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Thank you for cooler weather. Thank you for lots of traffic. Thank you for many people urinating on the sidewalk. Thank you for the Boom Boom Room. Thank you for Japan Town. Thank you for the Fillmore concert venue. And thank you for your many hills, which I walked up and down enough to realize I am painfully out of shape.

Most of all, thank you Bill Dow, from Chicago, who now lives in San Francisico, for letting us sleep on your floor.

Today I spent a lot of good time with great friends. We discussed many things, from the inconsequential to the incomprehensible. The themes that run through it all are the same, however, as they always have been: the delicate balance of art vs. commerce, Jesus vs. His followers, the struggle between work, wanderlust, and family-building, and most importantly guitar gear.

There is no tomorrow. No guarantee. More often than not, I have lived in the expected, assumed, and hoped for future because the today is disappointing. Not where I wanna be. Embarassing. Painful. So these days, I’m trying to do one day at a time. I’m trying to just deal with what I can do today, instead of everything that is tomorrow and beyond. ‘Cause you know, if you are always living for the future, you’ll never get there.

So, thanks for today. Today was good. Not the good I expected. And plenty of bad mixed in. But, it was today. And, as of today, that’s all I’ve got.

My friend Jeff is in the Smashing Pumpkins. Tonight, I watched him play at the Fillmore in San Francisco. He, and the entire band, were fantastic. I definitely prefer the sound of all the new songs live, versus how they are on the album. Jeff layed down some unbelievable licks, and I was captivated for all 3 hours. Go see them if you can, its a great show.

That is, if you like the rock.

I am totally a beginner. I am learning how to make this site work, and quite frankly, its a taking me a while. But, I will ‘(word)press’ on!

I have created a new ‘About’ page. That’s about it for now.