Archive for December, 2004

Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 24th, 2004

Right now I should be packing, since I’m leaving for Illinois tomorrow morning. Oh well, I’ve always procrastinated with packing. At least the flight isn’t too early.

Here’s yet another kitty picture: A favorite spot for naps, my viola case is just the right size for kitties.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Kitties!

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004

On being right

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

Sigh… Why don’t people understand that I’m usually right about everything? At least everything I’m confident I’m right about. Sometimes I’m wrong, but it’s usually something that I wasn’t completely sure about anyway.

I’m sort of joking, but sort of not.

Globe review

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

Here it is. Not too bad of a review, though the line “In artistic standards the group is at least competitive with the other prominent amateur orchestras in Boston and in the surrounding suburbs” seems like a bit of faint praise to me. But overall, it was favorable. Next concert we’ll play […]

Longwood: My first three months

Monday, December 6th, 2004

Well this past Saturday was my second concert with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra. I’m happy to say that I’ve been having a lot of fun playing in this group, and I’m sad that rehearsals don’t start again until January 15th! Unfortunately, Amanda will not be around much next year, and won’t be able […]

IE ignores margin on table captions

Monday, December 6th, 2004

Here’s another one for you: IE totally ignores any margin on table captions. And if you put a margin on your table, IE applies it to the table and the caption as a group, instead of only to the table. I can see how this might be an understandable way to think about […]