Entries Tagged as ‘music’

January 8, 2009

In Which I Post The First List Of Songs.

As promised in an earlier post, here’s the first round of songs that have been copied onto Peanut’s “iPod.” There are some glaring omissions (no Stevie Wonder yet), and I have many to add based on your suggestions, but I wanted to share the first round.
Leave a comment if this list brings any other songs [...]

December 25, 2008

In Which iAsk The Internet For Rock & Roll Advice.

As part of my duty to educate my children, we bought Peanut an “iPod” for Christmas (it’s a $25 off-brand that will probably last 6 months, but iCan’t bring myself to spend that much money on something that’s probably going to go through the wash before it would otherwise die a natural cheap electronic death).
He [...]

July 24, 2008

In Which I Would Dance, If I Could.

Here’s a fun game all the kids can play. In iTunes, create a smart playlist with the following rules:

Name contains [choose any word]

If your ipod’s like mine, you’ll want to add:

Genre is not Podcast
Genre is not Audiobook

You may end up with a pretty interesting bunch of songs. Here’s the list from my ipod with the [...]

July 4, 2008

In Which I Celebrate the Fourth.

Two items to celebrate the birthday of the greatest nation on earth:
1. A co-worker of mine is taking the oath to become a citizen today; reading her comments about the citizenship test made me start thinking about whether I could pass it. MSNBC has posted a quiz based on a sampling of the questions used [...]

June 10, 2008

In Which I Have Parenting Goals.

Two things I hope for as a result of my parenting skills: a strong spiritual foundation and a healthy knowledge of and appreciation for rock and roll (in that order, of course). If they grow up and leave home with a solid grasp of biblical values and faith in Christ that will sustain them through [...]