Category: stuff

Much to my own suprise, I have been getting into the game of golf. Had you asked me a year ago, I would never have given the game any thought. However, I have been way into it the last couple of months, and I am getting better.

The first couple of times I played, I was terrible, not knowing how to stand or swing or anything. I was lucky to even hit the ball at all. But last weekend a buddy from work took me to the driving range and showed me some fundamentals. All this week I practiced swinging in the back yard, getting the feel for the clubs and learning to shift my weight correctly.

Today we went out and played, and I had a chance to show off my new skills. I shot a 64. Ok, so we only played 9 holes, but I didn’t do worse than a 7 on any hole except one. Yes, that is quite terrible for those of you who are not golfers (as if you read this far anyway), however, it was by far my best game (and only the third I have played). I am definitely getting the feel for it, and look forward to many days this summer out on the greens.

I may have mentioned this before, but I spent some time at Epitonic.com today, and wanted you faithful readers to know about it. Epitonic, “Your source for cutting edge music”, is a site where independent, underground musicians are featured, with loads of free MP3 downloads. There is so much good stuff here I cannot believe it, and I have become fans of many new bands and musicians because of this site.

We returned from a jovial weekend at the In-Laws yesterday. Fun in the pool, warm bellies at a good Indian restaurant, and relaxation in front of the big-screen TV were enjoyed by much of the clan. Gray had a ball with all the attention and new people to show him around the place.

The next stop on our summer vacation tour will be Louisville in July, then a week at the beach in August.

We are trying to get all the traveling in before the next kiddo pops out. Still no news on the gender.

Oh, have you seen Revenge of the Sith? What did you think?

I have seen it twice now, and have definitely decided it is the best of all 6 films. My favorite line, spoken by Padme Amidala:

“So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause”.

I just slapped up two new photo galleries for ya.

One gallery is of nice hi-res images from my Olympus digicam, while the other gallery is a low-fi set of pics from my cell phone camera.

Both galleries are from the April and June months of this fine year (that would be 2005 for those of you counting). They do cover two sets of grandparents visitng Gray for his birthday and a whole lot more.

I went to Barley’s with a bunch of folks from work tonight. It was fun, and you shoulda been there. 😛

My niece, Scarlet, showing us how she really feels.

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks around here. Work has been full-on, both the day job and the moonlighting. I just posted a rough draft of the new web site for NCMAMA, the North Carolina Mountain Acoustic Music Association. I am glad to be working with these fine folks again, and am excited to be a part of the preservation of the mountain music and culture.

I have a rough draft of a site for a fine guitar player up too. Check out PaulPieper.com. So far it’s not much more than a Photoshop layout, but I am currently working on XHTML-izing and CSS-ifying it. There will be CD’s for sale, a dynamic calendar, and more once all is said and done.

Other than that, we are excited about finding out what sex our next prodigy will be in a couple of weeks. I need to buy the domain name and get the site for him/her started ASAP 🙂

Da Da Da.

The “stick” is a kind of weird chain letter whereby some other blogger passes this list of questions on to you to answer.

I got The Stick from Thommy Browne. Here goes:

You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I want to be “The Cruel Shoes” by Steve Martin.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
If a fictional character counts as one in a movie, then yes, Padme Amidala would be the one.

Last book you bought is:
I bought “TCP/IP Primer Plus” by Heather Osterloh in the bargain bin at Books-A-Million.

Last book you read is:
I re-read “The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy” in preparation for the movie coming out. I never saw the movie because I didn’t want to be let down.

What are you currently reading?
All I have time to read these days are magazines. I get several free subscriptions to trade publications such as Federal Computer Week and Goverment Computing News that I read in the bathroom.

5 books I would take to a deserted island
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, the prequal to that, and the one right after it.

Now I pass The Stick to Jacksonian.