Also very jealous!  Am going to try and see her in Boston......

^yay!

Awesome show, Al, Claire, and Steve, and great concert pics, too.  Thanks.

Glad you're mending Jacob!

I've spent most of this week being crippled by Martian Death Flu.  My reward for working in the filthy city of Holyoke last weekend.    Today I'm feeling somewhat better, and I'm going to attempt to do my show tonight.  Of course, I just heard from the DJ before me, who's can't make it and hasn't found a replacement.  Such is the nature of college radio.

 

 

That solves the "what am I going to listen to tonight" problem.  Hurry up and get on the air.

Last Tuesday: Had a nice dual sport ride in the mountains behind and to the west of Santa Barbara.  Here are pics at the top of the trail:

 

 

 

Looking south toward the ocean.  Yes the coast runs east-west here.

 

 

Gate is closed so we can't go any further.  This is my friend John Chase and his bike.  My "Rebel" is in the foreground.

 

 

 

The road back down (looking north).

 

 

 

The road back down continuing to the south.

 

All in all it was a pretty nice ride.  I'm still not a good dirt riding but I am improving.

Edited April 5, 201313 yr by guzziguy

Is anybody into martial arts here?

 

I've had my first sword lesson today and it was awesome! I've been doing kung fu for the last two years and can only recommend it to everybody, it completely changed my way of living.

It's amazing how physical discipline and spiritual meditation can change your point of view about every other thing!

Nope.  But I did just eat some Cheetos.

Yeah those are awesome too

the discipline comes from cleaning ones fingers before touching anything.

 

the spiritual meditation comes from cleaning ones fingers with one's mouth before touching anything.

Also shared on FB, so some of you will see it twice, but:

 

Although this information was unearthed earlier this week, I was just informed that I have a tween-aged daughter, and that I better be careful, because [turning into a tween] may happen to Xavier one day too. 

"This comes from experience!" - Zoe Waitforit Lawson

**BRENT**

 

(If you're wondering about the middle name... she's a How I Met Your Mother fan, so it was "facebook officially" changed after the best middle name on earth was uncovered a season or so ago.)

progress...

i did manage to break a piece off of one of them in the pic, which i'll fix.

 

everything sounds like it snaps into place, its weird.  it sounds so much better than a few weeks ago.

That is really cool, glad it's coming along well.

 

I remember years ago, one of my favorite dealers did a demo with Michael Greene of RoomTunes.

 

They used a system and room I had a lot, with Rowland electronics and Ariel speakers.  Always thought they were underwhelming.

 

Michael went in during the early evening and started the work.  he came out after a while, saying he was about 1/2 done, but that people should go in and listen.

 

The difference was absolutely night and day!  What before sounded two dimensional and tonally flat, was totally open and tonally near-perfect.

 

So congrats on the progress....imagine what it'll sound like once you replace those speakers!

Went to Boston Children's Museum.  It was crazy.

use chopsticks.

.....or Zen Wipes.

Hope you still had fun Haj.  Science Museum was kind of crazy last weekend.....

Oh it was still fun, just a lot of people since they're doing some celebration for their 100th year anniversary.

 

While there, I noticed someone taking pictures and talking to people/taking notes.  I figured she was a photography student and didn't think anything of it.  Apparently, she works for Boston.com and our photo ended up on the site (showing my fat gut).

Edited April 6, 201313 yr by Salt Peanuts

More dual sport riding.

Great day of hanging out with my wife and kid. Also got a bunch of stuff off my to do list. Now I am waiting to hopefully watch Michigan make it to the finals.

Edited April 7, 201313 yr by Dreadhead

Just returned from taking the boys to two hours of go karting.

 

Drinking heavily now.

had a good day with the wife.  went to Lowe's, to pick up tons of potting soil and top soil for her containers and the garden plot, got groceries, went on a long walk through the adjacent neighborhood, and a local city park, and then through the new construction at our alma mater, then ordered a pizza from a decent local place, drank some wine, and watched Big Night, which i had never seen.  loved it.  

 

Big Night does rule, though. Timpano should be served at all Head Case gatherings.

Hiking in the 'glades:

Nice, Mike & Gail.  Gator and turtle on the grill tonight?