Post Office: Don't recycle our stuff - it's illegal

A Post Office in Colorado says recycling old priority mail boxes to send other packages is a federal crime:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/16072154/detail.html

Thanks USPS for helping save the planet!

Totonno's

I had a chance to go to NYC recently with my friend Brad for a lesson with Lee Konitz and to see a concert by Chris Byars. Along the way we stopped at Totonno's Pizza near the Coney Island section of Brooklyn. This is a picture of the half-sausage, half-cheese pie we ate.

I had never had a pizza cooked in a coal-fired oven before so the amount and flavor of the char on the end crust was new for me. Eating there felt more like eating in someone's house than a restaurant and I'd definitely recommend it if you're heading to New York.

The Big Word Project

I just paid $4 to a web site called thebigwordproject.com to link the word "gene" to my website. I'm curious whether it will drive traffic to my site.