It’s not a kid weekend for us, but their Dad has let us borrow them for the morning. We are celebrating mother’s day by playing board games because we’re awesome like that. I also made scrambled eggs for the first time in a decade (or two) and everyone ate some and no one has puked yet! WOOOHOO! It’s let’s spoil mommy day!
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Karate Day
Today was the kids’ karate tournament. At least the one put on by their school. We ended up with two gold medals for my step daughter and a silver medal for my step son. His first medal!
Speaking of Our Honeymoon
I love her so much. Just sayin’.
Flickrversary
While looking for something else today I discovered that it was on this date, May 6th in 2009, just a few weeks before our wedding, that I signed up for my Flickr account. Flickr Pro, of course.
Here’s a picture from our honeymoon to celebrate.
San Diego, of course. Here’s hoping we get back there again this year!
Happy Seventh Flickrversary!
Taking Customer Service a Tad Too Far
So there I was, sitting at the dining room table, sifting through an email detailing an issue one of our customers is seeing in their LIVE environment when my phone rang. It was a Lawrence, MA number so I assumed it wasn’t from work but I answered it anyway.
We bought a car from a dealership in Lawrence. That was back in 2011. Two years later we bought another one from a related dealership right around the corner. Technically they were not the same dealer, but they were both owned by the same larger company. The larger company advertises on the radio regularly. They pitch themselves as family owned and their ads often include the adult kids making fun of the older, out of touch dad… because that really makes you want to buy a car, right?
When I answered the phone I got a recording that said a recording had been made for me. Huh? So a voicemail recording is going to forward an additional voicemail recording to me. Time to hang up, I thought. Before I could though, a somewhat familiar voice stars… wait for it… you won’t believe it… Singing to me. I was serenaded by a slightly off key rendition of happy birthday. The slightly familiar voice being one of the adult kids from the radio ads. What the ever loving F…?
I hung up before I could be berated by some idiotic please-buy-a-third-car-from-us commercial. You know… if you think that having your radio spokesperson sing happy birthday to a customer via voicemail recording is good customer service… well… you’re wrong. That wasn’t customer service, and it wasn’t a sales incentive. It was a waste of my time and I don’t appreciate it.
Weather Math
Sunday May 1, 2016: Rain
Monday May 2, 2016: Rain
Tuesday May 3, 2016: Rain
Wednesday May 4, 2016: Rain
Thursday May 5, 2016: Rain
Do you see a pattern here? It hasn’t necessarily rained all day or anything like that, but at some point during the day it rained.
What does this data mean? What result can we extrapolate from it?
April showers bring May… showers.
Big News
Rebloggin’ from the band’s website yet again.
There is a new link in the menu just above where you’re reading right now. Do you see it? It’s called Upcoming Shows. Click it. Go ahead, it’s okay. I’ll wait here until you come back.
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The long wait is finally over! Lizardfish is coming to a stage near you. Our next show is officially July 1, 2016 at Racks Bar and Grill in Plaistow, NH on route 125 just a little way over the Massachusetts border. Links and maps are in the Upcoming Shows page. We should go on around 9:00pm and finish around midnight.
There have been a lot of people asking when we are going to start playing out again and we can finally give an answer. We sincerely appreciate everyone’s patience as we were taking the time to get our collective shit together. Now we are ready to thank you in the most appropriate way……
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The B Rig
This will be my B pedal set up. I just need to power it and plug it in and get a flanger and replace everything that isn’t made by electro harmonix or fulltone with new gear made by fulltone.
NHL Second Round Predictions
My first round predictions kicked ass. Let’s get right out and say it. I got six out of eight and at one point I was six out of six. I picked the Islanders, they won. I picked the Lightning, they won. I picked the Capitals and they won. I piked the Penguins and they won. That’s right. I got the whole Eastern Conference right. Out West, I got the Sharks and the Stars right, but the Blackhawks and the Ducks screwed me. Jerks.
I know the second round has already started, but three of the four series are tied at the moment so my pick won’t be biased based on the current situation. The one round that isn’t tied… well, I mentioned in my first round picks post that the team who is now ahead was my pick to win the West… so there you go.
Let’s not forget that with the Bruins not making the playoffs for the second straight season, I really don’t give a shit about any of this. I’m just doing these posts because I always do them. They just aren’t fun without the Bruins.
Having said that, here’s the East:
The Islanders and the Lightning. I hate them both. I’m going to pick the Lightning because they aren’t from New York.
The Capitals and the Penguins. The Marquis Matchup. Crosby vs Ovetchkin. It’s always been Crosby before. This time it’s Ovetchkin. I am picking the Caps.
On to the West:
The Stars and the Blues. I’m going with the Stars. Mostly so Tyler Seguin can rub shit on the Bruins nose. Which begs the question, is Seguin still hurt? I don’t know. I don’t care.
The Predators and the Sharks. The Sharks are up two games to none. They screw me over every time I pick them, and I once swore I will never pick them again. This year, I’m so full of hockey hate (thanks, Bruins) that I am picking them to win it all. Well, at least to win the West. Not sure they can beat the Caps. Whatever, I am picking Jumbo Joe Thornton and the Sharks.
So the Conference Finals will be Tampa Bay vs Washington, and Dallas vs San Jose.
You heard it here first.
And if you bet based on my picks YOU WILL LOSE! You have been warned.
Quick Update
We needed an update on the band’s website, so I put this onto lizardfishmusic.com today. Enjoy!
I hope Mike isn’t mad at us for making such a huge mess out of his basement.
There haven’t been a lot of updates lately, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been progress. Yes, scheduling is difficult for all of us, but that doesn’t stop us for long. The song list continues to grow, set lists continue to be tinkered with, screw ups continue to happen but are always followed by improvements.
The work toward booking a show or two has picked up in recent weeks, so we hope to have some good news soon. Within the next few days we should also have some more rehearsal tapes to share too. Last night we spontaneously performed what may be the greatest David Bowie/Prince mashup in the history of unplanned mashups. If we got that on tape it will end up here. Keep your fingers crossed on that one. We’ll see.
