I'm not thinking of this because it will ruin the moment but here I go anyway.  Have you ever had so many amazing things happen to you almost all at the same time, that you start thinking that disaster is impending?  Like, if every up has its down, this next down is going to be a doozie!  That's kind of how I'd be feeling right now, but I refuse to ( Read more... )

Last night I called the U.S. of A.  Specifically Nazareth PA (not to be confused with Jesus although some guitarists might be prone to argue the point) to C.F. Martin Guitars.  They are now five weeks beyond the original date that they estimated the repairs on my guitar would be completed.  This isn't exactly a review of Martin Guitars in general, ( Read more... )

A colleague of mine once said that whatever you are, as you get older, you become more of.  Brace yourselves.

On a related note, I'm turning 40 pretty soon.  I think it's high time for a midlife crisis.

And with that in mind...

Skiing:  I've ordered and received my 'randonée skis'.  Skis without bindings are not unlike boards.  I hope I chose well ( Read more... )

I wanted to come up with a guitar-related user pic.  What do think?

I got on the phone to the Martin people.  There hasn't been a war, epidemic, or natural disaster; whew!  They're simply running behind schedule.  People need to stop breaking their guitars I guess.  They say a couple more weeks.  As hard as it is to be patient, this is not something I want them to rush.

In other news, I'm bucking for a promotion.  ( Read more... )

It's snowing again.  That's awesome.  After six years, I've learned the winter pattern though.  It goes cold, really cold! snow, powder, pause, little warmer, snow, softer / stickier, pause, milder cold, sleet, warmer, rain, rain, rain, snow melts, milder weather, cooler, cold, repeat three or four times over the winter.  Higher up, however, I'll ( Read more... )

So, Shawn links to Jimmy. I think youtube is controlling my mind. So be it. It's not like i was doing that good a job of it.

This one is really crappy (the original on Elmopalooza wasn't great; I always had the impression that it was something they threw together because that's what it looks like) plus, the audio is out of sync.

The point is, look ( Read more... )

Playing the guitar is really hard.  Or, alternatively, no pun intended, it’s really hard to teach yourself guitar when you’re 34 and you took a ten-year-or-so hiatus. ( Read more... )