Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-13

  • http://twitpic.com/1dq943 – Landa Park and Friesenhaus date night. #
  • Well, according to this morning's doctor, Dad gets another six weeks with the cast and wheelchair. Rats. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/1ebgtk – Work is getting a bit silly today. #
  • Fun day at the river with some of our UK relatives! Passed pot smokers, a wedding, live country music, and hundreds of kayaks. #fb #
  • Why isn't this iPad lending immense richness and meaning to my existence? I think it must be broken. #fb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-06

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-30

  • Recreating my favorite breakfast as a teen: toast with cheese, bacon, and salsa. Still wonderful! (And oh, so healthy!) #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/1bbl96 – Today's project: build picnic table from deck scrap. #
  • http://twitpic.com/1bd87m – Liam lends a hand. #
  • http://twitpic.com/1bddgc – Mission accomplished! It's no beauty but it keeps things off the ground! #
  • Cigarettes will kill you. Probably tonight. With a machete. #fb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-23

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-16

  • O'Malarkey, the Irish band with which I play, performs tonight at the San Marcos public library at 7:00pm. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/17s6zy – Great day to skip work and play at the river with the kids! #
  • Thanks to all the marvelous people who sent birthday wishes. It was, in a variety of ways, my most remarkable birthday yet. #fb #
  • What the…? This bagpipe doesn't come with instructions? (Other than an implicit "some assembly required.") #fb #
  • Apple sent me an "iPad Now Available for Pre-Order" email 5 minutes after I'd placed a pre-order. #fb #
  • Busy spring day: Garage sales, yardwork, kid outings, and an O'Malarkey show/potluck in Wimberley tonight. Whew! #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/18f51v – At Pioneer Town setting up for tonight's show. #
  • http://twitpic.com/18f8ja – Marissa painted a bodhran for the band. Beautiful! #
  • Texas Mountain Laurels and Redbuds are in bloom. It's the good-stinkiest time of year. #fb #
  • Check out KaleidoVid – a Kaleidoscope for your iPhone. Created by my buddy David @appcubby & @polarbearfarm: http://bit.ly/KaleidoVid #
  • http://twitpic.com/18yzic – Chicken fried bacon!?!? Saints preserve us! (And our cardiologists.) #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-09

  • The guy who helped us at Home Depot today had an impressive (and slightly alarming) amount of expertise in building cannons. #fb #
  • At the Long Center to see PDQ Bach. Squeeeee! #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/16l9p9 – Lunch w/Kathy at the river. Nibbling on grapefruit while minnows nibble on us. #
  • You know you're in a tough orchestra when a percussionist shows up at rehearsal with a 9mm glockenspiel. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/16qjnm – The cleverly-painted output chute on the San Marcos Cemetery's wood chipper. #
  • Sears: 12 placemats don't need to be giftwrapped individually. Also, either delivery or pickup should be available. Lost sale! #fb #
  • March 6. I guess it's about time to take down the Christmas ornaments. #fb #
  • Wonderful birthday party. Thank you, dear ones, for helping me ring in the next decade joyfully, in style, and with ballistics. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/17cp4m – Party aftermath. Fun to have musician friends! #
  • Do other people's cats come running excitedly from across the house when they get fresh litter? Seems kinda bizarre to me. #fb #
  • iPhone friends: is there a way to load a single app from a dev machine without having to delete all your normal apps from a main machine? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-02

  • http://twitpic.com/14zqm8 – Dad throwing the newly-minted MC(mains) gang sign. Yo. #
  • Dad: Surgery on both legs scheduled for today at 10:00am. Local anaesthesia, so should be lucid soon after. #fb #
  • We neutered the cat yesterday and will neuter the dog tomorrow. Were I dad, I'd be nervous about having surgery today. #fb #
  • Dad's surgery went fine. Will be in hospital for another 48hrs or more, then likely back home with wheelchair and hospital bed. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/15hv9u – Big Lou's 42' pizza. Oh yeah. #
  • http://twitpic.com/15i3n2 – We won! The aftermath of the 42' pizza. #
  • The bald eagle has landed! Dad is back to his house. #fb #
  • Big day: One of Emily's paintings is going on to State & Abby's dance team took 1st at their competiton. Yay girls! #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/15wye0 – Beautiful day for mini golf with a beautiful girl. #
  • Another family dinner ends in moderately off-color hilarity. I can't decide if we're doing family time very well or very badly. #fb #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-23

  • Dad: still alert, in good spirits, ICU. Looking at 3 months in wheelchair while legs mend. Today's task: Breathe deep, avoid pneumonia. #fb #
  • Dad: Still in ICU, waiting on regular room. Not sleeping well, more sore, but otherwise OK. May not have leg surgery after all. #fb #
  • Dad: Doing OK. Moved to Room 736, University Hospital. Surgery now likely for legs next week. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. #fb #
  • Dad: first visit from PT. Learning how to move to/from wheelchair. Surgery is a go for Thursday. Don't know when discharge will be. #fb #
  • Off to Waco with the whole family for Baylor University Sing! (Hi Jason and Barry!) #fb #
  • Dad: Shifted to the other bed in same room for window view. Plan to move to rehab Monday. Still generally doing well. #fb #
  • http://twitpic.com/14qxit – Maggie receives medal for character and tolerance at her school. #
  • http://twitpic.com/14ri1e – Maggie receives medal for character and tolerance at her school. #
  • Tonight I sadly tendered my resignation from O'Malarkey, the Irish band, effective at the end of March. Too much life going on. #fb #
  • Dad: Won't be moving to rehab before surgery after all. Measuring beds, door frames, figuring how to manage a wheelchair at their house. #fb #
  • Snow in San Marcos? That's unpossible! #fb #

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Pretending to be Jason

My excellent friend Jason Young is deep into the part of his year where he writes and transcribes hundreds of pages of sheet music for Baylor University’s annual Sing event. Since he recently harassed me for not having posted anything to the weblog lately, I thought I’d take a stab at pretending to be him for half an hour and posting the results. Here they are:

For No OneThis is the solo from The Beatles “For No One”, which my dear horn-playing Abigail has been after me to transcribe for her for months. It is transposed here into what is (I think) an easy key for horn, and hopefully a comfortable range. (Jason, let me know if I’ve gotten that wrong!)

The big obstacle to doing this up to now has been notation software — I’ve been reluctant to shell out for the commercial packages, but all of the free/open-source stuff I’ve found has quickly made me crazy. But this morning I stumbled across MuseScore, an actively-developed, well thought-out application that allowed me to learn it well enough to knock out this simple score in about 30 minutes.

I’m really pleased with the program, and am looking forward to more easily be able to do some sheet music for O’Malarkey, the Irish band I’m playing with, as well. If you ever have occasion to write out music, take a look! (It handles scores, lyrics, and chord names as well.)