mia_mcdavid is in Mankato for colgaffneyis “Muster” tonight. I will be following her tomorrow afternoon. The reason for the delay is that our church is having “choir camp” tomorrow. For me it will actually be choir boot camp. Actually, the idea is much the same as muster–get the members together for an internal training event. I feel a little strange starting this at age 57, but it does not seem like I am disgracing myself or the choir. After all, the Mythbusters demonstrated that you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Anyway, after church I will be driving southwest to Mankato. I had thought about skipping the event entirely, but I am scheduled to be one of the teachers. As I wrote last night I am to teach about the actual history of the period, and, immodest that it may sound, I know I am the best qualified member to do so. There are people out there vastly better qualified than I am–but they are not members of colgaffneyis. Last night I mentioned about the bibliography I prepared. Today I prepared an outline of what I will be talking about. It is the Cliff’s notes (that is the term I remember–what is the modern equivalent?) for this particular piece of 17^th century European history. I have tried to condense things to a few key points that I want our members to remember. Hence the sound-bite style.

This may get me into trouble. In a group at that re-enacts a military unit I have linked to anti-war art. But…

1. I came of age in the Viet Nam era.
2. It is period anti-war art.

(Actually, I expect Obama to carry colgaffneyis voters by at least a 90/10 margin in November. But some of them are very naïve about what the past was really like).