The Chronicles of the Great Nerd Warrior » augblopomo09 http://www.dalcher.com/blog Where the answer is almost always 42. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Missed my monthly blogging target… http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/31/missed-my-monthly-blogging-target/ http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/31/missed-my-monthly-blogging-target/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:54 +0000 dante8 http://www.dalcher.com/blog/?p=3154 Well, at least I missed it for a good reason: Paul and Kara got married last night and we were too busy partying to be back for posting time.  It was great!  I finally got to complete my Best Man duties, dispensing the wedding rings and doing my toast.  I went into this one with a rough outline of what I wanted to say and it turned out pretty good!  I got a lot of compliments on it afterward, and several of Kara’s family asked me to give another speech at their Peoria reception in October.

The reception was totally cool… Paul got up and played his Les Paul with the band.  He played their song “Overbearing” which he had learned four days earlier just for the occasion, and it rocked!  Tasha’s editing up a photo set right now, so hopefully that will be available soon.

Congratulations, Paul and Kara!  I hope you guys enjoy married life and enjoy your Bermuda honeymoon!

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Now Tasha and I are off to church with Paul and Kara, then to their “Last Single Supper” before the wedding.  Tomorrow should be action-packed, wherein I fulfill all of my Best Man duties and the marriage takes place.  There’s not much going on aside from that, so I will leave things there for the evening!

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It should be a good time!  More tomorrow!

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Tonight Kevin and Alison are coming to visit from IL, as they are in town to visit some friends/family of Alison’s, so we’re going to go and get some Beau Jo’s pizza with them.

That’s about all from me right now!

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They’re hosting a cookout at their place on Friday, and they’re having their “last single supper” on Saturday night.  Sunday we’re shooting 9 holes of golf prior to the wedding, and then the main event takes place!  Fun stuff!

]]> http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/26/wedding-rehearsal/feed/ 0 2009 Workout #39: Good workout! http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/25/2009-workout-39-good-workout/ http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/25/2009-workout-39-good-workout/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:23:33 +0000 dante8 http://www.dalcher.com/blog/?p=3144 It was good to be back at the dojo tonight.  We did a few combinations involving back kick and roundhouse kick, then a few partner drills using those combinations.  I was having some coordination problems tonight, and the combinations were 8-9 techniques long and involved several direction changes.  Eventually I got a few reps correctly, but it was tough.

The rest of the class consisted of kata.  We did Bassai Dai, Nijyushiho, and our individual kata (mine, once again, is Sochin).  That was it!

I can’t  wait for August to get over so I have fewer things happening on Friday nights so I can get into the dojo for the second workout of the week.  September looks much better from a scheduling perspective, so that should happen a lot more often.

]]> http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/25/2009-workout-39-good-workout/feed/ 0 Wherein I wish I had something interesting to blog about… http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/24/wherein-i-wish-i-had-something-interesting-to-blog-about/ http://www.dalcher.com/blog/2009/08/24/wherein-i-wish-i-had-something-interesting-to-blog-about/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:38:18 +0000 dante8 http://www.dalcher.com/blog/?p=3142 I had a pretty productive day at the office today, went to lunch with Paul, Kara, and Sameera, and got all of my stuff wrapped up a bit early so I got to head home early.  Tomorrow is stacked from top to bottom with meetings, I think I’ve got about an hour where I don’t have someplace to be.  That has two results: the work day goes by quickly, and I am tired at the end of the day.

I might have some friends coming to visit tomorrow night, if not I’m going to karate.  They were supposed to get hold of me tonight to make plans, so things are somewhat up in the air.

Aside from that I’ve been researching tube amplifiers for my guitar.  I’m looking at a Fender Super Champ XD like Paul has, or a Vox Valvetronix for right now.  I’m going to have to make my way to the guitar shop to try them both out and see which one I like better.  It seems that personal preference is a big factor in buying guitar equipment.  I asked four different people for amp recommendations and got four different answers.  I’m going to go in and have a listen on my own to see which sound I like better and go forward from there.

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After dinner, Paul and I wailed away on our guitars for a bit on his Superchamp amp.  He taught me some new riffs from the Sex Pistols, including a neat little progression with a bend that made me feel cool.  Now we’re back home, watching some TV before bed.  It’s going to be a busy week with Paul and Kara’s wedding coming up, so we’re taking whatever down time we can get.

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For those of you keeping score, I woke up from Paul’s bachelor party no worse for the wear.  Tasha and I went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch and then wandered around the Butterfly Pavillion for awhile, where I held a tarantula.  It was fun!  More later!

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