Who says the blues are bad?

Jenny will kill me if I don't at least mention that I bought her golf clubs for our anniversary/her birthday. She loves her clubs very much and here is a picture of them...

Next order of business, as an electrician I'm always amazed how carpenters can take a pile of lumber and nails and make it into something functional and (in the cases of good carpenters) something that looks good. I know that everyone reading this is familiar with the work of one of those good carpenters: my dad. I'm constantly in awe of his skill as a carpenter and I wish that I could extract the finished product that he does from an unassuming pile of wood and metal. Case in point: Jenny needed some storage cubbies for her new classroom. Someplace that her kids could store pencil boxes, crayons, and binders. She asked dad if he could throw something together that she could paint and use. The weekend after the party we arrived at the DSCB shop (thank you Dave for the use of the shop and materials). In the span of 3 hours dad put together these. . .

Jenny painted them and put the animals on the sides (for the children), but dad designed and built them with minimal help from Jenny and I. I know he acts like it's no big deal, but my dad is truly an excellent carpenter. (I wanted to add that I will have the best cubbies in the entire school!!! I could not be more pleased with the outcome! They are perfect!!!)



Final order of business, since dad gave you a play by play of the Magic City Blues Festival, I thought I'd make a CD of the bands that we saw there. These are just the bands that we watched for more than one song, so there are only 4 on there, but I tried to pick songs that they played there. If anybody wants the CD, just let me know and I'll send you a copy.



1. Aberdeen (The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band)

2. Biminy (Hello Dave)

3. My Name Is Hurricane (Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers)

4. Run-Around (Blues Traveler)

5. Michigan (Hello Dave)

6. Zydeco Two Step (Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers)

7. The Mountains Win Again (Blues Traveler)

8. Boom Chank (The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band)

9. Thinking of You (Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers)

10. Summertime (Hello Dave)

11. But Anyway (Blues Traveler)

12. Where'd My Baby Go (Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers)

13. My Old Man Boogie (The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band)

14. Saturnalia (Hello Dave)

15. Hook (Blues Traveler)

A little bit of good in a bad bad world.

I was going to write about this last night, but like everyone else I was caught up watching the on-going situation in Minnesota. I heard about this thing on the radio the other night and decided (for obvious reasons) to check it out.
Please check out the website below and go to the information bar on the left hand side. Go ahead, I'll wait. . .
http://pawsoflife.net/default.htm

Did you check it out? Now you know why it caught my eye. I know where this kid is coming from. I was diagnosed 2 years younger than he was, but that's sort of beside the point.

The point is, I know exactly the sort of confusion that this kid is feeling every time he experiences this sort of low in his blood sugar. Lucky for me, I had very attentive siblings watching over me as a child. On several occasions they caught me before things got bad, and one night I have no doubt that my brother saved my life. I'll never be able to pay them back for what they've done for me and I will always be there for them.

Anyhow, if you feel like donating to this worthwhile cause, please do. If not, the ADA is always looking for donations. If not the ADA, just donate some money to any cause, I can promise you that it will feel good.

Not my usual sarcastic post, but sometimes you have to change it up a little bit.