Day 3: starting to notice improvement in pain level with a given quantity of medication. This seems to be a good and expected development. I thought it would be fun, interesting, or at least blog-like to jot down some thoughts about this surgery. In no particular order, here we go: … Continue reading
Just a quick note to pass along these videos of Taku performing with A.R. Rahman on the Tonight Show and Oprah. He’s playing Taiko in both… V-
Just got back home a bit ago from surgery. It went well. The hospital was supposed to call on Friday with the arrival time. They called but didn’t leave messages. The last instructions I got were to expect an arrival time around 11:00 a.m. and that I couldn’t have anything … Continue reading
I did my annual recurrent training this week. It entailed two days of ground school in Atlanta followed by two days of simulator training in Memphis. The second simulator day is actually a checkride, so poor performance has significant adverse consequences. It went relatively smoothly. Day 1 was DC-10 systems … Continue reading
I departed Manchester this morning for a week of recurrent training. When I went to go through security, I noticed the longer that usual line. There are two checkpoints in Manchester, one of which is really two checkpoints in close proximity to each other. Half of that checkpoint was closed … Continue reading
The jazz music world has lost another giant. Louie Bellson passed away February 14, 2009. More detailed information can be found on his website which is updated by his loving wife. There were many great big band drummers, but only a handful whose names were repeatedly mentioned as being the … Continue reading
So I did my taxes this past week. It was irritating as usual. It takes me several days all together to get everything done and the result is the government plunders the fruit of my labor. Someday, I’ll expand on my developing idea that government is actually a church of … Continue reading
On Wednesday, I went to Concord for two committee meetings of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives Education Committee. They were hearing testimony relating to House Bill 367 and House Bill 368. I went to deliver my own testimony relating to those bills. Last year, a bill was submitted … Continue reading
Some of the best representatives in New Hampshire have introduced a fabulous bill that goes to executive session today. The title itself is inspiring: A RESOLUTION affirming States’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles. You can read the text online, but just in case they change it, I’m including today’s version … Continue reading
