Random Ramblings

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

I am recovering well.  My forehead still has the scratches but the bruising is not visible (thanks to using Arnica).  My finger is still bruised so I am wearing this annoying splint like I was told to do.  I think I will live.

Seems like us older fellas take a little longer to heal than the youngsters do. 
I tripped over my son's bike the other day and hit my knee on the concrete slab...still hurts a few days later.  In my younger days it would have been gone by the next day.

I wiped out at soccer practice Monday night and my knee hurts more each day.

You know you're getting old when you cough and your shoulders are sore.

messiaen77 wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

I am recovering well.  My forehead still has the scratches but the bruising is not visible (thanks to using Arnica).  My finger is still bruised so I am wearing this annoying splint like I was told to do.  I think I will live.

Seems like us older fellas take a little longer to heal than the youngsters do. 
I tripped over my son's bike the other day and hit my knee on the concrete slab...still hurts a few days later.  In my younger days it would have been gone by the next day.

I wiped out at soccer practice Monday night and my knee hurts more each day.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

You know you're getting old when you cough and your shoulders are sore.

At what point do we change the name of this board to Old Geezer's CHM?  We need to get some younger people in here...Driven invite some friends who like good classic rock and metal (what am I saying, pretty much nobody in his age group likes good music). 

Dude, hate to break it to you, but Driven's probably the oldest one here!  He's 100 years old!!!

Staybrite wrote:

messiaen77 wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

I am recovering well.  My forehead still has the scratches but the bruising is not visible (thanks to using Arnica).  My finger is still bruised so I am wearing this annoying splint like I was told to do.  I think I will live.

Seems like us older fellas take a little longer to heal than the youngsters do. 
I tripped over my son's bike the other day and hit my knee on the concrete slab...still hurts a few days later.  In my younger days it would have been gone by the next day.

I wiped out at soccer practice Monday night and my knee hurts more each day.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

You know you're getting old when you cough and your shoulders are sore.

At what point do we change the name of this board to Old Geezer's CHM?  We need to get some younger people in here...Driven invite some friends who like good classic rock and metal (what am I saying, pretty much nobody in his age group likes good music). 

Ya'll mean to tell me that the youngin's these days don't use these fancy state-of-the-art message boards?  What is one of them TwitFace accounts anyway?  Instapot?  Instagrannie?  Who knows what that is?  Plus, I thought Marco Polo was a famous dude in history or a game you played in the pool!!!

Staybrite wrote:

messiaen77 wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:

I am recovering well.  My forehead still has the scratches but the bruising is not visible (thanks to using Arnica).  My finger is still bruised so I am wearing this annoying splint like I was told to do.  I think I will live.

Seems like us older fellas take a little longer to heal than the youngsters do. 
I tripped over my son's bike the other day and hit my knee on the concrete slab...still hurts a few days later.  In my younger days it would have been gone by the next day.

I wiped out at soccer practice Monday night and my knee hurts more each day.

Through The Dark Radio wrote:

You know you're getting old when you cough and your shoulders are sore.

At what point do we change the name of this board to Old Geezer's CHM?  We need to get some younger people in here...Driven invite some friends who like good classic rock and metal (what am I saying, pretty much nobody in his age group likes good music). 

I have to concede my tastes have changed over the years, such that I barely listen to the music that brought me here in the first place. I still hang out for some of it, and mostly for the great humans y'all are

kerrick wrote:

Dude, hate to break it to you, but Driven's probably the oldest one here!  He's 100 years old!!!

Get off my lawn young whippersnapper.

Driven wrote:

I have to concede my tastes have changed over the years, such that I barely listen to the music that brought me here in the first place. I still hang out for some of it, and mostly for the great humans y'all are

Dude, you're listening to FM and Kim Mitchell... I don't think your tastes have changed that drastically.  Most people your age are listening modern pop radio or hipster bands.  You are still and old soul (at least musically).

Today the remnants of hurricane Florence passed my country.
It wasn't so worse as it was last week in North and South Caroline.
We have gotten a storm and rain with thunderstorms.

Staybrite wrote:

Driven wrote:

I have to concede my tastes have changed over the years, such that I barely listen to the music that brought me here in the first place. I still hang out for some of it, and mostly for the great humans y'all are

Dude, you're listening to FM and Kim Mitchell... I don't think your tastes have changed that drastically.  Most people your age are listening modern pop radio or hipster bands.  You are still and old soul (at least musically).

True, but those aren't really under a Christian category, although someone said Cameron Hawkins (from FM) has become a Christian. That may explain some of the titles of the 2015 FM album.

