k001k47 wrote:I don't know who Buddy Rich is, nor am I familiar with his works. 'Nuff said.
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
I had the "privilege" of hearing that classic tape recording of Buddy berating everyone on a bus ride after some gig. I even learned some new words! He could play, though, even though he was a waste as a human being.
bloke wrote:' sprayed lovely Round-Up and 2-4D all over the place today...probably 3 - 4 gallons (and then diluted with water to hundreds of gallons) of agricultural concentrate. At least two acres worth of butt-ugly fescue and tons (thousands of pounds worth) of spring weeds are doomed. I got ONE phone call while I was out there, and stepped under a tree for a bit of shade...
...' found a %^&*! deer tick in my hair this evening.
tomorrow: Attack the woods (at least to the 5' - 8' depth) with more (this time bug-killin') carcinogen cocktails.
at the landfill we've started using a 'pre-emergent' weed killer in January. Keeps the weeds down enough that this time of year we only have a crew of two guys with weedeaters clearing around stuff so we can find it.
In preparing my taxes on Tuesday this came to light: My home in Las Vegas (in a fabulous neighboorhood BTW) has lost 60% of its 2005 value but my taxes on same said property went up!! This coming in a city that relies on property taxes to fund education and is in the midst of a 128 MILLION dollar shortfall in education for the 2010-2011 school year, a year in which yours truly will make 5-8% less in real earnings from teaching. Am I missing something? You have been updated.
Chuck"thankful he still has a job with GREAT medical benefits"Jackson
bloke wrote:According to a United Nations leak to Loof Lirpa of the New York Times, the United States has agreed in principle to a world-wide conversion to metric time. This would restructure the day from 24 hours to 20 hours.
“Under the new system there would be 100 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour, and 20-hour days. Furthermore, seconds would become millidays, minutes become centidays, and hours become decidays.”
The conversion date has not been set, but according to an anonymous source, it would occur on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the UN.
Update:
I am now on spring break. Spending tomorrow packing and running some errands, and then Saturday morning my girlfriend and I are flying out to southern California to visit her parents. I will be spending my Easter Sunday at Disneyland.
I was practicing my bass trombone this afternoon in between my HS band and JH band classes and the slide got away from me. Dropped the outer slide on the raised seating steps in my band room All I can say is that fortunately it was only the outer slide and not the whole thing. Bad news is that I have a rehearsal in an hour and 3 services to play on Sunday. Took it to the shop after work and hopefully will get it back tomorrow afternoon. Fortunately I have another trombone and my euphonium to use for the rehearsal tonight.
I made my quota for the month of March (and then some) and qualified for a first-quarter 2010 bonus. I'm going to blow it all at Hickey's Music. Life is good.
NC_amateur_euph wrote:I made my quota for the month of March (and then some) and qualified for a first-quarter 2010 bonus. I'm going to blow it all at Hickey's Music. Life is good.
congrats!
Reminds me of the "speeding" warning I got for going 55 on a 55.
Last night I returned from a wonderful weekend long vacation to the Finger Lakes Region of New York. We spent all day Saturday touring and tasting at several wineries on the west side of Seneca Lake and enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery. Saturday night we stayed in a very nice hotel in Watkins Glen at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. Yesterday we made our way up the east side of the lake and had a magnificient meal at Red Newt Bistro which uses all locally produced ingredients (meats, cheeses, veggies, wine, etc.) followed by a few additional stops at more wineries.
The best stop of the day was at Wagner Valley Brewing Co. in Lodi, NY. $1 bought 6 samples of beer and a sample of their draft root beer. I couldn't leave Wagner Valley without purchasing their delicious Doppelbock (8.5% abv) and their Trippelbock Reserve (10% abv) - both of which go down smoother than water. If you ever find yourself in the area I highly recommend stopping by for a taste!!
Cruising through on an iPad at the Apple Store. VERRRRRRRRY slick stuff. Christmas cannot get here fast enough!
Not that I would be in the market for one soon, but the biggest red flag for me is the lack of external ports for media cards or any USB device. I could see the appeal if it could plug into a docking station to be a full-service desktop (and replace my existing desktop). Without the ability to do that, to me it doesn't make sense. The goal ought to be FEWER devices, not more. Right, or am I way off track here?
Uncle Buck wrote:Not that I would be in the market for one soon, but the biggest red flag for me is the lack of external ports for media cards or any USB device. I could see the appeal if it could plug into a docking station to be a full-service desktop (and replace my existing desktop). Without the ability to do that, to me it doesn't make sense. The goal ought to be FEWER devices, not more. Right, or am I way off track here?
Nuff said...
We just got one of these at work. I had a chance to play around on one for as long as I wanted. To me it seemed awkward. It didn't know if it was a netbook or an iphone. The typing wasn't quite as awkward as I thought it might be. Unless you are perfect with your fingers I can't imagine lining up my fingers with the home keys and typing like normal.
If I was to spend MY money on a highly mobile device that can do more than a phone, I would go netbook. It is cheaper, more robust, has a physical keyboard, widescreen, can run most of my current software (100% of which is free), FLASH, etc.
$279
All I can say is that fortunately it was only the outer slide and not the whole thing. Bad news is that I have a rehearsal in an hour and 3 services to play on Sunday. Took it to the shop after work and hopefully will get it back tomorrow afternoon. Fortunately I have another trombone and my euphonium to use for the rehearsal tonight.
