Month: December 2005

  • Pushing the Envelope

    It’s nearly the end of 2005… nearly the beginning of 2006. Time marches onward.

    So, how did I spend the past year, and what do I have to show for it? That’s a question that will require deep reflection… and hopefully can be answered here soon, and leads to the next question…

    How will 2006 be any different (read, better) than 2005, or for that matter, any previous year?

    Stay tuned…
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  • Fun With iTunes

    Open iTunes/iPod or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library. Answer, no matter how embarrassing.

    How Many Songs: 6614

    Sort By Song Title:
    First Song: ‘Round Midnight – Thelonious Monk
    Last Song: Zoot Suit – The Who

    Sort By Time:
    Shortest Song: Back – Janet Jackson
    Longest Song: The Sinking of the Titanic – Gavin Bryars

    Top Five Most Played Songs:
    1. (tie) Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Amy Grant
    (tie) I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Amy Grant
    (tie) Coventry Carol – Paul McCandless
    (tie) Northumbrian Lullabye – Malcom Dalglish
    (tie) Bring Me Back A Song – Windham Hill
    (tie) Hopeful – Windham Hill
    2. (tie) Christmas Hymn – Amy Grant
    (tie) Heirlooms – Amy Grant
    (tie) Breath of Heaven (Mary’s Song) – Amy Grant
    (tie) O’Come All Ye Faithful – Amy Grant
    (tie) Winter Wonderland – Amy Grant
    (tie) The Night Before Christmas – Amy Grant
    (tie) Emmanuel, God With Us – Amy Grant
    (tie) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring [Instrumental] – Amy Grant
    (tie) Sleepers, Awake [Cantata #140 Wachet Auf] – Andy Narell
    (tie) Gaudens in domino – Anonymous 4
    (tie) Flute Sonata in Em, 3rd Movement – Barbara Higbie
    (tie) Hopeful – Michael Manring
    (tie) Snow Is Lightly Falling – Nightnoise
    (tie) Earth Abides – Philip Aaberg
    (tie) In the Bleak Midwiner – Pierce Pettis
    (tie) Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Windham Hill
    (tie) New England Morning – Windham Hill
    (tie) High Plains (Christmas On The High-Line) – Windham Hill
    (tie) Nollaig – Billy Oskay & Michael O. Domhnail

    First Song That Comes Up On Shuffle:

    Domino: Pt. 1 – In the Glow of the Night/Pt. 2 – The Last Domino – Genesis

    “sex” how many songs come up: 15
    “death” how many songs come up: 3
    “love” how many songs come up: 417
    “you” how many songs come up: 737

  • Tree Cutting

    Rosemont Tree Farm in Rosemont, Hunterdon County, NJ.