I Love A Piano

Don't you sometimes think that the world is a little dull?  Our days are filled with traffic jams, line ups at the grocery store and a million trivial things that need to be done.  Ahhh...but imagine if we made these tedious tasks a little more tantalizing and less trivial.  What if instead of dreading your commute, you were excited about a traffic jam because you had a great new CD to listen to?  What if the line-up at the grocery store became an opportunity to meet a stranger?

I found this video on YouTube and thought to myself "BRILLIANT!"  This is what we need more of!  The imagination is limitless!  What would you do to make the dull delightful, the dreary delicious?  Would you take the stairs or the escalator?

All Fer Me Blog

Is anybody out there?  My Blog has been an utter failure thusfar.  I've been thinking about it and have decided that there needs to be a reason to have a Blog in the first place.  A Blog without a purpose is like a stray dog.  So I've decided to give my Blog a reason for being.

Let me know what you think.  I often receive links and e-mails from people suggesting great books to read, music to listen to, videos to watch, profound observations of life...and other things that I can't repeat here.  I don't like to clog up people's e-mails with all this stuff, but perhaps a blog is the perfect place to publish them.

For example, my Blog's newfound purpose in life might be to:

1. Share a great book I've just read, or suggest one that someone else has recommended;
2. Let you know about a great upcoming event or concert;
3. Post links to videos or music that I, or someone else, thinks is worth watching
4. Sharing favorite recipes with the hope that someone will feed me
5. Offer some links to choral resources and music sites that might be of interest to you

For example, many of you sent me a link to the remarkable performance of "Africa" by a Slovenian jazz choir called "Perpetuum Jazzile".  It's definitely worth sharing, and so here it is.  It's definitely worth the 6 minutes and 18 seconds it takes to watch -- and demonstrates the remarkable things that can be done with the human voice.  Have a look:



So what do you think?  Let me know, otherwise I'll pack up my Blog and go home.