MCATDT
I will be participating in the Homecoming game for Florida State University as a former member of the Marching Chiefs band. Every year, for Homecoming, the Chiefs Alumni get together and form our own pregame show and then also perform with the current Chiefs at halftime. Every year it’s such a special time getting together with fellow band geeks, some I only see once a yea at this event. For the past few years I have also volunteered my time designing and printing the name badges for the alumni to wear for the events.
Here’s a Hymn to the Garnet and the Gold…… MCATDT
World Series
Dodgers vs Blue Jays Both teams had incredible League Series wins. Even though, as a Braves fan, I would normally pull for the National League, I just can’t this time.
Go Jays!
Kindness
Paraphrasing Wil Wheaton…. “Always choose to be kind. And just to be clear: Nice and Kind are not the same thing. Nice is about manners, and it comes from here. [I point to my head] Kind is about empathy, and it comes from here [I point to my heart]. Cruel people can be nice, but they will never be kind. Please, practice kindness.”
Styrofoam
I follow accounts and websites for a fair amount of artists and one of my favorite is Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal. I have had opinions and thoughts about the ongoing onslaught of AI generated art but Matthew has hit the most grandest of home runs with this take… I am still nodding my head and giggling. Let’s Talk About AI Art
Styrofoam
I follow accounts and websites for a fair amount of artists and one of my favorite is Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal. I have had opinions and thoughts about the ongoing onslaught of AI generated art but Matthew has hit the most grandest of home runs with this take… I am still nodding my head and giggling. Let’s Talk About AI Art
Progress
It should never be a straight line when going from never done a thing to being good at a thing. Embrace failure and setbacks.
Yes! More of this please!
New trailer for the Mandalorian and Grogu movie. Looks promising, and looks more like the Star Wars I grew up with
Painless by Derek Ciccone 📚
Growing up I was pretty narrow in my reading for fun. I was a fan of Agatha Christie (by way of reading a lot of Hardy Boys) and read pretty much most of her novels, And Then There Were None is a favorite . I then moved on to the Star Wars Universe after becoming such a fan of the movies. When George Lucas licensed authors to write aout his characters and worlds, it opened up a vast range of story lines and I consumed all I could.
As a side note, the most recent Star Wars series, Asohka, has introduced a really great bad guy, Admiral Thrawn, from the Heir to the Empire series.
It had been years since I really read for fun and I have been trying to get back to consuming some more books. I am purposely trying to branch out and read some things a little away from my previous genres. I will start sharing some of those books here. I am not a very fast reader so to begin I am trying to stay away from long commitments to multi-book series.
Painless, was a free download for Apple Books and I gave it a try. It was a very nice, light read that lent well to my current reading habits. Not to many characters, pretty straight forward story line and I really enjoyed the main character, a little girl named Carolyn.
Music That Influenced Me #3
It has been a little while since I have shared an influential album… actually it has been a while since I have posted at all, so let’s fix that today. Number three on the Influenced List is “Frontiers” by Journey.
I know… most everyone would say the album “Escape” with their most popular song ever, “Don’t Stop Believin” would be the easiest choice but I have different reason for my choice. Around the time this album was released in 1983, the Sony Walkman (and the many generic knock-offs) was one the most popular tech devices of the time. Mine was a Panasonic and I wore that thing out playing cassette after cassette, I was not unique, most kids my age were all walking around with those things stuck on our belts and the funny headphones over our ears.
I was a Boy Scout and in 1983 our Troop had a trip to the BSA Sea Base in the Florida Keys to go sailing and get Scuba certified. It was amazing and maybe I will make a different post about that trip and the others I went on with my fellow Scouts. The reason I think so fondly on this album is because it was the only cassette I had with me for that trip… and that was a long van ride from Tallahassee to Islamorada. So I must have listened to the album on repeat for a dozen times going there and coming home.
Journey had a number of hits from this album including “Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)” and the mega ballad “Faithfully” but my favorite tracks also included “Chain Reaction”, “After the Fall”, and “Send Her My Love”. To be honest every one of the songs on here are great and hold up well to this day.
Woz
He is still goofy, an uber nerd and Steve Wozniak is as happy as ever. People are saying what a huge mistake it was for him to sell all his Apple stock. He has made a post to comment on this. He admits he is still very rich but wealth has never been important to him, happiness is. He never tries to get out of paying taxes and gives to charities regularly and anonymously.
You've Got Mail
Today I learned, AOL was still offering Dial-Up service. If I think about it, it may have been the only choice for very rural areas but those areas are probably getting smaller and smaller and satellite options are now getting more affordable and useable.
Still… kinda sad. Those dulcit tones from a 5600 baud modem doing its connection handshake.
Mini Vacay
Taking a few days off from work and with my Wife going to visit my Sister and her family. Looking forward to a little break from my work even if it’s just a few days.
Another Great
As a trumpet player… it’s almost a requirement to have the first phrase of Feels So Good memorized at all times. My favorite brass musician.
Run
Really tough this evening. The heat and humidity were just a little too much. Slow pace but further distance than I thought I would do. #RunTLH
Baseball
Congratulations MLB and the City of Atlanta for a wonderful All-Star Game. It was great seeing the incredible athletes showing their skills and the sincerity they have with each other playing a game.
I also like the compromise for the Swing Off.
What a Deal…
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day to those that celebrate. Still 10 more years left on that contract. Amazing.