Rhino Records has released its 2005 edition of its Totally Hits series. The new edition comes with four #1 songs, which include American Idol #1 Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone,” Gavin DeGraw’s “I Don’t Want to Be,” Mario’s “Let Me Love You,” and Ciara’s “1, 2 Step” featuring Missy Elliot. Also on the CD [...]
I have a degree in elementary education, but I am not comfortable working with kids because I sound different and worry about understanding them. Obviously, I love kids as I have three of my own (the youngest turns two at the end of this month,—sob). Anyway, my kids’ school PTA has a program in which [...]
The story I told at FrayCafe2. Let’s return to 1984, back in the days before Olympic-sized controversy that we know today. My parents and I went to LA to see a hearing specialist at House Ear Institute and made a vacation of it. I was 14. Don’t bother with the math, as of this writing, [...]
Was inspired by Little Blogger Boy, so I mangled “Let it Snow” since we don’t get snow in Texas at Christmas time. It comes at weird times like March. Apologies to Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, the composers of the original. Let Us Blog Oh the weather outside is frightful But the monitor is so delightful And since we’ve [...]

