11.4 inches of snow yesterday + 30-40mph winds last night + actual temps below -10 = snow day. Here’s a couple of pics out the back door. Beautiful! Even if it did take nearly 2 hours to thaw out and de-ice the cars.
Well, maybe and maybe not. But the company was just acquired by Yamaha [source]. I must say however that while I haven’t been a huge user of Yamaha gear, I have come in contact with it numerous times and always left the encounter with a positive impression. Not to mention I recently upgraded my home stereo receiver to a new Yamaha and am so far pleased in so much as possible with the newer technology (analog is just much better sounding to my ears). So, hopefully Yamaha will retain the management and creative force behind Line 6, as well as support for their older products, of which I do have one, and support thus far has been fairly solid. We shall see.
Or at least don’t say “I’ll never be interested in having that.” Yes, it’s true, I have one now. Not that I was really, honestly interested, but it just made sense given my current cell phone situation. I must say I am happy to be able to sync contacts and calendars with my Mac and have them with me. Also a few music apps I’ve found could be handy. At this point I’m not going to set up twitter or facebook and possibly not even email access. There is a limit to how connected I want to be.
Just a really quick update on this topic. After a great deal of thinking and research I’ve decided to try a Line 6 POD XT Pro that I picked up for a great price used. This serves multiple purposes, 2 of which are the need for a convincing sound at a really low volume and the obvious realization that there’s no way I can afford or justify the expense of the dream set up I’d like to have, so this hopefully will get me close. Now for some intense programming. ewwwww….
With the demise of the church I was heavily involved with on the worship team, I find myself at a loss. Hmmmmm.
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Over the past month or so I’ve been listening to/rediscovering Rush again. I became a Rush fanatic back in the 70’s shortly after they released their first album. In the 90’s when they went into their heavy keyboard phase I lost interest but picked them back up when Vapor Trails came out, which was the powerful trio I remembered, brought up to a modern sound. In other words, simply awesome! So anyway, with the somewhat recent release of their documentary which I was able to get from the library I have started to renew my Rush fanaticism, getting concert DVDs and anything I can get my hands on now. I really respect these guys.
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I mean more than bgv (background vocals). Yeah, I really am truly thankful that I can not only hear harmonies easily but can usually sing them on key too. There are so many who wish they could do that much. Some postulate that it takes a better ear to do that. I don’t know for sure, but it is fun and I’m grateful I can do it without thinking about it for the most part. But, the greedy nature of my humanity wants more.
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Christmas music, lights, movies, shows, specials, trees, goodies. It’s all around us now.
That joyous time of year when children wait anxiously for the bounty of their dreams. When the average person smiles a little more, feels a little happier, gives a little more.