Sunday, February 26, 2012

Lazy and tired

having spent far too long writing an email, so I'll just post an excerpt from that...

Eor's been interested, this evening, in learning more about the Expulsion of the Acadians, because the front man for Beausoleil mentioned it in his banter last night, in telling about the name of the band.  And from that he's found out there's a housing design place also called Beausoleil, in no way associated with the band, which produces tiny, self-sufficient houses.   Their homepage here: http://www.beausoleilhome.org/  and  floorplan in this article: http://www.louisiana.edu/Advancement/PRNS/lala/2009-SPRG/BeauSoleil.pdf

I just had to chase down the floor plan I saw him looking at.  Oh, Internets, why so distracting?  There's also a clothing design place called Beausoleil, which sells double-stick tape to hold their clothes on with.  Can't be very comfortable. :P 

He's also reading about accordions.  Since seeing Vishten - http://www.vishten.net/ - a few months ago I've decided accordions are sexy and mysterious - although that might have been because of the girl who squeezed it in such a sultry manner :) - and they are my bet for next big musical instrument comeback.  Banjos have been making a huge comeback, and my brother [Hawk] thinks mandolins will be the next big thing, but I'm all for making it the accordion. ;)

Oh dear, I must sleep.  Getting silly. ;)

Saturday, February 25, 2012

I'm back.

Bet you didn't miss me. :) I actually went to Boston for one day of training, yesterday, which was much more informative than I had expected, although I did already know a lot more than many of the students. It just sucks I didn't get this training a year ago, when I started this job.