Birthday Watch Band

Harry got me a new watch band for my birthday and the Federal Express truck just delivered it.

Thanks, Harry!

Candle Race

I started two candles at the same time. The race is on. Which one will burn out first?

My money is on big blue.

Air

It’s 64 degrees out. The forecast says it’s going to hit 70. It feels absolutely glorious outside so I’ve opened all of the windows in the house. I think Spring might finally be here. It’s wonderful.

Tone Controls

I took the cat’s advice and played my new guitar.

I messed with my little recording nook pedal board a little. I took out the Wampler Plexi Drive Mini for the Chicago Stompworks Mr Vermin Rat clone.

I didn’t record anything. I just played. Loud. Jen and Harry had to step out for a minute and I took the opportunity to see if I could get the little Vox AC15 amp up to band practice volume.

Normal channel… master volume on about five… channel volume up to about seven… 106 decibels. sweet.

Note the tone control on the AC15’s normal channel is wired backwards. I knew that and I set the amp appropriately. Why then was my sound so super toppy?

Because the tone control on the Rat clone is also wired backward and while I thought I had it set super bassy it was actually set super trebly.

Amateur.

Go Play!

Patches thinks I should go practice but I’m hanging out with Jen and Harry.

Stop judging me, cat!

Positive COVID-19 Milestone Correction

Okay so I said it was the first time Massachusetts was COVID death free since March of last year and that my record had three days in between that had zeros but were based on changes to the counting rules.

Apparently I was wrong about one of the three days. According to whichever local news broadcast my mother watched this evening, one of the zero days was a legitimate zero day. That was in June.

So it’s not the first COVID death free day in Massachusetts since March 2020, it’s the first since June 2020. I stand corrected, though I stand by my statements that it’s friggin awesome sauce.