Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Damn, I forgot how good it was to be in the studio and working on a project! It's been way too long. Jeff was out here last weekend to record the first tracks for Stardust County the CD up at Scott Hallock's studio in Fountain Hills. I'll be doing a writeup on the session over on my LiveJournal. The project is officially under way! We finished everything on schedule so we had Sunday free to drive over to Chris & Pat's for a quiche-and-pool party. All in all, a very fun, relaxing long weekend.
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The Water Channel?!
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Back down to earth this week. The rash on Peasie's face is just not responding to the treatments we've tried so far, so I took her in again and they're doing a biopsy. She is one unhappy, not to mention itchy, little conehead.
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The Water Channel?
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The Water Channel?!
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Back down to earth this week. The rash on Peasie's face is just not responding to the treatments we've tried so far, so I took her in again and they're doing a biopsy. She is one unhappy, not to mention itchy, little conehead.
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The Water Channel?
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Rug Rat Redux
My neighborhood has wide streets, and oftentimes the neighborhood kids use them for bike riding, skateboarding, or pickup soccer games. Usually they're pretty good about clearing the street when a car comes along.
This evening, coming home from work, there was a bunch of 4-5 kids that just wouldn't get out of the way - kept walking right down the middle of the road. When they finally left just barely enough opening for me to inch through about 5 mph, one of them suddenly rode his bike right out in front of my car! Like, feet away! I slammed on the brakes and the little brats pulled faces and yelled at me like I was the one who wasn't supposed to be there.
In case you can't tell, I'm upset about this.
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My neighborhood has wide streets, and oftentimes the neighborhood kids use them for bike riding, skateboarding, or pickup soccer games. Usually they're pretty good about clearing the street when a car comes along.
This evening, coming home from work, there was a bunch of 4-5 kids that just wouldn't get out of the way - kept walking right down the middle of the road. When they finally left just barely enough opening for me to inch through about 5 mph, one of them suddenly rode his bike right out in front of my car! Like, feet away! I slammed on the brakes and the little brats pulled faces and yelled at me like I was the one who wasn't supposed to be there.
In case you can't tell, I'm upset about this.
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Monday, May 15, 2006
This weekend I finished painting the white parts of the porch; now I just have the trim to do. Also, I managed to clip Frodo's other paw. Hey, I take my little victories where I can get them. Also spent Sunday afternoon practicing. I've got a ton of music to learn for the July session in Cupertino.
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Maybe someone who's up on the latest political catch-phrases can help me with this one. In John Kyl's current campaign, when he says "families should be able to pass on their values to their children without government interference" - what is that code for? Evolution? Spanking? Polygamy?
Flouridation?
The rest of the ad is the standard blah blah fishcakes about border security, so no clues there.
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Maybe someone who's up on the latest political catch-phrases can help me with this one. In John Kyl's current campaign, when he says "families should be able to pass on their values to their children without government interference" - what is that code for? Evolution? Spanking? Polygamy?
Flouridation?
The rest of the ad is the standard blah blah fishcakes about border security, so no clues there.
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Friday, May 12, 2006
Okay, the most important thing is this: if you live in Mesa, be sure to get out and vote Tuesday on Questions 1 & 2. This city's population has exploded, though not quite so exponentially as Chandler, and this is really a pivitol time for how we want city government to be run, what services we want from the city, and how we're going to pay for it. Do the research first, because a lot of people who haven't been paying attention for the past 5-10 years are suddenly rabbiting forth like experts. I recommend rummaging through the Mesa section of the East Valley Tribune; they've done an excellent series of articles on how we've gotten into the current budget crunch.
What it boils down to, in the end, is this: Stuff costs money. If you want the stuff, you spend the money. If you don't, you don't.
Me, I think it's a little scary when Mayor Keno Hawker, a hardass fiscal conservative who tried to scuttle the Mesa Arts Center after it had been approved by voters, is suddenly grinning in front of the MAC in many glossy spreads (like the America West in-flight magazine) in a desperate attempt to attract business and tourist dollars to Mesa, 'cause that's basically what he's got to work with. Though I must admit as a loyal MAC supporter I also felt a certain amount of glee.
Oh yeah, speaking of tourist dollars to Mesa, I learned last weekend at Leprecon that next year's Lep will be at the Mesa Convention Center, just a few miles from my house. W00t! I may even go the whole three days! What would also be cool would be if they have an author GoH I happen to like, and if Gary brought in a filk GoH who was on that list of recommendations I made awhile back, that would be even cooler.
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What it boils down to, in the end, is this: Stuff costs money. If you want the stuff, you spend the money. If you don't, you don't.
Me, I think it's a little scary when Mayor Keno Hawker, a hardass fiscal conservative who tried to scuttle the Mesa Arts Center after it had been approved by voters, is suddenly grinning in front of the MAC in many glossy spreads (like the America West in-flight magazine) in a desperate attempt to attract business and tourist dollars to Mesa, 'cause that's basically what he's got to work with. Though I must admit as a loyal MAC supporter I also felt a certain amount of glee.
Oh yeah, speaking of tourist dollars to Mesa, I learned last weekend at Leprecon that next year's Lep will be at the Mesa Convention Center, just a few miles from my house. W00t! I may even go the whole three days! What would also be cool would be if they have an author GoH I happen to like, and if Gary brought in a filk GoH who was on that list of recommendations I made awhile back, that would be even cooler.
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Progress with the cats... sorta
I managed to clip Frodo's claws this weekend without major trauma - a first! The secret is to carry the nail clippers with me everywhere and wait until he's lounging and in a mood to be fussed over. And also not wrestling with Savannah, who has to horn in on anything and everything, and is pretty much the reason I only finished one paw.
And last night I even saw Savannah licking Peaseblossom's face. Awww. A moment later, Peasie hissed, hauled off and smacked her.
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I managed to clip Frodo's claws this weekend without major trauma - a first! The secret is to carry the nail clippers with me everywhere and wait until he's lounging and in a mood to be fussed over. And also not wrestling with Savannah, who has to horn in on anything and everything, and is pretty much the reason I only finished one paw.
And last night I even saw Savannah licking Peaseblossom's face. Awww. A moment later, Peasie hissed, hauled off and smacked her.
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