Ramblings & ephemera
From “How to be an expert“:
Maybe the “naaturally talented artist” was simply the one who practiced a hell of a lot more. Or rather, a hell of a lot more deliberately. Dr. K. Anders Ericsson, professor of psychology at Florida State University, has spent most of his 20+ year career on the study of genuises, [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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From Claudia Roth Pierpont’s "Jazzbo", about George Gershwin, in The New Yorker (10 January 2005):
[Gershwin] had been saved by the piano. On a fateful day in 1910, a secondhand upright was hoisted through the family’s Second Avenue window and, to general shock, scapegrace street fighting George, age twelve, sat down and tore through a popular [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Saw the original Dawn of the Dead last night. Still an all-time horror/zombie classic. Gore, humor, satire, thrills, & more.
Setting up Amazon EC2, EBS, S3, & much much more, and it's incredibly fun & interesting.
Sitting with a sleeping baby nestled up next to your side is sure peaceful and pleasant. Especially when he gently squeezes your fingers. :)
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6-yr-old Gabe: "When I was 4, I hit my head and got a big goose egg on my forehead. I couldn't cuss because I didn't know my cusses."
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Goddammit. My Mom's in the hospital with pneumonia. And gout. And she still hasn't met baby Finn. This sucks.
Me: Getting Gabe ready is like herding cats. 6-yr-old Gabe: Scott, I do NOT hurt cats.
Me: Getting Gabr
God, I hate Java applets. Dear developers: 6 yr olds just want to play your stupid games, not have to deal with slow, buggy browser applets!
6-yr-old Gabe sings: "Scotty the very dumb reindeer ..." The metrics are correct!
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