Not much to tell you today EmFusers.. I've given into the temptation to try a new look for the page so I'll be tinkering around in the background for a while. Who knows, I may start tinkering and then decide I don't have time right now to change things. I'm so tempermental. {grin}

My latest political commentary has been posted on Theme of Absence. Take a look at it here.

Julie & I went to see the St. Petersburg Philharmonic last night. It was, in a word, powerful. The only complaint I have is that I heard too many people saying that if they knew that they were going to play these pieces, they wouldn't have came. What??? This is a traditional Russian orchestra - what did you expect? Maybe it's cause I happen to like the old Russian composers, I don't understand how someone can fou-fou one of the world's best orchestral ensembles because they played Shostakovich.. I don't understand people sometimes.