My accident last week left me so physically unscathed that I haven’t learned anything valuable from it yet. I mean, it’s got me thinking and all that, but “don’t have deer run in front of you when you’re on the highway” probably won’t be the last lesson I glean from the experience. One thing I have figured out is that our car insurance may be surprisingly good. (more…)

So last night, I drove into town to pick up an amplifier I’d found on Craigslist, I was very excited because the owner is a famous musician and composer, kind of an idol, and the amp itself was better than pristine. And I got it at crackhead prices without it being stolen, all good. I stopped at Albertsons on the way back to fill up a big water bottle for our cooler, and told my wife over the phone that the amp was in such nice shape that it would be more beaten up by the drive home than anything that had happened to it in its whole life before. (more…)