Apparently, old friends never change, they just record albums.

Kurt Vonnegut once wrote (in "Palm Sunday" I think) about his mid-life habit of staying up till the wee hours of the morning drinking and getting the operator to help him track down old friends. Imagine getting a call at 2am from a sodden Kurt Vonnegut!?

I think the modern equivalent for Gen X is to stay up late looking up old friends in facebook. I've re-connected this year with an old roommate, a friend from elementary school, and so on. But one of the nicest surprises: A friend from my university residence days has recorded a CD! Way cool. And about bloody time, too. She was always a terrific singer.

In case you are interested, there's samples here and a link to download the whole thing at a very reasonable cost. I highly recommend it. Sort of country / folk / acoustic with a Celtic influence.

She sounds exactly the same as I remember! Except the drums, of course -- who has drums in a dorm?