I was surprised...I had already convinced myself to just drop off the back halfway through after the sprint climb....but I just had it in me to keep going. I guess good rest makes a world of difference.

Sounds like you came up on some fitness. Well done my friend.

Didja spin an easy five miler on your day off?

Or you afraid to go near bike?

Uh-huh.

I stayed away...but I did try to kayak for the first time...

Last night's open mic was a combination of humiliation and success. If I can derive some of the latter to go with the former, it's progress. I'll tell you what: it's far easier sitting in your house playing the guitar/singing that in a dark bar up on a little gnarly stage in front of a room full of half drunken bumfarkers. Mainly because the song we were playing was one me and this woman had rehearsed for 10 mins in a rainy parking lot. Later I was just playing the guitar with some guys up on stage and then I got to lead the band and sing on a blues standard I'm quite familiar with and that last number was the one that went well. Getting more confident in my lead guitar playing, which really makes it a blast.

I greatly prefer playing to the singing/playing, but it's the singing that may help land me in more playing situations, so sing I must.

All that being said, time to ride. Still soggy here.

Where's the video?

Every once in a while I ride past an armory/indoor shooting range place. What could possibly go wrong around there?

I also do not feel safe riding past a nearby golf driving range, but for different reasons.

Joe Bonamassa is from your neck of the woods. When he was younger, in Bloodline, he had no idea he had a voice. Already a prodigy, once he discovered his voice was decent, he just plain took off. I saw him here in Colorado Springs for $5 in 2003. He has now played Albert Hall and I cannot afford tickets, but I can say I saw him when he was unknown.

It's not too late for you, Pcad. Keep playing and singing. You're probably better than your self-deprecating self wants to admit.

Bonamassa live at Pierre's. Shot in 2001. The final ten minutes are mind-blowing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGrsH57Pl0

Good day to buy more Apple stock. The Market is down because of Geese.

You know, a goose alone is no problem, but you get a pack of them together, and Geese can really crash a market. Wegman's bans Geese for just that reason, after they kicked the snot out of the Food Lion, which is really more of a Food ***** when it comes down to it.

JB is from 4-5 hours upstate from here, right state, but not the exact same area, we're close to NY City.

Correct.

The guy's talent is mind blowing. I love his singing/song writing and playing. Hendrix's talent was mind blowing too, but I never LIKED him that much. I like JB.

Man, that dude is the best effing guitar player I have ever heard period the friggin end. Sweet mother of Marshall that kid can wail on the guitar. Love it.

When So It's Like That came out, the entire Pierre's show came as a bonus on DVD. I have that DVD, and it still rivals any SRV DVD I have, even live at Montreaux.

My ultimate guitar hero is Setzer - he's from even closer to you, Massapequa. Saw him in '82 and last time was 2007 for the Christmas show. Incredible live show.

If you want a copy of the Bonamassa DVD, I can see about burning it.

What's a DVD?

It is an ancient form of storing large amounts of data.

Those were the days.

I still use a VCR to tape my TV shows. Not paying $7 a month for a service or equipment I will never own.

A VCR is an even more ancient form of storing TV shows and movies. In [the Air Force] Germany back in the 80's, our families would send us 8 hour tapes of MTV as it had not yet spread widely to Europe and we only got AFN. We'd all gather in the dayroom with a keg of beer and watch Slade, Billy Idol and Ozzy and play Risk.

MTV had music on it?

That's what I mean by ancient. We're talking stuff that 'artists' these days sample.

I remember that. I used to watch television back in those days.

I was a 23 year old recent college grad living in my first shared house with some other guys (c. 1981) and we got cable, and there was MTV. Martha Quinn and music videos. That's when it was fun to watch. Now it's one idiotic show after another.

Ordered a garmin 500 today. Yipppeee......

I lived in Jersey when MTV hit the air. It was kind of a trip after just hearing JJ Jackson's voice on WPLJ, being able to see him sitting on a barstool introducing videos.

OK, that's enough sentimentalization.