Category Archives: General
Jared’s Birthday Party
My son turned 13 yesterday. I am so proud of him. He is becoming a man … slowly but surely. I am glad he can still be a child in his process of growing up. I sometimes wander about being … Continue reading
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Kill The Messanger
For the last week or so I have been thinking about the Phrygian Scale and how cool and dark it can be. Here is a full piece and a jam track for those of you that want to play to … Continue reading
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Words of Wisdom
“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.” – William Burroughs
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2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this … Continue reading
The Economy and The Middle Class
Not much of a post, but more a comment. The current economic policies and trends are totally destroying the middle class. While the upper/rich class may be the “brain” and the lower/poor class the “body” and “muscles” of society, the … Continue reading
The Closing of 2009
Just as I do every year, I sat down to write this post. I found it particularly difficult; you see, it was not a good year. I always try to focus on the bright aspects of the year that passed. This year is difficult. Continue reading
Thinking In Time And Space
When I was a child I wanted to be a Theoretical Physicist. Maybe the fact that Albert Einstein was somebody I looked up to might have had something to do with it. However, looking back into it, he was an … Continue reading
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Getting Old
Is it getting old or becoming old? When I turned 43 all of a sudden I realized my age. It is not as though 43 is really any older than 42. What hit me was the fact that I was … Continue reading
The Closing of 2008
2008 has been a hard year for me. Not hard in the sense of bad, but hard in the sense of long, with comings and goings, hardships and uncertainties, a number of disappointments and many changes. And through all the year’s developments, my wife and kids have been there for me. I am one lucky guy. Continue reading