Sharry Miller

Austin City Limits Music Festival

In a rare display of spontaneity, Thane and I bought tickets to the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. He'll tell you that it was a matter of him expressing mild interest and me running with it, but the truth is, he was fully on board. Honestly, all I was doing was trying to satisfy my curiosity about how to get tickets to the ACL TV show tapings. When I saw there... Read more →

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

I couldn't help but break into song as I rolled out of my driveway this morning: Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day, I've got a wonderful feeling, Everything's going my way. -Oscar Hammerstein II Luckily, no one was around to hear me. Given that it was only 40 degrees when I left my house, I didn't have much company on the bike path. Of course, the temperature also meant that the... Read more →

Hip-Hop Wisdom

As I forced my sweaty feet into my ice cleat-clad boots at the gym yesterday, I was listening to whatever music was streaming for our collective listening "pleasure." It was hip-hop, I guess. I'll show my age and un-hipness (or un-coolness or whatever the latest word is) by admitting that I really don't care for hip-hop, rap or other related musical genres. For some reason, however, one phrase in this random song caught my ear:... Read more →

End of an Era

Okay, okay, this post title might be a bit dramatic. After all, I am just talking about Christmas tree lights. I bought new lights this year after having used the same ones for nearly 20 years. I love those lights. Each color is on its own wire and the four wires are twisted together into one string. It has an adjustable controller for twinkle speed, and the one strand was plenty long enough to do... Read more →