It’s humpday, which means the weekend will be here shortly. Good. This is shaping up to be a good weekend!
It starts with the July Southern California Games Day, which I’ll get to attend most of. gf_guruilla will be attending the graduation of a friend of ours from an Internet school, and Small&Feisty will be off with ixixlix and the Karate Kid. I’m looking forward to a day of gaming, and perhaps I’ll play some games I haven’t played before.
That evening, gf_guruilla and I will be going to the Pasadena Playhouse to see 110 in the Shade, which has gotten excellent reviews.
Sunday will be a home day, for the most part. I’ve got to do the mini-Newsletter, and hopefully that won’t take long. Other than that, we may do some furniture rearranging and getting ready for our vacation.
Music Update:
The Cy Coleman marathon continues. So far, I’ve made it through the following CDs (in general, I’m listening to each twice):
“Presents Barnum” (Cy Coleman Trio)
Still to be listened to are:
Of these, I seem to be enjoying the Jazzier scores the best, i.e., “I Love My Wife”, “City of Angels”, “Little Me”, and the Trio-version of Barnum (although “Sweet Charity” has its moments). The concept version of “The Life” is notable because of some of the cover audiences—it includes the last recording of George Burns (who covered Easy Money). “On the Twentieth Century” has some good numbers, but some weak ones as well.
[Disclaimer: The pictures are links to Amazon—it was the easiest way to get the images]
Lastly…
I’ve been corrupting ellipticcurve with Steve Allen. In addition to “Meeting of Minds” (which I mentioned previously [you might not see it in your journal due to the table]), I’ve introduced her to the book Dumbth and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter. This book addresses the unprecedented amount of mental incapacitation in society today, and explores the distinction between ignorance and stupidity. A great book.
[BTW, I’ve been enjoying being able to include the book/image links—I think they enhance readability—from Amazon. I’ve been generating them via my associates link on my highway pages. If folks think this is too crass, please let me know. I’m doing it more to talk about the items.
Also, has anyone had trouble with Semagic hanging on posting or taking forever. It seems most posts I need to cancel it and go through the web interface.]
