Archive for February, 2007

Whirling Dervish

Today, Luke and I rehearsed our class script (’cause we are teaching music together). As we said our lines, we walked/paced around in a circle. (it was better than standing still) As we were walking, I twirled a few times. Then I thought how long it’s been since I spun around rapidly (you know, enough […]

Repairing

Since people often repair bicycle tires with duct-tape (or as I like to call, “duck tape”), why not make the whole thing with duct tape. I fact, why not make everything with duct tape? That way, nothing can be damaged ’cause it’s already repaired!

Beach Combing

We went to the beach this morning for our traditional monday and friday yoga-and-tai-chi-at-the-beach-and-afterwards-dive-in-the-water-and-top-it-off-with-a-hot-cocoa-after reutine. It was neither cold nor warm. (It coulda been warm if the sun was out) Anyway, as we were walking along the beach, I spied a smashing, pristine pair of leather gloves. Just like the ones I use in woodworking. […]

Mortising

Well, there’s a reason why I haven’t been writing much recently, it’s because I’ve been doing the same thing every day for quite a while. Specifically, practicing mortise and tenon for the next shamisen. You see, fancy-shmancy shamisens have necks that can be split into three pieces. They are connected together with mortise/tenon joinery, and […]