Monday May 9

Another weekend slowly fades into the distance.  We had the pleasure of hosting a concert for our Seattle compadre Kat Eggleston on Sunday night at a little place called The Shamrock Room in Cocoa Village, Fl.  We have kind of made this a traditional stop over for Kat when she comes to Florida, she's a lot of fun to hang out with and a great performer.  Kat and her accomplice Robby, arrived Saturday afternoon and the first thing we did was scrub the love bugs off the front of the car.  If you don't know what a love bug is, then you've never spent the summer in Florida.  I'm pretty sure this is why many folks leave the state before the summer fun begins and don't return until October.
   So I prepared my extra special double secret formula lasagna for dinner, and it went over like Hershey Kisses at a weight watchers meeting.  That means they liked it.  We then gathered our energy and went down to the river for a stroll and to take in some local flavor.  We stopped at Suzy's Tiki Bar, the flavor doesn't get any more local than that, and had a beer to celebrate Mother's Day Eve.  The DJ was playing all sorts of horrible music and we suspected from his smooth mannerisms, he was most likely an unemployed construction worker trying to make some money in this awesome economy.  By the time we had finished our beers and were headed out he was starting to slur a little bit.  Fortunately, most of the folks there were to wrapped up in their corn hole games to notice.  Yes, Suzy's has corn hole.
   We arrived home after a short drive and Kat and I traded a few tunes before we called it a day.  A good time was had by all.
   To be continued..........
 

Day Fifty Three

Another day in paradise.  Today I worked on my corn hole project, bean bag toss to the squeamish.  The boxes are assembled and primed, ready for the final paint.  I'm not sure what kind of color scheme to go with, something unique and eye catching is what I'm going for.  I'll post a picture of my finished project when I get it done.  I'm sure the orders will be rolling in!
    I also worked in the studio some, re-doing some vocal tracks.  I'm still in the process of dialing in this new mic.  I've been working with an Audio Technica 4050 for quite some time, and it really is a great mic.  But the Nemann TLM 49 has a entirely different sound.  So I have to unlearn my old techniques and start over, and you know what they say about old dogs.  But I'm getting there.  Another couple thousand hours of engineering and I'll almost know what I'm doing. 
  Until tomorrow, here's your daily words of wisdom:

A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't. ~Author Unknown

Day Thirty Seven

I'm Back......  We had a great time in North Carolina this past week, the weather was a bit warm, but nothing like our Florida summer heat.  Sitting on the back porch in the cool morning air, drinking the first cup of coffee  while watching the humming birds buzz around the feeder, it just doesn't get any better than that.  We took a ride on the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad, I think it would be considered a tourist trap, but it was really kind of cool.  The train runs through the Nantahala gorge, right next to the river where you can watch the kayaks and larger rafts running the rapids.  Next time we go I'm renting a kayak and giving it a try, what could go wrong?
    We also visited with all my family members who now call NC home, they bailed out of Florida after the storms of '04.  I think my Mom and Dad suffered PTSD after those storms destroyed their house, it wasn't pretty.  Now they're just praying that next winter isn't as bad as the last one.  I hope it's not, they're running out of places to move to.
    On our last day there we had a BBQ at Mom and Dad's house, chicken and ribs along with all the other BBQ standards, it was pretty awesome.  We also got in a few rousing games of Corn Hole, it's not as scary as it sounds.  The politically correct call it Bean Bag Toss, but that just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Well that's about it for today, it's good to be home.
Here's your daily dose of wisdom:

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking.

Dave Barry