Today was a good day. A little sleeping in. Lunch with my family at McD's, including Rob who joined us straight from work. He got a few shots of the CSUFresno band who were in front of city hall for the Veterans parade, including one of my eldest son Sean in his band uniform ( Read more... )

Please pray for the health of my eldest son's paternal grandmother. She has suffered a massive stroke, and was airlifted to a hospital a few hours away from her home this past weekend. She is still in Her 90 y.o. husband is not taking this well, either, so they are worried for his health, too.

"She is in the ICU department there in critical ( Read more... )

My eldest son sent me a link, to a MySpace page where a video of the Fresno State marching band performs at this years Sierra Cup Classic. You can even see him standing by himself at the bottom of the screen near the end: "Yes the idiot on the sideline is me, I messed up my right knee a few hours before this second performanceGo past the main ( Read more... )

It's been a busy weekend. ( Read more... )

Today is Cameron's birthday; he's four years old and just got his hair drastically trimmed for the summer. We had a party for him last Saturday, with family and friends. He got a number of gifts that he's been enjoying. But I think he enjoyed having kids his own age, or near abouts to play with. They played a lot in the pool, and with water ( Read more... )

Tonight was a good night. c0demonkey, the kids and I drove all the way down to Porterville to see my eldest son in the Tular/Kings County Honor Band concert. This was his second year with the county honor band. It was an excellent showcase of the talent that is in the junior and high school bands, and the music selected was a good stretch of their skills. I ( Read more... )

This is something my eldest son asked me to pass along:

Sean: well, I've had it with the RIAA. They are now taking down all tablature sites from the internet, and wish to start taking action against all cover bands, fines and what not. They say it's all stealing, which legally it is. However, when this batch of rock stars all die of old age, what ( Read more... )

My eldest son Sean turned 18 today. I briefly chatted with him tonight, before Maurelle called me away. He listed how Dinuba High School marching band did at the Selma band review last weekend, which is as follows ( Read more... )

Wow! One WW book already sold, at a buy it now price that was asked for by someone else than who bought it. Ah well, sorry that other guy missed out, but someone will be enjoying the game book and we get paid either way ( Read more... )