna build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman.
...so I built a snow lady!I have to admit that the hat I had to give her was not particularly cunning, so I let her borrow mine for one photo op:She's my first snow lady, though I did build an angel...
View ArticleScenes From My Marriage
Me: "I'm good in a crisis."Benet: "I'm good... with algebra?"(He is, in fact, good at a great many things.)
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SCIENCE
Okay, everybody, here's the deal.A company is making a product called Palcohol. Powdered alcohol. And I thought, "BUT HOW CAN THIS BE?!"So I did a bit more searching. This article gives an explanation...
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Musicianship, Kickstarters, Happiness!
Laaaadies and Gentlemen! My band The Tooles - Me, David, and Kurt - has just launched our Kickstarter.It's gonna be super great. Musicianship has been making me really happy and keeping me busy....
View ArticleWell, Let's Never Do That Again, or, the Continuing Saga of Amy's Car
My car needed a new transmission and I couldn't afford the discounted replacement my mechanic could line up for me. So I called some junkyards and found one at a junkyard in Appleton. Drove to go get...
View ArticleMusicianship and Domestic Accomplishments!
Sunday night I rehearsed with a vocalist/guitarist I play with in The New Lepers, a sort of may-or-may-not-exist Poguesish band.Tuesday night I rehearsed with a jazz fusion band I've recently joined,...
View ArticleI am a lucky duck with talented friends.
Things I should tell y'all:Cheshire Moon released a summer EP and I'm on one of the songs (Disenchanted), and all proceeds benefit Interfilk: http://www.cheshiremoonband.com/merch.htmlPhil Mills...
View ArticleInternational Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2014
November 22 is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.Four years ago, my mother committed suicide. I still struggle coming to terms not only with her death, but with my family's wider history of...
View ArticleState of the Fiddler
I'm working on three albums with three different bands! Yesterday I had an 18-hour workday where we drove back and forth to Chicago and listened to new album tracks for the Tooles, then had a...
View ArticleAhhhh... and also Aaaaaaahhhh!
Well, there was a stressful week of strep throat. It took me a while to recover from that.My career is teaching me that I cannot 'just muddle through' when ill. I am happily engaged in a profession...
View ArticleThe relief...
...when you've written down the numbers of the local hospitals and police, you're about to get in your car with supportive food and drink, you're ready for hand-holding and calling friends and...
View ArticleMy Mother's Kitchen
My mother was a complicated person, with many facets and issues, but one wonderful thing about her was her cooking. She could cook, oh, could she cook! The first thing she taught me how to make was...
View ArticleJurassic World - I finally saw it.
YOU GUYS THEY ARE JUST FOUR LOVABLE SCAMPS WITH DADDY ISSUES, AND CHRIS PRATT CAN'T RAISE THEM ALL BY HIMSELF HE NEEDS A STRONGER ALPHA FOR THEM TO LOOK UP TO, SOMEONE LIKE SUE <3*Okay, I have no...
View ArticleWho Knew?
While I had a pretty great time outside of school around junior and senior years, having found some folks who understood me, by and large I did not have a good time in high school. I'm sure nobody...
View ArticleState of the Fiddler: Jink and Diddle and The Neighbors and The Light Tunnel
State of the Fiddler, August 2015:Well, I have come back from the mountains. I went to Jink and Diddle, the amazing and immersive Scottish Fiddle Camp, and I also got to play with The Neighbors. On the...
View ArticleSiiiiick
Well, the rapid test for strep throat came back negative (we'll see tomorrow about the slower culture), and I think I'm doing better today than yesterday, but...I am tired of hot fluids. Coffee, tea,...
View ArticleWunderkat: the EP
A little over a year ago I began playing with this jazz fusion band called Wunderkat. I wasn't sure if I really belonged, because I'm so folky. Although I have some experience from Play It With Moxie,...
View ArticleThe Unspeakable Chariot
...that's the name of my car. My 2001 Ford Taurus.Monday I found that the coolant leak (the engine's been running hot in the last month, realized I had a coolant leak, called my house-call-giving...
View ArticleI present, for your edification...
I present for your edification, Brooke's flu vaccine Q&A from 2012.Q: Do you recommend the flu shot for me personally?A: Are you allergic to eggs or to neomycin? No? THEN YES I DO!Yes, you! The flu...
View ArticleBlah blah blah cars blah blah
Well, I have purchased a 2000 Toyota Camry in dark grey and begun the process of making sure it's up to code for all the driving I do now. Which still isn't much compared to many folks, but whoa do I...
View ArticleISoSLD 2015
Five Uncomfortable Truths About SuicidalityEvery year, I post on this topic. Every year, I want to make mental issues and suicide a little more visible, a little more normal, if only around my little...
View ArticleUncategorized Rants: Comments Screened
*When driving into a parking lot with slanted parking, even if it's snowing or the arrows have worn off, you can tell which lanes are meant for you by looking and seeing if all the car's butts are...
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Christmas In The Sahara - or, Amy Travels To Morocco
I condensed all my emails to various people and put in a few photos so that quadrivium and tanuki_green and anyone else who wanted to could see the whole story of Our Big Trip. All the chapters were...
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Christmas In The Sahara - or, Amy Travels To Morocco, chapters 3 and 4
These are chapters 3 and 4. For chapters 1 and 2, see this post.Chapter Three: Christmas In The SaharaSee, we planned the trip and Benet said, "Do you want to go to the desert?" And I hadn't thought...
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