Weekend Wrapup
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Monson
Sonic Automatist
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
My boss went up to las vegas for a fencing competition so I offered to take care of Brownie (at the shop since Brownie doen't do good with other dogs usually) and I only live about a mile from work. So I went down twice a day Sat and Sun and in the Morninbg on Mon. Gave him a couple long walks (yesterday when he stopped to take a piss I looked down and found a dollar bill) and gave him a bath which he was surprisingly good with in fact he seemed to enjoy it and since his last one was a quick half ass one I did last year and being a shop dog he was super dirty. I also did an oil change (boss bought my stuff for taking care of Brownie) and I recharged my AC. I have had my Jeep Grand since 2011 and I've only checked the AC one other time a couple years ago. I have a super slow leak and was suprised to see it was a pound low (holds 1 lb 11 oz) because it was amazingly working pretty good even at 60 percent or so low, pressures on guages looked awesome too so I didn't even bother putting leak detector dye in yet.
Other than that I went to Costco on Saturday watched a bunch of tv and a couple movies. Took a couple naps yesterday.
Here's Brownie shortly after getting a bath. I never did his head this time since lots of dogs don't seem to like water on the head and I wanted him to enjoy the bath so hopefully it's easier from here out and then he could get a couple baths a year.
Other than that I went to Costco on Saturday watched a bunch of tv and a couple movies. Took a couple naps yesterday.
Here's Brownie shortly after getting a bath. I never did his head this time since lots of dogs don't seem to like water on the head and I wanted him to enjoy the bath so hopefully it's easier from here out and then he could get a couple baths a year.
Monson
Sonic Automatist
I spend the weekend working in order to be in a good place wrt a deadline this Friday. Nursed, there-thered and made soup for the missus who's a bit under the weather. I'm not going to bitch and moan about it as my job is quite flexible and I can pretty much plan my own time as it suits me, as long as I meet the deadlines.
We did get out for a short walk, so it's not all misery.
We did get out for a short walk, so it's not all misery.
Saturday - went to a fancy garden place with lots of plants and paths and stuff. They have an amphitheatre with a fountain show synced with music. The music is composed by the owner, who also programs and runs the fountain system, and waters the plants, and sells tickets, and, and, and… He has employees, but he does a ton of the work himself.
Then we drove to Scotland to pick up some beer at a craft brewery that I just heard about. Rocking place, but damn noisy for a patio overlooking a big pond. Not a DJ in sight though.
So, we drove to Simcoe and had a late lunch at a place called The Blue Elephant. Nice patio seating and lots of attention to COVID safety (signs and sanitizer and distanced seating when possible) without the recently lifted guidelines (masks). Huge menu with the usual burgers and pizza and such, but some Thai offerings as well. They also brew their own beers. I had a Chai Masala Porter. Delicious
For food, I had a green chicken curry with medium spice that was fucking hot. It was delicious though. The veggies that came as a side were amazingly fresh and cooked perfectly. Side veg are usually mushy shite. These were amazing. Mrs DCF ordered chicken Pad Thai and it came in a wheelbarrow sized bowl. It was ridiculous and ridiculously delicious. We brought some home.
Sunday - not much. Scoped out some wood and finish ideas for a lap steel build. Made sketch of what I want to build. Reset my old PC to “factory new”. Watched a lot of YouTube videos.
Monday - labour day holiday.
Did some visual mock-ups for the wood for the lap steel to get an idea of the dimensions and how the two different woods will look together. I’ve made a simple idea extremely complex. As I do.
Visited my uncle’s widow in the afternoon and picked up a few mementoes. A magic trick that he performed at my 5th birthday. A book of magic posters and some papers related to the International Brotherhood of Magicians. And an amp.
Chicken wings and fresh corn on the cob for dinner.
Then we drove to Scotland to pick up some beer at a craft brewery that I just heard about. Rocking place, but damn noisy for a patio overlooking a big pond. Not a DJ in sight though.
So, we drove to Simcoe and had a late lunch at a place called The Blue Elephant. Nice patio seating and lots of attention to COVID safety (signs and sanitizer and distanced seating when possible) without the recently lifted guidelines (masks). Huge menu with the usual burgers and pizza and such, but some Thai offerings as well. They also brew their own beers. I had a Chai Masala Porter. Delicious
For food, I had a green chicken curry with medium spice that was fucking hot. It was delicious though. The veggies that came as a side were amazingly fresh and cooked perfectly. Side veg are usually mushy shite. These were amazing. Mrs DCF ordered chicken Pad Thai and it came in a wheelbarrow sized bowl. It was ridiculous and ridiculously delicious. We brought some home.
Sunday - not much. Scoped out some wood and finish ideas for a lap steel build. Made sketch of what I want to build. Reset my old PC to “factory new”. Watched a lot of YouTube videos.
