Weekend wrapup
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Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
It was 53F here today, so I busted out the grill.
Ribeyes, and I grilled some sweet potatoes & brussel sprouts as well. 1st time grilling either of those. The sweet potatoes turned out perfect. The Brussel sprouts were good, but I maybe had the heat a bit high (400F). They turned out nice & crispy but maybe not quite as done as I would've liked in the centers. Next time I grill them I'll use a bit less heat and keep them on a bit longer. Stil they were pretty good. I blanched them first & then put them in a bowl with olive oil, garlic powder, Italian spices, & black pepper.
Ribeyes, and I grilled some sweet potatoes & brussel sprouts as well. 1st time grilling either of those. The sweet potatoes turned out perfect. The Brussel sprouts were good, but I maybe had the heat a bit high (400F). They turned out nice & crispy but maybe not quite as done as I would've liked in the centers. Next time I grill them I'll use a bit less heat and keep them on a bit longer. Stil they were pretty good. I blanched them first & then put them in a bowl with olive oil, garlic powder, Italian spices, & black pepper.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
It’s been in the high 60s, so I’ve been teaching the boy how to play baseball. Today we bought some new wiffleballs and a set of bases. He’s starting to get it. He’s also got a soccer ball and a basketball.
Last night we went to an ice cream shop that makes their ice cream sandwiches with freshly made donuts. So I’ll be playing a lot of sports with the boy to make up for it.
Last night we went to an ice cream shop that makes their ice cream sandwiches with freshly made donuts. So I’ll be playing a lot of sports with the boy to make up for it.
rickenvox
Animal Psychic
Back on the bike and weekend training rides. Did the Saturday ride, 40 miles, fast pace, felt good. Did the “coffee” ride today, hung in there and finished with the lead group. I had so much energy afterwards I drove down to Long Beach and washed the bird shit off my sail boat. Drove back home and cleaned the pool and then washed the car. Cooked a nice dinner and relaxed with a Pinot Noir. Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm was hilarious tonight. Guest stars Fred Armisen and Chris Martin from Coldplay.
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Managed to drop a few pounds over the last couple of days of the week.
Then, went out for barbecue on Saturday. I had the sampler with ribs, brisket, pulled pork, sausage, crispy onions, corn bread, toast and beans.
Sunday - got a call from my brother in law. Their computer bit the dust. Went and looked at it, and yep it’s dead. Went a shopped for a new one and spent the evening sorting out how to transfer everything over when they don’t remember their passwords. At all...
I ate a lot of cookies tonight.
Then, went out for barbecue on Saturday. I had the sampler with ribs, brisket, pulled pork, sausage, crispy onions, corn bread, toast and beans.
Sunday - got a call from my brother in law. Their computer bit the dust. Went and looked at it, and yep it’s dead. Went a shopped for a new one and spent the evening sorting out how to transfer everything over when they don’t remember their passwords. At all...
I ate a lot of cookies tonight.
CBHScott
How did I get here?
Got home at a reasonable time on Friday.
Saturday ran some errands, and in my quest for simplicity and quality over digital and cheaper, got an awesome new toy. Hopefully, I’ll actually get to use it more than a couple of hours over any given weekend.
Sunday took the wife for a ride. Watched the season premiere of BCS.
Saturday ran some errands, and in my quest for simplicity and quality over digital and cheaper, got an awesome new toy. Hopefully, I’ll actually get to use it more than a couple of hours over any given weekend.
Sunday took the wife for a ride. Watched the season premiere of BCS.
Psychotronic
Bored Silly
Fri.: Got home from tour.
Sat.: One day off, mostly spent doing laundry and hanging with my wife and kids, and repacking, because...
Sun.: Flight to Barbados with a 4 hour stop in Miami. So there was drinking in the airport. It's 12:30 Barbados time and I just got to my room. Playing here all week.
Sat.: One day off, mostly spent doing laundry and hanging with my wife and kids, and repacking, because...
Sun.: Flight to Barbados with a 4 hour stop in Miami. So there was drinking in the airport. It's 12:30 Barbados time and I just got to my room. Playing here all week.
ColourofFire
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Friday: had a friend's birthday party, was fun.
Saturday: pretty bad hangover, weather sucked, so I stayed in bed half the day. Played a co-op boardgame with the GF in the afternoon, made nachos for dinner.
Sunday: worked all day, finally saw some sun, so walked the long way to the supermarket, did some more work.
Saturday: pretty bad hangover, weather sucked, so I stayed in bed half the day. Played a co-op boardgame with the GF in the afternoon, made nachos for dinner.
Sunday: worked all day, finally saw some sun, so walked the long way to the supermarket, did some more work.
jelloman
Couch'd Tater...
