Josh Rouse at Exit/In

Exit/In is where the party will be tonight. Josh Rouse is my favorite - and arguably the cream of the crop - of the soulful singer-songwriter group. I can name only a handful of artists whose first five albums - Dressed Up Like Nebraska, Home, Under the Cold Blue Stars, 1972, and Nashville (for the uninitiated) - are as well-crafted, melodic, and memorable as Josh's. He's been a Nashville guy until recently so it's been easy to catch one of his great live shows. It's been awhile since he's been in town so Elliston's where to be tonight.

And I'm spent...

20 months, 62 class hours, and 70,000 dollars later, I am done with business school. My MBA GPA is much better than undergrad, but I am not as yet gainfully employed. Still, the tests are taken, the papers written, and the group meetings over. I know more stuff, but I'm not necessarily smarter or wiser. I'm older - I don't know - and changed as a result. That's education I think.

As if you needed another reason to drink....

Happy St George's Day. Basically, SGD is the English version of St. Patrick's Day, but less widely recognized. I was in London two years ago a this time and had a complete blast on St. George's Day. And speaking of famous English, today is William Shakespeare's birthday and anniversary of his death. Happy birthday to ye...