Last call at our house is around 8:30 pm every night. That’s the time when Emma emerges from her room dressed in her super-comf jammies, feeling quite fresh after her evening bath, and looking for that one final bottle of warm milk.
Last call.
Emma holds her own bottle as she reclines on my lap. She drinks [...]
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Last Call
Posted in Emma, Music on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’re Welcome
Posted in Music on July 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Since my arms lack the strength to lift her and my legs are no longer strong enough to chase after her, I have to be creative in the ways that I can play and bond with my baby girl Emma.
One of our most favorite activities is to watch Youtube videos together. She sits calmly on [...]
You’re Gonna Miss This
Posted in Memories, Music on June 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night around 9 PM, I was lying in bed, legs outstretched and crossed at the feet, right hand resting comfortably between the back of my head and the pillow, tiny white earbud headphones placed snugly in my ears as I listened to the sounds emanating from my metallic blue iPod Shuffle. As usual, my [...]
NINJA Night at Shoreline
Posted in Concert, Music on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Friday evening, my buddy Dooms and I attended the Nine Inch Nails / Jane’s Addiction show at Shoreline in Mountain View. While it should be noted that yours truly did not ingest any “outside food” himself, there was certainly no shortage of neighboring concert-goers who chose to partake in the more traditional form of [...]
Britney Spears Versus Clem Snide
Posted in Concert, Music on May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The World’s First Compare and Contrast Concert Review of
Britney Spears and Clem Snide
Versus
During a whirlwind two-week period in the month of April, I had the rather unique privilege of attending live performances by two distinctly different recording artists on the road in America in support of their latest musical releases. Clem Snide, led [...]
Playing for Change
Posted in Music on May 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I am not a big fan of the forward. Typically, if I spy the letters FWD in or around the subject line of an email I’ve received, the likelihood that I will even read the message is about on par with the Giants’ chances of winning the World Series this year: Sure, it could happen, [...]
Everything Old is New Again
Posted in Music, Treatments on April 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When it comes to choosing my music for an acupuncture session, I take the job very seriously. The right choice can be positively inspirational (Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits or KFOG’s Live from the Archives) but the wrong CD selection spells absolute disaster (The Cult’s Electric). A good decision enhances a session whereas a bad [...]
Clem Snide’s Hungry Bird
Posted in Music on February 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I haven’t worked in the traditional sense that employed people work since mid-June 2008 when motor neuron disease helped me slam close the door on my eight year teaching career. Sure, I’ve been busy writing two blogs and outlining my memoir, but neither of those pursuits have been anything more than a labor of love. [...]
Emma’s Not So Infinite Playlist
Posted in Emma, Music on February 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Music has been a major part of my daughter Emma’s life for the past nineteen months. For those of you keeping score at home, you are probably thinking to yourselves, ‘Isn’t the Bug only about ten months old?’ and ‘Doesn’t the old man know his own daughter’s age?’ Well, the answer to both of those [...]
Now I Know My ABC’s
Posted in Music on December 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For as long as I can remember, I have been a sorter. Ever since the days of my youth, I have found immense comfort in the active organization of various items in my possession. You name it, I sorted it: Hot Wheels (by make and model), Lego’s (by shape and color), baseball cards (initially by [...]
