Author: John Schultz

Norah Jones
It’s all over the news today – Norah Jones and her 5 grammys. (If you are out of the cultural loop that makes it sound like she has 5 grandmothers…) She’s got a great voice. I enjoyed listening to “Don’t Know Why” about 3 times before I got hung up on how trite it is. And I tried the rest of the album samples on Amazon. Equally trite. All this makes the whole thing very disappointing to me: a woman with a great voice sings tired-sounding ditties and ends up getting all manner of accolades. To top it all off, journalists are calling her tunes “jazzy” – that’s like calling the speeches of Al Sharpton “intellectually stimulating.”
Maybe she’ll sing some better music next time. But I doubt it.

Someone at PETA will be up all night agonizing over this one…
Sea Lions Deployed to Persian Gulf

Back to work!
I’m at my desk and outside I hear the unmistakable sound of a car’s wheels spinning in the ice and slush. It went on for a while, and I finally got up and looked out the window – it was a FedEx truck. Very bad sign for the commute home.

Holy White Stuff, Batman!
Snow is still coming down. We are now at 16+ inches and it’s supposed to snow all night. My dog is acting a bit neurotic – she’s not used to bounding thru the snow, she’s used to running and playing. We shoveled and have spent the rest of the afternoon by the fire.

SNOW
We’re getting a foot+ here, but managed to make it to Mass. Teresa drove our minivan in an excellent fashion. 75 people were at Mass, including our intrepid organist and 4 people from the choir. The pastor seemed impressed and grateful that we made the extra effort to get there. I was just happy to make it and pray – it was a very prayerful Mass.
It’s still coming down… need to shovel after breakfast.