The ‘A-Muse-ing’ Test

Your result for The A-Muse-ing Test … Your muse is Urania! 20% Urania, 10% Clio, 10% Erato, 20% Euterpe, 10% Calliope, 0% Thalia, 10% Melpomene, 10% Polyhymnia and 10% Terpsichore!   Urania is the “celestial one” of the muses.  She can tell the future by looking at the stars.  She keeps her eyes focused on…

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Hello, okcupid!

So, it has been a year-and-a-half since I ended my relationship with Roch. Some of those other ‘dating’ sites have been great for window-shopping, and occasionally chatting, but not so great at meeting guys in person. Going to give this site a try and see what happens. If nothing else, at least the quizzes look…

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Hello, Facebook!

It’s time to embrace this new form of social connection. Enter, Facebook. I’m told that this is an improvement upon friendster, another internet service for providing connections to friends and random strangers. At this point in time, one must have an email account associated with a school, i.e. it ends with an .edu instead of…

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Our Deepest Fear

As a birthday gift for a dear friend, I decided to set this inspirational quote into a poster. I first came across this text in the book Paper Graphics : The Power of Paper in Graphic Design; Rockport Publishers, 1999, p.78. Bob Dahlquist has used this in his 1996 New Year’s Card, and like many…

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A Visit with Santa Vinnie

So my roommate and I decided to go see my friend, Vinnie Costa, who was working at Macy’s. He had previously worked as one of the helper elves, but this year, he went for the big time: Santa Claus. He had a blog with many funny stories about all that comes with the territory of…

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Apple Fritters at Broadway Idol

The biergarten ensemble of the LGBAC, Apple Fritters, performed at the final round of Broadway Idol at the New World Stages, hosted by the New York Music Festival. We performed our usual repertoire from the chart-book ‘Hungry Five Go to Germany’. No.9 remains my personal favorite. Without any budget for costumes, and no one owning…

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