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Archive for October, 2006

Antiquing

Today I was working again on my Shamisen. The buzzing thing (Azuma Sawari) never sounded right so I replaced the metal with wood.
In anycase, that day, our “next-block” neighbor (who owns an antique store downtown) was having a street sale. My next door neighbor (who has the fabulous site, okinawa.com) told him that I played […]

Making of the Shamisen - Dou - Part 2

Here’s the continuation in making the Dou . . . part 2!
[YouTube video coming back soon!]

Gig

Well, today was our gig. It wasn’t really a gig per se. We weren’t getting paid. The “festival” was a “back-to-the-19th/20th-century” day at the Johnson Farm. There was old engines, a history of the place, fire making, candle making (I think), etc. Andy came along and he really enjoys that kind of stuff. So we […]

Burned Digits

Well, I made my recent experience into the Darwin Awards.
I was making a sandwich and we had corn crowing so I went out and picked a few ears. Ma had water heating up in a metal pot. She said there might be too much water in the pot and I could pour some out if […]

Missed Debate

Aaaaahhhh!!!!! I missed the debate on Saturday! That morning I was walking to the bakery and I saw a newspaper that said, “Debate Tonight!” I thought that it said it was at 7:00PM but it was on at 6:00PM!
Fortunately, it was 6:45 and I decided to turn on the TV just in case I […]