Happy 2014 - so far

Enough is enough
 
I would have called the police.

David,
 
So sorry to hear about you neighbors.
 
Don't get me going with regards to my neighbors. 
 
I live in a very rural country setting, but...I think that lends itself to people thinking they can do whatever they want because..."hey we're in the middle of nowhere, and we can do whatever the fudge we want, at anytime, to anyone, with anything, in any place, with complete disregard for anyone, anything, time or location...did I cover it all, or leave something unsaid.
 
I just hate people like that!
 
Other than that, I have a new year to look forward to. With all of my new gear and 10,000 hours of studio time I might just be able to get out of my own way.
 
Have a great New Year Everyone.

Fireworks attract idiots. It's just one of those things. 

2014 is starting out ok here. We had a few fireworks but no one set any off at 5:30am. People like that come up missing around here ;)
 
I caught the first cold I've had in a long time. Managed to give it to my poor wife. I think it was all that processed sugar I ingested over Christmas.My cells didn't fight things as well as they normally do loaded up on  sugar.Whenever I get a cold like that my tinnitis kicks up something fierce. Things seem to be getting better slowly. If that's the worst it gets I count myself very fortunate. 
 
I pretty much expect a wet rough winter. We are well over due for one after at least the last three years being very mild winters.They are calling for snow but the stuff doesn't scare me. I'll just move it out of the way if I have to. The Farmers Almanac pretty much said that we could expect a wet winter and it is usually right. I'm prepared about as much as I can be at this point.Ready for the ride where ever it might take me.

I was alone in the house last night when, at 2:45AM, while I'm watching TV upstairs in my room, I hear some tapping on the window next to me (remember, I'm on the second floor).  Needless to say, I jumped and then noticed a little bird (black-cap Junco) standing by the window looking at me.  I'm guessing he got scared by all the fireworks going off, but he sure gave me a start!  Hope he got back home ok.

Hey Steve, I think the best fireworks FAIL had to have been from my home town of San Diego in 2012.  They had FOUR barges all setup to show four synchronized shows around San Diego Bay.  17 minutes of fireworks all accidentally launched at once in 15 seconds of noise and smoke (and five minutes early - it was the final test that set them off).
 
Here's what happened:
 

 
(And, yes, out of all the videos that covered this bust, I picked this one 'cause the reporter is HOT! )

Hot!

 
 

craigb
Hey Steve, I think the best fireworks FAIL had to have been from my home town of San Diego in 2012.  They had FOUR barges all setup to show four synchronized shows around San Diego Bay.  17 minutes of fireworks all accidentally launched at once in 15 seconds of noise and smoke (and five minutes early - it was the final test that set them off).
 
Here's what happened:
 

 
(And, yes, out of all the videos that covered this bust, I picked this one 'cause the reporter is HOT! )

Oh, yeah.  I remember that.  

At least you didn't get Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

They also had fireworks somewhere around here last night. Though they were pretty reasonable and did it at around 10.
 
The year was off to a good start as far as I'm concerned - got drunk with my wife, sat in front of the fireplace and listened to music and picked up songs we wanted to record. The new Bluetooth speakers downstairs did a fantastic job.
 
Nevertheless, earlier today, I've noticed that I could hear my MacBook's internal HD - this thing was as silent as it gets, so that worried me a bit. I ran the disk utility which warned me that I should back up everything and reformat the HD because it could't be repaired.
 
So I logged back in and enabled Time Machine for the first time and backed everything up to my new external HD - which is "Time Machine ready" - whatever that is, and backed up everything.
 
Then I restarted and thought I'd re-run the test before reformatting. Well, this time it worked. It repaired my HD just fine.
 
I can still hear it but I'm breathing more easily knowing that Time Machine is running and keeping everything backed up. I usually back up important files manually, but having everything backed up reassures me.

craigb
All I know is that I've already had a couple of weird dreams this year.  I had one this morning where I'm in a band, but my "instrument" looks more like a small cargo net (like a criss-cross of straps) and the band only plays songs from an artist I don't know.  Not sure what it means, but trying to figure out a bizarre instrument and fit in with whatever songs the rest of the band is playing was... interesting.
 
I by far prefer the ones where I'm shredding away without any clam notes.  *Sigh...*

I have heard of that dream. I think it means you think you have a small penis. 

backwoods

craigb
All I know is that I've already had a couple of weird dreams this year.  I had one this morning where I'm in a band, but my "instrument" looks more like a small cargo net (like a criss-cross of straps) and the band only plays songs from an artist I don't know.  Not sure what it means, but trying to figure out a bizarre instrument and fit in with whatever songs the rest of the band is playing was... interesting.
 
I by far prefer the ones where I'm shredding away without any clam notes.  *Sigh...*

I have heard of that dream. I think it means you think you have a small penis. 

I had to stop its growth.  I didn't want a third foot...