BPM is almost the polar opposite of yesterday’s channel, Audio Visions. BPM plays high-energy dance music, with strong beats and frequent vocals; Audio Visions is laid back in the extreme.

Neither of them is likely to be a preset in my office, but I could see myself tuning to BPM occasionally to wake up after an all-day early-morning conference call (which describes my current situation). Definitely something of a pleasant surprise.

Some people decide to make a Major Production out of turning 50. And that’s ok, as long as we get invited to the party. Which we were.

So we spent a beautiful weekend on the Monterey Peninsula, enjoying wonderful weather, good food, good scenery, and good company. Highly recommended.

We even got a bit of geocaching accomplished, though we were frustrated in our attempt to bag a mobile cache, because it had migrated before we got to the location.

The whale-watching was probably the highlight of the weekend — unfortunately, I didn’t do very well at photographing the whales (my camera is too slow), but I tried:

Dinner at Passionfish was a highlight, too — I would happily go back any time.

Thanks, Diane, for inviting us!