Poor Richard's Anorak

Dick Cheney shot us all in the face with his energy panel, and now Obama is getting the heat. It doesn't add up, of course.

I'm a third of the way through The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and I love it!

Calm Before the Storm

After hearing the hurricane forecast for this season, I'm having visions of storm surges carrying tons of oil miles into the coast of Florida and depositing  it in trees and houses. This catastrophe will be with us for my lifetime. Keith Olberman asked Michio Kaku tonight if the deep water drilling had been a bit like sending a man to the moon and not knowing how to get him back. Dr. Kaku had to agree.

But, I saw the most beautiful orange moonrise tonight. Huge and brilliantly orange, it hung low in the twilight sky like burnished gold.

My condolences to the people of coastal Louisiana.

Stieg Larsson

I seldom buy books on their release date, but I picked up a copy of Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest today, and I will probably be up late reading it.  I was riveted by his first two novels, and I can't wait to see the Swedish films. I fear the US films will be pale imitations.

Learning from The Savvy Musician - Sandow

Learning from <em>The Savvy Musician</em> - Sandow .

Recommended by Greg Sandow on Arts Journal.

Please join us for the Eckerd College String Orchestra Recital tomorrow evening, May 13th, at 7:30 in Roberts 104 on the campus of Eckerd College at 4200 54th Avenue South in St. Petersburg, FL. The program includes music by Corelli, Brahms, and Mahler.

Florida will never be the

Florida will never be the same.