Friday Fill In #118

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1. Angel or not, I will mutter under my breath at pedestrians who refuse to use the sidewalk, and instead walk in the road.

2. Susan, I will, ahem, let you have me any way you want me. 🙂 Wowza!

3. As my mother used to say, you’re full of beans.

4. I like to relax in the shower after I’m done working out or doing something strenuous.

5. Even in the most crowded of rooms there is still plenty of oxygen to go around. Cool, eh?

6. The day the government tries to come take my snare drums from me is a day fraught with peril–for them.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to getting home from my gig, tomorrow my plans include a birthday celebration and a gig, and Sunday, I want to ride my scooter–if the weather holds out!

Latest Drum Project

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Here’s a restoration of an early ’80s Ludwig Supraphonic. This was the snare that John Bonham of Led Zepplin used to get his classic “crack.” The Supra was made of seamless, spun metal. The vast majority of the time, that was aluminum, as it was cheap. But, Ludwig used whatever they could find, and whatever was cheap on the market that week. Brass Supras turn up, and they’re highly collectable. Sometimes, some steel would make it into the cauldron too. Most, though, were “Lud-Alloy,” i.e. aluminium. Bonham prefered the aluminum versions, and the 6.5″ depth. I’ve owned plenty of Supras over the years, but all in the more common 5″ depth. This is the first at 6.5″.

Before.

After. After without the flash.

Friday Fill-In #117

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Janet says “This week, I took the first sentence in 6 of my favorite books…you fill them in…with the right words or even better, ones of your own.

1. “In a hole in the ground there lived Larry the lizard who liked lemonade, and spent his afternoons lounging.”

2. “Some folks call it a sling blade, but I call it a Kaiser blade, but that ain’t no matter.”

3. “After dark the rain began to fall again, the storm drains backed up. There’s only so much the sewer system could take.”

4. “He was an old Spanish fish from the hold of the Spanish galleon.”

5. “There was a hand in the darkness, and it was connected to the arm bone, and it was connected to the shoulder, and that was connected to the bank president’s mistress.”

6. “Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, and so do snipers.”

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to, well, nothing in particular, tomorrow my plans include serving at the church spaghetti supper, and Sunday, I want to resolve to have a better week than this one!

My Wife

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I dont think Ive mentioned lately how much I love my wife, amd how thankful I am God gave her to me. Its nights like tonight that remind me of that fact. Im a complete hosebag, and shes so wonderful. Thank you, Susan.

B