National Soup Swap Day is January 23rd, 2007

No, it’s not a joke. My post about Soup Swap was picked up at BlogHer, where it was found by the soup loving goddesses of The Gracious Bowl, a DC blog about, yes, SOUP. Inspired by our soupy goodness, they decided to host their own. Meanwhile, in Boston, the Wooden Spoon of Power was passed …


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Grinch Proof

My pal K. called me about a week ago. “You gotta learn to play this song,” he said. I was kinda ambivelent – my original ambition had been to learn a good classic Hannukah song for the Seattle Ukulele Player’s Association holiday party. I started fishing around for music and everything was minor key and …


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Karaoke Kraziness

I went to a lovely birthday party last night. The company was most entertaining, the food was delicious, the cake, wow. For post dinner party time amusement, the host had rented a karaoke machine. I don’t like to sing in front of people I don’t know. I’m too nervous. But that did not stop me …


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Recycled: Baked Insanity

Now and then I go fishing for something that I’ve written and find it out there on the web. I haul it over here to Nerd’s Eye View from it’s old dusty corner on the Internet. This post is from January, 2003. I really did think that I had topped out when I discovered the …


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Fish Wednesday: Ice Storm Edition

It’s been bitterly cold here in Seattle, more so than usual. I live a mere two and a half blocks from the supermarket, but that two and a half blocks was quite the hazardous course this afternoon. Our sidewalks are smooth with ice. The parking strips aren’t much better – what snow there is provides …


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I’ll Follow You into the Dark

Mark Erelli plays a genius cover of one of my absolute favorite tunes ever, here. I’m playing another Mark Erelli tune at open mic next week in West Seattle. Seattle locals who’d like to see me humiliate myself in public, email me for details. You’ll be needing to put on a Hawaiian shirt and bake …


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