Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Like most of you, I love the Christmas season for a lot of reasons ... one of which is the music. I love all the traditional Christmas caro...

A week or so ago, someone posted a clever piece on Facebook titled "The Differences Between Musical Genres." It started with a si...

Lists are a big thing. David Letterman has made his Top Ten List a major part of his show, and there are lots of books out there that offe...

As a card-carrying member of the American Association of Retired People (although I'm not retired yet, I qualify on the basis of age ....

If you've managed to grit your teeth and stick it out with me for any length of time, you know that I love language in all its various p...

We are now officially into the Christmas season, which began unofficially in most major retail establishments just after the Fourth of July....

I really enjoy good music. This means that I don't enjoy rap, hip-hop, or heavy metal, which I find to be neither good nor music , but...

I've been on vacation since last Wednesday, and today is the day I have to grit my teeth, put my nose to the wheel and my shoulder to th...

This is another of those busy mornings, when I'm flying to get everything done before I have to leave for work. So two quick things for...

At the intersection of philosophy, anthropology, religion, economics, and - of course - sex, lies the age-old question: is monogamy the natu...

I enjoy listening to classical music, although I don't recognize many specific pieces by name. There are a few pieces I can hear and na...