I have been listening to Grizzly Bear’s “Veckatimest”. What a great album. If you are sick of being stuck in a musical rut then you owe it to yourself to give Grizzly Bear’s newest release a try. Greatness.
05.20Iron & Wine
My favorite band is Iron & Wine. I am not sure if there are more members than Sam Beam but he is the man. He writes/sings/and sometimes plays all of his songs. Not sure what type of music it is…acoustic folksy…fucking great. I would have given’ my left leg to attend one of his shows [...]
Saturday me, Rod, and Jared ran in the Lakeshore Baptist Church 5K. It went pretty good. I was 7:18 at my first mile and held that for a 22:36 finish. A new personal best. Very happy. As always though, it leaves me thinking that I should have dug deeper at the end to shave off [...]
05.08My Favorite Quote
” Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies……..God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
–Kurt Vonnegut, God [...]
05.02Race Judicata 5K
Holy shit! 5:30 is early. I only went to bed at 12:30 and now I have to get up for this race. I wonder if it is supposed to rain. No…damnit. I guess I do have to go. Ok, shoes…check, shorts, shirt…check. I need something to eat and some coffee. At lease coffee. I run [...]
05.01My Strat Pickguard
I bought a TexMex Fender Stratocaster on eBay last year for $200. The only problem with it was the pickgaurd on the front was faded and the back cover/plate had holes drilled in it. I replaced the back cover/plate but was reluctant to shell out the dough for the pickguard. For Christmas my cousin Brad [...]