Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

at a recital.  Or a mini-recital.  This one is just 30 minutes of music, as requested by the Minnesota Orchestra as part of my audition.  So the question becomes:  how much can you, or should you, pack into 30 minutes?  I have accepted an invitation from a colleague to play through my 30 minutes at [...]

the Godfather trilogy eating game

Not much of a game, actually, but you see so many “x drinking game” pages out there, that I felt this post needed such a title.  This is actually much more than a game; if you decide to involve yourself in this it will consume a weekend.  Akiko and I played this “game” a few [...]