I don’t know much about the Leonid Meteor shower but if it’s anything like the one I saw a few months ago it’s worth the effort to see it. If you start looking skyward from the night of November 18th until the early morning of the 19th you may just get to make a few wishes, as long as the full moon doesn’t get in the way. More…

When I was a child I used to love listening to Peter and the Wolf (on a vinyl record) while following along in the book. I was listening to a CD of the music at work and discovered that I’m not the only one who enjoyed listening to it as a kid. The only difference is that the one I grew up with was the original, written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The other folks who knew about it remember the one that was released ten years later by Disney, who made a movie based on Sergei’s story. They named the animals but I’m told the music stayed the same. Ironic that Disney won’t permit others to use their creations, isn’t it?