Tried to get a new CPU for my linux box today
but it looks like Best buy does not sell them any more, well atlest that is what I was told when I said I wanted to buy one. So I guess my photo section will be down for a little bit longer.
Tin Whistle music
Well here is another post. I have recorded some music that I played on my tin whistle click here to bleed your ears out
I forgot how bad the spam on my blog was
But I am getting about 30 an hour now. Spammers are the scum of the earth. It is not like they will ever get their stuff posted here, nor will I ever use their trashy stuff.
Bowling
I went bowling tonight with some friends of mine from church. It was a lot of fun, my first game I got some where in the 60’s my second game I got a 112.
Tin Whistle
I know some people would like me to post about my latest stuff with my Tin Whistle, well back on Easter Tim Palmer and I played the last hymn at church. Usally this is done on the front lawn for easter Sunday but this year it was to cold. “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”[…]
The mail is starting to come in
Well I have been elected to represent the South Western Pittsburgh circut at the LCMS national convention in Huston TX this year. Well I am starting to get a lot of information in the mail, and I am thinking I might not be able to read it all. But I will give a try; I[…]
I know it been a long time since I have posted here
And some of my friends at church and one of my friends from WoW (darkmessiah) have been incuraging me to post so ok I will post and I have a few posts to do today, so watch out.
Got my first bike ride in for the year
Well I biked to work for the first time this year, it was great to pull the bike out of storage and bike to work, what a thrill, there is nothing like a great morning bike ride, I pity the people that have to drive to work. I will update the mile count on top[…]
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Got an email today asking about my tin whistle playing and if I am still doing it. The answer to that question is yes I am still doing it. lately I have been practicing the following Easter Carol “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” I have been doing well, well at lest I think so.[…]
No posts as of late
I have gotten 2 email in the last couple of days asking why I have not posted much. Well during the colder months there is not much to talk about, no biking. I use to do political but politics have been so full of hate lately I really don’t think I want to deal with[…]
Photo section down for a bit
Until I can get my linux box back up and the backup of my photo section back, I have deleted it since some asshole hacker thinks he is cute by hacking the site. Sorry to any one, I hope that kid that did it suffers some massive painful event soon.
I hate spam
It does not matter how big I make my mail box quota, I just upped it again I upped it by another 100Mb it was only 100Mb, I get a phone call almost every other day I get a call that mail is bouncing again. I get so much spam that my personal email address[…]
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Merry Christmas to every one.
I must be the only one that does this
(Young single guy that is . . .) My mother dropped off my presents for Christmas that she and my dad got me this year at my apartment, I must be the only single young guy that did not rush to open them, they are still wrapped under my tree (well except 3 since they[…]
Tested the bulbs in my Christmas Tree Lights
I just tested all the bulbs in my main 100 light strain, there were only 17 that worked, and 83 were bad. I need to find a place that I can get some replacement bulbs for it. I know I could just by a new 100 strain but I don’t see it good to just[…]
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