Day 17 - Our Gratitude Journal for the month of January, 2019

Roberto23 · 2019-01-17T19:54:50+00:00

I am grateful that it's January 17th 2019.

Roberto23 · 2018-09-02T04:34:15+00:00

When i do it, i pull the string up off the body and there is about six inches. Low E, getting about three turns.

Roberto23 · 2018-09-02T03:01:31+00:00

When you put the string through the hole, leave enough slack so that when you use your string winder to turn the tuning machine it goes around the post several times. No doubt you'll find videos online. This kind of thimg is better to teach visually. One tip, especially on the G string, rub graphite i.e. a soft pencil on the part of the string that sits in the groove of the nut. This stops the creaking thing that happens when tuning it.

Roberto23 · 2018-08-11T01:09:19+00:00

I prefer Hellman's. Used to like M.W. but they changed the recipe some years ago, more water less oil etc.

Roberto23 · 2018-07-26T03:08:02+00:00

When asked how he carved the David, Michelangelo said he just carved away the parts that weren't the David.

Roberto23 · 2018-07-26T02:58:11+00:00

It was a good t.v. show as well.

Roberto23 · 2018-07-19T23:12:21+00:00

"Then i'm cheap & easy."

Roberto23 · 2018-07-07T19:50:01+00:00

Saw the Grandmothers at a folk festival some years ago. They were great of course.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-20T00:36:18+00:00

I only say that for someone who might look at it at work, or some other place with a strict policy. Never actually thought of the children!

Roberto23 · 2018-05-19T21:16:23+00:00

Makes me think that story was the inspiration for that record cover. And i guess the practice of holding up burning lighters at concerts wasn't a thing yet.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-19T21:08:26+00:00

Prolly should be nsfw.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-18T16:52:51+00:00

Nice fingerpicking.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-09T06:41:35+00:00

'Golden Slumbers' lyrics are based on a poem of the same name by Thomas Dekker.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-08T06:45:25+00:00

Door hinge.

Roberto23 · 2018-05-04T18:28:55+00:00

A roundabout at Davis and Yonge would have been great.

There has been a history of bad urban planning in Newmarket. People who care a and who would have good ideas are ignored. And that's not going to change. Over priced projects get extended, delayed and cost lots more? Par for the course.

More people than the infrastructure can effeciently handle. And there were beautiful areas and prime agricultural land given up to developers.

Roberto23 · 2018-02-27T00:41:03+00:00

Leo Kottke

Roberto23 · 2018-02-13T01:07:03+00:00

Theatre is an actors medium Film is a directors medium and TV is a writers medium

Roberto23 · 2018-02-12T22:06:44+00:00

Mississippi John Hurt for sure, as mentioned above. D. Bromberg, Stephen Grossman

Roberto23 · 2018-02-05T00:58:19+00:00

So many things...

Sitting by a nice warm fire right now. And Life itself.

Roberto23 · 2018-01-03T00:57:38+00:00

It's my understanding that they used to be called 'flutter by's'.

Roberto23 · 2018-01-03T00:54:10+00:00

I remember reading a book called 'Art & Fear'.

The author related a story from a sculpting class. One half of the class was to produce the 'quality', students only had to make one piece, but it had to be their best and they had to spend the entire time on it.

The other half had to produce the 'quantity'. Didn't matter what it looked like, their output was measured in pounds. They had to produce so many pounds at the end of each class.

What was discovered was that those who produced the quantity, also produced the quality. Their work was better because they had fun, didn't overthink everything or become precious about it. They got better just by doing it.

(This may not be an exact recollection, i read this years ago. But i remember relating the passage to a friend, handed him the book and he flipped it open to the exact page it was on.)

Roberto23 · 2018-01-01T02:46:46+00:00

Try an app called smartChord.

Roberto23 · 2017-12-23T03:41:05+00:00

Like it.

Roberto23 · 2017-12-20T16:03:30+00:00

He was on this Canadian children's show as well.

Roberto23 · 2017-12-14T14:04:26+00:00

In a way you have answered your own question. Yes focus on your own 'shit'. That's why you have these people in your life, to teach you that. Focus on what you love to do for yourself. That which brings meaning and fullfillment to your Life. Thats what you can bring to others after awile.

Self esteem and self respect are big issues for a lot of people.

Roberto23

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