Regular Life

when I have it all on “tape?”
When I recorded this, I was hoping for an encore performance of “Rock Band Goin’ On,” but I got something else entirely. (edited for time)
Fake Song

Okay, so the guitar doesn’t stay in tune all that well, but it’s still pretty good for a kid’s toy.

(Note: Anybody reading “The Keys Are In It” may now proceed to Part Eight.)
Wednesday night Benjamin did something that I thought warranted sharing in the form of an audio file. When I asked him if he would like for me to share it, he said, “Yes.”
Now five years old, Ben says rock ‘n’ roll [...]

If you normally spend between four and five minutes reading here, then today is your big break.
You get to spend about the same amount of time listening, because I’m offering up a hodgepodge of clips that help paint a sonic portrait of what goes on in our lives. No, it isn’t just a bunch [...]

Click the “play” button and then click the thumbnail for a larger image to go along with the sound.

Easter post forthcoming.

Had I known I had an audience, I would have done something much more memorable.
Ben and I leave the house Tuesday night for an evening bike ride. It’s becoming our habit as the daytime highs are hitting “only” 92 and the breeze provides a break from the humectant air.
Ben hasn’t learned to use the brake [...]

The first thing I hear when I leave work is a battle between a cicada and a mockingbird. I don’t mean the bird’s trying to eat the cicada, although it no doubt would make a tasty treat. Instead, they’re competing for sonic superiority.
Headphones or earbuds will put you right in the middle of this one.

In the Midst of a Miniature Mathematician
Ben and I had a conversation in the minivan a couple weeks ago. He had seen a bird and decided to comment.
“All birds do fly, but all birds don’t fly.”
I pondered that, trying to remember if my logic course in college taught me any possible way either part of [...]