Monthly Archives: October 2006

Monday Morning Fifteen

The new iPod is still learning the hows and whys of shuffling, I assume. There are repeats. At first, it wouldn’t leave the confines of a single album for the next random song. But it is learning. I think. This is the morning’s musical bounty: “Just My Soul Responding” – Smokey Robinson “66″ – Afghan

A Different Masthead

Daeva & Daksha In The Title Bar Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. There’s a new header up there. It might stick. It might not. It’s been about a year since my last major WordPress theme renovation, so it’s time to shift things around. I’m starting at the top and working my way down from there. Of

Nut

10-22-06_1345.jpg Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. One of many in the lawn at Barrington Hall. Picked up during strike.

About Yesterday

Yesterday deserves another long post, one almost as long as the longer post of just a few days ago.  But I’ve neither the time or the inclination to ramble.  Instead, here is a list of vague thoughts that might merit some later exposition if I feel so inclined: Our cast is just amazing. Indian food

Howdy, Partners

A brief post of explanation. That thing over there, to the side. Right under the Search. Yeah, that … It’s a placeholder for a new ad network operated by Performancing, the folks behind the aforementioned Firefox plug-in. They do blog stats as well. But it appears that all of their metrics and tools have led

Reading Into An Old War

I finished Matthew Pearl's The Poe Shadow a few weeks ago.  I was not nearly as impressed with Shadow as I was with his previous effort, The Dante Club.  As I told many throughout the read — and it was a longer than usual read — Pearl's switch to first-person narrative is incredibly jarring.  If

The Bus King

Something sublime for your Wednesday morning. This man is Aloe Blacc.  Just received his debut CD via lala.  If you like this at all, you’ll love the rest of it.  Guaranteed. powered by performancing firefox (This was also a test of the Performancing plug-in for Firefox, an in-browser blogging tool. Not bad, though the WYSIWYG

A Long Weekend, An Even Longer Post

Four days before you can think to wink. Twelfth Night opened on Friday night. Eliminated were any concerns about the degree of dedication to be found in our actors. The first show of Love’s Labour’s Lost was chilly, maybe even a bit cold, but was the temperature 39°F? No. Our actors, some clad only mostly

Twelfth Night: Opening Soon

What follows is everything you need to know about our upcoming production … North Fulton Drama Club proudly presents William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (Or What You Will), a comedo-romantic play in five hilarious acts. Packed with pirates, fools, knights, mistaken identities and cross-dressing, Twelfth Night has something for everyone and their twin brother, too. NFDC’s

We Can Work It Out

It appears that a blog post from back in September has caught the attention of its subject. Check the comments, catch up, then come back … My initial post about www.ballotdebate.com was born out of curiosity. As a blogger, my eye was bound to be caught by a bulletin board flyer about a new group