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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 28, 2012 in Blog, Personal | 4 comments

A Word of Thanks — Actually a Thousand Words of Thanks

Today is my one-month anniversary.

That’s right. This website has been live for exactly thirty days.

The time has come to give thanks where it’s due. I want to thank several people who have been instrumental in creating my personal website.

This is the conclusion of a three-part series. What follows are the two WORST pop-rock performances I’ve seen.

Whatever illusions I had about writing amateurish music commentary and reviewing concerts have now been shattered.

We don’t necessarily move to great music. On the contrary.

Great music moves us.

I think most of us – at least those of a certain generation — think of music as a sort of “soundtrack to our lives.”

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 20, 2012 in Blog, Personal | 2 comments

Alex — Our 11-year-old stray adopted from a shelter in Washington, DC

While conducting job interviews with applicants he made it a point to pose one rather unusual question to each of his prospective employees…