Category Archives: Music

June 17, 2012

Stupidest name ever

The recorder is by far the stupidest name ever given to any musical instrument. I don’t care if it was named more than 500 years ago (which it was). It’s still a stupid name, and it could have been changed … Continue reading →

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June 7, 2012

There are places (and moments) that I will always remember

My wife and daughter sang this song together night before our son was born. It’s one of those moments that a Daddy will always remember. 

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May 3, 2012

French toast is her Muse

Some songwriters are inspired by love. Others by joy, anger, heartache, loss and even peaches. My daughter is apparently inspired by French toast. Strange, but damn cute, too.   

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March 31, 2012

The Pteranodon song

My daughter loves dinosaurs and she loves music, so a combination of the two was inevitable, albeit slightly bizarre. And very cute.

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March 7, 2012

“In My Life” I have never seen anything better

Yes, having children can make life more complicated and expensive, but you get a moment like this and you can’t believe how lucky you are to have this little person in your life.

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February 27, 2012

Breakfast and The Beatles (and a little chair dancing)

Have you ever seen a better breakfast?

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February 24, 2012

Cat Stevens taught me that authors should not act like jerks.

I have a more-than-slight tendency to act like a jerk. I can be biting, sarcastic, oppositional, confrontational, aggravating, nonconforming and disagreeable. My mother consistently referred to me as The Instigator. I know all this must be surprising to you. I … Continue reading →

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February 7, 2012

A potentially great day ruined by you-know-what

Today was a potentially great day for me.   To start, Cosmopolitan UK named my next book, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, #1 on their Best Books for February 2012 list  and offered a glowing review. The cover of the book … Continue reading →

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September 5, 2011

Tilly and the Wall: Who needs a drummer when you have tap shoes?

I often claim (with excessive pride) that I have introduced my wife to more positive things in her life than she has introduced to me. Television shows, friends, activities, locales. I argue that she is and will forever be deeply … Continue reading →

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August 27, 2011

Feeling uncertain about my chest

I like the song “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train a lot. I’ve been listening to it this week as part of my evening run playlist, so I’ve had an opportunity to pay closer attention to the lyrics.  The second verse … Continue reading →

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