Worked Saturday, then home...recorded vocals for a cover song I'm working on until my voice blew out (I have a lot of nerve trying to cover Myles Kennedy)...watched the Supercross while continuing to rip my entire CD collection...
Sunday morning chores and errands, then into the studio for plugin updates, system maintenance, and prepping a project for mixing...an afternoon of NASCAR, CD ripping, and studio puttering...an evening of random videos and CD ripping...
Sunday morning chores and errands, then into the studio for plugin updates, system maintenance, and prepping a project for mixing...an afternoon of NASCAR, CD ripping, and studio puttering...an evening of random videos and CD ripping...
“Try the veal and don’t forget to tip your servers.”
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Friday - went to a used record store that I’ve been shopping at since the 80s. Found out they are packing up and moving to North Carolina. A little bummed about that.
Saturday - went to lunch and another record store with my neighbor. Started to feel like death around 4.
Sunday - still felt like crap, but mustered you’re enough energy to get my usual Sunday errands done. Made the kids dinner then watch the XFL. Cardale looked terrible and DC got stomped.
Saturday - went to lunch and another record store with my neighbor. Started to feel like death around 4.
Sunday - still felt like crap, but mustered you’re enough energy to get my usual Sunday errands done. Made the kids dinner then watch the XFL. Cardale looked terrible and DC got stomped.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
AC’s broken collarbone is a bummer. He’s capable of so much speed and having another guy that can complete for a podium finish any day has made this a great season so far.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Friday was celebrating my youngest daughter's birthday up in Michigan. I got to do the "Dad move" and pay for the table, even those not related to me. 
Since my wife and mother-in-law have been recovering from their surgeries and I've been doing all the grocery and task-list runs for them, I've not touched any of my guitars in probably 3 weeks. VERY unusual for me. Rotated through various instruments and practiced my live looping arranging (it's easy to build a song when you do it methodically, while the audience is watching paint dry. It's another thing to pick out the one or two ESSENTIAL pieces of the song to get through the first verse and chorus, then build more at the bridge, and more at the solo, and then either crescendo the song with all kinds of stuff going on or change the song up. I just started experimenting with deconstructing a song and then using pieces of the original to build a different song. )
Needless to say... my fingers were sore after playing for an hour and a half. Changed the strings on a couple guitars and will get back into daily practice so I'm ready to go for March gigs. Trying Elixer Nanowebs on my Taylor for the first time... they don't sound too dead yet, but they do feel pretty good under my fingertips, so we'll see how this test run goes. I have some D'Addario NYXLs to try as well.
I have a bass coming tomorrow to add to my song writing tools for at home, as well as my live looping solo show.
EDIT: One of the stylists at the barbers where I get my hair cut was in a bad accident (with no insurance) so all the stylists came in on their day off, they opened the store on Sunday, and were doing $10 haircuts and raffle type prizes as a fundraiser. I didn't need a hair cut yet, but went in and had my normal stylist trim the sides and top a bit, gave the store $50 for the medical fund and tipped my stylist $10 for coming in on her day off.
We shouldn't live in a society that needs our communities to come together and collect money to help someone pay off their medical bills... because for every fund-raising event, there are four times as many people who either don't have advocates like that to help, or are too embarrassed to ask.
Since my wife and mother-in-law have been recovering from their surgeries and I've been doing all the grocery and task-list runs for them, I've not touched any of my guitars in probably 3 weeks. VERY unusual for me. Rotated through various instruments and practiced my live looping arranging (it's easy to build a song when you do it methodically, while the audience is watching paint dry. It's another thing to pick out the one or two ESSENTIAL pieces of the song to get through the first verse and chorus, then build more at the bridge, and more at the solo, and then either crescendo the song with all kinds of stuff going on or change the song up. I just started experimenting with deconstructing a song and then using pieces of the original to build a different song. )
Needless to say... my fingers were sore after playing for an hour and a half. Changed the strings on a couple guitars and will get back into daily practice so I'm ready to go for March gigs. Trying Elixer Nanowebs on my Taylor for the first time... they don't sound too dead yet, but they do feel pretty good under my fingertips, so we'll see how this test run goes. I have some D'Addario NYXLs to try as well.
I have a bass coming tomorrow to add to my song writing tools for at home, as well as my live looping solo show.
EDIT: One of the stylists at the barbers where I get my hair cut was in a bad accident (with no insurance) so all the stylists came in on their day off, they opened the store on Sunday, and were doing $10 haircuts and raffle type prizes as a fundraiser. I didn't need a hair cut yet, but went in and had my normal stylist trim the sides and top a bit, gave the store $50 for the medical fund and tipped my stylist $10 for coming in on her day off.
We shouldn't live in a society that needs our communities to come together and collect money to help someone pay off their medical bills... because for every fund-raising event, there are four times as many people who either don't have advocates like that to help, or are too embarrassed to ask.
