Pictorial evidence of why I love my parents
Dad just sent me this. I’m calling it “Parental Gothic.” In case you wondered why I was a ham… I come by it natural.
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Dad
Happy Birthday Dad!
My dad’s birthday was yesterday but we are throwing a party for him today. One of the lures of Dragon*Con, actually, was that it made it easy to be home for the festivities. Last night I took Mom and Dad out to Mikado, his current favorite restaurant, for dinner. Today is the big shindig which
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Saturday, at the Musical Saw Festival
Saturday, I went with my dad and my nephew to the NYC Musical Saw Festival where they were part of an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest Musical Saw ensemble. No, really, I’m not making this up. The previous record was set in Poland with 27 saw players, or
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Dad, Peter and saws
Peter got in safely. He and Dad spent the morning practising for the saw festival. The only hitch was that Peter had been learning the wrong Ave Maria so he and Dad sat down to work out on the Bach version. Afterwards we went out to lunch and then Peter and I trotted down to
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Dad visiting
My dad is up for a visit. Well, no, actually that’s not quite true. My dad is up here to get in the Guiness Book of World Records, visiting us is a side benefit. My nephew is coming up tomorrow to join in the attempt. What are they trying to do? The annual Musical Saw
What a day doing props looks like
My dad said he thought a dull day for me was more interesting than most people’s day jobs. As an experiment, I used twitter to record the minutia of today. There are big silent stretches, unfortunately, where I’m in the theater without a signal to the outside world. 10:22 Picked up a zipcar at 10
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Magic & Misery – How To Play the Musical Saw
During my birthday retreat, my dad treated us to a quick musical saw recital, complete with an intro to how to play the saw. Thanks to Alethea Kontis for recording it.
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Through D.C.
We’re on the plane in D.C. Dad, they have a Gordon Biersch in the airport. We thought of you.