(It's not a typo! Read on to find out…) On Monday June 9, 2008 it was my 7th Wedding anniversary. We had lunch in a lovely, pictoresque restaurant in the hills that circle the city of Rome.Exchanged our gifts for each other and… lo and behold! We both turned out supporting APPLE! Susie gave me [...]
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CONSPIRACY #1 - TOYOTA PRIUS, THE WORLD's FAVOURITE ECO-FRIENDLY CAR
So it's that time of my life where I need a new car. Not necessarily new but you know what I mean – a new set of wheels that will take me from point A to point B without dying on me. I've set my eyes on the TOYOTA PRIUS, a car with a hyrid [...]
STANLEY G. HOUGHTBY 1925 - 2008
“I love you” were the last words he spoke to the woman he had been married to for 58 years. I guess that Guinness-World-Records blood runs in the family after all. My grandfather, Stanley G. Houghtby, Lieutenant Colonel USAF Retired, 82, passed away Sunday, April 27, 2008 at his home in Melbourne. Born August 5, [...]
2007 - LESSONS LEARNED
Instead of sharing a list of resolutions for 2008, I wanted to list a few lessons that I learned or was reminded of in 2007 and make it a point to remember them in 2008. AIM FOR THE MOON…Cliché – I know. But I've made it my aim to achieve the best in what I [...]
How to identify real internet music gurus in 4 simple steps
Interested in the music business? Want to learn how to write your own book? Do you want to learn how to play the piano as a virtuoso in 8 days using nothing other than email lessons? Pay $37 for this unique book/course/e-book/audio CD/DVD! Sounds weird right? And so it is. Internet is cool because there’s [...]
MY WORST PIANO CONCERT EVER
MY WORST CONCERT EVER The morning I was landing in Milan, ready for a concert which was going to receive big media attention – my stomach starts rumbling & the terrible feeling of food poisoning starts creeping in. That mozzarella salad I ate in a restaurant the day before was the most probable culprit! The [...]
Can you take criticism on how you play music?
Unfortunately, there's a lot of people out there who like to say what they think. At times these actually decide to turn that into a living and so the critic is born. This interesting creature very often likes to say bad & ugly things about you. Not all are so.However, some of the hardest things [...]
