The Omniscient Idiot

Thanks Bmose. Hope you and the little lady can see...

2009-12-16T20:54:28.020-05:00

Thanks Bmose. Hope you and the little lady can see it if you are ever in Cincinnati. I'm still waiting for an opportunity to take me your way to visit your place. Seems like most of the people we know have been there already.

Love the minimalist bedroom :) The whole apartment...

2009-12-16T11:57:17.449-05:00

Love the minimalist bedroom :) The whole apartment looks great, and I'm pleased to see that you're so happy with it, too!

Love the IC hoody. It's a nice addition to the...

2009-12-15T19:13:30.897-05:00

Love the IC hoody. It's a nice addition to the place. Oh yeah, and the apartment is quite nice as well.

If Kevin's first words were "check out th...

2009-11-20T08:40:33.348-05:00

If Kevin's first words were "check out those parquet floors", I think the Burkes have officially been watching way too much HGTV...

Damn it feels good to be a lemonade gangsta!

2009-08-18T19:17:23.859-04:00

Damn it feels good to be a lemonade gangsta!

YUM! Makes me want lemon-flavored ritas!!!!!

2009-08-18T19:02:55.636-04:00

YUM! Makes me want lemon-flavored ritas!!!!!

2009-08-18T19:02:01.937-04:00

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Yes, with Antonino Votto conducting.

2009-08-08T14:03:53.213-04:00

Yes, with Antonino Votto conducting.

Yay for the new schwag! I don't have the La S...

2009-08-08T13:10:12.803-04:00

Yay for the new schwag! I don't have the La Scala set, but some individual recordings and they're very good. One of the multiple recordings of Traviata I have is from La Scala, with Scotto and it really is sublime. Is Scotto on your Traviata or is it a different recording?

:-) I'll definitely be checking in. Thanks for res...

2009-04-19T22:11:00.000-04:00

:-) I'll definitely be checking in. Thanks for responding!

Patty, I had a blog on typepad, but my blogging de...

2009-04-19T18:36:00.000-04:00

Patty,
I had a blog on typepad, but my blogging decreased to a point that it did not make sense to pay monthly for a blog. So I moved to my current site. Sure I don't have as much exposure when it comes to internet searches, but financially, it is a better fit. I hope you check in every now and then.

Which top 100 were you trying to get on? A few dif...

2009-04-19T16:05:00.000-04:00

Which top 100 were you trying to get on? A few different folks put those together. Just curious!

I only now located your blog. Not sure why, as I get google alerts for a lot of different things. Hmmm.

I'll be checking out your blog once I find some time. (Opera work today.)

Cheers!

Congratulations! I will be presenting that week a...

2009-02-05T17:59:00.000-05:00

Congratulations! I will be presenting that week as well at the IASPM conference at the University of Liverpool.

Congrats!! That's the exact week I'll be at the NA...

2009-02-04T17:20:00.000-05:00

Congrats!! That's the exact week I'll be at the NAVSA/ BAVS joint conference at Cambridge University.

Maybe I should have included Joshua Bell in my lis...

2009-02-02T15:24:00.000-05:00

Maybe I should have included Joshua Bell in my list.

This makes me think of the REM song "It's the End ...

2009-02-01T11:56:00.000-05:00

This makes me think of the REM song "It's the End of the World As We Know It," the bit that refers to Leonard Bernstein, Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs.

Michael Stipe claimed that the "L.B." references came from a dream he had in which he found himself at a party surrounded by famous people who all shared these initials.

It always made me happy that I could have gone to that party.

OK Computer is my favorite album of all time. I li...

2009-01-28T16:33:00.000-05:00

OK Computer is my favorite album of all time. I listen to it only in its entirety, and never pull tracks of it for other playlists. It's epic. And I save listening to it for special moments/ experiences. The mood/ setting has to be just right.

I like The Eraser too; it has grown and grown on me the last year or so. "Analyse" is my favorite.

The internet = best research tool ever invented. ...

2009-01-24T14:35:00.000-05:00

The internet = best research tool ever invented. I'm sure once I get to the proposal stage at least 50% of my bibliography will be web-based. AWESOME.

I also find that Thom Yorke's _The Eraser_ provide...

2009-01-24T14:30:00.000-05:00

I also find that Thom Yorke's _The Eraser_ provides a lovely accompaniment to bleak days. This music is clearly steeped in the British climate; you can hear the clouds.