I put new memory cards into my camera today. Up from two 32gig cards to two 128 gig cards. Oh so many pictures! When I went out into the foggy morning to run some pre-christmas eve party errands I took the camera with me to test drive the new cards with some Stop Light Theater. Enjoy!
Told ya it was foggy. Here’s a bonus stopped-at-a-gas-station theater pic to close things off. It’s also today’s photo a day pic.
I’m in the grocery store and Yes is playing over the PA system. Sure it’s “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, the shamefully poppy version of Yes, but still.
I feel like I’m in sell out city.
Every year since I started dating my wife I have been a part of her family’s christmas eve party. They were originally at her mother’s house, then they were at our house, now they are at her mother’s house again. This year, in order to get both of the kids there at the same time, we had to push it from the 24th to the 29th. Today. That means today is technically our christmas eve.
Just when you thought the holiday was over, we pull you back in!
Happy christmas eve revisited, everyone! HoHoHo again!
Last night in Columbus, the Columbus Blue Jackets kicked the shit out of my Boston Bruins. It was ugly.
Tonight the two teams have a rematch in Boston. At the start of the third period, the Bruins are up 3-0.
Doesn’t that feel better? Isn’t it more fun to be in the lead?
What do you say we hang on to this lead, Bruins? M.kay?
I cooked lunch for me and my wife today. I cooked it in an air fryer.
I am about to start cooking dinner for me and my wife. I am going to cook it in an air fryer. I just have to wait for the dishwasher to finish so my air fryer baskets will be clean, then I’ll start on dinner.
I think I might be a little obsessed with cooking in an air fryer. Is that even a thing?
The only thing left to do (apart for wait another five minutes for that pesky dishwasher) is to decide what music to listen to while I cook dinner in an air fryer. I’ve been listening to a ton of Tsunami lately. Also a pretty healthy dose of Throwing Muses. Maybe I should drift back toward prog. I’m thinking maybe some 80’s Rush… or maybe some 90’s King Crimson? I don’t know. Let’s just see where the world takes us, m’kay?
I don’t have any set ideas for New Years Resolutions. Just the usual stuff. Do I want to do something different this year and actually define a single resolution for the year and then stick to it (as if)? I don’t know.
Here are some possibilities…
That’ll do for now. I’ll think about other ideas to add over the next few days. 2025 is four days away.
We might be going shopping for computer stuff today. Not sure yet. For now, here are two cats.
This is a recent photo of one of my guitars:
Here’s a photo of me playing this guitar on stage with Lizardfish on July 2, 2016.
Here’s a crazy low-res pic of me playing the guitar with Break Even at some point between 2003 and 2005.
Here’s another one for luck. Same bar but maybe a different date? No, probably the same date. If I had to guess it was August 1, 2003 at J Rags in Tewksbury, MA. Pretty sure that was the date. It was our first gig together.
The guitar is a 1979 Gibson ES-335 Pro that I bought off eBay in 2000 for a smidge less than $800. It was a mess when I first got it. It has no finish on the back. It’s stamped a factory second. Most important, some previous owner was a heavy, heavy smoker and it was covered in cigarette grime and sludge. I managed to clean it (mostly) and I just fell in love with it.
A few minutes ago, the Trogly’s Guitar Show posted a video to youtube of a 1979 Gibson ES-335 Pro! My guitar! Well, not my guitar but my year, make, and model! Even the same color! Awesome! Trogly’s 335 Pro was a mess too, and all the greater for it!
The Bruins and Blue Jackets were tied at one a piece after one period. It’s the first game back after the holiday break. Finally, hockey returns.
I missed the start of the second period because I was helping my wife with something in her office. When I got back to the game it was 3-1 Blue Jackets. Crud.
Three seconds after I first checked the score Columbus scored again to make it 4-1. Double crud!
Two cats, one picture window.
Inside the Red Head's Head 