Pittburgh’s Irish Festival is this weekend
Pittsburgh’s Irish Festival is this weekend. I am looking forward to it.I am probably going to go down to it this Sunday after Church.
Should I put up a music section to my web site
I have posted a few mp3’s I have recorded of my playing my tin whistle, and chances are high that I probably will be posting more mp3 of myself playing. The question now is should I just keep putting links to the new mp3’s on my blog or should I put up some more php[…]
Ode to Joy (well atlest my attempt at it)
I am not very good at the tin whistle yet, but I keep plugging away at it, and with that said here is an attempt by me to play the tune for Ode to Joy (music lovers you might not want to hear this 😉 ). I still need to practice but, I think maybe[…]
Ode to Joy
Some one asked me to do more posts on the Tin Whistle, so here. I have been playing around with playing Ode to Joy. I think I am doing well, but I am having problems with measure 10 and 11 with the 2 1/8 notes followed by a 1/4 note, and proceeded by a 1/4[…]
My review of the hymn section of the new LCMS hymnal
Well here is the review of the hymn section of the new LCMS hymnal (LSB) This is coming from a average church member and tin whistle player. This part of my review of the new hymnal is where I will be the most kind to the new hymnal First they did change some of the[…]
Public Rebuke of Public Sin
The LCMS recently put out a document called “Public Rebuke of Public Sin” in which they say that people in the synod should not publicly talk about it (chat rooms, email, message boards, and blogs). I wonder what the LCMS would say about a monk in Wittenberg, that is speaking against a public sin in[…]
Sorry about the extream lack of posts
Some of my friends have made a comment about the lack of posts here as of late, for this I am sorry I just have been busy as of late. I will try to post more often but life does have a way of getting in the way at times.
More messing around on the Tin Whistle
Well I was messing around with my Tin Whistle tonight and going though my hymnal (The Lutheran Hymnal) and I ran across the tune Coronae (if you click here you can hear my play it, not well but) I will admit I really like the tune, I am not sure about the text of the[…]
Addendum to my review of the New Lutheran Service Book
This is not the second review I promised of the hymn section, this is something I should have put in the first review, but did not find till today. It would be filed under the section of Bad: One section that they omitted from LSB, was the section with the Propers. In TLH it was[…]
The Pictures from today are up
The Pictures from today’s bike ride are up
Today’s WPLUG Open Source Picnic
Today WPLUG had it’s 5 annual picnic. Also today I biked up to it for the second year in a row I biked up to it. This year I got some one else to go with me. I am really happy with how well I did on the ride today, we went up 18th street,[…]
The new Lutheran Hymnal is out here is my review of it
Well the new Lutheran hymnal for the LCMS came out this month, and I got my copy back on Tuesday, so I thought I would post a review of it, for others who might have an interested in it. These only represent my own option and no one else’s. I would have posted a review[…]
Toastmasters
A while back I joined a group at work called Toastmasters. I joined because public speaking unnerves me, and the group is one that helps people develop public speaking skills. Today I gave my second speech, I gave a talk on the biking laws in PA. It was received well. I am going to start[…]
Congrates to Matt and Erica
I wish to send out my congratulations to my friends Matt Wilson, and Erica as they were joined in Christian Marriage today.
Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France
Well not only does the US keep the yellow jersey, Pennsylvania own Floyd Landis wins, from what I under stand he is from Landcaster PA. PA rules. The Tour this year was really exciting, and very close.
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