12-28-03: I gave myself a new laptop for the new year. Right now I'm testing out editing my website through my wireless network using Dreamweaver and WinSCP.

12-12-03: Do you live in Massachusetts and ever thought of installing solar panels on your roof to help with the cost of your electric bill? See my new page on Solar Power in MA.

12-09-03: Every time President Bush goes to give a speech I half expect him to stumble, fall, and bang his chin getting up to the podium. I wonder, in what situation(s) can the President "hold his own"? If he had to hold a debate on live television, and could pick whatever topic he felt the strongest with, what topic would that be? You can't think of anything, can you? I didn't think so.

12-04-03: Stacie and I spent Thanksgiving in Corvallis, Oregon with our friends Mandi and Mike. It was awesome. We went to Powells, saw the Pacific Ocean, ate lots of Turkey (those of us who eat meat, anyway), and beat LOTR Return of the King for gamecube.

11-21-03: I wrote a letter in response to the Wang Center's decision to not host Boston Ballet's Nutcracker in 2004. Read the letter and the responses here.

11-20-03: Rasta Thomas has become a principal dancer for the Dance Theatre of Harlem. Click here to see DTH's touring schedule. I've seen Rasta perform a couple of times, and believe me, you don't want to miss this.

11-17-03: This is an interesting bit of news from Lord of the Ka-Ching, which appeared today on boston.com.

According to The New York Times, New Line Cinema's 300-plus international licensing agreements alone recouped the movie trilogy's $300 million price tag months before the first film even hit the multiplex.

And here I was worried that if I didn't buy a plush Gollum, the movies would be a failure.

11-6-03: Yesterday President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban and was quoted as saying:

This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government. It comes from the creator of life.

I guess that means he'll be getting rid of the death penalty any day now.

11-2-03: Last evening Stacie and I saw Jennifer Gelfand's farewell performance from Boston Ballet as she danced the lead in Nureyev's Don Quixote. Someday I'll be telling my grandkids how I was there.

10-17-03: The School at Steps is looking for male dance partners to participate in their upcoming partnering workshops. They're offering open classes in exchange. If you have partnering experience and are over 18, I encourage you to contact them.

10-17-03: A new link to check out: The Bijou Cinema. From their website:

The Bijou is the only independent movie theater in central Massachusetts featuring alternative and foreign films, as well as classic motion pictures that you never thought you'd see on the big screen again. Our goal, in addition to providing the best selection of film and food available, is to provide a cultural meeting venue for clubs, organizations, and events that would otherwise have no place to meet.

10-16-03: Check out The Froo Froo on GrendelTheDog.com. Grendel's owners are 'connected' down there in Washington, DC - and they have all the insight to make you laugh (or cry).

10-08-03: With the ALCS beginning this evening between the Red Sox and the Yankees, I'll pass on a few intuitive words from the Telegram and Gazette:

Baseball aside, Boston has better seafood than New York. Boston is the capital of its state. Boston's streets have real names, like "Tremont" and "Beacon," not numbers and letters. Boston threw the British out of town at the start of the Revolutionary War, while New Yorkers cozied up to the redcoats.

10-02-03: Thanks to lemure.net for taking over the hosting of my website (and Chuck, lemure's webmaster). If you can read this, then the nameservers have been successfully transfered over.

09-30-03: I've recently joined the Union of Concerned Scientists. I'm especially interested in EnergyNet.

09-11-03: I can't decide which I want more: a GEM or a Segway.

09-08-03: Stacie and I went to the Brimfield Flea Market yesterday. The parking lady commented that lots of people must be using the ATM's since everyone had been paying her with $20's. I told her how the first two ATM's I visited were empty that morning, and she said "ATM's run out of money? I never used one, but I guess that they are like vending machines, huh?" Welcome to Brimfield.

09-05-03: "Recent polls show that nearly two-third of voters do not know the name of even one of the eight candidates who took the stage tonight." - The Washington Post about yesterday's Democratic Debate

09-04-03: DamnGoodWine.com is a wine website that my friend Anthony is involved with. It's a pretty good site - not pretentious, but lots of fun. Of course, my company's internet filter blocks it so I can't read it from my desk at work, but oh well.

08-29-03: Stacie and I are going to the Red Sox vs. Yankees game at Fenway Park today. The Sox are 4.5 games behind the Yankees for the AL East, and have half a game lead in the AL Wild Card. I got the tickets from www.BuySellTix.com.

08-15-03: Interested in theatre in central Massachusetts? Check out New England Theater 411 for information on performances, auditions, and job opportunities.

08-13-03: Two weekends ago I camped in the White Mountains of New Hampshire with my dad. I remember he said he picked the campsite because it had hot showers. Last weekend Stacie and I stayed at a hostil in New York City - it was like urban camping - a place to lay your head and hot showers in the morning.

08-08-03: Open dance classes ROCK!! Here are two of the best places to drop into a dance class: Boston Ballet and Steps of NYC. Both offer lessons from beginner through advanced. Boston Ballet stays with ballet, where they teach the Russian school. Steps covers everything from ballet, tap, and jazz, to performance lessons, street dancing, yoga, etc. Click on the links to see the current schedules.

08-07-03: Whenever a politician or political candidate can be recognized by only their first name, it means something special: Jack, Ted, Bobby . . . Arnold.

07-31-2003: Interested in taking dance classes in central Massachusetts? Check out Dance Techniques in Spencer.

07-25-2003: Transformations is WPI's alumni magazine. The summer '03 issue was just released, and profiles 6 recent graduates, including myself. Click the link to see the article.
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2003Summer/whatsnext.html

07-17-2003: I tried to get permission from Dilbert.com to display a single frame of a Dilbert strip on my website - but was told that I'd have to have the entire strip displayed, and that I'd have to pay to use it. The amount was supposed to be based on the amount of visitors to my website and the length of time it was going to be displayed. I think I'll just buy it on a coffee mug instead.

07-17-2003: New website created . . .