Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
True Confession: I’m terrible at making time to meditate. As a college student, I was probably my most diligent at meditation, or prayer as I called it then as a born again Christian. I had a regular morning practice I followed, a list of people and concerns I prayed for, sacred texts that I read,…
My colleague Janelle sent this amazing clip from the movie “Clueless” (1995) that is weirdly apropos to both my birthday and Independence Day tomorrow. And in conclusion, may I please remind you that it does not say “RSVP” on the Statue of Liberty. Well said, Cher. Well said.
I made this cover photo for Facebook, some of my favorite pics of me from the past. In order: Yosemite, 1978 Disneyland with Cori and Mom, 1982 School photo, 1987 Lindy hopping with my friend Nina, 2001 Lindy Focus 2015 (by Jess Keener)
I’ve got a few accolades under my belt. But this award for best marching group at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 2001 might be one of my most treasured wins of all time. This was the astounding result of one of my few experiences as a dance choreographer, in the early years of the…
Being a big Disney park nerd, I was excited to get to visit Disneyland Paris this week, as part of my Paris adventure. This was actually the second time I had been to Disneyland Paris. The first visit was about 16 years ago, when it was still called EuroDisney. That visit was notable for how…
My three-year old iPhone decided to die earlier this week, which was pretty inconvenient. I’ve spent the last couple of days running around to different service and sales providers to figure out what to do. Here’s basically how that went. Best Buy Repair Person: Hey man, what’s up? Me: My phone isn’t turning on. Repair…
Playing around with adding on-screen text. Adding different quiz elements to a video.
“So these numbers are not good,” the allergist began. Last week, I went to an allergist for the first time. My doctor and I have been talking about my ongoing struggles with asthma, which been getting progressively worse recently. It was getting to the point where I was frequently waking up at night gasping for…
Just playing around with design tool H5P. Super fun to create with, so far! Here’s a simple drag and drop quiz I created.
A highlight of the lindy hop dance event Swingin at the Savoy 2019 last weekend was the panel discussion with legendary dancers Norma Miller and Chester Whitmore, facilitated by Seattle-based dancer Adam Brozowski. It was a packed house of eager swing enthusiasts, happy to get to engage with these two remarkable humans on a Saturday…