Day: December 31, 2001

Don’t ask me about claptrap…

Thing #2: The moon in the mountains of Buncombe County, North Carolina, outside Asheville, is bright enough to walk by.

Thing #3: Buncombe County is the origin of the word “bunkum,” or “bunk.” Apparently Felix Walker, the representative from Buncombe County, started it in the US Congress by making a longwinded speech for show to his constituents while he was on the House floor. This may give you some perspective on some of the things written on the pages of webloggers. We tend to make a lot of speeches for Buncombe. 🙂

Truth hurts.

I’m really playing catch-up here, looking over my blog for the last three weeks (which have been pretty crazy) and going back to highlight things that have happened that I haven’t written about.
Tim Jarrett or Jim Nabors? You decide. Nabors photo from http://www.sa.ua.edu/osm/corolla/29.html.Thing #1: The MIT Sloan talent show. The show concluded with a slide show of “Separated at Birth” headshots. It was pretty funny, especially the one of yours truly and Jim Nabors. Okay, so I look a little like the guy. The real irony is that he had a heck of a singing voice too.

women musicians

A friend and I have been discussing lately how hard it is to sort through all the mess to find really good music by women artists. I decided to put my money where my mouth is and pull cds out of my collection that feature women singers/songwriters. The list is here. A few notes: Lauryn Hill is missing, but only because Tim borrowed my cd. I’ve left out groups such as the Cowboy Junkies that only have a female lead singer, but included groups such as Concrete Blonde when that singer does most of the songwriting. I was pleasantly surprised; I’ve got more than I thought I did, although it’s still not a big enough proportion of my collection. I offer this list (complete with web sites) as a starter’s list for the uninitiated.

Yo, Ashcroft

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the rights of the people by the gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” -James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836)