2024 : The Year Of The Live Show

I saw my first concert at 16. My older brother took myself and one of my best friends to see Joe Satriani at the Embassy Theater in Fort Wayne, IN. It was the spring of 1990, so this was the Flying In A Blue Dream tour. I was a fledgling guitar shredder and Satch was […]

Mini Vacation, Digital Delays, Splitting Hairs

As I figured, my mini vacation was over before it started. Last week I was off Wednesday through Friday, then the weekend as well. That was 5 days in a row for you folks not counting. I had big plans that included working on some painting, recording some music, and just in general getting all […]

Another Quick Weekend, Pending Totality, Mini Vacation

Another Saturday and Sunday come and gone. Quicker than you can say TGIF, we’re already on the pre-dawn drive back to work. It’s a process as old as time. I’m sure there were cavemen wondering where the weekend went as they were leaving their cave for the rock quarries or something(I bet that Flintstone cat […]

Lost In The Woods : Brown County In Summation

For 48 hours one of my best pals and I spent a weekend in Central Indiana among trees, secluded cabins, tourists, bikers, hikers, joggers, and a cast of quirky characters. We rented a place outside of Nashville so we could spend our days hiking trails in two state parks, and our nights chilling out at […]

Brown County Hiking Trip Day Two : Brown County State Park and the Trail of Tears

Day two of the fellas hiking trip started out grand. Woke at 6 am and had western omelettes, toast, and a couple mugs of cafe bustello Espresso roast. By 8:30 am we were on the road to Brown County State Park. It was only 5 minutes from the cabin, so in moments we were hitting […]

Good Old Anxiety

It’d been quite a long time since anxiety decided to rear its ugly head and give me a good mental lashing, but yesterday was my (un)lucky day. My work partner was off yesterday, so it was just me. We’d already been hit hard on Friday with two or three days worth of work easy, so […]

Weekend, Vacation, and Life’s Little Kicks To The Nuts

The weekend started out rocky. Found out Thursday that my dad is going to have to have a total hip replacement. After being in constant pain for what feels like a very long time, he went to the Ortho walk-in clinic in town to get looked at. He’s been having pain running down his right […]

Vacation Truths, Ghosts Of Dog Dander’s Past, and Rain Drops Keep Falling On My G#@!& Head

October 19th, 2022 : 1:15pm As I sit at the dining room table in the lovely Air BnB my wife booked for us months ago, I realize I’ve gone full curmudgeon. Sonos sound system is playing Oneohtrix Point Never throughout the house, giant ribeye steaks sizzle on the grill out in the Michigan sunlight, and […]

Fall Break

The day has arrived. We’ve been looking forward to this week since we booked the Air BnB months ago. Vacation week is here and I couldn’t be more thrilled. It was a year ago that I found out the plant I work in would be closed for good by July 2024. The place I’d worked […]

Middle-Aged Blues, Vacation, Cool Weather

This past Friday was Senior Night at the high school football game. Our son is part of the drum line in the marching band, as well as being a senior. It was our duty/honor to walk with him on the track as the announcer said his name, mentioned his intentions on furthering his education next […]