I'm Not Skeptical about Skeptico ...

I just found another great site. If you're a seeker, you don't want to miss this site: Skeptico.

I Just Found a Great Blog!

You have got to check out Stonekettle Station!


He has a lot of great things to say, and he's great at saying them!

Dang! No Rehearsal Tomorrow ...

AJ and CC are down with the crud, so we will be taking a week off from rehearsal. This will give me time to help Cheryl with some CMS website stuff, and will also give me time to catch up on some chart creation.


More soon!

Happy Birthday To Me (Yesterday) ...

Cheryl suprised me by taking out to supper last night for my birthday! We went to the Toasted Pheasant." Now I didn't see any toast, or pheasants, but it was great! I had the Beef Bourguignon, and Cheryl had the Grouper Niçoise. It was great!

We sat at the "Chef's Table," a nice table in an alcove that is adjacent to the kitchen. The chefs and sous-chefs worked their magic right in front of us: It was awesome!

There was a great guitar player playing standards last night too. He had a computer set up with some tracking tunes with which he played; sometimes he played a capella too. He was the quietest guitar player I have ever heard! I thought perhaps he forgot to turn on his amp at first, but it turned out that he is just a tasty player! Awesome!

The Time of our Lives Band is Off and Running!

We played our first gig this afternoon. It was at a great pizza place called DeLosa's Pizza, located at 4110 Henderson Blvd, Tampa,FL 33629. Check them out, their pizza is great!

Before we went on, the crowd was treated to "Monday, Monday", a band that does the Mama's and the Poppa's to perfection! Their drummer is a good friend and great drummer named Jim Wegener. Super guy! It had been a couple of years since he and I last played together. That was with "Vic Thompkins and VTO."

The gig was for AJ's birthday, who is married to CC. I'm looking forward to many more gigs!

It's Over!

What a long strange trip it's been! We stayed at the Embassy Suites in downtown Tampa for the two days of the Florida Bar Exam. I took off on Wednesday so that I could check out of the room, gather all of the crap we took with us, and be ready to pick Cheryl up at 1630. That part went off without a hitch (one-in-a-row!)

Cheryl thinks she did "OK" -- I think she did fine! We'll see on 11 April when the grades are posted ...

On a lighter note, the new band I'm, The Time of Our Lives Band in plays its first gig tomorrow! It's a birthday party for AJ, one of the founders of TTOOL, and we're only doing four tunes, should be a lot of fun! We rehearsed together for the first time last night! We are already sounding awesome!

There is AJ, who plays guitar, bass, and sings; AJ's wife, CC, who sings her ass off; Phil on lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar; John on drums and vocals (great voice and a very solid drummer); and me. I'll be playing saxes, flute, some bass, singing, and perhaps keys.

But it's great to have Cheryl back "home!"

We bought several plants at Home Depot today, so the yard will look nicer, and Cheryl will finally be able to get some dirt under her nails!

Also, I heard from an old 2nd Armored Division Band mate! Larry Biring, who was the saxophone section leader and an all-around great guy found me on FaceBook! It was great to hear from him!

Well, more later ...

It's Getting Close To Crunch Time ...

Well, there are fewer than two days left for her to study her ass off for the Florida Bar exam. She reminds me of an infantry soldier trudging forward with very little sleep, through mud, barbed wire, artillery rounds exploding all around the place -- yet onward she marches.

If she survives, there will be nothing left ... just some charred remains, a shock of blond hair, and smoldering law books.

OK, maybe I'm exaggerating just a little bit. But she has been through the ringer over the last five years. It was a couple of years at USF getting her Bachelor's degree in Economics (Economics?!? -- Yikes!)
The past three years at Stetson University College of Law (bar & grill), graduating Summa Cum Laude, and the past two-plus months studying for this damned bar exam, all the while working full time, has been totally exhausing!

Ya know, I bet she would love a foot rub right about now ...