Soba noodle win!

I know, I know. Noodles are supposed to be "bad" for the diet -- although I don't believe any food is inherently "bad," just misunderstood -- and wheat-based pasta is one of the Five Foods to Fear. Yes, you know them: refined sugar, white flour, white potatoes, white rice, lard.  They're nothing but an evil …

Renewal (today’s Facebook status).

I thought I had put all that behind me, but the power of live music is truly transformative. My last live show was the Allmans four years ago and the one before that was Widespread Panic in 2000. I was weary of the shlepping and dealing with patdowns and cigarette smoke and drunken kids and …

~ Intermission ~

And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as …