Category Archives: Kewel!

The Christmas parties were their usual smashing successes, each and every one. Now that things have settled down here at home I can post up this quick report before hitting the hay. The first gathering was at the North Dorm … Continue reading →

I hope you all have enjoyed the music that has been provided these past couple weeks. It is an acquired taste, but once you get that taste for it, it stays with you. And that is how I found today’s … Continue reading →

We don’t take a break from learning here at the Occidental Tush Institute. We hold classes all the way through December with only a short break to recover from the partying at Christmas and New Year’s. They say that beauty … Continue reading →

Today’s Christmas tune selection is one of my favorite songs all the way around, in any genre. I’ve heard probably close to a hundred different versions of it and though there are some horrible ones, it takes a lot for … Continue reading →

If you like Christmas carols, choral music, incredibly beautiful soprano vocals, or just plain spectacular concert settings, you owe it to yourself not to miss this year’s Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (actually recorded December 2004). It’s showing on … Continue reading →

To look a lot like Christmas. Especially in my living room. Miss Ruth came over to my place last night and we had some Christmas cocktails, watched some Christmas movies and then we did some trimming. Of the tree. Get … Continue reading →

For the fifth year in a row the Occidental Tush Institute’s Drama Club is putting on a ‘Living Nativity Scene’. While OTI honors all faiths, the idea of this display was thought up by the students themselves and they sprung … Continue reading →

I hope you’re ready for bagpipes and fiddles! Come All Ye Faithful I’m holding back a bit here with the tunage getting more festive as we get closer to the holiday itself. Try this one on for size. Don’t let … Continue reading →

As you all know, Richard Pryor passed away this weekend. There are a number very good and kind things that have been written about him throughout the blogosphere that say more about him than I could. Two of them that … Continue reading →

With Professor Booty. As I mentioned yesterday, my students come from far and wide and a goodly number of them have never seen snow live and in person. They’ve seen it in movies and on the television, but that is … Continue reading →