Seize the Day

Mia and Pop Pop on the carousel

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:12:00 -0400

Mia and Pop Pop on the carousel

New videos up on youtube, here is one....

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:55:23 -0400

New videos up on youtube, here is one....

What's He Got

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:29:05 -0400

What's He Got

Bear, waiting for something to happen.

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:59:12 -0400

Bear, waiting for something to happen.

A fine Friday night

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:56:35 -0400

A good night of riding, Bandit did well on the cows after a while… I liked when I had to chase one back to the herd at a gallop… on the way home stopped at Stewart’s and picked up a 12 pack of beer, made some popcorn and got a nice buzz on. Ahhh, a fine Friday night.

Spring cleanup

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:29:00 -0400

I finally got one (out of four) trimmers working, thank goodness. I got so frustrated yesterday I took one of the trimmers and threw it in the garbage. (I might go back later and take it out… no let it go) I put the repaired gear box on the brushhog so I can do some mowing soon. The sun is out and I’m feeling better.

My new preamp. Made this from schematic and it works great. ...

Tue, 19 May 2009 16:56:40 -0400

My new preamp. Made this from schematic and it works great. Then I had to fabricate the input module.. switches, jacks, battery hookup etc.

Remember this? linked to set on flickr

Wed, 06 May 2009 09:37:28 -0400

Remember this? linked to set on flickr

A record heat for the end of April of 89 degrees was enough to...

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:48:46 -0400

A record heat for the end of April of 89 degrees was enough to give my paints their first bath of the season. Let me tell you they really needed it. This is linked to flickr.

Easter Sunday visit. Mia feed Romeo and had a great time.

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:58:17 -0400

Easter Sunday visit. Mia feed Romeo and had a great time.

Happy Birthday to Adele and Andrew!

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:57:49 -0400

First things first, Diana and I want to wish a happy birthday to two wonderful people. I’m sure you will have a nice party this week and wish we could be there.

Into the Mystic

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:08:37 -0400

Played “Into the Mystic”, “I can see clearly now”, and “Brown Eyed Girl” last night on my baritone guitar. Pete stopped in after his gig and played some mean guitar with the band… How cool is that!

Got my MRI yesterday for my shoulder and see the doctor next week.

A Great night out with Jennifer and Pete and Andrew.

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:28:00 -0400

Wild night at Gaffney’s, Jennifer WOWED the crowd and Pete is a great host. Lisa, Forrest, Pete, and Jennifer were my backup singers for “The Weight”… cool

Our horses on ustream

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:32:00 -0500

Our horses on ustream:

LIVE Ustream

Horses kicking up their heels! A 5min video recorded from Ustream

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:42:00 -0500

Horses kicking up their heels! A 5min video recorded from Ustream:

I Ustreamed several hours of the horses at today, and recorded a cool segment by chance… I was at the computer when some action was going on and recorded it. Check it out.

