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About me: Musician. One who writes the occasional poem, though not a poet. Reading: Just Finished:
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2/28/2001I've been working on this durn page on and off for 4 hours. I'm still not happy with it, but it's time for bed. I did get a new page posted. Click my banner for an explaination on why Time Requires and Argument.
2/26/2001So I made a killer chicken marsala tonight. I'm quite pleased with myself. No recipie. I've had it before, had an idea how I would make it, and just did it. I love to cook that way. I almost always cook that way. That's why I leave the baking to Sue. i don't want to be bothered by a recipie, but you really do need one when baking.
So 3 auctions are running now: the P bass, the j bass, and the Jagmaster.
2/25/2001I also hae a bunch of auctions I'll be running for Northern Kingdom Music: 15 in fact.
So this auction didn't last long: 5 hours. I saw it, had the chance to bid, and didn't. This is one of about 4-5 on my list of "need to own" snares, along with a Tama Rosewood and Bell Brass, a Pearl Sensi-Tone Classic brass or bronze, and a Ludwig supersensitive. And did you see the Ludwig floor I spoke of in the post below: it ended a little over $100. Man, I gotta get some disposable income.
2/23/2001I own a 1958 WFL drum kit in white marine pearl. I paid $125 for it years ago. I was still in high school, actually. It was the old kit from my Junior High. It was actually the first drum set I ever played. And now I own it. The only problem is the floor tom. It's a 70's vintage concert tom. It doesn't fit the rest of the kit at all. It's still white, but the old white has that classic yellow/greenish lustre to it. I've seen older Ludwigs go on ebay for about $200-$250. (Not WFLs, mind you. WFL was Ludwig's company from 1939 to 1959ish. You see, Leedy and Ludwig owned the Ludwig name, so Bill Ludwig made drums under the name WFL.) Now, this one shows up on ebay, and I have no money. The little lady and I are flat busted. I've been after one of these for years, and now one shows up at a great price when I have no money. Grrrrreeeaaaatttttt!
2/22/2001The hosebags over at The Quiest Storm, and the spaghetti bender over at The Greasy Wop better make with the postin'. And I wanna see some links back to TRAA. I'm tryin to get that hit counter up. If Ron at TU can get 600 hits a day, I can get 100. Can't I?
This just in... my research shows that Steely Dan had in fact won a Grammy before, and last night was not their first. In 1978 Aja was awarded awarded a grammy for "best engineered album, non-classical."
So I do realize that we do sometimes talk about music over here at TRAA. And so, let us discuss the Grammys. What a joke! I don't need to see everyone and their grammy (pun intended) performing. I want to see who won! At one point last night they had back to back performers! Gimme a break. Show me the award for "best R/B group," don't just tell me who was awarded that prize "in ceremonies held earlier." It's the "ceremonies held earlier" that I want to see!
2/21/2001I'm also going to sign up for some web-based tracking over at Extreme Tracking.
So I didn't need to contact the oracle. Ron over at TU helped me with the goods. If you want to see what I came up with, take a trip over here.
2/20/2001So I've got this little flash movie that I would like to implement on the Rockland Kiwanis website. I can get it to run with Flash, and the file is uploaded. How do I get the durn thing to run on an HTML page? I may have to consult the oracle at Timestream, Tay.
I did some work shooting some TV spots this morning up at the WICH 9 studios. I did the first in one take, the second in 3 (one was Johns fault--he had some equipment hicoughs), and the third in one. I guess I am just made for this publicity stuff.
2/19/2001For supper, I had something terrific: homemade mac and cheese, and fried bologna. The mac and cheese was my sister's recipe, but Sue make it even better. Why? The addition of fresh chives, don't you know. Also tonight, I've been playing a little NES emulator. You know, a little something to give my 32 meg Guillemont Maxi Gamer a workout. Who needs Quake 3 when you have Donkey Kong!
Wow. The Greasy Wop posts almost as much as I have. I've been away all weekend, playing at the Sudburry Inn. One really bad part about this trip (there were several): They booked our room on Saturday night. "No problem" I thought. We'll just drive back from Bethel." One thing I forgot to consider--we had to get out of the room in time for the guests to check in. So from 12 noon on Saturday, we hung out in the bar. From noon until 1am. Now that's a drag. What did Blind Al and I do all that time? Watched car racing. Ironic, no? This was the first time I have ever sat and watched a car race. Then, the next day, Earnhardt dies. I guess I should stay away from car racing.
2/14/2001Took an interesting email this evening. A teacher claimed he was investigating a 7 year old accessing "lewd" poetry from a site on midcoast.com. The teacher wanted to know if a company as concerned with education as midcoast thought it was appropriate that we had such poems on the site. (Actually, the site belongs to a customer of midcoast's.) I responded, something to the effect of "What do you want to do? Ban ee cummings? After all, he wrote this. And what about the drug overtones of Alice in Wonderland? (Some argue Lewis Carroll was a pedophile.) What about the "racist" overtones of Little Black Sambo? Should we get rid of all of them?"
2/13/2001It seems the bass Harvey is auctioning is causing quite a contoversy. You see, he bought the bass in 1994, so I said in the auction the bass was 6 years old. Then we get this email, saying the serial number indicated he bass was made in '89. So I added a note to the auction that the serial said '89, but Harvey bought it new in '94. But then this other guy says the bass wasn't even made in '89. He says it wasn't released until '92. I'm a drummer running an auction for a friend--gimme a break. And where do all these questions come from? From the Fender Discussion Forum, where else! So Fender junkies can't figure out the date of manufacture. To me, the important part is it was bought new in '94 by the current owner! If you want to read the whole discussion, it's here.
