Imagine my surprise when, reading through a pdf file of George Grant‘s book, The Changing of the Guard, I see the following in the acknowledgments:

Fortunately, a number of kind-hearted souls coaxed me
through the agony and ecstasy of this book project, and as a result,
my hemoglobin loss was minimal. David Dunham, Jim Jordan,
Kemper Crabb, Frank Marshall, Gary DeMar, Dave Marshall,
and Brian Martin all afforded me transfusions of wisdom, encouragement,
and joy when I most needed them. Kathe Salazar, J. D.
McWilliams, and Suzanne Martin mopped my brow and nursed
me along, all the whale taking care of business and holding down
the fort. Great thanks is here given to each of these dear friends
and fellow-workers in the Kingdom.

Among thos thanked, you’ll notice, is one Kemper Crabb. Yes, Kemper Crabb. The one time member of Caedmon’s Call. One time member of Atmoic Opera. Musician extraordinaire. I have several Kemper Crabb albums. I love them. His live Christmas record is one of my favorite christmas cds ever.

This is a surprising connection. It’s a small world, afterall.

Firefox 1.0 releases today.

Here’s a little recap of our Reformation Day Ball from the band’s perspective.

I don’t think I’ve said anything about it… but it was a great time. Next year we’re going to need a bigger place. We really, really enjoyed having live music. It added something to the experience that you just can’t have when you’re playing a cd.

Good times, good life.