2017
- The Pro Dumpster Diver Who’s Making Thousands Off America’s Biggest Retailers$600,000 a year? Um, really?
- Home RowA blue IBM Correcting Selectric II was my mom's model of choice. Actually, there was no choice, since everyone had a blue IBM Correcting Selectric II. She loved that typewriter. It was fast, accurate, and solid as a rock.
- Project 12:31Jernigan's cadaver was sectioned and photographed for the Visible Human Project at the University of Colorado's Health Sciences Center.
- Amazing photos from the Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterDust devils have been blamed for unexpectedly cleaning off the Mars rovers' solar panels.
- I wouldn’t wanna go in there drunk“…its toilet a throne from which to survey the magnificent carved bowers of the stair beams above”
- Bernard Herrmann“I am firmly convinced, and so is Hitchcock, that after the main titles you know something terrible must happen.”
- The Whale in the Blue Washing MachineOne summer, we took a drive on the Richardson highway, and paid a visit to Haines at his homestead.
- Lee Boot: Looking Back at the Holiday RitualThis got me thinking about the first Christmas we recently celebrated in our new house.
- Gary Hecker – Veteran Foley ArtistMy friend Chris and I once bought a watermelon and started hitting it with things in the bathtub, trying to get a good face-punch sound.
- First Chicago MarathonYour recorded finish time was 4:50:03 and you placed 20,436th out of 36,159 finishers.
- Granola is basically toasted oatsIt's so easy and inexpensive to make that you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner.
- Jimmy Slonina’s Fun With Lip SyncingAn absolutely first rate physical artist and one of the funniest people I've known.
- Someone named Susan Boyle appeared with me on OprahI had the fantastic pleasure of playing on Oprah, backing up Britain's Got Talent phenom Susan Boyle.
- Musician’s DiceA creative tool that can be used in any number of ways: they bring the element of chance into the musical process.
- Eye of the Sandman opening titlesI'm a sucker for good opening titles, so I'm especially thrilled to be a part of these.
- My Dad is a Top Jigsaw Sudoku ExpertI have just today achieved the rank of Immortal among the world of Sudoku aficionados.
- Phyllis Cozzola, 1925-2009My mother-in-law passed away Sunday, just 4 months after my mom. It's been quite a year.
- VocaloMy good friend Tom Herman interviewed me this morning on Vocalo.org to talk about life as a freelance musician. As promised, here's what I played, and where you can hear more.