Sweet Home Alabama

You know, some people are just plain weird.  I get an awful lot of strange requests when I am hired to play for weddings, dinner parties, ceremonies and funerals, and I do my best to oblige. They’re paying for it, so if I can do it, what do I care?
Last week I played for a beautiful lakeside [...]

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Jesus – Extra Cheese, Please

Again with the cheese. No connection, I promise.
Today, I ordered pizza for lunch from a local place that rhymes with Coppa Don’s. I know pizza is bad for me. Criminy, lettuce is bad for me. I gain weight breathing. The Food Network is a porn channel, in my opinion.
Ahem.
Anyway, after the second heavenly slice, I [...]

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It’s All About the Cheese

Such a versatile word, cheese. I am quite sure your first thought was food, since that’s the most obvious definition. I discovered a new parmesan grater-thingy and I am enamored. I didn’t realize the stuff could be sorta soft, even with as many trips to Olive Garden logged as I have. On garlic-butter popcorn, it [...]

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And the Final Score is…

Auburn High School 1; Zobabe 0.
Of course, the reverse of that is also true. Their loss, huh? Yes, you have guessed correctly, grasshoper, I did NOT get the job.
Honestly, I am relieved. I now have time to clean and pack and sell and write and arrange and teach and enjoy the company of those I [...]

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Timeline on the Half Shell

1982: Farmboy, an AU grad (twice) takes over my HS choir, promptly molds the show choir into a model of the AU Singers
1988: I graduate form college. Studly, also a double AU grad and former Singer, takes over the same HS choir, stops in at my church office to use the phone while house-hunting on a hot July [...]

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Another Day

Remember the bragging about leisure? Boy, was that stupid. The new school starts classes at 7:45 am, so that means I’ll have to be there at 7:30. Criminy. It gets worse instead of better. Too bad I can’t brag with a straight face about how great it is to be free and not encumbered by [...]

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Uh, you want me to do WHAT?

I have had an incredibly bizarre day.
First off, it has felt like Friday all day. My Fridays have a sort of post-apocalytic feel to them, in that I see very few people, and am usually alone at the church while I work. It’s like one of those odd 70’s movies whose soundtrack has been so [...]

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Mmmmm…peanut butter…

It’s as if the trap said seductively to the mouse, “Peanut Butter, baby.”
Scurrrry, scurrrry, scurryscurry SNAP!
And just like that? I’m back in the danged game.
-Me

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A Deal Breaker

A lot of us think we have things pretty much under control. We think we are pretty good people, or at least we try to convince ourselves we are. We say things like, “Well, at least I don’t do THAT, ” or “I would NEVER sink that low.” Let me warn you about that second one. [...]

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Motivation, Thy Name is Mud

I spent a lot of time in my youth being so self-concious that I was not self-aware. Lest you think those are synonyms, self-consiousness is usually a negative self-image, combined with a fear that others are judging you. Self awareness suggests that you realize your effect on the world around you, and recognize things about [...]

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