Chad and Christine

To all our friends and relatives, have a happy new year. We love all of you. All the best wishes for 2006.

You may or may not have see on the news that “Everything old is indeed new again, including fears that prolonged exposure to loud music from portable-media devices can lead to significant hearing loss. Northwestern University audiologist Dean Garstecki has issued a warning to the roughly 37 million iPod owners to turn down their tunes — or else.”

Read the un-hyped article here, it may not be as exciting as the TV news makes it out to be.

Don’t worry we read this article long before it was “news”. A co-worker and I were just discussing how it was possible that people could possibly listen to their iPods at 60% without their ears bleeding and head exploding.

Christine and I both have the safer silicone earphones recommended in the article, and max the volume out at about 40%.

Christine and I both got new iPods for Christmas. I thought that was worth recording in the corny way that a lot of married people document things, a Christmas tree ornament.

How to make an iPod ornament:

1.Buy iPod shell on eBay

2.Print picture and glue in place

3.Add green and hang on tree.

Total cost: $8.00

An up and coming pianist, recording artist William Joseph performed during Clay Aiken’s Christmas Concert on Wednesday, 12/21. Before then I never heard of him. I have to say he is one of the best pianist I have ever listened to. He plays with such grace, precision, and extremely fast tempos. His cd was selling at Clay’s concert but I didn’t dare see how much they were charging…therefore as soon as I got home I downloaded his CD (legally) on I-tunes for $10.00. For anyone who has not listened to his work before…it is a must!

Check it out: http://www.william-joseph.com/