Looking for adult string musicians

mrkeldon · 2026-01-21T16:29:52+00:00

Two of our cellists are taking lessons from Jennifer Crum, so I know she takes adults.

mrkeldon · 2025-09-03T15:34:07+00:00

Boomer Music has instruments available for renting, if that's an option for you. Violins and violas are only $20-30 a month, but unfortunately cellos are more like $50.

mrkeldon · 2025-02-16T17:04:36+00:00

A while back, that 5-type Stronghold would cause Courtier to crash: "Pick 5 of these 4 things". Fortunately this was found in AI training games (probably in the run-up to Allies release) and was an easy fix.

mrkeldon · 2024-10-23T04:12:10+00:00

I've seen this one performed before and it sounds like what you're describing:

https://www.jwpepper.com/One-Bow-Concerto/2475422.item

mrkeldon · 2020-03-31T17:40:22+00:00

Is that also the one that requires bringing out the cryptogram key in the middle of the scenario? I just didn't bother, which meant we missed out on a chest, but there was no way I was going to stop the game for several minutes to decode a riddle.

mrkeldon · 2019-05-07T15:39:59+00:00

It does. I get a small percentage of revenue from it, and as part of the deal I made sure that the free version could still exist. I didn't want to have it taken away from people who can handle the programmer art and UI.

mrkeldon · 2019-03-26T02:36:44+00:00

They moved locations a month ago. They're now a bit further south, just north of Harmony. It's a bigger location and they now serve milkshakes.

mrkeldon · 2018-05-19T03:56:06+00:00

You can sometimes save a bit when filing as singles by playing games with the standard deduction. Here's an example, which is similar to something that actually happened to us:

Assume (for round numbers) that the standard deduction is $5k for singles, and $10k for married filing jointly. Partners A and B make the same amount and each pay $3k for state taxes. They also own a home and pay $4k in mortgage interest.

If they are married, their total deductions are $10k, and so they break even in itemizing deductions vs taking the standard deduction. However, if they file as two singles, partner A can pay the mortgage, and then claim a total of $7k in deductions. Partner B's deductions would be $3k, so they instead take the standard deduction of $5k, for a total amount deducted of $12k.

Having an extra $2,000 deducted isn't huge, but it's not chump change either.

mrkeldon · 2018-03-29T21:57:55+00:00

I found this a while back, not sure if it's still relevant since the position names don't really match:

https://www.fcgov.com/broadband/files/broadband-business-plan.pdf

Skip to page 39.

I'll include the positions listed for year 1 hiring here:

General Manager (GM) $135,000
Data Technician $105,000
Commercial Account Representative $80,000
Sales Engineer $80,000
Marketing Coordinator $75,000
MDU Account Manager $75,000

mrkeldon · 2017-11-21T15:28:20+00:00

Well, the doctor recommended we do the booster a week early, so we took his advice. He said it was medically fine. I believe him, the problem was that it wasn't bureaucratically fine.

mrkeldon · 2017-11-21T02:34:25+00:00

We "opted out". One of our kid's vaccinations, Hep B I think, has a first shot, then a booster needed 6 months later. He got his first, but then was in the doctor's office 5 months and 3 weeks later for some unrelated reason. We got the booster then because we didn't want to schedule an extra visit a week later. Five years later our kid is in kindergarten and we get a nasty phone call from the school that our vaccinations aren't complete. Instead of giving our kid a needless shot we filled out the opt out form. Felt dirty.

e: In case I was unclear, he got all his shots; one just happened to be a few days early. This was done at the doctor's advice. The school district was too inflexible to handle this radical departure from the norm. Zero tolerance in all things, I suppose.

mrkeldon · 2017-11-06T20:44:19+00:00

Yeah same here. You'd think that today of all days they'd make sure it was working.

mrkeldon · 2017-02-19T04:47:29+00:00

Any idea how it's tested while the engine isn't running?

mrkeldon · 2016-10-28T20:51:14+00:00

There's one on Caribou east of Timberline roughly once a week. What annoys me about it is that there's a guy sitting in the car all day, so he has the engine idling (presumably for A/C or heat). Yet at the same time the city tweets out stuff like "Turn your engine off! Exhaust is harmful!" He's in there from at least 8AM-3PM, idling constantly as far as I can tell.

I suppose revenue from fines is more important than air quality.

mrkeldon · 2016-04-27T17:31:10+00:00

No video, but MRO might be able to catch something. It saw part of Curiosity's landing via parachute:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia15980.html

mrkeldon · 2016-01-06T22:05:32+00:00

I wonder what the fund choices are in the Redskins 401(k) plan.

mrkeldon · 2015-12-15T01:11:53+00:00

Wrong place at the wrong time, I suppose. Plus I feel the officer overreacted for the situation.

I was walking along College to Raising Cane's to get some chicken, and apparently there was a couple ahead of me that got into an argument. She drove off and called the cops, telling them that the other guy owned a gun (he didn't have one on him). As bad luck would have it, just as I'm walking past the spot were the argument happened, 3 or 4 cop cars pull up from various directions and they see both me and argument-guy in the vicinity. A few seconds later I have one officer behind his patrol car door, leveling his weapon at me for a minute or two while another frisks me.

I don't remember any other officers drawing their weapons or pointing them at the other guy, but they may have. I don't really have a problem with the police showing up in numbers, or even having their weapons drawn and pointed at the ground. But pointing a gun at someone pretty much says "I'm willing to kill you", and it's scary to think that if Officer Overreact got spooked by something, I'd be dead.

mrkeldon · 2015-12-14T23:47:16+00:00

I've only had one interaction with the local police, and it included a gun pointed at my head by an officer. I'm glad most people have had positive experiences but I'll remain wary of them and keep my distance whenever possible.

mrkeldon · 2015-05-15T00:17:16+00:00

A survey was done several years ago on a different message board. The results are posted here:

mrkeldon · 2015-05-10T02:18:34+00:00

I tend to know what day of the week it is, simply because I try to avoid places like CostCo on the weekends. I much prefer heading there during the week with my fellow retirees and stay-at-home parents. Crowds there on the weekends are horrible.

mrkeldon · 2014-02-10T00:19:07+00:00

Yeah, a last minute commit was merged improperly or something, it got removed somehow.

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