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Yesterday my phone was acting up and wasn't receiving messages correctly, and then, of course, it froze. Before I could do anything I was given a white screen with one tiny word, "reset." And then I lost my game. My Brickbreaker score was sitting at about 612,000 with 175 lives, which put my world rank at about 330th. Of course, no one will ever know that. It reminded me of something a wise man once said(and I'm paraphrasing): "Son, chances are no matter how hard you try at something, someone… Continue

Well, okay, so we're not really in the Badlands, we're across the state of South Dakota in Sioux Falls but it's still pretty cool. I've always wanted to see that National Park though, especially because Mt. Rushmore is nearby. Eight years or so on the road and we've never come close to seeing Rushmore, hell we haven't even played in S.D. before, can you believe that? So tomorrow will be nice, get to knock another state off the list----one that still has(let's see) Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont,… Continue

...So said Tom the last time we were in Little Rock years ago, and the saying continued tonight. Sorry to bring inside jokes into the ol' blog, but those in the crowd tonight know what I'm sayin'. Thanks to all who came out, it was fun little event. So, I'm sitting in the front lounge of the bus right now heading to The Big Easy, talking to our reputable drum tech Spyder. Just made our driver Jimbo his coffee and fixed myself something stronger(outside the band, life ain't great right now). But… Continue

So here I am, blogging. Never thought this day would come. I'm the guy that probably most considers technology "the enemy." That's not to say I can't appreciate all the great things at our fingertips these days, but wouldn't you say people are a bit too attached to their phones and ipods and palm devices etc etc? Anyway, I'm totally gonna be that crotchety old man trying to figure out whatever replaces email in the next 50 years as my grandkids laugh at me. That being said, let's blog! It's… Continue