Wiffiti…

Some crazy tech application going on here. Text messages from your phone to screen displays in a bunch of places across the States. Can’t message from Korea, though. Digitally, and telephonically, still somewhat of a Hermit Kingdom. I remember while in India seeing my friend Ritu getting txt messages on her phone from senders abroad, and being quite envious. (Via MissIzzy)

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70%

That’s my guess as to what percent of one of my teeth was drilled out today. The dentist told me it had some “slight decay” a few weeks ago in the second upper left molar. Turned out, once he drilled out the old, crappy amalgam filling, the cavity was very, very deep. He said as much between spurts of drilling which went on for something like half an hour or more. As usual, touching the remaining tooth with my tongue after he’d finished drilling (when I was rinsing my mouth) was a mistake. He drilled the living hell out of …

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Jazz Chords and Student Essays

Some writing about music lately on various blogs brought back a memory from the first week of University. I was enrolled in the Department of Music, and all first-year music students were required to study music theory. My professor, the very theoretical Naida Archer, had this test that everyone had to take. I can’t remember whether she, or one of the TAs for that semester, administered it, but I do remember trying my damnedest at it. The test was full of questions like, “Sketch out the harmony for this melody,” and the like. Well, I had trained in jazz, for …

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Feeling Vaguely More Well-Travelled Now

I rarely draw attention to the photo section on this page, since I’m a horridly slow photo-uploader. I have piles of pics to upload to Flickr, and won’t be getting to any of them for a little while yet. (Though I’ll try to upload Charlie’s wedding pictures, and pics from my visit with Ian, first… I have most of the week off next week, so I might even get it done then.) However, I love making little pics to add to the rotating image folder for my site. If you hit reload a few times, you’ll probably see some pics …

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