Ok, so this post is a week late. That does not in any way diminish the awesomeness that is Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess. The link to her blog is in our blog roll to your right. If you haven’t read her stuff I recommend that you click through. I will, however, warn you. She’s not for the easily offended, she’s fond of four letter words, and she’s from Texas.
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Upcoming Boston Music Events
As my New Job has finally been able to update the website, I’ve now been able to update my resume. That also means that I can do things like advertise cool opera related things here like discounted tickets. As I’ve also picked up some part time work at the Harvard Book Store working their events, I figured I should point out some upcoming events that might be interesting to the music geeks who read this blog.
Please note, as it says at the very bottom of the page, this is our blog and I am posting this as a service to my readers and friends, not because I’ve been asked to by my employer(s) or because it benefits me in any way. (Other than giving me something nifty to write about.)
A belated post-PAX report
Although I was fairly swamped with work this past weekend, I somehow managed to take the time to go see PAX East, the huge gaming convention and general geekfest organized by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade fame. Kelly’s brother Matt came up from Philadelphia and joined Patricio and I as we indulged ourselves in a geek’s paradise – specifically, a gaming geek’s paradise. So go no further if you have a low tolerance for that sort of thing.
Mark your calendars- April 12, 2012 8:30pm
Ok, so remember how I said about Nathan that someday I’ll be able to say I knew him when? I can already say that about my friend Dave.
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Of butterflies, and one special chrysalis
As Geoff mentioned, on Saturday we took his sister, Liz, and her 3 kids to the Museum of Science, among other places, for their day visit to Boston. After our lunch time visit to Harvard Sq. for some excellent burgers, we stopped back off at home before heading to the museum. Whenever we enter the house, especially with guests, we’re always greeted at the door by our enthusiastic dachshunds and usually at least one cat.
On Saturday we were greeted by a bouncy little Thumbelina, Scratch, and no Rerun. There was a distinct whining coming from the living room, but as everyone filed in and wandered into the kitchen, I was apparently the only one who 1) noticed his absence and 2) heard the pathetic whimpers coming from the living room. (Rerun is an expert at The Pathetic Dog Whimper.)
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Family visit
Yesterday we had the pleasure of a visit from my sister Liz and her kids, my nephews Will and Ben and niece Kate. We took them on a quick tour of Casa Dachshund. For the first time they had the chance to meet our cats, and it was interesting to see how everyone reacted. Scratch was his usual self, very friendly and outgoing, and so he greeted everyone. Bucky was in his favorite spot, in my old office chair near the front bay window. He did not even get up as far as I know. But surprisingly Smoky actually came out to greet everyone too.
A night at the Symphony
Last night we were fortunate enough to get tickets to the BSO, thanks to friends who gave us their tickets. The performance featured music by Felix Mendelssohn, a 19th century composer who died young but still managed to accomplish much. He is of course most famous for his wedding march but he also wrote operas, symphonies, piano quartets, and other pieces.
We had to rush a bit because of Kelly getting held up at work but we made up for lost time and even managed to find an awesome parking spot right around the corner from the Hall. We got inside with a little bit of time to spare and so we looked around for Jen and Greg (the couple who gave us the tickets) and found them almost by accident. After briefly talking with them (and with another couple Kelly knew) we headed up to our seats.
Music from the court of Frederick the Great, Jan. 28-29
My friend, Matthew Hall, sends word of more performances by Musical Offering. Details are below. I hope that local Boston area folks can make it.
~Kelly
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. For that they have our thanks. And we thank them especially for not throwing any poo in the process.
Here’s an excerpt:
A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,300 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people.
Click here to see the complete report.
And seriously, Kevin Smith and his dachshund should thank us for all the free (but still more or less accidental) publicity they got from us last year.
-Geoff
Wedding shopping – not mine!
Last month our dear friends Teri and Patricio got engaged. I’d actually cornered Patricio at my wedding and asked him when he and Teri were going to get engaged. I think they’ve been together for approximately 6 centuries now and it was getting harder and harder for me not to refer to them as betrothed.
The Books are Taking Over... 