I get a flat tire in Augusta. No problem, I figure. Mike, my boss, is with me, and between the two of us, we've changed a few tires. So, I reach down, grab the hood latch release, pull, and pull it right out of the dash. The cable broke. The tire iron and jack are under the hood, which I can no longer open. Now we're in a predicament. So, I call a tow, have him take us to Sams Club (where we've already been) and have them put a new tire on for us. Time from flat until we hit the road again--about 2 1/2 hours.
2/12/2001I need to invent a word. I've been thinking about it for a while now. You know when you eat chips, this sludgy stuff builds up in the crevice where your teeth meet your gums. What can we call that stuff. I want a name for it.
2/11/2001Man, those last few posts are full of typos. I guess I gotta lay off Ron. I played some pool with my next door neighbor Gerry. He's taught me quite a lot. I can be a decent pool player with a flat table and a good cue. He lets me use his old cue, a Meucci. He uses a McDerrmott. He beats me most of the time. Today, I won one game, he sunk the 8 ball early (a win for me technically), and he flat out beat me the other 4 or so games. But I'm always right behind him, leaving only a ball or two.
Congrats go out to my boss, JP. He and the lovely Alison tied the not yesterday. As you can imagine, JP was welling up with emotions. (JP never shows an emotion. He will on occasion, smile or chuckle. Otherwise, he's usually extremely level. A picture is here. Notice JPs forced smile, and Alison's huge grin! They're honeymooning in Atlantis. We joked with JP about wether he would telnet into midcoast.com with his cell phone, just to keep on top of things. (Something else maybe a little funny (?): I took JP's latest issue of the Victoria's Secret Catalog, and stuffed it into his luggage! HA-HA!
2/9/2001So ebay has ended my auction for the Harley. It seems they don't allow raffles, as they are illegal in some states. Well, I said in the description that it was legal in Maine, check the laws in your state. Looks like I'm going to have to sell them the hard way. Do you want to buy a ticket? Let me know.
2/7/2001I have never been sent a virus to my personal email. But, with the seven dwarves making the round, I installed NAV just in case. That was about 2 days ago. Tonight, Sue got seven dwarves. Good thing I put it on, huh.
2/6/2001Update: Sue's not taking a bath, so me and the Thorens will have to kick it another night. (Update #2) Sue has in fact given me access to the Thorens. Got the Fabulous Thunderbirds on there now. Man does the Nitty Gritty make a big difference. And I don't know what Chuck did on Barrett Hill, but my wireless Internet is flying!
CHA CHING! Julia and Sue are going to take a bath. You know what that means? Thorens 320 and I have a date!
So my beloved wife is happy--it seems Tom Cruise is available again. He and Nicole can't hack it anymore, as their careers are just too much for them. Story here.
I just saw something else that needs a hack. Left Turn Denied's button has a red outline. Gotta scrap that. It's just like the guy over at TU says--there's always something that needs to be hacked. A web page will take all of your time, if you let it.
So I was posting when what happened? You guessed it...Frank Stalone. No, I mean power failure. We've had a very busy day here at MIS. There was a storm last night, and a bunch of other bad mojo, and so things have been busy. I've been hacking away at the page again. I made a new TRAA button, so folks who link to me can do so with style. The background for the button (since you're wondering) is a K Zildjian ride cymbal. It goes along with the title of the blog, which I will someday explain. I also added a new button for Left Turn Denied. Hopefully, The Quiet Storm will get a button too. I think buttons are really stylin'.
2/5/2001Julia and I are listening to music. Actually, it's my old breakdance records. (I know. Hard to imagine a 250 pound guy used to breakdance!) Julia would like to play her Sesame Street game. And so, the post will be short. Julia says "Where's my game!?"
For those of you keeping up with this: I did in fact pay my share of The Quiet Storm. Even though my 88 button and email addy were removed. I hope all the other Quiet Stormers pony up their $12.00, so Dake doesn't have to front the whole project.
2/2/2001It's actually kinda funny. In the last 3-4 weeks, I've had 2 people ask me about my fuse lamp episode. For those not familiar with it, I should write a secondary page, all about fixing a blown fuse lamp in an Akai GX-636 reel to reel deck.
It seems my wisdom is in question over at Left Turn Deined. I don't want to get into a harangue about what has happened. But with regards to my wisdom:
2/1/2001For you Emily Dickenson fans, and for my current Double Dactyl fetish:
I just realized this: hexasyllabically has 6 syllables, yet monosyllabically does not have just one. Coincidence?
It all started innocent enough. I was looking for a modem script for a junky e-machines Rockwell Chipset modem. Then I got a call from a local print shop owned by a fellow Kiwanian. This got me thinking about a Kiwanis raffle we are having for a Harley Davidson. I thought perhaps I would try selling the raffle tickets on ebay. So I did a quick search on eBay for raffle tickets. Some "chairty" (sure it is) called Gabriels Wings' is running a raffle for a PT Cruiser. I did a quick search for "Gabriels Wings" and got scratch. I then started to think about Cartaphylus, or the wandering Jew. And that made me stumble onto this site, all about how Cartaphylus became some count in France, blah, blah... Then, a further search yielded this SESTINA of CARTAPHILUS. We'll, it's been a long time since my poetry classes as an English makor, so I thought I'd read up on my sestinas. So I found this great link on poetry definitions. Whew! I'd forgotten about my feet; the iams and the trochees and what not. When what did I spy on the page but dactyl! I'll never forget the first couple lines of a double dactyl recited by Jack Shumacher, one of my old professors. It was:
So B.B. King was terriffic. The guy is 75 years old, and still has his chops. He had to sit down through the performance, but that's o.k. by me. I hope I'm still out there doing it at his age.
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