Musicians And the Road Life

Some musicians stay in place. They don't like to travel, and they only do local gigs I know musicians like that. The band I used to play with is like that. We only took about one trip a year.

But other bands are on the road all of the time. Every week is a different city or more, and many different music venues.

With road trips, there is always the problem of transporting the equipment. Guitars, drums, amps,
behringer mixer x1832usb, this and that--all have to get loaded on the bus and unloaded, again and again. And in the right place on the stage.

But all of the travel and packing and unpacking is worth it when on stage and looking at all the people who have come out to see you.

Am I getting CO2 Poisoning From My Car?

For the last week I have been having some weird symptoms--feeling tired, run down, achy, sort of like the flu. And then, having a little bit of vertigo. That is not bad, but it worries me, as I don't want it to get worse. Vertigo mainly when I lie down and when I get back up. I was concerned but was hoping it was only temporary.

Then today, I was driving two friends around in my car. They both said they smelled car exhaust inside my car. I feel like I had smelled it some, but not really. Don't know why I didn't smell it. But it did seem like something was swirling around inside.

I came home and looked up car exhaust fumes. Sure enough, the exhaust causes some of the symptoms I have been experiencing. I am going to get my car checked out pronto. This is not something you want to mess around with.

Looking Pretty For Homecoming

I have never gotten hair extensions, but my niece likes to change her hair, and she has often used them. She was invited to go to homecoming with a boy from another school, and wanted to do something special with her hair. She thought about it for a while and then decided to try one of those
clip in human hair extensions. She also got her hair colored. She looked so nice in her new dress and shoes. I saw the photos from homecoming, and I thought she was the prettiest. Of course, I am biased!

Please Get The Government Up And Running Again!

Well, it is day 5 in the government shutdown, and all I can say is "Enough Already!" I don't remember the 1995 shutdown at all. Of course, I was not tied into the federal government then. But currently, I am indirectly tied into it. I am not employed by the federal government, but as a Social Security Disability lawyer now, it will affect me. Apparently, the hearings that are already scheduled will still be held (thank goodness). But no new hearings are going to be scheduled. So I am OK for a little while.

But it is worrisome immediately for the federal workers who are furloughed, and also for those who are awaiting for their disability hearings to be scheduled. The claimants have already had to wait for more than a year, sometimes multiple years, to get to this point. And now the scheduling is on the back burner.

Enough already! Let's get this show back on the road.

Cigars Can Be Sexy

I do not believe in smoking. Oh my no! Too many people in my family have died from lung cancer. But still, I think cigars are sexy. A friend of mine from law school occasionally smokes one, and I think he is sexy. So, there you go! I once asked him what kind he smokes, and he mentioned a bunch of kinds, including swisher .
Now that we have graduated, I never see him anymore. And I do miss that, and law school too to some degree.

I Love, But Hate Technology

I love technology, because it is fun, optimistic, and exciting. I hate it when I can't get it to work. Which is more than I care to think about. I bought a new printer--a four-in-one--printer, copier, scanner, and fax. I can do all of that except fax. Now I know some are saying the fax is going the way of the dinosaur, but I don't think so. I know a lot of fax machines are humming away. People say they scan now. But why would you spend hours scanning a hundred page document, when it would take a few minutes to fax? Except, when you don't know how to fax. A technician came to my house to set it up and show me how to work it. When he was talking, it sounded easy of course. But after he left, I couldn't get the fax to work. And I have to as I have multiple 100-page documents to send. If I do it at Office Depot, it would be several hundred dollars to fax. I need to figure it out!

I Love The Lineup at AMC

Ok, I am a TV junkie. At least as much as I can be. One of my favorite channels now is AMC. I love, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Mad Men, and The Killing. I could never get into The Killing last season, but I am on board this year. And boy does it draw you in. Can't wait till Breaking Bad starts again. I wish there were more quality show like this on TV.