What a week.
What a week for the music ministry of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church, having completed a week-long choral residency at the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Wells, England - it was the second-best choir tour I’ve been of which I’ve had a part (eclipsed only by that taken by the Bach Society [...]

The West façade of Wells Cathedral
I never thought this day would arrive: in three hours’ time, Dad will get me to the airport for the Palmer choir’s trip to Wells, England. Thanks be to God I had the good sense to make up a packing list: the first time I’ve done so. That, [...]

The penultimate Snapecast ere the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, this episode focuses on the Snape/Hermione ’ship. Enjoy!
Jeff

Six days to the movie… Sixteen days to the book…
If you are a Harry Potter fan like I (or a Harry Potter fanatic like Rachael from Snapecast), you know what I am talking about. If you are not and have no clue to what I am referring, I refer you to my previous posts [...]

If you remember ’80s TV’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, you will appreciate this. This is the first in Unemployed Skeletor’s Blog Of Evil, and it’s the funniest thing I have seen in quite a while, and I’ve stayed up waaaay too late on a Saturday night watching some of [...]

The interior of Wells Cathedral with its dramatic interior buttressing.
This photo is taken from the Cathedral’s website at http://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/files/history/photo_nave.jpg
From 16-22 July of this year, the Adult Choir of Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, in which I have been a staff singer for nigh-on-five years, will be the choir in residence at Wells Cathedral in [...]

One of the featured items in this month’s episode (and the reason why Rachael wanted to do this podcast in the first place)  is the Snarky Chapters segment on Spinner’s End, the 2nd chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  This is actually part 1 of this two-part segment, the 2nd part coming in [...]

More Talossan goodness!
talossagv9april2007.mp3 (6MB): thoughts on Ben and Amy
talossagv10april2007number1.mp3 (6MB): more thoughts on Ben and Amy

Well, it’s happened at long last: Apple has announced its long-awaited cell-phone/video iPod/internet device, and the buzz has been huge. But is this new-fangled piece of technology the new revolution in communications Steve Jobs has so eloquently claimed?
Here is an interesting article rebutting the iPhone chatter of this past week, in which the point [...]

Because a lot of my friends have LiveJournal pages, I have gotten one of my own. Never fear, however: this site will continue to be my main blog. However, via my LiveJournal page, one may see what my LJ friends are up to and (eventually) much more. Enjoy!
Jeff