Monday, October 20, 2008

Post from 7/27/08

7/27/08 - School's back in session. Quick summer. Been listening to a lot of Jack Johnson lately. Really like the relaxed feel of his music. Reminds me of sitting around with friends on a laid back Friday night, someone pulls out a guitar, turns into an impromptu jam session - guitars, conga drums, microphone, maybe a keyboard. Laid back and lots of fun. Johnson's music almost makes you want to buy an acoustic kit from Guitar Center and learn to play guitar.

Saw new season of The Shield starts Sept. 2nd. Rescue Me starts in Early 2009. Have been trying not to watch too much TV lately. While it's entertaining and sometimes informative, it can also be a big waste of time if one's not careful. With football season quickly approaching, I know I'll be tuned in to more games than I should. Even late at night you can find a Pac 10 game to watch.

Speaking of sports, the wife and I started playing golf this summer. Joined a country club. Have played a couple rounds so far. Lots of room to improve our scores, but a lot of fun to play together. The club we joined has numerous tournaments and couple's golf. Perfect sport for us to play together. Can play it the rest of our lives. What's more, can play a round of golf with friends and family. Like I said, great fun together and unlike a sport such as tennis, players of vastly different skill levels can have fun and even compete against each other thanks to a handicap. Very happy we've started playing. Our kids love the club's pool.

Updated Brewer page with new homebrews I made this summer.

Old Guy Radio - Miles Davis's A Kind of Blue. One of the best jazz albums ever. If you're new to jazz, it's a great place to start. If you're a jazz aficianado, then you already know what I mean. Whenever you hear someone talk about their "top five" lists, and you can't include "best of" in those, A Kind of Blue will be on any jazz lover's list.

Sword Song – The 4th novel in the Saxon Tales centers around the battle for Lundene (modern day London). Almost finished it, but am very torn. It’s hard to put down, but a part of me doesn’t want to finish it because it will be quite some time before Uhtred and his sword, Serpent Breath, vanquish more foes. Please, Mr. Cornwell, feed the appetites of Uhtred fans with the same voracious fervor as you did Sharpe fans. If you haven’t read any of his work, Cornwell intersperses beautifully descriptive language between incredibly vivid and bloody battle scenes. I absolutely love his Saxon Tales, and if you know of any novels that come close to these, please let me know. Thanks!

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