Played a poker tournament this morning, 1,021 people. I finished 75th, on the 4th pay level. 93rd percentile, not to shabby for not playing in a while.

Merry Christmas.

Just about 50 minutes of music finished for the conspiracy album. The first four tracks are set and total about 25 minutes and the last track is set, it's around 18 minutes. There's one "scene" in track 5 that's comprised mostly of effects with subtle background music that I haven't gotten to yet. I'm about 4 minutes into track 6 right now. 7 and 8 ( Read more... )

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I make a habit out of mistaking passion for talent, acquaintances for friends, risk for reward, and politeness for understanding.

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I'm up to a little over 42 minutes with music for the conspiracy album. 3 or 4 songs to go. kickass indeed.

So I've gotten really into investing as of late. Like anything I jump into, I've been researching obsessively, it's something I've always found interesting, but this is the first time in my life that I've actually had some money to put into the market. The more I learn the more I wish that more people my age were getting into it. There's so much ( Read more... )

The leader of the "Nation of Islam" just claimed to be beamed into a UFO where Muhammad told him the president planned a war against Libya ( Read more... )

A couple days ago I received some mail from the AARP. Apparently they think I just turned 50 and they want me to become a member. There was even a sample card in there ( Read more... )

Last Monday I went to the debut of the new live Cream DVD at a movie theater in Novi. Erika's mom won tickets on the radio. It was pretty awesome, very much recommended if you're into Cream, Eric Clapton, classic rock, the blues, jazz, jams/improvisation, etc. They gave away some prize packs, Urr's mom and I both won one. Inside was the 2-disc DVD ( Read more... )