Here are my pick for The Top Albums of the 2000’s. It was a difficult task putting this list together. There have been some great albums in this decade of the double-o. Here are my top 5. They are followed by an alphabetical list of albums that I have really enjoyed these past ten years.…

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Vancouver early next year. That is on the other side of the country. Fortunately, they decided to pay us a visit on their way. Here’s a picture of the convoy rolling through. I had never seen the Olympic Torch before and was really excited to be…

Merry Christmas Everyone! by ChaseMarch on StorybirdIf you read my posts on a reader, please click through to the blog to read this interactive Christmas Card that I made for you.

I never thought that I would actually consider reading books electronically but I must say, that I think I am sold on this device. It’s the Sony Reader. It apparently doesn’t hurt your eyes. It’s not backlit like a computer and is as easy on the eyes as a paper bound book. Of course, not…

This is the second entry in My Proverbial Wish List. It’s a box set of the animated movies from DC comics. DC produces some great animation. Their movies tend to be a bit darker and are meant for mature audiences, unlike the Saturday morning cartoon shows. My regular readers will know that I don’t have…

You know what’s funny? Up until yesterday, I didn’t really think about Christmas gifts for myself. I was convinced that I didn’t need anything. Perhaps that is true in a sense. I’ve had a lot of great Christmases and I don’t need to just accumulate stuff. I have pretty much everything that I need in…

Boy meets girl and they share an intense connection. Something happens and they get separated. Boy moves on with his life but thinks of her often. Girl moves on too and is sad that things didn’t work out. Both boy and girl feel the intense connection they shared way back when, no matter how much…

School Christmas concerts can be an agonizing affair. I know from experience. Fortunately, so does our principal. She is new to the school but she had some great ideas about how to make tonight’s performances go smoothly. The first change was that we didn’t use the stage. It has terrible acoustics anyway. What we did…

Until you have done it, you will never know how difficult a job it is to get in front of two-dozen kids each and every day and try to teach them. There are so many obstacles that need to be overcome on a daily basis. Some students make no qualms about the fact that they…

Happy Birthday Baby, I made this 3-sided mixtape just for you.* I mixed it with love. I hope you enjoy it. I also left another birthday surprise for you on my other blog. So start downloading these files and then head on over to Thoughtful Cacophony. *To my readers, I know, it’s weird to give…