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It's Sunday, a day to relax. Or at least that's what the old Sabbatarians have programmed us to believe. And that's what the Gregorian calendar maintains. Well, I take it literally. Sunday is "the first day of the week dedicated to the sun." Great, hats off to the sun! I think I'll have brunch, do some hiking, then work on my programming tonight.
I am building another specialty website called "Databank." The site will be dedicated to rare subjects and hard-to-find information. The content will be very accurate and reliable, which will help to counter the overwhelmins tons of inaccurate bologna that sit there rotting on the internet now. I'll be providing links to the site through my blog. If anyone has a tough subject you wish me to crack, please email me through this site! (click on "Feedback" to the left). My first undertaking will be a full report on fire ant infestation. It's meant to be self-therapy, since I have a very irrational fear of these creeps.
What are Sabbatarians? Click "Read more..."
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(By Daniel Culveyhouse | No comments yet | comment here)
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It's a Friday. I would like to say "Thank God it's Friday"... but first of all I'm an atheist, and second, I don't work in an office! I'm free of a Monday - Friday, 9-5 grind that the ranks of office drones suffer, week after week. In a way, I sympathize with these souls trapped in a box 8 hours per day, but then again, we ALL have the power to change that and reclaim our lives. That is what I did long ago, and now I have an ideal work life, and frankly, it was a simple task to accomplish. More below... click "Read more..."
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(By Daniel Culveyhouse | No comments yet | comment here)
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I was aware that some of my favorite composers were gay, several of them French, but when I discovered that Erik Satie was strongly rumored to be homosexual, I couldn't help myself.
I did a bit of research, and as I had expected, I discovered a host of French composers that were all most assuredly gay, beyond reasonable doubt. So what's the big deal? There is no big deal, rather it's simply intriguing to learn of such presence in a cultural mecca like France.
Gay French Composers:
Debussy, Claude
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Poulenc, Francis
Ravel, Maurice
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Satie, Erik
... and let's not forget Chopin, Frédéric, even though he's only half French (by parentage and residence.
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Ahh, another loverly Sunday. Regarding getting personal in my blog, the reason I'm easing into this is that I am waiting for many friends and buddies to respond to my emails asking how anonymous they wish to be.
Asking permission from your friends is an important step in running a blog, and all too often, this is overlooked. My personal advice to current and aspiring bloggers is this: If you plan to include or mention your friends in your public ramblings, make sure you know exactly how public they really want to be. Also remember that your blog site can quicly be added to search engines, exposing your site to the world (and possibly aliens who may be tapping in there). If your blog is already getting thousands of hits per day, then obviously the world IS watching!
For example, I have several friends in prominent positions that are closeted. Since I am openly gay, if I failed to censor my entries as requested, some sinister tabloid tarballs may pick up on it and dirty some laundry. Do everyone a favor and get permission!
If a friend does wish to be anonymous, perhaps ask him/her if you may change the name so that you may still write about an event.
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I am now 34 years old on this Friday 13th. Life begins at 40, so I've only got to wait six more years!
So where did I get this "Life begins at 40" crap? Read more....
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(By Daniel Culveyhouse | See the 2 comments | comment here)
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I am now concentrating on learning a few Satie piano solos, adding them to my répertoire over the next few months. For those of you who know Satie, you already know the allure of his music. For those who don't, he was an early 1900's French avant-garde composer.  Satie greatly influenced composers like Debussy and Ravel, although Satie himself was a minimalist, and certainly not an impressionist! Many listeners think he was, and I don't quite get how they confuse Satie's style.
He was also one hell of an eccentric, giving very strange labels to his piano pieces (such as Genuine Flabby Preludes for a Dog). In his apartment, he stacked two grand pianos one atop the other, using the upper for magazine storage! It doesn't really matter, music scholars love him anyway.
Click "Read more..." for a full list of the Satie pieces I'm learning.
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(By Daniel Culveyhouse | See the 1 comment | comment here)
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