28 Apr 08
18 Apr 08
Things of Value
As I grow older, I come to feel that respect is more valuable than money.14 Mar 08
Will He Stick To It?
If you know me, now or in the past, you know I have a bad habit of taking up a “hobby of the week”, including spending ridiculous amounts of money on it and not sticking with it for very long.
Hopefully that is not the case here.
I have had 3 guitar lessons, have practiced nearly every day for at least 1/2 hour at a time (more like an hour usually) and am still enthusiastic about it a month into it.
My hands are getting stronger - I had to have my wedding ring increased a full size because my fingers are bulking up. I am exercising my grip, my forearms and wrists with a hand gyroscope, and getting my fingertip calluses built up.
Will I follow through on this “hobby of the week”? I damn sure intend to.
22 Feb 08
In the Land of the Blind...
I am not outstanding.
I am merely competent.
But in a world of incompetence,
This makes me outstanding.
22 Feb 08
Full Circle
When I was in the Air Force about a million years ago, I bought a cheap acoustic guitar. I tried to play it… once, twice? It was too hard to push down the strings and it hurt my widdle hand. No one told me it was supposed to, and I couldn’t read about playing the guitar on the Internet…
I just bought another acoustic last night for the opposite reason. I wanted it to be hard to play, and I wanted it to hurt. Why? Because it would take 3 times as long to build up my hand using the electric. Wow.
21 Feb 08
Perhaps I'm Strange
- I assume that when an elevator I am waiting on arrives that there are people inside waiting to get out, so I stand aside and wait the 2 seconds it takes to see. If there are, I let them get out first.
- When rounding a corner in a hallway, I stay to the right rather than cutting the corner as there might be someone coming the other way.
- When I attempt to enter or cross a left-to-right hallway, I pause a second, listen, and even look both ways so as to not run into anyone coming down the hall.
20 Feb 08
Improve the World
People who do not flush in public restrooms should be shot, and their children sterilized.18 Feb 08
See Fred Shred
Well, not quite yet. I have purchased a low-end Fender electic guitar, and am taking lessons. So far, the most important part of playing guitar seems to be getting your fret hand stretched and exercised enough!23 Oct 07
Well, of course...
Hindu officials persuaded the Indian government in September to withdraw a report on a construction project because it treated a prominent bridge as a natural stone formation instead of (as Hindus say) a bridge created by the god Ram and his army of monkeys. [BBC News, 9-14-07]04 Oct 07
Definition - Jerk
Someone who has an office door, and won’t close it while having loud phone conversations.16 Sep 07
In the midst of serious discourse in the Craneum, Diogenes realised no one was listening. So he instead began to whistle and dance about to attract attention. Immediately, people flocked round him. Diogenes stopped and said, “You idiots, you are not interested to stop and pay attention to wisdom, yet you rush up to observe a foolish display.— TEACHINGS OF DIOGENES