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I’m gonna need an iPod…

Posted by Peter on December 25th, 2006

…to put all my music on.

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope your Christmas was as delightful as mine. Among other things, I received three very nice CDs from my family. I’ll begin with - Cloudburst - a collection of choral works by Eric Whitacre sung by the choir Polyphony directed by Stephen Layton. One word - Incredible. I knew my laptop speakers would not do the CD justice, so for the last hour I have have been sitting in my room with headphones on absorbing this recording. Eric Whitacre’s musical genius combined with Polyphony’s clear, pure tone make this one a winner by me. My favorite tracks are #1 - “i thank You God for most this amazing day,” #6 - “When David Heard,” #8 - “Cloudburst,” #11 - “Water Night,” and #14 - “Lux Aurumque.” This is not to say that I don’t like the others - I do - but these deserve special mention.

My other two CDs are “The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World…Ever,” a 2-disc collection of various classical piano works performed by the greats in the world of piano performance, and “Fireworks,” a recording by the Empire Brass. All three CDs are great! Thanks Mom and Andy! :)

On another note, I followed through with one of my personal Christmas traditions again today. Whenever I receive an article of clothing, I put it on and wear it while we open all the other gifts (unless it is meticulously packaged or something). Even my stocking. In fact, my stocking is still on my foot. It’s kind of a funny thing to do, but my mom made sure I opened up my pair of leather gloves early on. Lemme tell ‘ya … it’s hard unwrapping a CD with leather gloves on, but I managed. :D

I leave you with this seasonal greeting and best wishes for a politically-correct period of time…

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only “AMERICA” in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical disability, religious faith, or choice of computer platform of the wishee.

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This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Sincerely,

(Name withheld for legal, social and cultural considerations.)

I don’t know about you, but I much prefer “Merry Christmas” - don’t you?

Festive Wallpapers

Posted by Peter on December 16th, 2006

I decided to put up something that actually might be useful/interesting for you while I’m putting the finishing touches on my site. On the photos page, I have posted a few festive wallpapers for download. I took some pictures of our Christmas tree ornaments and such, and some of them turned out somewhat nicely. One of the angel that sits on top of our tree, one of a bell (reflected in a drum), and one of a very smiley gingerbread man illuminated by a single Christmas tree light. Enjoy!

Introducing PeterAnglea.com!

Posted by Peter on December 15th, 2006

I would like to welcome you to the all-new PeterAnglea.com! Those of you who know me, may recall my old blog/site as being a subdomain of my web design company - xHTMLpro.com. As of today, December 15th, 2006, that site is no longer my personal internet home.

Why did I feel the need to have my own personal domain (branded with my name, no less)? The reasons are many.

  • I’ve always wanted my own domain. But besides that . . .
  • It’s becoming the norm for people nowadays to have a personal website/domain name for practical business and/or communication purposes. It is my hope that this website will be my virtual representative on the World Wide Web for a long time to come and that people (my family, most importantly) will be able to keep tabs on my business, my music, and my life in general.

Why do it now?

  • Because of special discounts offered to me by my favorite webhost, SiteGround LLC.
  • To give myself a Christmas present!
  • Because domain names are getting snatched up faster than you would believe (even with a last name as “weird” as mine).

So here’s the low-down on this site.

  • Powered by WordPress as a Content Management System. I originally was looking to have WordPress power only this small blog on the home page, but decided to expand it and use it to its full capacity. This required that I . . .
  • Make my own WordPress template. This is actually the first template I have cooked up for WordPress. I think it works pretty well. The actual design is a slight modification of a template entitled nonzero by NodeThirtyThree design that I found at OWD.
  • This site is Valid XHTML. You should view this site with at least a 1024px resolution so as to avoid seeing only half of the site at once.

One other thing you should know. I love getting feedback! So please leave comments, contact me, email me, whatever! I look forward to hearing from you about what I put on my site. Thanks again for visiting!

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