Schlitz Beer & Vinyl

My wife and I went vinyl shopping at local vinyl emporium Used Kids Records. We go occasionally looking for used vinyl to add to our ever growing collection, and since we purchased an Ion portable USB turntable (we already have a regular turntable), but this one lets us …

Concerts, Vampires, Drywall, And A Ton Of Coffee

So, what the hell have I been up to? Well, for one thing, I need to post on here more. It's tough getting online at home( I am at Cup-O-Joe coffee house), the house is in a total state of disarray with multiple home improvement projects, there is no place to set up to …

Release Your Cows - A Buddhist Story

A story told by Buddha to his fellow monks, quoted from Thich Nhat Hanh's book:

One day the Buddha was sitting in the wood with thirty or forty monks. They had an excellent lunch and they were enjoying the company of each other. There was a farmer passing …

A question of time....and sanity

Well, it has been too damn long since I've been here...and on-line for that matter, being involved with by blog and meeting new people....or I should say, making new friends. Life has just been insane lately, mostly do to work, but a little of my personal life also.
At …

What The F*ck!?!?...Really, What The F*ck!?!?!

Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is:  "Because the animals are like us."  Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is:  "Because the animals are not like us."  Animal experimentation …

A Sore Body & A New Floor

Well, we finally started the install of our hardwood floors in the upstairs area of our house. It's taken weeks to get the upstairs ready. We had to remove all of the baseboards, prime them and all of the nasty brown trim, fill and fix any holes (of which there were …

A Slight Ringing In The Ears

So, last night my wife and I got to go to our first concert since moving back to Columbus, and our first concert in almost two years. We went to see Editors with opening bands Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV. We have wanted to see Editors since their first album The Back …

Job Less & A Crooked Company

I didn't get to finish out my final week at work. No, they decided that my services, along with several of my fellow workers, were no longer needed. Seems that my leaving made their decision to "let me go" easier. If I wasn't already on my way out of there, I would have …

Homeward Bound:Next Stop C-bus

Life is a neverending journey for me and my wife, and I wouldn't trade any of those experiences with her for anything in this world. We moved out west, to southern Utah, for the hell of it, because we could. We have gotten to do so many things that we never would have …

My Camera - Ghost = Deceased

Well it is gone. I have been waiting for sometime now, but my camera has finally given up the ghost. It was hanging on the best it could, but alas it could not go on. I am now camera-less until such time I can come up with the funds to aquire a new and improved …

XM radio and Fm transmitters

For the past few weeks I have been getting frustrated. Why? As I tool around town, commute to and fro from home and work, my listening experience is usually at some point interfered with by some other vehicles music selection being beamed onto my radio and into my ears. …

Chances Are We Are Mad

I am feeling the grip of winter, and I am itching for warmer weather.
The cold has put my creativity into some sort of hibernation, damn it!
I am longing to get home, grab my camera, hop on my bike and continue to further explore the backcountry of the little town I …