In two days I start my second 'semester' of my beginner/intermediate guitar class. At the start of this class, the teacher is going to essentially give me my final exam from last semester again. If I pass this 'makeup test', then I get to go to the… more »
Archives for: "May 2006"
Recently, I was talking with my parents and they mentioned to me that there was this GE commercial that had a hidden message in it, designed to be found only by people with DVRs. So, today, I happened across one of the commercials and tried to find… more »
Hell yeah!
Last night, like a good little geek, I went to the midnight showing of X-Men 3. It was well worth it! The movie was great! This movie was everything I hoped for. The movie had seemingly endless special effects, more mutant cameos than… more »
Last week, Apple released their new 'consumer-grade' laptop - the MacBook. So like any good Apple nut, I made a trip down to the Apple store to take a look. Here are my thoughts after a brief encounter with it.
Visually, the laptop looks pretty… more »
Things didn't go as planned last night. I planned on it being a night out at the movies. I was going to go see "Over the Hedge". That didn't work out. Instead I ended up having to rush Jewel, my kitten, to the pet emergency room.
Last night, as I… more »
Today I bought an acoustic/electric guitar. It's a Takamine EG544SC. It's a great guitar. The sound on this thing is absolutely fantastic. I think I like this better than my electric guitar. Why did I go out and buy another guitar when I'm still… more »
A few days ago, I wrote about my little experiment with trying to solve this problem I'd been having with really dry skin on my hands. I finally figured out that it was the hand soap causing the problem. I should have figured this out long ago. After… more »
Well, it turns out I didn't need to wait until Monday after all. I found out in guitar class today that we could sign up for the class today if we were already students in the class, so after class I went and re-signed up for the next 8 week class.… more »
Today I received in the mail the schedule for the next round of adult education classes that are being offered here in Broward County. Naturally, the first thing I did was look for my guitar class. It's there. The same time, the same day, and the… more »
As you may know from some of my previous blogs, I've had a great interest in natural products lately. I've been eating 100% organic food almost exclusively for months now. I have to say that I love organic food. You never realize just how bad regular… more »
My God, this stuff is starting to make sense!
Today was guitar class #6 (of 8). We have two classes left. The class next week is our last regular class. The final class is mostly just our 'final exam' and then we are done.
Today we spent the… more »
Recently I discovered something really interesting out there on the wild and crazy Internet - Second Life. What is Second Life? It's a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) but it's quite different from every other game of this type… more »
Ah, it never ends.
Now the spammers are spamming my site by posting Trackback spam. Trackbacks are a way to link between several blogs. Apparently I can close a post to comments, but not trackbacks. Hence they are using trackbacks to spam me now.… more »
And now for something much lighter...
ABC, as previously announced started streaming entire episodes of several of there shows on the Internet today. These episodes are the entire episode with a couple of commercials thrown in. The idea behind… more »
When did defying the law become acceptable in this country?
Today, immigrants across the country left work to protest for immigration reform. The news media is calling today "A Day Without Immigrants". What they should be calling today is "A Day… more »