Tamales to Microphones. Legal Antics to Art

The day in photos and commentary.

From tamales to classic microphones. From legal antics to art. Thanks to Clyde Beswick at CB1 gallery, Kerri Cambell, my son Jack, the folks at Mezz, Gabriela, Keith, the folks in all the bands during the evening and everybody in the sessions last night.

The day started early as I had to have my son at jury duty at 8:30am.  I planned to only spend part of the day with him but as my interest grew in the antics of the court system I deceided to stay the remainder of the day.

About 9:30am there was a break so we had something for breakfast.  This photo is deceptive.  These tamales are about a foot long.

Many more photos below with a bit of dialogue

It's Casual-The Red Line

Combining music with thoughts about L.A. traffic. This is one area where heavy rock and metal are a total match.

New Year's Eve Dinner

A little late on the post but here is dinner from New Year's Eve.

Thanks to Natalie for the dinner.  Thanks to my son for the shots during dinner as his cellphone has a flash and mine does not.

Jack at the range 1-8-12

Jack at the range 1-8-12, originally uploaded by myles111us.
What has been happening over the last week or so?  Feel free to click on the photo for more information.

Great way to start 2012

Great way to start 2012, originally uploaded by myles111us.

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Exception

Exception, originally uploaded by myles111us.

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99% of the time I have an amplifier shot as the background on my cell phone. This is the 1% exception.

Garlic Halibut

Garlic Halibut, originally uploaded by myles111us.

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This shot really goes with the garlic bread shot below.

My commentary on facebook:

I am over at the house where one of my two boys live and both the boys are eating there tonight. I pointed this photo out to their mom and said ... you should make something like this. Her reply "oh yeah, I meant to make that". She always did have a great sense of humor. She is not a big fan of cooking but she did have a few nice things in her repertoire.

Who says size doesn't matter.

Who says size doesn't matter., originally uploaded by myles111us.
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Prototype Ventura combo from the folks at www.65amps.com 

Mercury Magnetics pistol stand

Mercury Magnetics pistol stand, originally uploaded by myles111us.

What has been going on the last week or so?  Thanks to Joe Bourdet over at www.65amps.com for performing the front sight work.  Joe is one of the founders, guitar, vocals, keys, writing at http://inthewhisperingpines.com/index.html

Captain Nemo - My Idol

As my first post for 2012 I am resurrecting an older post.  Many of us on this day are looking forward to what the future may hold.  The next Presidential election is this year, the economy is in the trash, we have some of our countries most promising people deployed in harms way thousands of miles away.

I seems we have not learned much from the past when it comes to not repeating the same mistakes we have made before.  Perhaps what the past holds are memories and what gave us experience we utilize today.

I thought I would look back on some of my own past on this day.  A past that has, in some ways join the present as thanks to social media I have reconnected with some of the people who have shared my life when I lived at sea.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has been my favorite book since I was a child.  The boat I lived on for over three years was named after Captain Nemo.  Below are some of the pieces of my life in the past. 

Some of my friends know this three year story.  Most of you do not.  One of the log entries is below.