Family Life

Losing stuff is a pain. Friday I lost a contact lens. Yesterday I lost my luggage, which contained my other contact lens. This morning I had a scheduled appointment with my optometrist at the contact lens clinic, and I had no contacts. I went to my appointment anyway, ordered a new lens to replace the [...]

You know, this trip is really starting to develop a theme. By the time you read through this post you’ll see what I mean. If you’re new to the blog you can catch up on the story so far in part 1 and part 2. The last couple of days have been intense, busy, long, [...]

I had a great time today at the music trade show extravaganza that is NAMM. I’ll write up a complete report when I get home, but here’s a highlight for today’s post. The morning started off with a concert by Mark Wood, of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He plays an electric rock violin. Fretted, 7 strings. [...]

I arrived in sunny California late last night (well OK, it wasn’t sunny at night) after an uneventful flight. We’d been delayed by about a half hour at each end, because of congestion. Other aircraft had to be moved out of the way so we could get through. At both ends of the flight. By [...]

I’m off to the 2008 NAMM show, held in the Anaheim Convention Center, across the street from Disneyland. It’s the largest music products trade show in the USA, with close to 2,000 exhibitors. The schedule has pages and pages of celebrities endorsing this guitar or that drum set, or performing on stage, or giving seminars [...]