I've decided to retire early...very early...like about 8 weeks from now! My work is handing out Golden Handshakes to a select few and I'm one of the selected if I choose. Well, after careful consideration, Yep, I think I'll do it. I'm still three years away from Social Security but I can make till then on what they're giving me. Yep, me and my big red dog, we are out of here! Of course I'm taking Sniffles P. Love! For companionship, for love and for protection. I can't wait.
:: Tom 6:43 AM [+] ::
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:: Monday, March 07, 2005 ::
I just spent an hour at Guitar Center where I heard one of the finest ragtime guitar players ever. I didn't catch the name, but he played my style of fingerwork on a variety of vintage instruments. From a 1940's Kalamazoo, a 1942 Martin New Yorker, finishing up with a 1962 Gibson Southern Jumbo. The notes jumped of the strings, surrounded and lifted me. He played two songs that I have never heard anyone but me play: 'Angie' by Bert Jansch and 'Living in the Country' by Pete Seeger, both instrumentals. He played the latter in quick-time, doubling up on the beat. It was amazing! Truely, one of my most well spent lunch times ever!
:: Tom 1:28 PM [+] ::
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