Saw this on Google today and liked it .the world needs more people like Fred Rogers

It's strange. I can be quite an insensitive guy at times in my sense of humour, and yet I aspire to the level of kindness that Mr. Rogers put on display. I didn't grow up watching his show (or indeed watching much TV), but I loved discovering his story. In particular, the story of how he secured funding for his program before the Senate has touched me:

I think of Fred like Billy Graham -- just an all-around likeable kind of guy. Truly two stand up people. I grew up watching Mr Rogers and as I outgrew the show he was an easy target to make fun of. But now that I am tall (notice I didn't say grown up) I have come to appreciate all he did for kids.

Hey y'all. Been a while. Hope you are all doing well. I've been out of commission with a particularly persistent chest cold. Fever of 104 at its worst. Was over the worst of it last week, but I needed some time to catch up on all that I'd gotten behind on. Looks like I missed a lot here too. New baby for Kerrick and Veronika. Amazing news! Wow, that's big news. Congratulations brother. New job for Chris. Congrats man. Sounds great. I hope you feel that all that waiting has finally paid off with job satisfaction and a sense of being in the right place. Glad you all survived the storm. Good to be back. 

Oh wow 104, that is a serious fever.  Wish we would have known, we would have been praying.  Hope you are fully recovered (or nearly so).

Oh wow I'm glad to hear you're feeling better!  That sounds miserable...

Thank you for the congratulations!  Life is totally upside-down now, but it's wonderful. 

kerrick wrote:

Thank you for the congratulations!  Life is totally upside-down now, but it's wonderful. 

I bet!  

Thanks guys. It's good to be back.

Welcome back and glad you're feeling better!

I am glad to hear you are feeling better, Jen!  Like Gary, I wish we had known so we could pray.  I was just thinking this morning before I read your post about being sick that you had not been on in a few days.

Thanks for the warm wishes about my new church.  I believe it will stretch me, try me, break me, build me, etc.  Right now, I have a family that has reached out needing assistance.  I am not the type to jump to help out as I usually feel like I am being swindled.  But, this time, something just feels right.  I am trying to get ahold of the church people to find out what we can do for this family.  They came to the carnival that we held last weekend.

So, if you feel up to it, pray for this family in Hermitage, TN.  Thanks!

I also was thinking it had been a while, but then I remembered you said sometimes when you are working on a lyric or vocal you like to hunker down and block everything else out.  Plus I assumed it wasn't John who was posting about New Zealand basketball teams.  Glad you are feeling better and up to dealing with us again.

Just discovered Castle-Monastery.  It's 8-bit music (think early video game music) with some medieval modality to it.  Actually, the description is "8-bit Dungeon synth/black metal from Greece, influenced by old video game music and Byzantine Chants," but I don't really hear anything remotely black metal in it.  There are also no vocals.  Just the kind of weirdness I needed this weekend.

messiaen77 wrote:

Just discovered Castle-Monastery.  It's 8-bit music (think early video game music) with some medieval modality to it.  Actually, the description is "8-bit Dungeon synth/black metal from Greece, influenced by old video game music and Byzantine Chants," but I don't really hear anything remotely black metal in it.  There are also no vocals.  Just the kind of weirdness I needed this weekend.

The black metal part is how gr1m it is.

messiaen77 wrote:

Just discovered Castle-Monastery.  It's 8-bit music (think early video game music) with some medieval modality to it.  Actually, the description is "8-bit Dungeon synth/black metal from Greece, influenced by old video game music and Byzantine Chants," but I don't really hear anything remotely black metal in it.  There are also no vocals.  Just the kind of weirdness I needed this weekend.

Can you hook me up with a link? My preliminary online research has failed.

messiaen77 wrote:

I also was thinking it had been a while, but then I remembered you said sometimes when you are working on a lyric or vocal you like to hunker down and block everything else out.  Plus I assumed it wasn't John who was posting about New Zealand basketball teams.  Glad you are feeling better and up to dealing with us again.

Thanks Chris. Thanks Eric. Yeah, the basketball post was a reach out to Lebanon. John and I have a few fans in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, so I thought they might like to hear about their countrymen visiting The Long White Cloud. Plus, it was a really close game!

As for 8-bit Dungeon synth music, I just discovered that there's a whole sub-genre that's quite well populated. Lots of bands claiming association with it. Very weird. It's like a hidden genre under the underground. lol

Unfortunately, I didn't see your Castle-Monastery there, messiaen77, but instead found a bunch of occult and outright satanic nonsense. So I stopped that search right there. Don't need that garbage invading my brain. So, yes please, I second Driven's request. Do you have a link to this Byzantine weirdness? Would love to hear it.   : )

Why of course!

https://castle-monastery.bandcamp.com/releases

"Name your price" download right there.