Joe G

Colorado, maybe Portland, Oregon. East Coast is nice. I have no idea what I'd do for a living in these places, though.

Would your guitarist mind if I sat in on Bright Size Life sometime?

You and Congressman Jefferson.

He showed up with his wife at one of our gigs in Philly as well. Our experience was the same - very nice guy to talk with.

Kinda wild. The tornado sirens sounded an hour or so ago, so I went outside to check the sky. The big storm was off to the north, rising from the treeline to partially obscure the Big Dipper. Occasional flashes of lightning lit up the entire cloud mass. To the south, the moon (and Venus) was being overtaken by another storm moving northeast. Directly above was a clear sky, replete with the Summer Triangle. A meteor streaked overhead. Wind seemed to be blowing almost due north, though I can't be sure of that. The relative calm that prevailed then has ended, as I believe the southern storm has arrived. A scary-strong gust of wind just passed through. Temps are warm. So there you have it.

Seems forever isn't as long as you might think!

"Take a chance. If everything works, it's probably not right."

It would be the latter!

The forum has been good to me. ~ Last night I discovered another missing item: a good pair of Sennheiser headphones.

Even creepier at night...

Just got back from dinner with my cousin, and I have to admit to being a little jumpy arriving back at the house... I should start by cleaning that creepy handprint off the window.

Thanks, bro! Not missing anything in the music department, gladly.

Also forgot to mention that earlier in the day, after packing up camp in the rain, we had a flat tire out on the interstate, which required us to unload half the car to get the spare out. In the rain. Hell of a day! Wasn't all bad, though - got the tire fixed pretty quickly, and later had lunch with my parents, and a nice visit with Grandma.

Looks like it's as much "welcome to the club" as anything, sadly. I'm really not that attached to "stuff", but obviously nobody wants people breaking in to take it. I think the worst part for me was seeing Rachel that upset. I will be tightening up a few things around here, security-wise. Also, I live on a busy street, and it always bothered me when leaving on a trip to be carrying a suitcase out the front door in plain sight of everyone. I think I'll be taking a more stealth approach in the future by backing the car up to the attached garage and going out the back.

That's what I mean about "it could have been worse." That would be considerably more unsettling to me than a break-in while away!

I am in town, though my neighbors are pretty spread out, and the house right next door has been vacant for a year (I was on friendly terms with the couple that lived there, but they lost the house, unfortunately). It is a farmhouse, oddly enough, and there's lot of "empty" space behind me for someone to do just what clem has heard about. Yeah, I'm over the nerves and all, and will be getting on. Just had to vent, though - thank you all for the well wishes.

Came home this evening from a wonderful weekend camping in northern Michigan with my gal, to find that someone had broken into my house while we were away. They made off with about 2 grand in cash, Rachel's purse, and the wedding bands belonging to my late wife and I, which I had kept in a ceramic dish on a desk. Pretty damn nerve-racking after it finally sunk in. Wasn't too hard to see where he had entered: he cut the screen on the back window and simply pushed it open. My fault for being lax and not locking the window. Taught me not to be complacent about that anymore! On the plus side, he was clearly looking for small items to carry away, and left all my guitars, amps, guitar gear and stereo equipment untouched. Also they didn't fuck with my cat (she probably hid herself away). One really weird part, and the first sign that something was amiss: he had carried a belt from my upstairs closet, as well as a bag of tealight candles from the upstairs computer room all the way downstairs, only to leave them at the back window. It made no sense at all, as these items had no value, and shouldn't have even caught his attention. Also thought it was strange that after he removed the money from the firesafe, he locked it back up, and took the key with him. Then he closed the window behind him when he left (the front door was still locked). The cop who answered the call was pretty thorough. It was kind of creepy as he was dusting for prints on the outside of the window; all of a sudden, we could see a clear handprint in the center of the window. That was smeared, however, though he said he got some good prints elsewhere. Hopefully a match will be found. Another weird thing I remembered right away was having a dream the first night we were camping. I dreamed that someone had broken into the house while I was there. The difference was that they came in through the basement window, rather than the back window. I heard them in the basement, and ran down to furiously confront them. It was a dream that left me a bit unsettled, frankly. Not as unsettling as the reality, of course. Could have been much worse, but goddam it... !!!

Thanks!!

I believe that it's possible to set up an automatic monthly credit card payment to the site if someone wants to go that way.

You really know how to sell a band. :rsmile: I must concur.

YAOW! And just when you thought it couldn't get worse, it gets worse. I'm sure the guys in the pit orchestra carried on about that performance for months. And now Stacy's nightmare lives on, thanks to youtube.

What the heck is that?

Nope, not yet.