Hey everybody!

I hope your summer is going nicely? I'm hot. Maybe it's the Bikram Yoga, but more likely it's the weather.

I've got two DC area shows coming up soon:

1. Eigenvalues (with The PlayGround):  Sat. Aug. 11, 7:30pm, FREE
at Carter Barron Amphitheater

2. DCIC at the Black Cat: Sun. Aug. 19, 9:00pm, $7.00

click here for all the details.

-jon

ps.  I feel icky sending out these emails that are solely self-promotional in nature, so I'm including below some random things that I recently discovered. Maybe interesting to you, too?

~ The awesome radio show This American Life is finally available as a podcast.  Now you can listen at your convenience instead of according to the wacky schedule of your local NPR affiliate. (The TV show is also for sale on iTunes, and I give it the thumbs up)

~ Open source software has come a long way.  I'm a dork... but not so much of a dork that I know how to use Linux or anything. Maybe now's the time to learn - there's a distro made for audio / video applications: Ubuntu Studio
I've also outfitted the obsolete computers at our Improv Arts office with Open Office (we can't afford the Microsoft stuff, and now why bother?); Thunderbird for email (b-bye Outlook); Nvu for web programming; and ClamWin for virus protection. Now if only someone could beat QuickBooks for accounting...  Intuit has really gunked it up (and made it too expensive).

~ Here's something tasty...  scones that are easy & delicious.

~ and two more tasty treats for summer: (you need a blender for both)

1. Peach Coolers (a long-time family favorite)
3 peaches
6 oz. frozen pink lemonade concentrate
6 oz. vodka
Put in blender, fill the rest of the way with ice. Damn that's good stuff.

2. the Matis smoothie (recently perfected)
1 cup frozen mixed berries
1 ripe banana
3 heaping tablespoons soy-yogurt (any fruit flavor will do, I like the Silk brand)
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup soy milk
Blend. mmmm smoothie.



http://morrismatis.blogspot.com





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