Tomorrow is my big day! Looking forward to when I’ll be able to type again… Don’t you think I haven’t had plenty of thoughts brewing in the meantime. They’re all waiting to explode on this page in coming days. Love to all of you… Be back soon!

PS: I’d love to work on a new skin for the site during the week of the 27th, so if any of you brilliant CSS junkies are inspired, please feel free to send your ideas my way… It’s about time for something fresh.

14 comments March 20th, 2006

“These moments, as beautiful as they are, are evil when they’re gone.”

13 comments March 10th, 2006

A while back I posted about this Star Estimator that uses advanced facial recognition software to tell you which celebrities you resemble, and it was fun… But, then I discovered a site that’s way better at it:

MyHeritage.com offers you a wider range options, so it’s not just one certain image of a celebrity, but many that you’re being compared with. Plus, it will also list your match percentage. When I entered my latest self-portrait, this is what I received in return:

If you want to play along, make sure you tell us which of the celebrity photos were a match, not simply whom. When I played around and put in a different photo, I got totally different matches, sometimes the same star in a different setting, and sometimes an entirely different person… Have fun!

11 comments January 30th, 2006

Happy 250th Birthday, W. A. Mozart! In the past I’ve expressed my fervent love of classical music and his work is a big contributor to that passion.

Little known fact about me: For twelve years I was a devoted instrumentalist. Though my primary focus was the alto saxophone, I quickly learned (much to my dismay) that there was very little opportunity to play classical music on an instrument which was not invented until the romantic era… So, I learned many other ways to make great music.

Those early years fostered in me a great love for musical performance. Once you’ve played, it completely changes the experience of going to the symphony. Once you’ve analyzed a score, it revolutionizes the way you hear a piece played by an orchestra. You’re no longer sitting there, you’re actually inside the music and a part of the experience.

Haven’t been to the symphony in years… The mention of it makes me think of Dad. He was the only one in my family interested in such things. As one of those season ticket kind of guys, now and again he would let his daughter tag along… But then things changed with us.

Los Angeles now has a new concert hall. A freaky looking building near the courthouse. Sooner or later I’m going to have to find someone to join me for a performance by the LA Philharmonic. All weekend they’re playing Mozart on XM Classics, and it’s making me jones!

7 comments January 27th, 2006

All hail the glorious return of my one and only favorite show!

That’s correct, they aired the first new episode of BSG this evening, and if you missed it, don’t you fret about that:

You can download it tomorrow through Apple iTunes!

Now, it may just be my imagination, but I think I saw a little sexual tension building between two of the more “butch” ladies on the show. Yep! I seriously think Admiral Cain has a thing for my girlie Starbuck. And who could blame her really? Kara Thrace is a bootie-kicking hottie, card shark, cigar smoker, and a viper pilot… I mean, hello!

10 comments January 6th, 2006

Happy Cyber Monday! Today is the biggest online shopping day of the year, and I suppose that’s because if you didn’t find it in stores over the long Thanksgiving weekend, you hit the net today and picked up some slack. While you’re at it, may I make a little suggestion:

The hilarious folk over at Penny Arcade have a charity called Child’s Play and it’s seriously about the kids… Those cooped up in hospitals during the holidays. For the past three years, the fans of the online comic (gamers & geeks) have contributed toys and video games to help out. Though it’s not yet December, they’re now halfway to this year’s goal.

Should you want to be a part of making the season brighter for kids, you need only visit these links to the official site, where you’ll find a map of children’s hospitals, each linked to their respective wish lists on Amazon.com. Heaven knows we all shop online there anyway, so you might as well join me and add something to your cart for the cause.

3 comments November 28th, 2005

MrLemurBoy hooked me up with a little easter egg from the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith DVD… Rather than searching around to uncover it yourself, here is the video clip for your viewing pleasure:

23 comments November 7th, 2005

Just because I’m super busy today doesn’t mean that you can’t have oodles of fun without me. For your amusement I host online games, but only a handful of people rediscovered them after I moved to the new domain name, so tell your friends! They’re always available by clicking Arcade Games in the sidebar, but here they are:

Click a game title to play now!

16 comments November 4th, 2005