We won't discuss how much time I just spent on this.
With all the trouble the space shuttle has been having, I think it's good to recall how things used to be.
One of the reasons for the recent lack of posting is that I was in Finland for most of July, thanks to an extravagant Christmas present from Chandra. I've been there a few times before, but this was Chandra's first trip overseas. We hit Helsinki, Joensuu, Rääkkylä, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Pori, and Yyteri. The original plan was to go to Turku for a rock festival, but we decided instead to do a folk festival in Rääkkylä. At least we thought it was a folk festival until the heavy metal band showed up (wtf?). Anyway, I got to see Värttinä again, and a newer band called Lot Lorien out of Bulgaria.
This picture was taken in the Pori Theatre during a concert we attended of a couple women's groups. The first was an all-women big band (except for the percussion section) which mostly played old disco tunes, and the second was a group of students who had won some competition. Lots of solos over some not-so-interesting themes. Still, the drummer in the second group was a riot to watch. She started out as a tiny blonde wisp of a girl, who then turned into a scowling beast as she attacked the skins.
Anyway, that's why the page went blank. Maybe when I get the pictures developed from the 35mm camera I'll post some more...
I just noticed that the home page on the blog went blank. Guess I either need to increase the frequency of posts or adjust the settings so that the old stuff stays around a bit longer...
"A Civil Discussion" has been accepted into the Rome International Film Festival. Before you get too excited, note that's Rome, Georgia not Rome, Italy. Still, exciting news. The festival is going to be September 8-11, but the web site is currently under construction, so there's no information there yet.