Monday - labour day holiday.
Did some visual mock-ups for the wood for the lap steel to get an idea of the dimensions and how the two different woods will look together. I’ve made a simple idea extremely complex. As I do.
Visited my uncle’s widow in the afternoon and picked up a few mementoes. A magic trick that he performed at my 5th birthday. A book of magic posters and some papers related to the International Brotherhood of Magicians. And an amp.
Chicken wings and fresh corn on the cob for dinner.
Thanks! For some reason that's always been a sound I've struggled with because I don't like the slap being so loud that it gets in the way of what I'm playing but I don't want it to be inaudible, either. I seem to have gotten it with this one, though.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Where did the 4-day weekend go? It seemed like I didn't do much. Got in a couple rounds of golf, did play guitar and listen to music. Did a little cooking, not much. I've been lazy in the kitchen lately.
Yesterday hung out with a bud I haven't seen in a while, we played some guitars and ate texican food. So that was fun.
Yesterday hung out with a bud I haven't seen in a while, we played some guitars and ate texican food. So that was fun.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
A very normal long weekend for us. The only different thing was going to our annual Labor Day Liftoff - which is a balloon festival held near downtown every year. Probably close to 100 balloons. Lots of people.
Not my photo, but this is from the event. We were standing right by the black New Mexico balloon on the right.
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Not my photo, but this is from the event. We were standing right by the black New Mexico balloon on the right.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Basically, turned our front yard into a private dog park.
Pulled up all the neglected flower beds, but one, in the fenced in section & moved everything to other 'scaped areas.
Dropped some weed barrier and then 5 yards of playground fiber like they use in dog parks to keep them from becoming a muddy or dusty pit.
Here's what one side looks like:
Had some friends and their dogs over Sunday to give it a good breaking in. It works really good; the dogs are so much cleaner after spending all day outside and they're not tracking all sorts of debris into the house anymore.
Pulled up all the neglected flower beds, but one, in the fenced in section & moved everything to other 'scaped areas.
Dropped some weed barrier and then 5 yards of playground fiber like they use in dog parks to keep them from becoming a muddy or dusty pit.
Here's what one side looks like:
Had some friends and their dogs over Sunday to give it a good breaking in. It works really good; the dogs are so much cleaner after spending all day outside and they're not tracking all sorts of debris into the house anymore.
Psychotronic
Bored Silly
First gigs back after nearly 3 weeks off.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
My youngest daughter is a Roller Coaster Fanatic like I am... we used to take family vacations to amusement parks every year, but it got to a point where even if the rest of the family aren't into the crazy coasters like we are, or weren't willing to get onboard with our extreme Coaster-Marathon methods. We will take the entire day, be there at opening, then we used to just strategically lay out which coasters exits empty out to which entry points... but now with the Fast Pass options and the Cell Phone App, we are able to make educated choices as to which ones are A) closest and B) will have the shortest wait time. 
Surprisingly, even though she's been at the park at least once a year for the past dozen or more years... she had always avoided the power tower. I finally convinced her that it would be really fun... so we did the UP tower first (raises you a few feet off the ground and then launches you to the top of the 250 foot tower and then you bounce down a few times on a cushion of air)... and then worked our way up to the DOWN tower in which they take you to the top... let you hang out up there, looking at the lake and survey the park... then WHOOSH... you drop to about 30 feet from the ground, and then bounce up and down a few times. We ended up doing each of those two more times.
The biggest surprise was Steel Vengence... which I somehow have never ridden. It used to be the wooden Mean Streak coaster, which was the tallest, fastest, etc etc... but over the years the track had gotten more worn and would physically beat you up... like shake your fillings loose. The new coaster is EPIC!... 205 feet high, a 90 degree drop, 75 miles an hour, for 5700 feet with FOUR corkscrews... some of them THROUGH the wooden structure. I mean, we ride with our hands up all the time, but the best I could do on this one was "Mighty Moose ears" because you feel like you're going to lose an arm if your hands are extended!!
They're getting ready for Halloween weekends, so there are these huge skeletons all over the park. I have an entire album of photos where I'm posing like every single skeleton I saw.
But the one covering his crotch required a different pose.....
We ended up doing 27 rides in 11 hours which is not too shabby. Millennium Force is still our overall favorite.... 310 feet high, 93 miles an hour, and is a completely different animal when you ride it during the day, or just after dusk... that cool night air and flying in and out of the different areas of the park make it Epic and Majestic!
Surprisingly, even though she's been at the park at least once a year for the past dozen or more years... she had always avoided the power tower. I finally convinced her that it would be really fun... so we did the UP tower first (raises you a few feet off the ground and then launches you to the top of the 250 foot tower and then you bounce down a few times on a cushion of air)... and then worked our way up to the DOWN tower in which they take you to the top... let you hang out up there, looking at the lake and survey the park... then WHOOSH... you drop to about 30 feet from the ground, and then bounce up and down a few times. We ended up doing each of those two more times.
