New star on the horizon

Wow! Saw David Foster introduce his new star pupil, Renee Olstead, on Oprah the other day. Downloaded her new CD via iTunes this morning. Highly recommended. Unbelievable that this girl is only 15 years old and does the classics like a seasoned performer. And not bad looking. What a future she has!

I'd put her up there with other new talents, such as Josh Groban (also a Foster student), and Jane Monheit as major stars of the future.

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Oh, did I mention that I collect music? I passed the 17,000 mark in mp3s a while ago, and I don't even know how many others I have on purchased CDs, cassette tapes, and records. I'll have to tally them up some day.

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Heading over to the Stanford-Oregon football game today with Megan, home for the weekend from Concordia University in Irvine. I handle the defensive statistics along with other team members Kyle McCrea, Chuck Dellario, and Ken the Jester. I've been handling defensive stats for about 5 years; did the press box play-by-play announcing for 17 years prior to that. Meg will help me as a spotter. Becky helps quite often; I let lots of friends take turns when she can't make it.

It's fun working in the Stanford Press Box every year. It's like family up there, seeing all the familiar faces year after year. We did lose Jack Hanlon this year, he looked pretty sick the last couple of years, and I think he's gone now. Rest easy, Jack.