Resolution review (July 08)

Halfway through the year.
I’m beginning to think perhaps the problem I’m having with the clarinet resolution is that it’s basically impossible — given my present situation and priorities. There’s just too much going on and too much variation in schedules to fit practicing in a lot of the time. I may just have to admit [...]

Cheap thrills, and not so much

Ah, the spending. The economic stimulus. The prelude to yet another chorus of why the hell do we have so much stuff?
I mentioned the new TV. I didn’t mention the dishwasher. Well, I may have mentioned it a little, but I think I got away with it. Let’s see, how many dishwashers have I owned? [...]

Uh oh

The Yarn Harlot is channelling RandomCyn.
(Well, OK, she doesn’t use the f-word.)

News

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Pasture

This is a Commodore 64 video monitor.

I bought it around 1985 and used it with my C=64 for a couple years.
Somewhere around 1988 I bought my first VCR and hooked it up to this, since I didn’t own a TV.
I’ve owned three VCRs. I’ve owned three DVD players — not counting the DVD drives in [...]

Age of house

A few days ago I wrote:
I just discovered the county’s tax records say it was built in 1860, which given what I know of the property’s history seems to me to make more sense than the 1830s, but as far as I know either or neither could be correct.
Since then I’ve been back through the [...]

Twister or not

Yesterday afternoon Heather called me to tell me to try to reach someone at Kenny’s school picnic (she had to get back to work): The Weather Service had posted a tornado warning for a storm coming through that area in about ten minutes. I reached someone who was able to get the message through and [...]

Kenny and Roy

We went today to Sainte Marie Among the Iroquois, where Roy Underhill of The Woodwright’s Shop was making an appearance. To left is Kenny getting a lesson in planing; more photos here. And here’s a video. If you’re familiar with Roy’s show and the one that follows it, you might be amused by Roy’s anecdote [...]

Structure

This house is old; Heather always says it was built in 1836, though I don’t know of any documentation of that. I just discovered the county’s tax records say it was built in 1860, which given what I know of the property’s history seems to me to make more sense than the 1830s, but as [...]

Bit of an update

We had our first concert of the season Tuesday, in LaFayette. For the second year in a row the outdoor venue was rained out and we played in our usual rehearsal location, the elementary school cafeteria (which has a stage). Based on past experience and the high heat we’d had that day I expected it [...]