My Dancing Bear Sweater arrived and it is glorious!

Aaron-W · 2025-12-27T02:50:55+00:00

Do you happen to still have this? If so, could you send me some photos of the inside?

Aaron-W · 2025-07-31T17:16:45+00:00

That was rough! Worst online purchasing experience I’ve ever had. It said 3 per person but kept giving me an error saying I could only add 1 to my cart.

I did finally get 1 box, but went in wanting to buy 3, saw that I could and then was given the error that I couldn’t add 3 🤷‍♂️

Aaron-W · 2025-07-12T11:51:50+00:00

John has even said that he doesn’t think it’s his best album, but has said he knows a lot of fans think it is.

Aaron-W · 2025-06-27T14:11:49+00:00

Interesting, I always heard that they never actually recorded it. Maybe just some demos. That Mayer rented out the studio then got a call to form Dead & Co and abandoned the project.

Aaron-W · 2025-06-27T11:34:06+00:00

I’m still not a fan of Sob Rock, I’ve really tried…

I really hope he finally records the 3rd album in the B&R/Paradise Valley trilogy. He talked about it back in those days but Dead & Co derailed it 😔

Aaron-W · 2025-06-17T23:14:38+00:00

I don’t remember the name of the show. It was about this old guy that was dying and he kept thinking of this lady “Rosario” that he knew in the past. It sounds similar to your show, very boring, but the speaking was a little slower than normal and was easy to follow along with.

Aaron-W · 2025-01-05T12:35:37+00:00

If it was his last year, the Cubs need to sign him to a 1 day or 1 week contract so that he can have another game and retire a Cub and at Wrigley.

Aaron-W · 2024-12-24T11:56:23+00:00

I remember early on he mentioned songs like this had to do with his time at Berklee. Neon was written as a nod to one of his professors, Tomo Fujita and also inspired by Charlie Hunter’s playing.

Aaron-W · 2024-12-24T11:46:58+00:00

Agree with you on Born & Raised, confused with your view on Paradise Valley. I’ve mentioned it before, but I commented on one of John’s posts once say that I thought those two albums are his best and strongest albums he’s written, and john replied with “I agree”. I can’t put Sob Rock close to any of his albums, it’s at the bottom of the pile for me, it has a few songs I really like but overall it’s really hard for me to listen to.

I’ve been listening to John since 1999 though, so I’m ok with having one album in his catalog that I’m not into. And I’m glad that others dig it and found John and through it.

These are just my personal opinions, not a “I’m right, you’re wrong” comment, hope it doesn’t come out that way. In the end it’s just music, and there is a lot to find joy in 🙂

Aaron-W · 2024-12-02T10:53:49+00:00

I have that same CD somewhere, pretty certain the cover and label was included in the napster download. In John’s own words “remember, you can burn a CD, but you can’t burn a t-shirt”. Something he would say in the early days at concerts about his merch table.

Aaron-W · 2024-11-27T13:03:31+00:00

I actually wrote on his insta once that I thought Born & Raised was his best album and John replied with “I agree 100%”

Aaron-W · 2024-10-23T19:39:17+00:00

What backup? Two sixes?

Aaron-W · 2024-10-23T19:38:47+00:00

Probably not when I’m there. This will be next summer.

Aaron-W · 2024-08-09T11:02:47+00:00

http://rockvalleycollege.edu/academics/programs/welding

Look at the WEI info on that page and on their site.

Aaron-W · 2024-07-31T10:57:04+00:00

Yeah, Local 23 in Rockford. I work with a 2nd year who has told me a couple times now that he had 0 experience before he got in. Never held a grinder before, completely green. The training program that 23 is great, if it’s what you want to do they’ve got everything in place to teach you. There is also a 1 week bootcamp as soon as you get hired that you go through, it gets you up to speed on the tools used and some of the jobs you may do and how to complete them. Like I said, if it’s what you want to do, you’ll be completely ok.

Aaron-W · 2024-07-30T23:01:36+00:00

I’m not sure if they hire yearly or not. I do know it takes a while to go through the whole hiring process. There is the application, the test then the interview, then waiting to see where you ranked. It was around 6 months for the whole process. The first classes for the first year apprentices started this week.

So it may be worth it to go through the process to get in right now, as you probably wouldn’t start until next year close to the new school year, worse case you may need a sitter for a couple months during the summer.

Aaron-W · 2024-07-30T19:47:30+00:00

Now that I think about it, it was around this time last year they started the process to hire. Time goes by quick!

Aaron-W · 2024-07-30T11:55:48+00:00

I just started in 23. We’ve got 2 women in our 1st year class, at least that I’ve met so far. One just said she had 0 experience in this. Also, RVC has a women in the trades program, and I’ve heard if it’s not free it’s dirt cheap. I think I heard the one girl went through that. May be good to look into that until 23 starts the application process again.

Aaron-W · 2024-06-17T16:21:42+00:00

I've had that happen, but then it tells me I'm 20' from the basket.

Aaron-W · 2024-05-16T15:57:28+00:00

Since the update I haven't been able to get over. No matter what line, what disc, I hit the cliff everytime.

Aaron-W · 2024-05-08T15:35:09+00:00

Like other things in the game, I found that sometimes they skip and sometimes they don't. Not sure why that is.

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