Who are we?

The Internet Monk answers the question, "Who are Americans?"

Tears

This post is a good reminder to me, the greatest of sinners - especially in an election year.

We won't forget

We remember Giovanna Gambale and all of the victims who died in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington DC on September 11, 2001.

Ibanez guitar project

Here's a picture of my latest project. It's an Ibanez SCA-220 that I bought cheap on ebay and fixed up this summer.

When it arrived, it became obvious that it had a rough life before coming to me. There were several scratches, the tone control was messed up, and there was what appeared to be candle wax on the fingerboard and around the back control cavity.

After a lot of sanding, a hand-rubbed oil finish, and some new Seymour Duncan pickups, it's a pretty different guitar. Here's some before and after photos.

This picture isn't very good, but if you look really close you can see what I believe are teeth marks at the top of the headstock. I'm telling you... it had a rough life!

Maybe it's just me... but I think they should come from the factory like this.

Back to School '08

Pictures of A's first day of kindergarten (sniff!) and Z's first day of 3rd grade.