Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Michael Jackson died today. With him, a significant aspect of my childhood has died, too. There are going to some people, like my infant son, who won’t quite get that, just as I don’t fully understand how Elvis’ death might have impacted my parents’ generation. Others are going to look at the controversy and scandal [...]

No, no one’s hurt. This is a good thing. “The Waiting Room” is the title of a song by one of my favorite bands, Sixpence None the Richer. to see what prompted a 5am blog post, read this excerpt (reposted here with much love & respect) from the Sixpence None the Richer fan newsletter: “New [...]

I’ve been ‘that guy’ who’s been collecting Pepsi points off of bottle caps for the last several months. It started because we have vending machines at work and I got burnt out on Diet Dr. Pepper, so I switched to buying Diet Pepsi in the 20 oz bottles. Well, they’re like a buck apiece, so [...]

Alicia Keys at Sprint Center! Originally uploaded by metamorphilia. Great seats were late birthday presents for my wife.

Good show. Baby is at uncle’s house. Originally uploaded by metamorphilia. Bon Jovi in Sprint Center

Opening for Bon Jovi. Originally uploaded by metamorphilia. Daughtry at the Sprint Center

As we prepare for our first overnight with our new son, I’m struck by the lyrics of some of my favorite songs: Like a baby when he is sleeping in his loving mother’s arms What a newborn baby dreams is a mystery But his life will find a purpose and in time he’ll understand When [...]

I heard this song on the radio the other day, and I liked it so much I searched for it on YouTube. I found this acoustic version where SCC talks a bit about adoption, as well!

Today is the 7th anniversary of the day I asked my then-girlfriend to be my wife–she said ‘yes’, by the way. Since today is August 24th , I thought I would put a little post together about my recent viewing of the first season of ’24′ on DVD which I borrowed from SithSlayer, who (in spite of the name [...]

When the lead actor of a Broadway musical goes on the record stating: “This is a really incredibly smart piece of theatre – it’s like almost the first few times you say that, you almost can’t say it without completely breaking out laughing, because you’re talking about ‘Xanadu’ – but people are just going to [...]