This report starts with a quote, that I cut and paste below, without comment. Go here for more. “It is true that too many children die from malnutrition each year in this country. Some of their parents also die from starvation and hunger. But the children are more vulnerable … one of the reasons is [...]

Today I was at a talk that pressed all the wrong buttons for me, and I spent a while trying to understand why. The following is the result. The talk was officially titled “On composing music” and the blurb said the speaker would take the audience through the process of what it means to make [...]

Yesterday we watched “Shrek the Third” on DVD, and were interested by the varied and very familiar voice-cast that was credited at the end, including Monty Python members Eric Idle and John Cleese. As is my habit these days, I looked up the film on Wikipedia to learn more about it.  And one of the [...]

A day late, but 364 days remain. Wishing all those who read this the best for 2011. For us, 2010 was personally quite good and 2011 may well be better. But as for the larger picture… My infrequent blog posts have mostly been rather pessimistic. This post should have been an exception, if the following [...]