Karsten and I went to the Young Professionals / Brian Ritchey / The Katies show at Mercy Lounge with a bunch of my coworkers last night. (This was after we’d been to Lyrix to see our buddy Joe Hendricks play
The bad hair day WILL be televised
Well, it figures. It’s a day off from work, and I’m recovering from yesterday’s recovery from my New Year’s Eve hangover (yowch), so I didn’t bother at all with my hair or makeup. Washed my face, pulled my hair up,
BlackHawk remembers Van Stephenson
From Brad on 2: Country trio BlackHawk (Goodbye Says It All) will make a $15,000 donation next week to the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in memory of their former member and co-founder, Van Stephenson, who died in 2001 from skin cancer.
NaSoWriMo: Time’s up! 13 songs drafted, none really completed, but still a success.
It’s the last day of November, in case you hadn’t noticed, and that means all November writing projects are pretty much at their end. In my case, that signals the end of my 30-songs-in-30-days “NaSoWriMo” challenge, which I have once
The crime level WAS nice and low…
S-townMike over at Enclave reports on a lock-down that occurred last night during the Salemtown neighborhood meeting (and then updates the story to clarify that the robbery actually took place on the edge of Germantown). John H & Lynn mentioned
Holiday lights are up!
Holiday lights already up in Germantown, 11/29/06, originally uploaded by Kate O’. Karsten got our lights up, and I think they look great, especially with the new windows. We saw John H & Lynn headed for home while we were
Hitching my liver to the wagon
I haven’t mentioned it here, but I stopped drinking any alcohol for the month of November. I overdid it really badly on our company offsite retreat in Alabama, and I couldn’t stand the smell, sight, or thought of alcohol for
Vegetarianism and veganism, somewhat explained and somewhat defended
Some controversy has been caused in the local blogosphere (historians, take note! I believe that was my first use of that word in this space) by the public declaration of veganism by Brittney Gilbert, who writes for Nashville Is Talking.
Gingko Tree, Autumn
Gingko Tree, Autumn, originally uploaded by historicgermantown. Isn’t this gorgeous? It’s a block and a half from our house, but I somehow didn’t catch it when it was in peak color like this. Photography is a wonderful thing.
Ka-yooot!
Okapi, okapi, okapi! How I love thee, okapi. Just look at this bay-bee okapi, born at the Brookfield Zoo in the west suburbs of Chicago: Adorable!