Random Flickr Photo

Untitled, a photo by robj_1971 on Flickr.

This random Flickr photo post celebrates (laments) the end of the Clockwork Angels tour. The last show took place in Kansas City last night.

Lets hope we don’t have to wait too long for new Rush music. The remix of Vapor Trails is due to come out in October, and there is a rumored Clockwork Angels tour video/live album in the works as well.

That’s not what I mean though. I mean that I hope we don’t have to wait too long for a new album of new original music. That’s what I really want.

Thanks for a great tour, Geddy, Alex, and Neil.

ADDENDUM: Touch typing on the iPad seems like a good idea until you find 30 typos, misspellings, and auto-correct errors in three paragraphs.

Hamilton or Bust

The road trippin’ Rush fans are at it again! Hamilton or bust!

The Day After the 4th

Did you enjoy your 4th of July, USA? We sure did. Alas, it is now in the past and today is just plain old July 5th. I have to work today, but I get to work from home. My beloved wife has the day off but is going to be working hard on a number of non-work things at her desk, so she’s sort of working from home too. The kids woke up here today, but their father asked if we could please bring them to his house as if it were a normal Friday. He must have something planned for today. I hope the kids have as much fun today as they did yesterday.

So today started out like a normal Friday. Jen got up, then the kids got up, then I got up. All around 6:00am. The kids got ready for the day. I took a shower and got ready for the day. At a couple minutes past 7:00 the kids and I went up North to their dad’s house. I stopped at a convenience store and dunkin donuts on the way home.

When I got home the first thing my beloved wife said to me was, “want to go to Ontario?” She was referring to tomorrow night’s Rush show in Hamilton, Ontario. (What’s the correct abbreviation of Ontario now? It used to be ONT, but Canada has gone to a two letter system like ours, haven’t they? Ontario is ON now, right? Or is it OT? It’s ON. I think. I’ll just spell it out until I Google it. Ontario it is) Me being slightly psychotic said, “Sure!”

Are you aware that if you drive from greater Boston, Massachusetts to Hamilton, Ontario (Neil Peart’s birthplace) you will go past Niagara Falls? Fascinating, eh? Did we just stumble upon a major league weekend road trip?

I sure hope so!

WOOHOO!

Rush in Canada!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Hey Rush fans,

Now that Rush have been inducted into the idiocy known as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the ceremony has aired on HBO, can we please, please, please never talk about it again? Can we please forget about the whole stupid thing forever and ever and ever now?

Pretty please?

Thanks,
Rob

Atlantic City Rush Pic

I put this pic up on reddit.com/r/rush. It’s been hit quite a bit. I cheat at Flickr like a cheater.

Now What?

The trip to Virginia is over. The trip to see Rush is over. The Bruins first round series is over and the next round doesn’t start until tomorrow.

Now what? What do I talk about today?

Both kids have games tonight at the same time, so it will be a late evening out for Jen, both kids, and me. I’ve seen my step daughter play in two games, and my step son play in one. I want to see more.

Earlier this morning I discovered a sure fire way to spot an addicted gambler. I was at a convenience store in Tewksbury that offers KENO games. There was a car parked in the lot with a license plate that approximated the word, “SLOTS”. It was also 7:11am. Yup, I think I found me a compulsive gambler!

This weekend we are going to have a mini birthday party so there will be cleaning. I need to get the damn lawn mower running so I can cut the grass. I want to get a bird feeder to feed my inner bird watching nerd, and there is always the dream of patio furniture. The catch with patio furniture is mosquitoes. There have been do it yourself mosquito trap ideas floating around Facebook lately. Maybe if we start to picnic we’ll try one.

Some of the Better Rush in Atlantic City Pics

You knew the pic flood was coming right? I mean, we were in the 9th row!

I couldn’t really see the string players from where I was standing.

The dude with the white shirt in the middle here was air violining. Not air guitaring, or air bassing, or as most people do at Rush shows, air drumming… no. This dude was air vilolining.

They had a little extra help on guitar, bass, and posing.

Obligatory “Far Cry” Pyro Pics

Here are the obligatory pyrotechnics in “Far Cry” pics from the Atlantic City show. We were so close to the stage that these are less than impressive. The Mohegan Sun pics are the best I’ve gotten so far.