Have been updating a some of the old pages to the new look, added a few poems, but have not been diligent about actually posting new blog entries for you to rag, er, comment upon. So, starting today, I shall endeavor to post at least once a day, even if it is something stupid. I’m also going to start a new category, Beliefs, that will catalog things I believe. Wheee.
Author: Joe White
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.
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.