I've added three new video clips to the Movies folder. You'll probably need QuickTime to view them; it's a free application. Forgive the somewhat dark and grainy quality of the footage from the Valentine's Day Disco--the room was very, very dark and it is a testament to the technology at our disposal that we were able to lighten it to the extent that we did.

We just got back from a concert at the Taliesin Centre for the Arts here on the University campus. We took Hannah along (a big leap of faith, past her 8:00 bedtime by far) to see Terrafolk, a Slovenian band. They are fantastic! We had front-row seats, and Hannah, being Hannah, danced in her seat to most of the tunes. We got lots of nice comments from audience members, as well as members of the band, after the show. Everyone likes an enthusiastic audience.

It's been an arts-filled weekend; last night Cliff and I went to see The Small World of Don Camillo, based on Giovanni Guareschi's collection of stories about a little Italian village in the years following WWII. In the stories, there's an uneasy peace between Catholic Priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor of the town, Peppone. The material was adapted to screen in the 1950s. The production we saw was a monologue storyteller adaptation, with accompaniment by trumpet and accordion. Cliff likens it to an evening with an Italian Garrison Keillor. Except this particular storyteller was Scottish. Long story. But it was a very nice play.

Just wanted to share a picture of Hannah and Cliff reading a Narnia book.

There's a company here that markets celebrity "personalities" for your GPS device, and by far the most popular is the Ozzy Osbourne. It will mumble to you: "After 400 yards, you'll have reached your $#@$!-ing destination."

Among the oddities I've found online are the Whedonverse podcasts from GeekiNntertainment. These two twenty-something guys basically sit around discussing the Buffy series and the Angel series, episode by episode, reliving their fave moments and evaluating the episodes. The funniest thing is that they're not exactly überFans, so they seem to know less about the show than someone who's seen the series a few times, so they're pretty shaky on guest characters' names and minor plot points. After listening to one of their podcasts (it's fun background for doing dishes) I generally get the urge to stay up all night eating Doritos and boosting the RAM on my computer.

For those of you who haven't discovered it yet, a wonderful weekly source of fun is Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!, also available in podcast form. This weekly news-quiz show mines the news for things to laugh at, including stupid-criminal stories (like the guy who broke into the convenience store only to find it hadn't closed yet) and great quotes that celebrities really wish they hadn't said. It's where I first learned about the Ozzy Osbourne GPS.