November 2010
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with my eyes wide open: Day 02- One girl who means... →
feeesha:
my sister
my sister is actually blood related. she is my best friend. my concert buddy. my little fashion diva. the most bad ass trombone player you will ever meet. even though she is 3 years younger, she is practically my twin. even though we live an hour away from each other we seem to keep in…
I can’t believe how blessed I am to have two amazing daughters.
October 2010
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Los Angeles High School for the Arts Walk for the... →
My daughter,Kalia Vandever, is a trombone player and attends the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). Like every school in California, LACHSA’s budget has been cut to the bone. LACHSA has absorbed more than $1 million in budget reductions in these last two years. The arts programs, which have made LACHSA one of the top public arts high schools in the nation, are in...
September 2010
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“Hear the trickling rain, dark clouds fill the once blue sky, see you again sun”
– A Haiku by Kalia Vandever
August 2010
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with my eyes wide open: Day 14 - A letter to... →
Dear drunk person at the Key Club last night standing in front of me,
You are really annoying. First of all, I hate drunk people. Second, you need to learn to control your drinking habits. Why pay money to go see a band to just get wasted and forget it in the morning. Don’t you want to actually…
July 2010
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Thoughts of the day.
Today’s letters of the day are: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzÂ
Today’s sport is: World Cup Soccer
Coincidence?
April 2010
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“Sometimes you love something and you shouldn’t, so you let it go, but it...”
– Kevin Vandever
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Guys Handbook to Twitter
As we say in the corporate world, this is a working document. I will add to it as I, and others, come up with the rules. If it gets large enough, I’ll publish it on my big boy blog. The following is a list of guidelines that guys should follow when using twitter:
1. Guys should never use the word “totes” instead of “totally”. This is acceptable of women, but no...
March 2010
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Souful Jazz
Hi Shandra, here is an extremely partial list of some of what I consider soulful jazz. I’m not even sure what I used to define soulful, but I tried to include stuff that has a soulful groove. I didn’t include, as a first priority, what I consider swingin’, although I think some of what I included does that, too. Nor did I include big band music which can be soulful and can also...
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“If martians invade us looking for intelligent life, good food or athletes, go to...”
– Kevin Vandever (a Jack Handy-like deep thought)
November 2009
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Longing...
Rich creamy frosting
With shiny happy goodness
Drats! I live too far.
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iPhone or Droid?
I can’t speak to the droid so this isn’t really a comparison, but I like the iPhone because it not only works really well as a phone, Internet device and music player, but there is a huge development community out there and because of that, the available apps are amazing and well done. Plus, apple has shown me that they get phones, computers, mp3 players and customer support while...
September 2009
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My Thoughts on Angelica's video to Julio
If I were Julio, I would find this video unacceptable. I have seen photos of Big Foot that were clearer (not saying that Angelica looks like Big Foot, but it could have been Big Foot in the video for all I know because IT WAS SO DARK I COULDN’T SEE A THING!). I have talked to Angelica on the phone so I did recognize the voice, but how do I know she didn’t hire Frank Caliendo to...
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Evil Empire
Question: Who’s the Evil Empire? Answer: The Yankees, their fans, their payrol, their stadium, their obnoxious owners, their uniforms, their announcers…damn, especially their horrific announcers “an a-bomb for A-Rod”…pathetic, Tex, Damon (traitor), Stray-Rod, Godzilla, Joba (whoa, second Star Wars reference), Posada (played with Ruth and Gehrig, I think), Wang (love...
August 2009
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you...”
– Mark Twain
March 2009
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“What happens in New Orleans stays in Vegas”
– Kevin Vandever