Learning to Valse

Treating my trumpet playing as a very casual hobby these days, I'll often play through The Real Book as my not-quite daily practice (that or Arban's, but that's an entirely different topic (Opera!?)).  For the most part, I can occupy myself with retread high school jazz band charts and well-known standards until my chops give out.  However, from time to time, a previously unknown tune will catch my eye, with an entertaining title or intriguing first few bars.

Re-reading Hayek... OK, reading for the first time...

Missed connection: Cambridge, MA, April 2004.  You were an elderly European gentleman with glasses, a nice moustache, an intellectual air and the hint of a haunted past back in the old country.  I was a Harvard undergrad, still finding my bearings on campus and in the world.  Some mutally-acquainted faculty tried to arrange a meeting, but I spaced...

Carbonara Chronicles

The basic idea of this post is simply to share a recipe that I can say from experience (now with third-party confirmation) is easy to learn but rewarding to cook and eat.  However, looking below, it's grown a bit with extraneous ramblings.  Just so you're prepared.

Netflix Post-Mortem

My eight-month endeavor has come to an end.  Since the end of July, I've been, really, working hard to catch up on movies -- the great ones that I really should see, blockbusters I happened to miss, and other just plain good movies I'd probably enjoy.  For the last few weeks, as the main and instant queues tapered off, I realized that I was where I'd wanted to get, finished those last few, and called it quits.