mdlbear | Done yesterday (20111109 We) (Reply)

Being a Wednesday, all the time I would have spent on a walk was in fact spent in our weekly group meeting. But during the lunch break I found that one of my coworkers is a musician and is starting to do some home recording. We'll have lots to talk about.

I did quite a lot of puttering -- I finally replaced the new doorknob set on the front door, which has been coming apart because the ancient door is ~.75 inch thicker than modern ones, by swapping it with the set from the office. Which has setscrews that screw into holes in the shaft. Problem solved.

I also took a good look at the capo I have on Flame, and tried the "cut off a chunk" drop E trick. I win. I also did quite a lot of noodling and some chord practice.

On the other hand, my nose has been stuffed up for the last couple of days; I finally resorted to sudafed at bedtime, after two extra nose-waterings failed to help. I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face, but how about just to get rid of the damned nose?

Today's links include an article from Pravda about The Large Families that rule the world (from tracing large shareholders), and Marconi Union's "Weightless", supposedly the most relaxing tune ever. Whether "relaxing" also means "boring" is a matter of taste; ambient has never been my style. MU have some other cool stuff up, though.

1109 We
  * up 6:35; W=194.0; drugs, nose, teeth, laundry, dishes, exercise, light
  * repaired front doorknob by swapping with the office door, which has one of
    the original, screw-through-the-shaft sets.  Ugly, but solid.
  @ Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever (haikujaguar)  
    Marconi Union - Weightless (most relaxing tune ever) - YouTube     s4s?
    marconi union | myspace
  @ The Large Families that rule the world - English pravda.ru @occupysj
  @ Debtor's Revolution: Are Debt Strikes Another Possible Tactic in the
    Fight Against the Big Banks? | | AlterNet (osewalrus) 
  | nose *very* stuffed up.  Mostly breathing through my mouth.
  & The "cut-a-chunk-off-the-capo" trick works with Flame, too.  I win.
    Lock-Keeper; a bit of Silk and Steel.  Some noodling earlier around
    Wheelin' and Bad Man Medley
  * dropped back to google-chrome-stable to restore flash plugin.
  * chord work.
  * bed 11:30ish