I called a business a few days ago, and told the assistant I was “Jeff Laity from XYZ.” A minute later, someone picked up the phone laughing. “I thought she said deaf lady from XYZ! I was asking how the heck am I supposed to talk to a deaf lady over the phone?” What’s really […]
Apparently I am. I just subscribed to Last.fm and it’s displaying my iTunes history for all to see. I find it hard to believe that I’ve listened to that much Toto, maybe the playlist goes up when it’s played by iTunes sharing over a network? And I don’t think I’ve listened to that much Roger […]
Day four of my road trip. Getting very tired. Last night, I missed my plane and had to take a later one from Chicago to NYC. When the cab driver drove me here, I tipped him $5 and watched him key in “9.50” for his tip before driving away. This morning I paid for my […]
Did some diving last weekend and there was a nudibranch explosion. We usually don’t see these Hermissenda crassicornis (no common name) in So Cal, but saw 50 of them last weekend. Maybe because the water was so cold (58 degrees!). Click the pic for more: I also recorded some new music a week ago. I […]
I’m updating the look of my site. Still to come, updating the Studio and Music pages, and maybe a music player on this page. At the same time, I’ve been writing a bunch of music. I have one piece for the Chris Young class that will hopefully be recorded by an orchestra, I’m scoring one […]
I surprised Anna on our anniversary this year. We drove to Long Beach and I said, “I thought we’d take a helicopter to Avalon for dinner.” She thought I was kidding. Of course, our return ticket on the boat was to another part of Long Beach. I’m more of a “big picture” guy myself. (Click […]