Rev. Dr. Everett Lees, Requiescat in Pace

Rev. Dr. Everett Lees, Requiescat in Pace

 Posted on September 19, 2024

I wasn’t sure if I was going to say anything on the sad passing of the Rev. Dr. Everett Lees. It feels presumptuous to say words about someone you haven’t been close with for a long time. However, his passing has been sitting in my mind and left me with a small thought on strong character. Everett and I became friends my senior year in high school along with his other dear friend, Steven Anderson. [Read More]
Life Updates  Everett Lees  Steven Anderson 

Progress Journal: Setting Baselines

Progress Journal: Setting Baselines

 Posted on September 3, 2024

The nice thing about new journey is that you can set your own baselines. For the first day I got up early enough to take Heidi out for a walk. She is working on her manners and I’m working on loosening up my ankle. Neither makes for a rapid pace, but it does make for a pleasant walk through a pretty town. We took a nice stop at the Guthrie Scottish Rite Temple and another to see what silent film was playing at The Mini Melba Cinema at the crack of dawn. [Read More]
progressjourney  progressjournal  Guthrie  Guthrie Oklahoma  Oklahoma  MiniMelbaCinema  ScottishRite 

Progress Journal: Small Starts

 Posted on September 2, 2024

Well, it’s September and now approaching my birthday. And of course, as a middle-aged man, I can predictably start getting those little pangs of anxiety at another year’s passing which lead many down the dark path of impulse sports car purchases or hair plugs. To be honest, I’m actually in a very good place in my life and have little to push me towards these darker parts of men’s hearts. I have a job that is rewarding, a loving family, a nice house and a relatively tolerable dog. [Read More]
midlifecrisis  resolutions  progressjourney  progressjournal 

Practice Journal: Bonus Elvis

 Posted on April 3, 2024

A great practice day, even got a chance to sneak in some Elvis, which is never a bad thing. Satie Gymopedie No. 1 Pretty close to note perfect here, just a few notes that didn’t sound out. Also, I’m still having some issues with keeping those opening chords with even dynamics. If I can get that done, I think I will finally be happy with this one. Trying to pick out my next piece that everyone else learned in lessons, but somehow I didn’t. [Read More]
music  performance  piano  classical  Chopin  Waltz in B Minor  Satie  Gymnopedie No. 1  Mozart  Piano Sonata in C Major  K545  Elvis  Elvis Presley 

Practice Journal: Getting Stuck

Practice Journal: Getting Stuck

 Posted on April 2, 2024

I got stuck; no other way to put it. This has happened a few times, but for the last couple of months, I have just felt that my progress has kind of ground to a halt. I’m flubbing different notes in the same piece each time I sit down. A few of weeks ago, I kind of threw up my hands and walked a way for awhile. At the same time, my daughter started to learn the violin and her teacher provided me some accompianing sheet music, so I basically stopped practicing my pieces for a few weeks and played around with that. [Read More]
music  performance  piano  classical  Chopin  Waltz in B Minor  Satie  Gymnopedie No. 1  Mozart  Piano Sonata in C Major  K545 

From Nathan's Nirvana to a New Lost in OK

From Nathan's Nirvana to a New Lost in OK

 Posted on February 22, 2024  (Last modified on February 23, 2024)

A personal website has just been a thing I’ve never been able to let go of. I’ve been horrible about updating them, but I’ve always kept a site around. As such, I realized recently that I’ve had a website continuously for almost 30 years. I got my first website around 1995 or 1996 when I headed off to college. Let’s just say, none of us knew what we were doing. [Read More]
website  technology  wordpress  Hugo  Mastodon  RadicalWacko.com  LostinOk.com 

Off My Feet, Back to Blogging?

Off My Feet, Back to Blogging?

 Posted on January 15, 2023

So Christmas this year was a bit more eventful that we had planned. It started as expected, with an excited five year old getting out of bed well before dawn and shrieking with joy when she discovered her milk, cookies, and carrots had all been consumed by Santa and his helpers. Coffee was made for the bleary eyed parents and the opening of presents was comensed and finished by 7:30 AM. [Read More]
Oklahoma  Christmas  Injury 

Feces Physics

 Posted on May 6, 2017

Scientific American has now asked and answered the questions you were either to afraid to ask or never wanted to know. How fast is the bowel movement of an elephant and how does that compare, to say, a dog? Which species produce “floaters” and which “sinkers”? A true gem from the article, “The Physicics of Poop”: Together, this meant that defecation duration is constant across many animal species – around 12 seconds (plus or minus 7 seconds) – even though the volume varies greatly. [Read More]
poop  scientific-american