The biggest surprise was Steel Vengence... which I somehow have never ridden. It used to be the wooden Mean Streak coaster, which was the tallest, fastest, etc etc... but over the years the track had gotten more worn and would physically beat you up... like shake your fillings loose. The new coaster is EPIC!... 205 feet high, a 90 degree drop, 75 miles an hour, for 5700 feet with FOUR corkscrews... some of them THROUGH the wooden structure. I mean, we ride with our hands up all the time, but the best I could do on this one was "Mighty Moose ears" because you feel like you're going to lose an arm if your hands are extended!!
They're getting ready for Halloween weekends, so there are these huge skeletons all over the park. I have an entire album of photos where I'm posing like every single skeleton I saw.
But the one covering his crotch required a different pose.....
We ended up doing 27 rides in 11 hours which is not too shabby. Millennium Force is still our overall favorite.... 310 feet high, 93 miles an hour, and is a completely different animal when you ride it during the day, or just after dusk... that cool night air and flying in and out of the different areas of the park make it Epic and Majestic!
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Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
My weekend was pretty quiet. I haven't taped a new Creative Connections for a couple of weeks as people seem to be busy vacationing. I borrowed a camera from the studio to cover the art show opening but had trouble with the sound. So I ended up putting together three show with clips from the past; one featured visual artists, one musicians, and the third writers. I filmed intro clips, put it all together, and tried to match all the volumes. I do have a couple of new guests lined up now...
rhino
Kick Henry Jackassowski
My youngest daughter is a Roller Coaster Fanatic like I am... we used to take family vacations to amusement parks every year, but it got to a point where even if the rest of the family aren't into the crazy coasters like we are, or weren't willing to get onboard with our extreme Coaster-Marathon methods. We will take the entire day, be there at opening, then we used to just strategically lay out which coasters exits empty out to which entry points... but now with the Fast Pass options and the Cell Phone App, we are able to make educated choices as to which ones are A) closest and B) will have the shortest wait time.
Surprisingly, even though she's been at the park at least once a year for the past dozen or more years... she had always avoided the power tower. I finally convinced her that it would be really fun... so we did the UP tower first (raises you a few feet off the ground and then launches you to the top of the 250 foot tower and then you bounce down a few times on a cushion of air)... and then worked our way up to the DOWN tower in which they take you to the top... let you hang out up there, looking at the lake and survey the park... then WHOOSH... you drop to about 30 feet from the ground, and then bounce up and down a few times. We ended up doing each of those two more times.
The biggest surprise was Steel Vengence... which I somehow have never ridden. It used to be the wooden Mean Streak coaster, which was the tallest, fastest, etc etc... but over the years the track had gotten more worn and would physically beat you up... like shake your fillings loose. The new coaster is EPIC!... 205 feet high, a 90 degree drop, 75 miles an hour, for 5700 feet with FOUR corkscrews... some of them THROUGH the wooden structure. I mean, we ride with our hands up all the time, but the best I could do on this one was "Mighty Moose ears" because you feel like you're going to lose an arm if your hands are extended!!
They're getting ready for Halloween weekends, so there are these huge skeletons all over the park. I have an entire album of photos where I'm posing like every single skeleton I saw.
We ended up doing 27 rides in 11 hours which is not too shabby. Millennium Force is still our overall favorite.... 310 feet high, 93 miles an hour, and is a completely different animal when you ride it during the day, or just after dusk... that cool night air and flying in and out of the different areas of the park make it Epic and Majestic!
I went to cedar point with my sister the year Millennium Force opened. We rode it 3 times before the park officially opened. Good times!
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
The goal for this weekend was trying to stay cool. With temps stemming from 95-110 and humidity from 30-80% and no AC it was fans going at all times of the day.
Managed to play some DG on Saturday and Monday but went out at 7-7:30am to avoid as much heat as I could. Was fortunate on Sunday (110 peak) and Monday (98 peak) to go to a friend's home and sit in their pool. This looks to be a task for us the next few days.
Managed to play some DG on Saturday and Monday but went out at 7-7:30am to avoid as much heat as I could. Was fortunate on Sunday (110 peak) and Monday (98 peak) to go to a friend's home and sit in their pool. This looks to be a task for us the next few days.
nuke_diver
Riding Solo
Heat wave started....
it has decided to keep going after the holiday, currently 108F 42C
Glad I put in solar last year the AC has to run all night for the next few days
it has decided to keep going after the holiday, currently 108F 42C
Glad I put in solar last year the AC has to run all night for the next few days