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tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
Pretty excellent weekend. Got an early start and took Friday off, so we could go on the Collings factory tour (see other thread). Really enjoyed it, and it inspired me to play more the rest of the weekend. Of course, now I want one of their electrics and a 14-fret acoustic. Hell, maybe a mandolin as well while we're at it. 
Saturday, played golf with my newly-regripped clubs, and carded my personal best round ever.
And for a little color, here are some nice veggies ready to be processed into pico de gallo, guacamole and fajitas.
Saturday, played golf with my newly-regripped clubs, and carded my personal best round ever.
And for a little color, here are some nice veggies ready to be processed into pico de gallo, guacamole and fajitas.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
Friday - Got the Macrae back from my guitar guy. The dryness of our heating system got to it, but he has it back to new. It has been a few months since I could play it and I fell in love all over again.
Saturday - Carol and I were working on cleaning out some stuff from the attic. That involved moving some stuff to our shed, some to the Goodwill, and some to the dump. Oddly, very little of it was mine...
Sunday - I went to church and then put together some photos of the lost towns of the Quabbin for a music video I am shooting in March.
Monday - Woke up this morning with a song in my head that insisted on being written down.
Saturday - Carol and I were working on cleaning out some stuff from the attic. That involved moving some stuff to our shed, some to the Goodwill, and some to the dump. Oddly, very little of it was mine...
Sunday - I went to church and then put together some photos of the lost towns of the Quabbin for a music video I am shooting in March.
Monday - Woke up this morning with a song in my head that insisted on being written down.
Tig
Dildo Store Warlord
Friday, started watching "Hunters" on Amazon. The sound is a little screwed up but the series takes off during episode 2.
The neurosurgeon called and said I don't need cervical surgery yet.
Saturday, too cold to ride so I slept in. Took Mrs. T to the Pearland flea market and bought some roses to plant in the garden.
Sunday, rode 19 miles.
Bought a nearly new Celestron 114mm telescope for $65, $200 below the best new price I could find.
The neurosurgeon called and said I don't need cervical surgery yet.
Saturday, too cold to ride so I slept in. Took Mrs. T to the Pearland flea market and bought some roses to plant in the garden.
Sunday, rode 19 miles.
Bought a nearly new Celestron 114mm telescope for $65, $200 below the best new price I could find.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
Friday - WE had a long planned evening out (late Valentines dinner) and a stay at a B&B. I am just getting over a cold that refuses to leave and my wife just got sick so it was a rather subdued night.
Saturday - with my wife in bed sick I set up the Line 6 Helix and ran through a few tutorial videos. Set up a couple patches. Messed with that and played guitar for a couple hours. Figured out the menu for next week and did the shopping. Messed with the Helix more after dinner. Downloaded a patch that was specifically designed for the modern worship genre. Played with that a bit and I can see why it is so popular. Does a lot that the genre demands. I'm not sold on the drives they picked, but that is easy to switch out. The main educational thing was to see how they built this. The Helix does some amazing things and I need to get much better at tapping it's potential. I created my own 'basic rock' patch and came up with a cool Robin Trower sounding riff.
Sunday - Church in the AM. They were predicating 3-6 inches of snow, and sure enough it started snowing as soon as I got up. But we ended up not getting much snow. Messed with the Helix a bit more and tired to get a good handle on the worship patch. I should start playing a church in the next month. They generally have you learn the songs and attend a few rehearsals before they get you up on stage. The church has a pretty high standard for musicians so they need to make sure you know what you are doing first. Spend a good two hours in the afternoon messing around on my acoustic. I figured out the bare bones of a pretty cool original song.
Saturday - with my wife in bed sick I set up the Line 6 Helix and ran through a few tutorial videos. Set up a couple patches. Messed with that and played guitar for a couple hours. Figured out the menu for next week and did the shopping. Messed with the Helix more after dinner. Downloaded a patch that was specifically designed for the modern worship genre. Played with that a bit and I can see why it is so popular. Does a lot that the genre demands. I'm not sold on the drives they picked, but that is easy to switch out. The main educational thing was to see how they built this. The Helix does some amazing things and I need to get much better at tapping it's potential. I created my own 'basic rock' patch and came up with a cool Robin Trower sounding riff.
Sunday - Church in the AM. They were predicating 3-6 inches of snow, and sure enough it started snowing as soon as I got up. But we ended up not getting much snow. Messed with the Helix a bit more and tired to get a good handle on the worship patch. I should start playing a church in the next month. They generally have you learn the songs and attend a few rehearsals before they get you up on stage. The church has a pretty high standard for musicians so they need to make sure you know what you are doing first. Spend a good two hours in the afternoon messing around on my acoustic. I figured out the bare bones of a pretty cool original song.