Uganda ‘08 Rough video

Final Project!!!

It is finished……..

…….. finally after 5 months.
On Sept. 28, Joni took me to the ER, and yet again, ended up in surgery to repair another ventral hernia.  Actually to repair an old one, and fix a brand new one.
10 days after that, I went back to the Dr. to have the staples removed, only to find out [...]

Habits are hard to break

I was teaching today and explaining to a trumpet student the bad habit that he had acquired with his tonguing.  His tongue is coming between his teeth instead of touching behind his front teeth.
Why is this important?
It dawned on me that when I play my trombone, I do the same thing.  Always have.  Have known [...]

So the schedule is killing….

…….my blog time.
Class on Mon/Wed/Fri nights, internship on most Tuesdays & Thursdays, and every Sat. morning.  Don’t feel much like filling ya’ll in, but I’ll continue to do my best.
The internship is still a lot of fun, and am getting more hands on time each week.  I’ve had actual “product” played on the air which [...]

What can I learn from an Atheist……….

I’m a big Penn & Teller Fan.  Great performers.  I’ve even listened to Penn’s radio show occasionally.  He’s really smart, and really atheist.
Check out this video.  I first saw it on Los’ blog.  Thanks bro!
 

 
Let’s get over it and share.

Internship – Week 1

Well, I started my internship this week at ESPN Radio 1000 working on “The Show” on Tuesday and Thursday night.  Actually, the biggest issue this week was weather.  On Tues. it took me 3 hours to drive into Chicago where as normally it would take 1 hour due to the snow storm.  Then on Thursday [...]

Back…..Back on the Blog

(title reference to a very cool Quincy Jones tune)
Well, I’m back for now.  Just to catch you up, here’s whats new from the last time we spoke……….
June 6 – Last day of school, summer starts!!!!
Julyish – Kids swimming lessons, very fun
August – install new chainlink fence for Champ.  He promptly begins chasing and catching small [...]

Playing with Garbage

Don’t get me wrong, we’re not made of money, but my kids have way more toys than they actually play with in a year.
But yesterday, I’m replacing some screens in our screen door, and went inside for just a minute to put the fish sticks in the oven.  I return back to my driveway to [...]

Spoken to…..

Mike emailed me yesterday and asked me if I could crank out a chart for a song our team is doing this weekend a The Orchard.
I love transcribing and making chord charts, so a request like this generally a no brainer for me.  The hardest part is generally finding accurate lyrics online so I don’t [...]