Sibelius' 5th Symphony is such a pleasant work. Everything about it, from the orchestration to the lyric melodies, screams "Let's frolic and pick daisies and be pleasant."

My back has really been hurting these days. It's probably those years of horrible posture catching up with me. If I didn't think I'd get funny looks, I'd bring a seatbelt to class to force myself to sit up straight.

This is a brief update today, simply because I'm hoping to be as productive with my history paper as I was with my pedagogy project.

Stan Freberg's rendition of Great Pretender has got to be one of his funniest satires (3.2MB).