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4th
May
2007
Today has been one of those steady days at work. No major crises, no babies born (yet) and plenty of gaps between patients to catch my breath.
Just had a very pleasant lunch with a drug rep – good food (no dodgy sandwiches thank God), good gifts (a USB coffee mug heater and a really nice ceramic travel mug), and good conversation. I think we barely touched on the drug he was supposed to be selling but talked a bit about church and a lot about guitars, including what might be some of the best places in Nashville and LA to pick one up…
This weekend could be quite busy though. I’m on call for the hospital so how busy I am depends on how many babies are born. At this stage since we’re still planning our trip another baby boom would be most welcome to help pay for it all and for the shopping I want to do.
Also we have Owen’s first soccer match for the season tomorrow so hopefully I’ll be able to get away from the hospital and cheer on the kids as they chase the ball around the field.
Categories : Guitar, Medicine, Personal |
4th
May
2007
For some reason my newspapers have stopped being delivered over the last couple of weeks and I haven’t had time to ring up and get it restarted. Not sure that I’ll bother now until we get back from our big trip.
But this means I’m depending on the internet for all my news and it’s a bit of a hit and miss affair. For example I can’t believe I missed this classic quote from Kevin Rudd attacking PM John Howard over his embrace of nuclear power in the war on climate change :
“But instead Mr Howard has gone the 25 nuclear reactor way. That’s his solution for the future.
It’s the Montgomery Burns solution for Australia’s future climate change challenge.
And if you think of the nuclear safety record out there at Smithfield (sic) with Homer Simpson in charge, be afraid, be very afraid.”
Like I said the other day I’m a bit less impressed with Rudd after his IR policy launch at the weeked, however you’ve gotta give kudos to a politician using analogies from The Simpsons (though he loses marks for getting the name of Springfield wrong!)
Politics is once again getting very interesting …. excellennnnt…
Categories : News, Politics |
4th
May
2007
This is awesome. I found it this morning via Phil Baker.net and immediately thought of my mate Joel from our band at church, who’s a bit of a Pachelbel fan. I must say though, the music/mix just seems a little bit too good to be just some dude playing along in his bedroom, but then again there are just enough wrong notes to make it seem authentic … anyway enjoy…
EDIT : after browsing YouTube a bit more it seems this guy (“FunTwo” aka Lim Jyong-Hyun from South Korea) is a bit of a phenomenon. There’s quite a few videos of him playing on there as well as a CNN story about his rise to fame. Inspiration for bedroom guitarists everywhere!
Categories : Guitar, Video, music |
