I Need A Chalkbag….

Posted on by February 21, 2019

We watched this the other day….and my hands were sweating.

I’ve done a little bit of climbing….taught it at a NC camp….really low level stuff….and even the easy stuff terrified me.

If they did an MRI of my brain (spoiler), the technicians would say, “you’re afraid of everything! You have a very active fear center….”

Alex Honnold stays focused.

His fear center stays under wraps.

This movie was intense….and true….and pretty darn great.

I needed a chalkbag to watch it though….sweating hands when I’m safe on the ground.

 

The Wild Reeds…NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Posted on by February 20, 2019

It looks like these guys are having a good time making music together.

What tight harmonies…..

Watching this, I’m reminded of how much pleasure making and listening to music over the years has brought me.

I don’t make it as often as I’d like….but, sometimes, I catch myself absentmindedly reaching out to turn on the music when I’ve been listening to it already.

That’s goofy….but shows how omnipresent music is in my life.

If I’m breathing, I’d be listening to music every minute… if I could.

Every minute.

Wheels..zuh!!

Posted on by February 18, 2019

This is something that folks have been doing for a while….but this time in a commercial way.

Looks like an elegant use of a widely available and recyclable material.

Cool.

And….the video is worth watching if only for a new way to say “wheels”.

“Wheels….zuh!!”

In fact, you can add “zuh” to just about any word and make it fresh….zuh!!

Mo’cool, fer sure…zuh!!

 

This is another great video from Kirsten Dirksen. (Click on her name for a bunch more videos!)

Pony Express Route Bikepacking

Posted on by February 17, 2019

Look at these dudes bikepacking up in Northern Nevada on the Pony Express Route!

That’s what a mountain bike was made to do….get out in some wild areas and roll….

The world is a big place….Northern Nevada looks cool.

Keep On The Sunny Side….

Posted on by February 16, 2019

The Mail Jeep is back on the road again….but vibrates pretty badly at highway speeds.

That’s unpleasant.

People don’t understand why I won’t go over 55 mph on the highway.

They want me to go 70….like everyone else in the 65 mph zone.

They tailgate…even if the other lanes are open and their way is clear.

People are funny, aren’t they?

There are lots of reasons that a car could vibrate and growl.

It could be tires.

It could be something else.

I think that I have a bad u-joint.

U-joints are cheap.

A rear differential is expensive.

I’ll change the u-joints first.

Why not walk on the sunny side of the street as long as I can, huh?

Living off the land in the Garden of Eden…(Living off the land in Hawaii)

Posted on by February 15, 2019

Man.

I think that you could live “off the land” here….for sure.

Easier than in the Arctic.

For sure.

Listen to the part about how, in the Hawaiian Islands, so much of the folks’ food has to be flown in.

Even in the Garden of Eden….we end up wanting something different than manna…..huh?

Who wants manna all the time?

the numbers don’t get smaller

Posted on by February 13, 2019

I saw this big chart on the news for the first time yesterday.

That’s a lot of numbers.

That’s a lot of numbers that don’t seem to be getting any smaller.

That’s crazy.

Like Alfred E. Neuman, I should be saying, “What? Me worry?” when I think about these big numbers.

Why worry?

Just play your fiddle some more.

What a big chart!

Done in R1

Posted on by February 12, 2019

This commercial was too long for the Superbowl.

But….what a fun world it would be if this was the kind of commercial that we all wanted to see, huh? (!)

We all have thrift store fleeces in my family….but to have a piece of clothing that’s well made and well loved….and that you wear until it’s a broken in rag….well….that’s a good way to go, too….even if you paid a lot for it initially.

(Or….wait 15 years until you can buy it at the thrift store!!)

These guys are funny….penny whistle on the big wall!

And….they did it all in an R1.

Imagine that.