Outside it is snowing with those dense little snowflakes of the type that will add up to 8 to 10 inches by the end of the evening and I can't think of anything specific to write about, so here is an assortment of random things for you all to chew on.
Cool Blog
My friend Lizza sent
this link to her brother's blog about all things Mongolian. It's an interesting read, so take a look.
New Music
There was another fabulous find on itunes for us this week -- Maximo Park. Bands with a eighties-retro feel are all the rage these days, and Maximo Park is definitely in that camp. But they pull it off without sounding trite largely because their lyrics are just so darn infectious. Their hooks stick with you and even this staid 30 year old can happily bob along to Maximo Park's apt and often funny take on the yucky parts of being twenty-something; i.e. "Why did I have to meet you on the night I lost my head?" Tara says, "I like them and they are groovy." It is also of note that I found this band and snagged the album, and in our house, where Tara fancies herself the true music connoisseur between us, I consider that quite an accomplishment.
Houstonian Wins Gold
Cutie Texan, Chad Hedrick, won the United States' first gold medal last night. He grew up in my neck of the woods, and his parents own a roller skating rink down there. The media is doing that obnoxious thing whereby they keep asking him if he feels any pressure now to win fourteen more gold medals, and he just keeps flashing his incredibly toothy smile and saying in that adorable drawl, in not so many words -- bugger off Bob Costas; I'm here to skate. I like that young man, I really do.
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