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Our little creature/Happy Holidays!

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:46:48 -0800

Obama's Pat Bo

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:35:15 -0800

Their dog is a lot like our old family dog--before they had these designer breeds. Ours was a mix of a poodle
and a german shepherd. We got it from gas station man as owner was in jail. So cute! Animals don't say
hurtful words that challenge your self-esteem.

Bo-white-house-dog

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Yelo, A store that will let you have a 30 minute nap in a pod room

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:20:53 -0800

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iPhone App, APOD, gives you an astronomy shot daily

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:51:43 -0800

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The Flight of the Conchords Gangsta Rap Duel

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:09:38 -0800

Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros

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Club Lounge, from a distance

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:10:00 -0800

In my last post I showed a photo of something "Not the Club Lounge" because I had lost the original web photo ad.

reds and blues

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JW Marriott Desert Ridge outside of Phoenix, AZ!

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:07:34 -0800

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I went to a great new-age conference here, and I thought that staying in a fancy hotel like this would blot out the
memory of other fancy hotels I did not get to:

Not the Club Lounge

But although the conference was fantastic, fun and life-changing, basically old wine in new wine-skins, in a good way(!)

I was surprised at how lonely I felt without Sven. Maybe it was just a day too long but the classes were so good!
Anyway, I think I got some good shots of the hotel(please click on them to see in proper large size):

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Sang one of my songs against Rolling Stones' *itch

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:59:43 -0800

My song is called "Impossible to Know" about how a two year-old, four years ago, said "Why" a lot:

This is too low for my voice range--but you might get kick out of the chorus!

Impossible to know mix

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Re: My first Hi-Def performing experience

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:16:57 -0800

Wow! It had been a while since I/d seen such a big audience(in truth you can't really see them with the lights down)
and we were only eight women; I had not tried to memorize anything seriously since the seventies in high school so my question was, "Would I freeze and not even recall which song I was supposed to be singing?" Or something like that. But it was OK!
In the video my husband took, I looked a little on the serious side while our conductor spoke briefly, but Sven assured me it's nice for me to be serious once in a while because usually I'm just so silly!

Our songs were:

1) "Prayer of the Children" about kids in the Bosnian War-- but shadowing ourselves to highlight a slide-show of
Haitian children served by Mustard Seed, a group of volunteer doctors who visit Haiti twice a year to treat people in remote villages, pro bono.

Next was 2) "Stand By Me", a reference to the Playing For Change world-wide additive mix you can find on YouTube:

Stand By Me | Playing For Change | Song Around the World

And we ended with 3) a lovely Manhattan Transfer-ish version of "How Do I Love Thee" in E minor.

This was all part of a concert called Vocal Chord Bowl which featured a number of a capella groups from the area.
All ages, except Young of Heart were not present at this one. Great time had by all!

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Niece and Nephew on Halloween '09

nobody@vox.com(Zotta) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:28:33 -0800

Girl with a Dark and Stormy Knight

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