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About Gandalfe

Just an itinerant saxophonist trying to find life between the changes. I have retired from the Corps of Engineers and Microsoft. I am an admin on the Woodwind Forum, run the Pacifica Big Band (formerly the Microsoft Jumpin' Jive Orchestra) and participate in other ensembles. Mostly enjoy time with family and friends.

The WJE at Festival (Kudos Galore)

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Gandalfe

The Woodinville Jazz Ensemble flat out rocks! We spilt the mondo jazz band into the WJE and the Pacific Cascade Big Band last June and lookee what they are doing now (thanks Greg): You can see two more clips at … Continue reading →

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Devil Eyes and Big Teeth

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Gandalfe

Or how Amelia grew her adult teeth as a puppy. Suzy and I were playing with our now six-month old puppy and we couldn’t believe her teeth. She has adult teeth in a puppies mouth. And they are sooo white. … Continue reading →

Posted in Pets, Playtime | Tagged | 9 Comments

Upcoming Review: Rock Band 2 for Xbox

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Gandalfe

Or how I spent my whole Christmas budget… oh well. With all our grandkids and kids visiting this year I decided to spring for the newly released Rock Band 2. And then there was this way cool new drum set. … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Microsoft, Music | 4 Comments

Did You Know?

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Gandalfe

Fantastic video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Bronman. I probably pointed to this over a year ago, but the stats keep growing. For the most part this is for my children … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | 7 Comments

Sax Summit 2008 – I’m so there… NOT!

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Gandalfe

Jeff Miller points out this opportunity to attend a Saxophone Summit 2008 with the comment, apparently they’re featuring "women sitting on piano benches holding sopranino and bass saxophones" this year. Much as I’d like to attend, I think I’ll have … Continue reading →

Posted in Saxophone | 4 Comments

Village of Joy: 50 Strange Buildings of the World

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Gandalfe

From the amazing, interesting, wonderful, weird, odd, and funny Village of Joy Web site we find a collection of very odd buildings. Some of these, such as the one pictured below must be difficult to live in. Suzy has made … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Everyday Science | 8 Comments

Oddities and other sightings…

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Gandalfe

Heard the other day, "81% of the Republicans want to continue to back Sarah Palin going forward and maybe advance her as the presidential candidate in 2010. 100% of the democrats support this."  :o) Just got done practicing a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 1 Comment

New Granddaughter update

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Gandalfe

We got a lovely email from Aaron and Wendy with pictures of our newest granddaughter, Addie. She had a court date to make the adoption final. And last month she was christened. Here are some of our favorite pictures:   … Continue reading →

Posted in Health and wellness, My World | 8 Comments

Facebook: I’m being naughty… again. ;o)

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Gandalfe

I saw this way cool picture on MySpace where different body parts were tagged with names of friends. Well actually they were just pictures of lips. So I ported that over to my Facebook and started doing it. I actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Too Spicy for some | 3 Comments

Expensive Eats: Maybe twice a year

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Gandalfe

Elaine send this interesting article about expensive food experiences. There are so many great places to spend your dining out dollars. But Suzy and I can normally be found at the Mom and Pop places with prices that are amazingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Eating, Entertainment, Health and wellness, Hobbies | 8 Comments