They Might Be Giants are touring in support of their new, very good, album “The Else” and will be in Minneapolis on September 19th at First Ave. (Which is a Monday and the TBA opening act starts at 9PM so likely to be a pretty late night) Anyone want to go? Tags: album

I learned something today about my electric bill: The State Taxes are computed on the subtotal and the City Fee rather than just the subtotal. I actually called Xcel Energy to ask about it because there was an apparent extra $0.25 in the State Tax line item and after getting hung up on the first [...]

Dailymotion blogged videoTripoli August 2007 LaunchVideo sent by nstohlma In case anyone wants to see the rest of the good video from the couple of hours that we were at the launch on Saturday, here’s a barely edited version. Tags: Video

Dailymotion blogged videoKarla’s First RocketVideo sent by nstohlma Karla’s first model rocket launch. The model is the Estes "Astron Outlaw" from the "Launchables" Starter Kit. Tags: Video

Dailymotion blogged videoMiles’ First RocketVideo sent by nstohlma Miles’ first model rocket launch. The model is the Estes "Black Diamond" from the "Launchables" Starter Kit. Tags: Video

So I am just about done with Star Trek: Next Generation Season 4 through Netflix, and my understanding is that there is some overlap between that Star Trek: Deep Space 9. So my question is: Is there a particular combination that I should watch them in so that they make the most sense in the [...]

Wanna see what I did last Saturday? It was quite a bit of fun. I was working on decanting the video from my camera last night when the power went out from a storm that blew through. I’ll try to remember to post links appropriately when that’s finally done. Tags: Video

While I’m on the topic, I should mention the details about my horn. A few years ago after searching for a few months I came across a used four valve front bell American Euphonium that was in decent shape (Lots of scratches, some dents, lacquer is very worn but largely intact) for a remarkably good [...]

While we didn’t get to any actual gaming this last session, Shaun mentioned that he had acquired a clarinet and was was re-learning to play it after having a sort of relevatory moment at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. So I mentioned that I had acquired a euphonium a few years ago but had been horrible [...]