Kathy said I should start thinking about doing another recital. So I’m trying to get ideas of pieces to do on it. The only one I’m definitely doing so far is “This Nearly Was Mine” from “South Pacific” (hear it or read the lyrics). Got any other ideas? Leave ’em in the comments, please.
Month: December 2003
With the DNA-confirmed capture of Saddam Hussein, things look much brighter for a decrease in the level of violence, more assistance from the rest of the world, and the chance to establish the Arab world’s first democracy.
This past summer at the Hot Springs Music Festival, Nikolai taught Sarah, Elaine, Janina, Jaimie, and myself (amont others) how to play the Russian card game Durak (“Stupid”). This is a game that you don’t play so much to win, but just not to lose. It was so fun that I stayed up til 2am the last night I was there playing, even though I had to leave at 6am to drive back to Houston in time for a 2pm rehearsal for Princess Ida. At any rate, I tried to remember the rules the other night, but failed. Luckily, Google to the rescue!
I first learned about the game of booray (or boo-ray or bour?) from one of my poker buddies at the LBJ School. Unfortuantely, Mike couldn’t remember how to actually play this game from the lands across the Sabine (that’s Cajun Louisiana to those of you not from East Texas). Thought of it again while whiling away the time with cards before Andrea’s concert this past Tuesday with Elizabeth and AC, and finally got around to googling it today.
The most straightforward entry was from the Wikipedia, but the explanation I enjoyed reading the most was from The Nexus Project.
Now, I just need to find some folks to play with and some time to play.
Been playing with a private Movable Type blog for a few weeks now, and decided I liked it enough to move my main one to this. Don’t have the time or inclination now to move the old archives to the new format, but if there is demand (hah!) I will do so.
Nice thing about this format is that you can now post your comments on each article.
I’ll eventually get around to reformatting all the random pages, like my quotes page, but for now, they will remain in the old style.
Let me know what you think, won’t you?