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Three questions from the Cafe
For my birthday this year a friend gifted me Cafe at the Edge of the World by John Strelecky (amazon link). She actually gave me the German translation, which was fine with me. It was good timing, as I had a long plane trip ahead of me on December 24th, so I read it while…
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Fatty mustard
I have been paying more and more attention to food ingredients and nutrition facts recently. I am not exactly sure why, but it has piqued my interest. A week or so ago I made Leberkäsebrötchen for me and my wife, and I decided to put out both sweet mustard and extra spicy mustard. Usually people…
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Producing midi with Lilypond
I have been continuing to learn more about Lilypond. For my second project, I decided to arrange a version of When the Saints go Marching in, as the first song for the new drum and bugle corps I am trying to start. I thought this would be a good song because it is well-known, quite…
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Learning LilyPond
I have been a musician for over 30 years. During that time there were periods where I practiced up to 8 hours per day and performed several times per month. There were also periods in which I didn’t practice or perform for months or years. In the past year or so I have gotten back…
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Nutrition experiment results
In my last post, I mentioned that I was going to try a strange high-protein diet last week consisting only of Harzer cheese and broccoli. Well, I completed that experiment, and here is some information about how it went. I cheated a bit Originally I had planned to eat 16 pieces (800 grams) of Harzer…