Back in the arrogant days of my youth, I firmly declared to anyone that would listen that rap was not real music. Where were the notes? Where were the pitches? It was all just yelling and thumping as far as I was concerned, and I have heard this argument repeated by many other grumpy old […]
Category Archives: Video
Cookies S01E02 – Peanut Butter
Back by popular demand, here is the second episode of Ruby’s cooking show “Cookies.” This time with guest appearances by Bear and Edward! Enjoy! And in case you missed episode one, you can watch it here.
Walking the Heifers
Last weekend, my family and I went to the 10th annual “Strolling of the Heifers.” This seemed like a uniquely Vermontish activity, and we have been looking for fun local events to go to. Supposedly this event would include the actual strolling of the heifers, which I had imagined to be something akin to the […]
Le Schicch: The Ballad of Gianni Schicchi
Last time I was in Florida I had a lot of free time on my hands, and I used that time to make some silly videos. This time I have been trying to learn an opera in my free time, so there hasn’t been as much of a chance for silliness. However, I know that […]
Look at Me! I’m on TV!
Yesterday I had the distinct and unusual pleasure of being on the local morning show to sing opera and hype my show. The program was called “Studio 10” and there I was sandwiched between a lady speculating as to what Kate Middleton’s hair is going to look like at the wedding, and the SPCA and […]
Edward Every Day
A while back I posted my video of Ruby Every Day, in which I took a picture of my daughter every day for the first year or her life. The project was a moderate success: successful in that I actually finished something that I started, and moderate in that it was kind of long and […]
Baby Traps
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about setting traps for your baby, so as to prevent escape and destruction. I then received several comments demanding pictures or videos of said traps. The problem, of course, is that these traps are set up for times when I am trying to do something else, and […]
Full Body Extreme Toddler Ice Sliding
I went to pick up the kids from my mother’s the other day, and discovered that they had invented a new winter activity. They had shoveled the snow off of the roof into a big pile, which had then partially melted and subsequently frozen over. This of course created a giant pile of sheer ice, […]
Opera Should Be Fun
To some, opera is a very serious art form. I certainly don’t mean to diminish the amount of time, effort, and money that goes into such a grand proceding, but those things are not why I went into music. Yes it takes weeks, even months to learn a role. It takes serious hard work, and […]
Ruby Hates Opera
Posting all of those videos last week made me think of the first mildly successful video I ever posted. It was back in 2007 or 2008 and I was trying to learn the role of Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte. The problem was, Ruby did not enjoy my singing, She was a little baby, and […]