Birds on a Wire

Once again NPR has provided me with a blog post. I heard this story the other day and I think it's one of the coolest things I've heard in a long time. A Brazilian composer named Jarbas Agnelli saw a photograph in his local newspaper of birds sitting on five parallel wires. He immediately thought that the birds looked like notes on a music staff. He sat down at the piano and played what he saw. Below is a video of the photograph along with the music that came of it.

Miscelaineous Music - Entheos

I'm really excited to share some music with you today. Entheos is a great band out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Here's a link to their MySpace page and blog. They just released a new album entitled Sense. You can download it here. In the spirit of full disclosure, I have to admit that I have a selfish reason for plugging this band. Rob and I are friends with one of the band members, Alison, and we did the string tracks for the album. Recording for this project was an awesome experience. We did it in an old church that had been converted into a recording studio. I was all of 9 months pregnant with Harper so I kind of thought of it as our very first family music project. Here are a couple tracks from the album. Enjoy.

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Role Models

There have been a lot of celebs behaving badly in the news recently. First Serena Williams, then Kanye, then Roger Federer. By the way, why did Serena's outburst get so much more attention than Federer's? I realize that Federer's was toned down, but it was still disrespectful and still contained swearing. Anyway... it seems to me that it's getting harder and harder to find celebrities who are good role models. I know that this topic usually disintegrates into a circular discussion about whether or not celebs are inherently role models. I'm not interested in going down that road today. The bottom line is that kids (as well as a lot of adults) do look up to celebrities. My question for you is are there any good celebrity role models out there?

I'm Back

Did you miss me? Wait, don't answer that... Anyway, I'm back. Sorry for the lapse in posts. I had an overnight work retreat/conference over the weekend and I had a cold. No fun. Nothing super exciting to report about the retreat except that I won an award for my presentation - a small consolation for having to be away from my baby and husband. But, Harper and Rob seemed to have a great time without me (can you believe it?). I think they spent the entire time outside. Thank goodness for cell phones. Rob sent me pictures of their activities all weekend. Here are two of my favorite. They had a picnic breakfast in the front yard on Saturday morning. I love how her hair is totally out of control.

When I got home on Saturday afternoon, Harper really wanted nothing to do with me. She was still in Daddy mode. In fact, she was kind of a booger the rest of the evening. For instance, she whacked me in the face with a spoon and cut me right under my eye. She also peed on the floor that night instead of in her potty. Welcome home. The funny thing is that I couldn't be happier to be back.

Can You Dig it?

Here are some things I dig right now.

1. This blog is great. Very clever and thought provoking.

2. The Closer - my new favorite tv show.

3. Football season - Go Bucks!

4. This next one comes with a serious disclaimer. This video is outrageous. It's totally disgusting and yet fascinating all at the same time. I do not recommend you watch it under any circumstances. Actually, I don't really dig this video at all. Forget I mentioned it.

Rise and Shine

I love getting Harper out of bed in the morning. She's always in a good mood. I took this video this morning and it's pretty typical of our morning routine. Notice that as soon as I open the door, she says "two." Every morning, I count to three and turn her light on. For some reason, she really likes the number two. In fact, if you ask her if she can count to three, she says "two, two, two." Every morning, as soon as she hears her door open, she says "two". I love it!

Elton, Spiders, Music, and Listerine

Sometimes Harper likes to channel Elton John.

Spiders are not cool. Spider webs on my front porch bedazzeled with dew are cool.

I heard on my local public radio station this morning that the station is going to stop playing classical music during the day. Instead, they are going to have news programs all day long. While I thoroughly enjoy listening to NPR during my morning and afternoon commutes, I find it troubling that a public radio station in Music City is no longer going to play any music. I also find it disappointing that no other radio station in the Nashville listening radius plays classical music at all.

One more thing for today...why does Listerine have to burn the crap out of my mouth? Just wondering.