An idea struck me earlier this week to combine a classic Christmas story/movie with a classic country song. It took a couple days to figure out the lyrics, but I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. Hope you enjoy it, Merry Christmas! The Grinch Went Down to Whoville based on “How the Grinch Stole [...]
I had a little fun with St. Patrick’s Day yesterday and decided to write all of my Facebook posts in the form of limericks. I didn’t think I’d come up with that many, but once I got going the ideas flowed much easier than I ever would have expected! So they don’t drift down my [...]
For whatever reason, I’ve had Queen songs stuck in my head all week. (“One Vision” in particular. Just gimme, gimme, gimme fried chicken.) I love Queen. They’re quite possibly my favorite band of all-time (in my Top 3 at the very least), and have been for many years. I’m not sure why they are so [...]
It’s been kind of a funny winter so far. The snow storms have been big and they’ve been pretty frequent, but they keep missing us. It seems like every one will come across the South, dumping a bunch of snow on states that never get it, hit the ocean, turn north, pick up more moisture, [...]
With the holidays rapidly approaching, it means it’s time for one of the great traditions in the low-brass world: Tubachristmas! What a great idea! Outdoor concerts all over the country where low-brass players get together by the hundreds and play Christmas carols. But, unfortunately, I play trombone, so I’m not invited! This made me sad. [...]
So I posted a while back about all the ugly SUVs I’ve been seeing on the road lately. In particular, I called out the Nissan Cube as being exceptionally odd-looking. Well, it looks like Nissan has one-upped themselves. I saw something new in the parking lot at work this week: the Nissan Juke. I mean, [...]
Man, what a busy year it’s been! I can’t believe I haven’t written since…[looks down at next post]…JUNE?!?! Yikes! Apparently I’ve been even busier than I thought! It was an amazing summer, that’s for sure. I got to spend a decent amount of time at the beach in several different states (oddly enough, not including [...]
Mid-April to Mid-June is one of my favorite times of year for one simple reason: the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I love hockey, and there is no better hockey than playoff hockey. The best-of-seven format generates instant rivalries that bring a whole new level of intensity and passion to the game. My favorite team, the Philadelphia [...]
So if you haven’t guessed already from the title of this website, or half of the content around here, I’m both an engineer and a musician. Usually, these two parts of me live together in harmony, since there isn’t a whole lot of overlap, but today they are in conflict. Some of you may be [...]
This is turning out to be quite the winter! We got another two huge snowstorms this week, making this the snowiest winter on record for the area. Last weekend was the really big one, two to three feet of snow fell on the Mid-Atlantic states on Friday and Saturday. I measured about 28″ here, which [...]
