Man, why do I have to be RIGHT all the time???? This weather sucks. I mean REALLY Sucks. After the last post, our weather has turned to 36degreesF, snow and wind. Accumulations of 6-9 inches. WUWT? I mean, I know I predicted it, but I really didn’t want to see it come to pass.
Had to change my cell phone, more on that later.
Hope you who are reading this have had a happy day so far (whatever day it turns out to be).
T
For those of you in the Traverse City area be sure to drop by North Peak Brewing Co. and have a look at Mike Hyrman’s work. He’s a fabulous watercolor artist, and has created some particularly evocative images. Rather than try to describe them, I’ll just recommend that you go down and look at them. Mike’s work will be on display for the next month and a half in the back-room/gallery at NP. Do try and get down there to see Mike’s work…it’s really remarkable.
Finally got some work done on my own portrait projects…currently doing both a graphite and charcoal portrait and one in soft pastel. The subjects are interesting and fun, and I’ll probably figure out a way to post some here on the blog….I’ll probably post a couple of works in progress, but the majority of the WIP postings will be at my favorite artist hangout, Wet Canvas.
Great weather…sunny and 70 deg today….that can only mean 1 thing…we’re in for a blizzard. Well, I changed the oil in the tractor anyway. Ok, wait…now in good blog tradition, I’m going to begin monaloguing regarding this tractor thing:
So the Deere lawn tractor (L110 for those who care) has been stored empty of gas all winter. So I goes and buys new gas, fills up me tank…and turns the key. Plans are to warm the oil enough to change it. Key seems positioned in the wrong place (don’t we ALL leave our keys in the ignition over the winter?), and no sort of sound comes out of the tractor when it is turned properly. Hmmm…battery is dead, methinks. So I check with the dealer to make sure a 2 amp charge is what it needs, then it’s off to Sears. I’m at Sears, picking out a new battery charger that I can’t afford, but that I need because I have a track record of discharging every battery in every conveyance I own at the precise time I need the frappin’ thing. I’ve picked out a nice moderatly priced behemouth, but for some reason the clerk won’t sell it to me after I discover that I’d left home WITHOUT MY WALLET. Crap. I drive home. I retrieve my wallet, which is smirking at me from the piano bench. I sit down hard on the smug leather pouch as I cruize back to Sears, and this time the clerk sells me the moderately priced beheamoth. I drive off happily, return home and hook up the moderately priced beheamouth, preparing to bask in the amber light of the 2 amp 10% charged indicator. The red light is on. Oh, no problem, that means to check the connection of the cables. I seat them more thouroughly in their appropriate places (remembering NOT TO CONNECT THE NEGATIVE CABLE TO THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL, as the owners manual shouted at me from within it’s scholarly text…). Hmm..the red light is on. I changed the cables again, unplugged the unit, plugged it in again….and VOILA….the red light is on. It is now beginning to dawn on me that the BATTERY IS DEAD. Really dead. I take it out, look inside, and I see that there is juice inside. Not electricity…juice…electrolyte….bad, scary stuff that should, according to the dire warning embossed on the battery, NEVER be splattered on your skin lest you do an impersonation of those two bad guys at the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. Ok, so I test the charger on my car. Cute amber light. Well, it’s off to the dealer to get a new battery. Wallet in pocket. A quick trip and I’m back and installing the battery into my sleeping green and yellow beast. Hop on, turn the key and……the sound of an engine that has not run in 6 months suddenly being defibrillated back to life…belching smoke like a bullemic cigar smoker……..and I smile..life is good.
I am going to awaken the gas-powered weed-wacker……but that’s another story.
Leave me a note if you have used the KEL HM-1 mic….i’d be interested in your comments.
Next time! T
Well, this is an interesting story. Apparently, it’s possible to get dumped in the slammer on the word of a Best Buy cashier alone. It boggles the mind to see how the system can break down in all of the infinite ways that no one ever suspects. What’s going to come of this? I don’t know, but it bears watching.
Angola is currently being decimated by the Marburg Virus. This pathogen is a deadly relative of Ebola, and has shockingly similar symptoms and a very agressive course. Let’s hope things improve….it’s a scary proposition at best.
Hey, I just noticed how long it’s been between posts. Been busy with my podcasting hardware lately, and been working on a new portrait….no excuse, but well, there it is. Beautiful weather has slowed things down as well..sunny and 60’s is great for this time of year. Gearing up for all that is good in the summer, and it’s been a very trying winter…nonetheleast of which is the fact that this cold I’ve had for the past several weeks has STILL got hold of my ability to taste and smell coffee. How irritating.
The MOHO, the demarcation point between the Earth’s crust and mantle, has been approached by an undersea drilling program. Interestingly, if the sea-floor penetration had been 1000 feet to one side, they would have penetrated the mantle….I’m not sure how I like that……I’m a scientist, but I’ve seen to many scifi movies to be completely calm….
Congratulations to Paul Figgiani of podcastrigs.com and The .Point.. He’s been a HUGE help to me in setting up my podcast hardware, and the forum on the podcastrigs.com site is turning out to be a great place to hang out. Paul’s been chosen as a member of IT Conversations’ Audio Engineering Team, where he reports that he’ll handle the post-production engineering for Tech Nation. With his expertise, this should be a killer show.
Well, enough for now….
T