Yesterday I set up Dad’s new computer with a special Internet Home Page that lists his favorite news sites. I also added links to the various family member blogs. To my surprise, he read them! Hi Dad!

Today’s tidbits about Dad:

• Dad is interested in Cuban classical guitar music. He doesn’t like Rock, but he likes the latin rhythm. He has a couple of CDs he wants to get.

• At home, he owns no less than 5 guitars! 4 of them are made in Taiwan, the other one he got in Mexico (not sure if he actually was there and picked it up). I thought about showing him that bit from Desperado when Antonio Banderas’s character is teaching the street kid how to play “like this”, but I suppose it wasn’t that great a scene. Plus, Dad doesn’t like guns.

• Dad commented on some interesting flaws in the rental cello, reconstructing its history in fine Holmesian form. “At one point, this cello was probably left in the sun.”, he noted, one finger critically tracing the repaired wood. “As you can see, the wood here is wrinkled, and some repairs had to be made with clamps to fix it. The clamps were not well fitted, as you can see the clamp marks here.”