Twenty Five Things About ME

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:05:00 -0500

I can fix almost anything with duck tape, bailing twine, or hot glue. I just used my hot glue to make my keyboard slip proof. I repaired several horse blankets in the last two weeks. My profile photo… the brim has black duck tape which is hot glued on… 2 points!
I have trouble throwing anything away, and half the time when I do I go back and get it out of the trash.
I learned to ski when I was forty, and became a ski instructor at West Mountain for five years. I’ve got a funny ID photo to prove it.
I have a degree in electronics and Management and was a electronic hobbyist for several years, I can still fix my guitar amp. I designed and built a darkroom timer and light meter for my enlarger. For the younger people out there, before digital cameras they used this to enlarge photos, with FILM. I still have that, and the cameras. See note 2.
Working for the phone company I was part of the whole transformation from mechanical to computerized switches. The memory was stored on aluminum cards with little magnets on them. See note 2.
I bought my first computer in the early eighties, a TI and learned to program Basic, Extended Basic, and Forth. I still have that computer… wonder if it works, see note 2.
I learned the C programming language at work when I didn’t have to but I was bored. I still have a 8088 computer which I programmed in C. wonder if it works, see note 2.
I used to dislike cats. Now we have two barn cats and I like then fine. Maybe because they don’t come in the house. Kitty McKay only meows when he’s hungry, needs some TLC, or wants to show off his “prize”… he is a barn cat after all.
I wrote a Guitar Simulation program for the TI Computer in the eighties… I now wished I spent that time practicing more. I did learn a lot about theory though.
I got my first horse just eight years ago. I train, ride, and do my own trimming. I like trail rides and rides through the woods.(sounds like a classified) I should have been a cowboy (I do that song) I’m not afraid of getting hurt or falling off a horse, which lets me try stuff out… wish me luck. I don’t fall off much anymore.
I’m sorry I traumatized my daughters by holding them in the ocean at Robert Moses State Park with the waves. They told me years later they were scared stiff.
I’ve been hosting the open mic at Caffe Lena since 1990. It’s not that I’m such a good player, though I’m making progress, but I went almost every week and was dependable. I still go almost every week to the Caffe and every Tuesday to Pete’s open mic at Gaffney’s. He is so good.
I love to cook. My specialties are stuffed grapevine leaves, any kind of breakfast, crepes, tomato sauce, and I make a mean turkey soup and am especially good at throwing leftovers together… having them taste good… well not so much.
I love photography. Now I post many on flickr but I’ve been taking pictures since high school, with a black and white Polaroid. I got my first SLR when I was in the Air Force stationed at Goose Bay, Labordor. See note 2.
I don’t read for pleasure much and most of my books are computers, horses, and fixing things… building things. I just went through a 700 page on a computer system in about a two weeks, but read a novel… not lately. The last novel I read was Lord of the Rings.
I built all the stalls and lofts in my barn with rough cut lumber. I’m no carpenter but their built strong. I build with no plan, I just pick a place to start and design as I go. Sometimes I’ll get an idea and do it a year later… who knows.
I can touch type. Thank you Mrs. Bressler in 10th grade at Martin Van Buren HS. I took the class because I know there would be mainly girls in that class. YUP, I was right. Typing has given me the edge in my career as a computer technician in the phone company because the early systems were all input output manuals with long commands. I could type it right from the book. I even learned to re home my fingers to the numbers on top. It doesn’t sound like a big deal but it was for me. I still type pretty well, but thank God for spell checker.
I don’t text on the phone… too hard.
My drink of choice when I go to a bar is a Gunness draft. I don’t really like Gunness but that’s the best way to “nurse” a drink for an hour. If I liked it it would be gone in no time. Then a couple of Guinness’s for the evening and my head is still on straight. Besides, it’s more like a snack than a drink.
Cesar Millan is my fashion mentor… really, I want to know where he gets his shirts.
I grew up in the projects in Astoria Queens. I remember looking out my window at the courtyard in the summer and wondered why I couldn’t be outside playing punch ball or hand ball instead of going to bed early. P.S. My brother Chris was the coolest guy in the world, he worked at the candy store and sometimes I got a free soda!
I dislocated my shoulder learning how to snowboard. When I was training my young colt he would pull it out all the time. I used to put a belt to strap my elbow to my side. I did eventually train that horse. My wife and friend Steve knows how to pop it back in if she has to.
I am a songwriter and have written some memorable songs. I say that because on several occasions I have gotten a request for a song which someone heard once, several years prior.
I am such a wimp at times, a good commercial can get me going. I usually go in the other room on some pretense so my wife don’t know…. she ALWAYS knows.
I’ve been learning how to rope and I practiced on the dogs. (One is 140lb and the other 110) Till this day if they don’t come when their called, I can go out with the rope and they run in the house like their tail was on fire. I’m not as good on cows yet.

New photos up on Flickr

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:07:37 -0500

New photos up on Flickr

Lets Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:37:26 -0500

Lets Talk Dirty in Hawaiian

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:04:56 -0500

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

Photos up of Caffe Lena’s open mic for Nov and Dec, click...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:16:00 -0500

Photos up of Caffe Lena’s open mic for Nov and Dec, click pix :)